The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-15
Two Dollars a Year.
DECLARATION OF pRINcTPLEs.
OF the ''White Mans Club oFPas
caSOuIa, aI Scranton
[From the Pascagonla s-ar.

/ From the Pascagoula S-ar.
Whereas, The negroes of this county
and State, in common with those of the
entire South, have uniformal and
/ pesistentiy exercised the rights OF suffer
I age, since it has conferred upon them. as
a consolidated class and people, in opposi.
ton to the Southern whites, and 10 their
interests. and to all men and measures
proposed and upheld by them and
Whereas, Such conduct cannot be the
result Of an exercise of free untrameIed
expression OF Individual opinion, as
treemen, but proceeds from bigoted, uu-
just and untoundet preiudices, kndled
and famed by corrupt vicious and design.
ing white men for the furtherauce of
their own base and selfish purposes
and
Whereas, Such n course on the part of
the negroes exhibits an unnaiHr ], ungen-
erous and unwarranted distrust of the
Southern Whites which should not exist,
and which serves TO degrade the latter
politically, and to ruin and destroy their
material interest: and
Whereas, This close clanship on the
part of the negroes, at the ballot box, has
been the means OF filing our public othce,
with ignor, mt, incompetent, dishonest an n
corrupt officials who have wrought the
ruin of individuals, communities and
State, until in the language Of the State
Grangc-"T xation in Mississippi hss
become burden 50 large and extensive
that the vital energies and industries OF
our State are becoming sapped, paralyzed
and destroyed, and ruin inevitable and
irretrievabe stares US in the face" and
Whereas, Such a lamentable condition 7
of affairs is partly due to past political
apathy and Indifference On the part OF the /.
Southern whites, as well as to indefatiga I.
bic zeal aud energy on the part of those .
corrupt aliens and strangers, who to prey .
upon our substance and 10 use the negroes .
rs tools, have consolidated them in loyal .
leagers by guns, signs and passwords,
and by false representations and low and .
association and pretension
Of social equality, have induced them
bodily, and in mass, to follow their lead
therefore
Be it Resolved, That we condemn aud
denounce, such course Of conduct on
the part Of the negroes, whose interests
are indentical with ours as unjust unrea-
sonable and unwarranted; perversion Of
the exercise of the right of suffrage, and
subversive Of the rights and interests Of
ourselves as individuals, and OF the
welfare of the County and of the State.
Resolved, That representation aud a
proper regard for the welfare Of the State,
demand that the White People-the
owners Of the soil, should have q voice IN
the political control OF the affairs of the
State and to this end, and recognizing
truth that I'm Union there is Strength, ~
do we unite and combine, to assist,
and sustain, one another, IN
every legitimate way possible-at the
ballot box, and the every day business OF
life as practicable, and we do most
exhcrt every white man in the
State, who has at heart her welfare, 10
unite with US in her deliverance, in Sc
eurug the election Of office of white men
Of known capacity and integrity.
Resolved That we do hereby most
distinctly and emphaticaily aver that We
AVE no desire or intention of deprivirg
ne negroes of any rights, privileges or
to which they are entitled,
h It we recognize the imperative duty Of
III good citizens, Of respecting and
preserving inviolate, Irrespective Of race,
,oIor. or previous Of condition, the rights
Il all men, under the Constitution and
avs Of the land and with scorn snd
ontempt do we hurl back the foul asp.r-
alton attempted 10 he fastened upon the
White People of the State gnd Of the
state. by their slandrOus enemies, for
political effect. that they intend or desire
o participate upon the ignorant negroes,
he dupes ot ba white men, "War OF
Races"
Resolved, That those white men who
ave consorted with the negroes TO mis-
cad them who have by false and frad1-
ant represe nations, iuhamed their pas ,
ions and prejudices, as race, agtlns,
he white people OF the State who have +,
-ea them as a means TO satisfy Inst for
flee. and under pretension of party
ealtv have labored 10 crafty their own
el ish and corrupt desires; are enemies .
D the people of the South, and whether
hey be comparative strangers Carpet ,
aggers) or born among us (scalswags,)
hey merit the contempt and are unworthy
f the respect, confidence or support, ~ :
nv manner, of any and every true msn .
tho loves his race, and every citizens who ,
as at heart the good Of the State.
Resolved, That it is to the interest Of =
he white people Of the State that
,apital and white labor should come
mong us, to buy and work our lands, I
an our mills and factories, and in work y
~ out their own fortunes, to assist IN
etrieving ours and TO the honest bona =
lie settlers who come to help, and not 20 :
b us,-no matter what may be biz +
official or religious faith-do we extend /;
heartily, cordial welcome, and pledge !,
lrselves TO assist, encourage in every !,
ay. white immigration. =
Resolved That all papers in the State !,
endly to the objects of this meeting be \
.guested to publish the foregoing. +
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