The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
rrrnODUcTioS OF RESOLUTIONS
Hor. VIM. L. sHARKKY.


Mr.. Street, by general consent, offered th
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Re-olysd. That the use Of the Hall b
rendered to tie Hon. W. T. Harris IN whic
Z to deliver a eulngy on the life and eharae
1 ter of the latesHon. w. l.. Sharkey. on sue
evening as THE committee Of the bar aF
pointed TO make the necessary arrange
ments for that purpose, may designate
Adopted
HON. j. L. ALcoRN.
Mr.. Sullivan, by general consent. offere'
the following:
Whereas. liz has been shown. through
The unn,istakable evidence of the ballot
box, that the people OF the State OF Missis
| Slips do not approve OF or endorse tile po
Htieal actions OF James l.. Alcorn,s now &C
| t-upying seat ia the Senate OF the Unfee
; atrs. a. Senator frotn the State of Mis-
sissippi; and
! Whereas, The said James L. AIcorn has
at various times, East his vote against meas
ures which We deem to be of vital interest
! To the people of tie State OF Mi~sIs eippi
prominently conspicuous among y hich was
| the bin known as summers Supplement aFY
Civil Rights bill; ard
/ " herea-. 1t Is believed that the inter
ests Of Mississippi IanguIsiles by r4asen oil
| the fact that SAID James l.. Alcarn is neither
in accord or IL SYN p4tify " th the ad,niIIi--
/ trafion # the UniIed States or the otat. vi
/ Mi~-Issip l.; and
| Where a, During thsslate canvass i,I this
Stdie charges were made prriudIcia to the
ofncIal Integrity OF said James L.. Aleorn.
winch Were not TO the satisfaction Of the
peSpie of the State fully dfSapproyed; and
Whereas, He ttas insaIted the dignity OF
the State by circulating anwarrantcd and
ungrouDded charge against the law making
branch OF its government, aud
Whereas, We believe that the only trIe
course tor a servant of the people TO fakp,
y hen want of confidence IN him Is shown
either by the people themselves or their
immediate represe natives is TO resign
therefore, in view ofstlIe foregoing be liz
Resolved, ny the House, the senate con
curing, That the Hon. James T.. Alcorn b..
and Is hereby requested to resign his posi-
zion as United States Senator from the state
OF Mississippi.
Be iC further resolved, That the President
OF The Senate and Speaker of the House are
hereby directed, Jointly and severaliy. 10
forward copy OF these resolutions to the
said james l. Alcoru Immediately after
their adoption by both Houses.
The resolution WAS discussed at length.
aad adopted by the following vote:
fes-ME Speaker, Messrs. Avery, Brant
Boyd OF Oktibbeha, Boyd Of azoo, BOYD of
Warren, Bufkin, Clover, Caradlne Ctssor,
Chrisma-, Cotfon. Chavis, Edwards, French,
GIL, eileen, Green, Gayles, Handy, Hicks,
Howard, Harrison, Haste, Harris. Hug
gins, johnson OF DeSoto Jones' Lynch
Lahders, MeFarland. Mccain. Mackey.
Monroe, Matthews, Nathan, O-good, Pat
tersen, Palmer, Peal, Pevtol, Rogers Of
Marshall, Randolph, Smith OF Tunica.
Smith of Claiborne, 9noth@rs, Sykes SIM
mons. Sullivah, Trueharr. Thompson of
4"wndcs, Williams, Weafhtrlt. White,
Washington and Walker of Monroe-5f.
Nays-Messrs. Atkins. Akers, Archer.
Boyd of Attala, Cook, Champlin. Cowarf,
Campbell. Crecelius, Deval. Ford, Fox
worth, Gilmer. Greer Graham johnson OF
Leggett, Martin. Men csc, Pack
wood, Reese, Rogers OF 1alobu>h. Rich
ards, Spight, Smith of jasper. Stocksull,
Street, Stone, Stubs. Thames. Ti.on.
Walker OF Alcorn. and Wynn-34.
Absent-Messrs. Appiewhte, Byrd of
Franklin. Byrd OF Pearl Chamberlin,
Chandler, Clemens, Chiles Davis. benson.
Eckfrrd, Fitzhugh. Feemster, Garrett. Her
ton of Calhoun. Horton of Pontoroc, Ken
driek. Morgan, Mosely. stevens, Spelnaan
shorter, Tuttie, Tate, Thompson OF Ciroc-
taw, Thompson OF Greene, and vii
burne-26.
Mr.. Sullivan moved to reconsider the
vote whereby the resolution was adoIJFed
and to table the motion 10 reconsider The /
motion 10 table prevailed.
Mr.. Archer. III explanation of his vote, !
said: voted Ne from the fact that 1 con
sider Senator Aicuin i capable Of voting /!
on any question before the United States |
Senate without my advice.
Mr.. Richards, in explanation of his vote, /
said: | voted No for the reason that do /
not consider the charges set forth in the /
preamble sufficiently explicit to warrant |
the passage of the resolution
Mr.. Ford, in explanation of his vote, /
said: If tn preamble and resolution
showed that Senator Aicorn has voted as a |
Senator against the admitted principles and |
policy of the Republican party of the State, /
would in that case Vote for the resolution, |
as do, in the doctrine of instrnc- |
zion. But as the preamble makes simply /
charges of official misconduct in reference /
to Mississippi Levec Bonds and other maj
tiers of more personal than a political ua- |
tnre and does n3t show in what particulars I
senator Aicoriwh;Ls been guilty of official /
conduct, or has offended the dignity of the I
State in any thing of grave character ex- I
eept such as Is only charged in vague and I
general terms, and in regard TO matters Of /
" hlch | am not advised, / must, from "A /
sense OF jus ice and duty To him. as a rep /
resentatIY t in Congress, and as a man, vote /
No.
As to his vote on the Civil Rights bill, | !
am not advised, nor does the pream bic show I
" hat the vote was. whether it was on the t
merits of the bill or some question affecting I
il. ] am in favor of Civil Rights bill +
one as liberal and fill as that made law by /
the Legislature at its last session, and | do |
not beiiev that senator Atcorn wonid hest I
tate to vote for or approve such a law. As /
70 the provisions of Mr.. Snnner's Civil
r ghts bill now pending in Congress. lead /
ing men, such rs NJ. Carpenter, Mr. Coax I
lin, Mr.. Butler, and others; even the Presi- I
dent, do not. it seems, agree with Mr.. sum /
ner.
In S.ert, if Senator Alcorn fails by lis |
votes AID acts in Congress, to carry ont the |
principles and policy of the Republican I
party of the State which elected him. then |
/ am in favor Of asking INN to resign
| see no sufficient evidence in he pTeam- /
bile, nor DO find il elsewhere in his record /
that he fails to represent the party electiug |
HIM, hence / am, AS before stated impelied /
from sense OF duty and justice, TO vote No.
Adjourned.