The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-12-24
LETTER FROM WILLIAM.
EAST MISSISSIPPI, Dec. 10, 1874.

. eXlSteHc6-tO pass llOlH Inv 4NJ VI
men-to quit, to stop, to be-well L can
hardly reconcile myself to the memorable
/ decree which is suspended in my case
and Yours-for what time IS known tc
neither. One thing consoles me. L shall
be done with panics, l hope; but what
awaits US over the cold river? There is
the rub. l shall be dead, however, and
be let alone. Will We be let alone?
Mr. Jones predicted good price for
cotton this winter, and made big mistake.
He says we ought to have received all he
predicted; but that spectators and rings
will grow Compliant upon that which le-
ultimately belongs tOthe Southern cotton
planter This may be true.
Our people are now poorer than they
ever were. Something must be done.
Cotton planting will not pay as now con-
Quoted. Mr.. Jones says that our present
labor will not answer for a grain raising
country, because of the great waist of
moral restraint among the la5orers. Not
a hog can be raised unless it is in sight,
and in the range Of II breech loader
Corn Is transported il hampers to dead
falls" set all about over the country
Cotton is more difficult 10 handle, and
that is the farmers greatest protection,
yet it is carried off by thieves and sold to
illicit night traders to an almost ruinous
extent. Cotton is the thing for our labor,
but perhaps not so exclusively as the Gus
tom now is. Something must be done.
Grant says we must return to specie pay
ments, but how? Oar farming interest
must be reformed, and some check must
be placed upon thievlng Most of those
who commit pett-larceny care nothing for
the penalty laid down in the statute.
recommend that the stealing Of ten dollars
in value be made grand larceny but then
what about penitentiary large enough 2.
Mr.. Jones says we must return to the
old Georgia way Of dealing with such
questions that Is, Nhcn a man or woman
steals, we must whip, brand and clear the
culprit | hate 10 write this to you, but
Mr.. Jones insists upon it, and he must be
responsible. He Is too old fashioned.
lie believes in electing no person to the
Legi stature but the very best informed,
most discreet and prominent men iii the
different counties. lie says, however,
that the same difficulty is met at elections
that the farmers must encounter. Poor
Mississippi Poor negro
Whilst we deplore the political and
financial condition Of things, who does
not pity the poor negro? The right of
suffrage was thrust apon him. lie really
is not responsible; and our people ought
to exercise much charity for that unhappy
race of men, that seems destined to carry
strife, discord and decay into every land
to which destiny hears it. Mr.. Jones has
large books on this subject, but he speaks
Of writing one on The Situation Its
Anecdotes and Consequences" If he
writes such book, the whole matter viii
be explained.
Mrs. Cornelia recommends a general
fasting and prayer mot thanksgiving for
one week, throughout Mississippi; and
she thinks about the close OF the week
would be good time for a Democratic
to assemble. / do not second
the motion | am afraid.
Some of my neighbors are so dull that
they think taxpayers leagues will accom-
plish nothing, unless we had legislation
and Stale government of taxpayers. One
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