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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
Death or Resfgnafion-.An Acting
Governor Remedy for n
Great NufSamce.

The ground on which the acting Gov
ernor has vetoed the bill to reduce the
expenses of the Judiciary Department,
which, to borrow the language of his &C
cidency, has reached ''he Uery ertrara-
giant sum of s434, 900" per annum-is
that the inbumbents Of Office in that
branch of the service have acquired
vested rights under the law, of which
they cannot be deprived, without violat-
ing the Constitution. In other words,
they accepted the places on condition
that they were to hold them for stated
time, and at prescribed rates which can
not be changed His Accidency has
cited number Of authorities in support
of this view; but ne has failed to place
the credit where it properly belongs The
laws of the Modes and Persians, which
were not subject to amendment or revi-
sion, are the remarkable source whence
our acting Governor drew his inspiration.
In our time and government, the rule
mas OScII IiISlt piii'4iO oll1NtAio Az PNSN
Office subject to such changes as the Peo-
pie, the fountain of all power, should
dictate. The only privilege which they
reserved, was to resign. 1t was never
before held that the office-holder possessed
prescriptive and indefeasible rightto his
place, whether the people thought pro-
per to alter, abolish, or change its con-
ditions or not
The remedy which his BoobYship pre-
scribes for the evil of the every EXTRAv-
"AGANT SUM" expended on account OF
the Judiciary, is as poor as his logic. II
is the death or resignation Of its members
This is wretched consolation TO the over
burdened taxpayers. 1t is a truth which
| Mr.. Jefferson uttered Of ofticeholders
that "few die and none ever resign.
Now, unless the acting Governor can
prevail on some of those who are spend
ing the ''extravagant sum" referred to
to resign, or to hang themselves, or tc
rip open their bowels-their unfortunate
victims-the taxpayers will be lief
without crumb Of comfort.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

The Pilot is amazed at the statement,
and would fain hope that it is incorrect,
that the Ripley Railroad Company ex-
pended several thousand dollars in getting
an opinion from the Attorney General
authorizing the Auditor to issue the State
warrants claimed by the company under
the Subsidy Act. That paper says it
" can't believe the Attorney General has
"been guilty of such a gross outrage on
" the people of the State;" but says that
& if the rumor be true, it viii consider it
6 a duty to publish the result to the
6 world, and brand the officer as in such
tease he would deserve to be branded,
" as totally unit and itaauorthy the respect
" and confidence of any party or set of men. .
But the Pilot win not allow itself 'sto sup
"pose that any such evidence has been
adduced before the committee" We
have only to repeat our former state
ment. The majority of the committee
choose to sit with closed doors, but it is
not to be supposed that witnesses have
declined to state outside the committee
room what they have stated within its
walls. When the investigation is finish
ed, we shall hold the Pilot to It's promise,
and expect it to publish the testimony at
all events
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

A KIND WORD FOR THE CLARION
One of the best men in Mississippi writes
us as follows in the course of business
letter
Long may your paper live, and you to
sustain it. THE CLARION is always first TO
detect villainous nsurpatlons. and to expose
them to the gaze of an indignant but help
less people. / said helpless. That is wrong.
Were our people to work unitedly and Wig
orously, and leave no stone unturned that
labor could remove, the present state of
things, now sad and gloomy in the extreme.
would not continue long.
We are happy to assure our friend that
there is a silver lining to the cloud. Our
people, along the whole line, are pre-
pairing to achieve their deliverance from
the evils which they are suffering. We
cannot be mistaken in supposing they
win make the necessary effort. As for
TIE CLARION, it is good for another
half century.
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The impending POIifichI EsevOlu-
ton i'm mississippi.

The Vicksburg News, the Radical or
gan of Warren county, predicts ga
''great political revolution in the State OF
mississippi within the next twelve
"months. 1t says that the honest and
Intelligent portion of the colored people
care becoming as much disguised as the
whites, with the knavery of professional
''ofice-seekers and office-holders, and at
''the next State election Mississippians,
'white and colored, will JOIN hands and
''march shoulder to shoulder in restoring
''the State to a purer political condition. .
The News gives point to this observation
and explains what it means by saying
further:
There is no people upon earth who have
been more rUthiesSly robbed than the peo-
pie of Missssippi; aud our object will be to
hold up to public scorn and eXecration the
real robbers of the people, and not permit
the odium that has been incurred by the
villains of certain set, to be cast upon the
whole party. We must get rid OF the lying,
brbing, thieving, barney brethren of our
party; or we VIII go to the devil together.
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And still More.

We shall not consent to an adjournment
until this subject (the reduction of the print
ing rates. receives attention. And we can
speak confidently of the intention of the
Conservative members.
So much for the lie that THE CLARION
ceased to advocate a reduction of the
printing rates, after the election was
over.
As for Josh's hush-money, we beg
him to excuse us. Whenever he is in
clined to the rogue's expedient of di-
viding," let him disgorge his plumber into
the Treasury.
The correspondent says that he ''pre-
g serves his calm dignity and apparent
"good humor" under the trying circum-
stances of his case. So we have read
that Boss Tweed, the Tammany prince,
on his trial, preserved his "good
humor." Brooks, of Credit Mobilier
notoriety, rolled his eyes to
heaven, and with his hand on
his heart vowed before God that he had
never tasted the unclean thing, though it
was proven that his partner and son-in-
law acquired a large slice of it. Colfax
is lecturing, with his accustomed COM
posure,.to Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations, though the press is ringing with
evidence of his guilt. Cakes Ames is
perfectly owl-like in his imperturbabili-
ity. Lydia Sherman passed through the
ordeal of trial for poisoning four hus-
bands and as many young Shermans,
with face OF angelic sweetness, and af-
forwards confessed her crimes without
changing countenance; and we have
read that somewhere out West a man got
rid of a troublesome neighbor by shooting
him in the dark, and still maintained his
apparent good humor and why may
not our Attorney General s'smile and
" smile, and be villain still ?"
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Pom eF0V.

This fallen apostle of Radicalism was
representative man of his party. In
the early days when "shrieking Kansas
was a popular war-cry Of the abolition
agitators, Pomeroy was sent out from
New England to Kansas to teach her
the way she should go He was cant
ing, puritanical hater of the South
When she was admitted into the Union,
he was kept in the lead, and in Congress
was a Jealous advocate of all the schemes
devised by the dominant party for the
persecution of the Southern whites As
a philanthropist and statesman, he was
set up as a model. But he has at last
found his level There are none to do
him reverence. His late worshippers
will never forgive him for having been
caught in his rascalities.
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The CIarion--EIs Increasing Cir
cuIIafTOn.

We think we are justified in pointing
with pride to the long list OF accessions
to our subscription list, published in an
other column, and which are the result of
one weeks business. Similar lists have
been published weekly since the 1st of
January, and they show steady increase
of circulation, and are token of popular
confidence, which cannot but be crafty
ing to the conductors Our circulation
reaches to every nook and corner Of the
State; and we feel proud of the audience
which we are permitted tie address through
our columns. We need not say that
these manifestations of popular favor will
encourage us to redouble our efforts to
increase the usefulness of THE CLARION,
and to make it a good newspaper in the
true sense of the term.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

We have stated that the Governor has
assumed a great responsibility in receiv-
ing in satisfaction of State claims from
Railway Companies, the eighty thousand
dollars of warrants which the Attorney
General caused to be dishonored after
authorizing their issuance. The Pilot
thinks we aught to commend the Govern
or for preventing their "repudiGtios
Through an opinion of The Attorney Gen
''aral." This is rather back-handed
compliment to the Attorney General.
We prefer not to decide between these
functionaries further than to say that if
the Governor has acted wisely, as the
Pilots language implies, the other has
made an ass of himself; and between
them. they have made nice mess of the
business
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The Cotton Supplyr-'Tfae Prospect.
Ahead.
Smith, Edwards Il Co., Liverpool Cot
ton factors, in aIate circular state that
the fact is too plainly obvious that The
production of cotton throughout the world
has fallen back to that chronic state Of
arrear as compared with the requirements
Of consumption in which it has been since
the outbreak of the American war in
1860, with the single exception Of the
year 1871. The question OF obtaining
an adequate supply has been far more
difficult one to solve than was generally
supposed, and we are sorry TO say that
even yet no clear light can be thrown
upon the subject" 1t is further remark
ed in the circular that the point Is set
tied, that the supply of cotton the com
ing year will be unequal to the demands
of commerce, and the only question is
how TO avoid the difficulties of 4 famine
supply and excessive prices Of the raw
q material
This presents an encouraging prospect
to producers. The fact is patent that our
Southern States, by reason Of their ad-
vantages of sod and climate in the pro
duction of cotton, especially the better
qualities, will held almost undisputed
sway in the markets Of the world. The
supply is not keeping pace with the de-
mand, nor is the former likely to increase
very largely. The year before the war
thirteen years ago-upwards of five mil
lions bales were produced in these States.
The falling off last year from the yield OF
1860, was about 1900, 900 of bales, not
withstanding the increase of population,
and the accession of whites to the pre-
ductive force engaged in the cultivation
of the staple. The mention of the fac
demonstrates the effect Of the revolution
in the labor system of the South. None
are realizing its results more fearfully
than the self-styled philanthropists O
England who sowed the whirlwind they
are reaping.
But we are not disposed to moralist
upon these results, nor to eliminate any
body. We are willing to let facts speaE
for themselves. We are dealing will
them practically as they exist. 1t affords
us pleasure to lay before our toiling pro
ducers the evidences that they are mas
tiers of the situation, and the encouraging
signs of remunerating prices ahead
They have only to work diligently; rais'
their own provision crops. and produc'
as large supply as they are able of GU
chief staple, to render them independen
! of the outside world, and secure in wealth
and property.
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3s143 90

Four hundred copies of each volume
has therefore cost the State on an aver
age of over SIX THOUSAND DOL
LARS; and besides, the exclusive right
to sell the work at Sc per volume is re-
served to the Reporter. Assuming the
actual cost of printing the book to be "
per page-the net profit of the Reporter
on each volume, would amount to about
81, 1000 In the past year six volumes
were issued from the press; and it follows
that the clear profit realized by the Re-
porter was from TWENTY to TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND DoLLARs-a sum equal
to the princely salary of the President OF
the United States! Before the war the
State commanded the best legal acquire
ments for this service at So per page
The Legislature at its last session re-
duced the compensation to that rate, but
the Governor permitted himself to be
oyerreached and did not sign the bill I'M
ill the reassembling of that body-thus
prolonging for twelve months the license
for the robbery which the Legislature
proposed to arrest, and causing loss OF
S2o 900 and upwards to
He has at last signed the law after the
preparation of the wrong; and it was
better done late than never Now, let
tho ariSlo tura stand hU this n1aacura nj
Reform, and give the new law fair
test. There is no fear but the service
can be performed at the rate fixed in the
new law, with a margin for handsome
profit to the Reporter. If the greed OF
the present incumbent is not appeased by
the new law, he can easily resign, and
repose on the emoluments of his other
office of Attorney Geneaal.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

We copied in our last the comments of
the Vicksburg Times on the rumors
afoat in regard to the alleged Peniten-
tiary job, and the opinion of that jour-
nal that the Inspectors owed it to them
selves to court inquiry into the matter.
1t Is not necessary to say to our readers
who are well posted that this remark
cannot apply to Judge Alcorn, who, SO
far from being implicated in the transac-
ton, has sternly opposed the proceeding
of the other two Inspectors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

Our neighbor OF the Kinds County Gazette
is egregiously mistaken if he supposes the
Conservative Democratic members of the
Legislature lin voting for the Pilot in pre-
ference to the Leader, after they had cast a
solid vote for the CLARION intend TO
qualify any acdg modify what they
haze heretofore charged Ia regard TO the
Printing rates. They
stand ready, willing and waiting to reduce
the rates to a fair standard They all voted
for the bill TO let out the work to the lowest
bidder, and tojU support aHy measure which
will hold out promise Gt RELIEF to the tar
Dd1eTS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
Convicted of Peramrr.

A Washington Telegram says; In
the Credit Mobilier investigation to-day,
Ames completed the chain of evidence
against COlfax, and ii is generally
thought that the vice-President stand
fairly convicted Of perjury.
His impeachment was talked of at the
Capitol this morning As a matter Of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
CONGRATULATIONS.

A number of the members of the Legisla-
ture, and other State officials, met on Tues
| day evening. at the residence of Mr. Isaiah
! Mitchell. in quite an Informal manner, to
| wish him joy on his recent appointment as
tutor in Alcorn University. Not to be at
all tardy, Mr.. Mitchell soon had refresh
mentS at hand, and after a brief season en-
! plOyed in social converse, there was a flow
ofsomething good for the inner man, which
was parraken of with Zest. The congratu-
| lations of the party were then rendered in
| the warmest possible manner, when the
! guests took their departure. Mr.. Mitchell
| left the city the next day, en- route for the
| scene of his new labors, and we trust the
| scene of more succeSses.-Pilot, Feb z.
The following speech is presumed to
have been delivered by prominent mem
Der of the Mississippi Legislature, on that
occasion. II buresque, it is a grave one,
in as much as it has the true smack of
the sentimental Radical, and rings in the
ears strangely like the fond greetings ex-
changed daily between the ''trooly loil" and
their darker constituents:
Ladies and Gentlemen-Allow me to con-
graduate you upon the achievement of the
grandest triumph yet recorded in the an
mails OF our political history. To-day, men
who but few brief months ago spurned
with vile contempt and disdain the mere
idea of civil recognition of our brothers and
sisters of color, mounted the rostrum, and
with the glowing elOquence of Webster.
like as with a fell swOop over an Alpine
avalanche, swept the bitter opponents TO
their political graves. And tonight. i
must say. is one of the proudest moments
of my long political career. Tonight the
banner of justice, unfurled, waves to the
civilized world; tonight we breathe the
pure atmosphere of heaven, ENJOYING free
and equal rights, and tonight extend the
right hand of fellowship to nv colored
brothers and sisters.
Equally noble and equally sweet,
The brave men and virgins are
Whether of ebon hue, now effete
Or challenging the lilly fair
Aye, aud to- night, once and for ALL in
vite you to my firesIde and my hospitality,
there to enjoy the true spirit of the law
which it has been my privilege TO partici-
pate in creating-an unrestrained, free So
cial Intercourse.
In conclusion, allow me to thank you for
the token OF esteem extended in the in vita
ton to this beautiful banquet, and the many
pleasures enjoyed in this reunion. Z PEuri-
bus UnuDs, our country's motto, cornwall
natures enjoy, and sic senper tyrdnnfs. adj
vaneiDg freedoms cry, is now dazzling the
world and shaking Kingdoms to theiI ve-y
centre
Freedoms battle, once begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Tho bafied oft, is ever won"
Ladies and gentlemen, goodnight and du
reUotr.
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The Cfvu RIrht. MN.

The advocates of this bill insist that il
is not intended to enforce social equality.
The proof that it does, is shown in the
fact that the Governor celebrated its sig.
nature by putting its doctrines into prac-
teal operation at the time For proof,
see the account of the Amalgamation
Fandango at the Mansion.
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Equally noble and equally sweet,
The brave men and virgins are,
Whether of ebon hue, now effete,
Or challenging the lillv fair -

Our Florida exchanges report a great
many families on the move from Western
Florida to Texas. African supremacy
IN Florida is assigned as the cause of the
movement Within a short period one
hundred and eighty families heve left a
single section of Florida for Texas.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
Tammnmy out Done,

The n. I. Herald referring to ''the
startling developments duplicating
members of Congress in the. Credit Mo-
''bilier transaction says that ''but al
though little more than a year has passed
since the whole country rung with de-
nunciation of the acts of Tweed, Ingersol
and Garvey, very little interest is mani
tested in disclosures which show that the
fountain-head Of our republican institu-
tions, the Congress Of the United States,
is foul with jobhery and corruption.
Senators and Representatives are shown
to have hung around an agent of the
Union Pacific Railroad snd Credit Mo
bilier rings, seeking information as to
how they could invest money. accepting
from him stock at a fourth or fifth part
of its value sometimes borrowing of him
the money with which to pretend to pay
for the shares placed" to them.
As the acting Governor has again tes-
titled that the people of Mississippi are
profoundly 'peaceable and law-abiding, we
hope to hear no more of the double
game which he played last year in
bearing the same testimony in his mes
sage and at the same time holding
private correspondence with Gen. Emory,
urging the increase of the federal troops
in this State on the ground that the au-
thority of the civil Offices was set at de-
fiance and that they we're unable to pre-
serve the peace.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

The recommendation Of the acting
Governor that ten Commissioners Be sent
TO the Vienna Exposition 8 at public ex-
pense, il universally rsprobated by
the press Of the State 80 snprenaely
prepOSteroul and outrageous proposition.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

Some of our generous Democratic CO
tempOraries have gushed prematurely
over his Accidsncy's message. They have
found out ere this, that there were q dozen
cats In the meal tub.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

4 bill i pending before the Legisla-
ture of Illinois to change the existing law
30 that the concurrence Of nine Jurors in
. civil case shall be all that is needed to
secure . verdict.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

LITTLE Rock. Feb THE Senate t0-dlJ
papsed civil rights bill, abolishiug dis-in.
lions on account OF color in public schools
and attaching heavy penalties 90 ian keep
ersY railroad and steamboat com panlesi eLea
ior refusing colored men any privilege el
Joyed by whites.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The political ans
bilities of h. M. II. Hunter, OF Nirgill.L-
have been removed. The bill passed W.
House, to-day, without q dissenting voice
Execution Of N wife Murderer
Peoria, Ills, Feb. 7.-McNultyi VIZ
murdered his wife, was. hunG to-day ~
made speech, alleging his Innocence -
accusing witnesses of perjury.
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still More.

1t affords us pleasure to add thai steps
have been taken to reduce the pay Of public
printing to a fair and equitable standard,
TIE CLARION will continue in the ftture, as
in the past, to urge the reduction of all sala-
ries, that of public printer not ecoepted- 1t is
owing IN a great measure TO the investiga-
tions of THE CT.AtIoN that the public be-
came aware of the unjust rates prescribed in
the nrintinm law
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EGR APHIC.

death Of GOV. Cieury. Of I'eunsyi'
Vamia.
HARRISBURG, Feb. S.-GOv. Geary le4
suddenly this morning. He returned la'.
night from New York, apparently in g0ol
health. While breakfasting with Dis iaml'
W, when IN the act OF helping his little so1
his head fell back, and before his vie could
reach him, he had expired
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

THE SEAsHORE REPRESENTATIVES,
Col. j. F. H. Claiborne, writes letter
to the Handsboro' Democrat, DENYING
that he had a hand in the outrage which
has been perpetrated in the matter OF
the Seashore Representatives His de-
NAL was unnecessary as to the case of
Col. Seal, because we did not intend to
convey the impression that he was OBJ
posed to seating that gentleman. Our
statement that he prompted Cowan to
contest the seat which the people ac-
corded to Mr.. Slayden, was warranted by
the fact that he volunteered certificate,
which is on file in the Secretary of States
Office, setting forth that Mr.. Slayden was
not legally elected. If he did not intend
to interfere with the seating of Mr.. Stay
den, nor . to help Cowan in his aspira-
tons, why, in the name of common
sense, did he volunteer that certificate !?
The LEGIsLATURE.-Seve matters
of importance are before this body. A
bill to postpone the sale Of delinquent
lands has been defeated. Bills are pend
ing to establieh legal and conventional
rate of interest; to permit the sale or
removal of personal property under
mortgages, ETC.; also, a resolution to in
struct the Attorney-General to prosecute
all persons engaged in gift enterprises,
selling lottery tockets, prize packages, or
anything of that nature; and another,
looking to the abolition of the grand Jury
system. A special committee has been
appointed by the House to examine sites
for new Penitentiary. Among other
measures that should be adopted, is one
more efectually to prevent officials from
specializing in State and county war
rants.
There is very little idea of early adj
journment except among the Conserva-
tives.
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TEE Senate has passed a bill relieving
Col. A. b. Hardcastle, of this city, who was
lieutenant IN the U. 5 Army before the
war, of political disabilities. II Aberdeen
Examiner.