The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-03-26


A few days ago We had the pleasure of
a visit from gentleman who resides in
Wisconsin, and was travelling South, on
a tour of observation and for the benefit
of his health. lie had heard great
deal of the fertility Of our soil and the
pleasantness ami salubrity Of the South
ern climate, and not little Of the social
disorder and civil e..mmotion prevalent
in this portion OF the Union, aud he had
come to see for himself.
His impressions Of our climate were
more than confirmed, and he was delighted
with It's agricultural advantages and the
business opportunities which our State
holds out to capitalists Excessive taxa
tons, extravagant government and
scarcity oflabor are the only chief obstruc-
tons, he said, in the way Of immlgra-
ton from the Northwest, where capital
is abundant and eagerly seeks remunera-
tive investment He had been treated
with marked civility wherever he had
been in the South, and urged to come
and bring as many of his friends as he
could influence Cleare lands, fertile
and convenient to market, had been of
fered him at what he considered nominal
prices and in reply to his objection that
he could not obtain labor to cultivate
them, he was advised To bring the labor
he needed with him. As for high taxes
and extravagant and corrupt administra-
ton, he had been assured that what are
called ''the home white people" and the
coIored people, were coming to a better
understanding Of their true relations and
their real interests, and would thence
forth come more nearly than they had
done towards cooperating for the reduc-
ton Of taxes and the improvement of
their local government. In this good
work, he had been invited to come and
assist and he had almost obtained his
consent to do so. His impressions were
decidedly favorable in every particular,
save the exceptions mentioned.
He says the political situation in the
West is undergoing Il complete revolu-
ton. The masses are bent on reform.
He pointed to the election in his own
State of Wisconsin, as an example. Il
had come like an earthquake to both OF
the old existing orders. The Reformers
went into the contest without the prestige
Of a single victory, and scarcely the
forms of organization, and in disregard
of the wishes of party leaders on both
sides, and had swept the State like a
prairie on fire. lie said that Iowa, Hi
nois, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, etc.
etc, would follow the example Of Wis
consin, in the coming Congressional cleo
tons for which the Anti-AIonopolists are
already marshalling their forces. Speak
ing as a former Douglas Democrat, be
had become convinced that in all his
vast section of country, the masses were
intent upon a change Of administration,
DuI thty were hoI Wiling W e1ecC the
object by throwing one old party aside to
put in its place another which had lost
its popularity, and for many reasons had
become Objectionable. The Democrats,
he said, would rot insist on keeping their
effete organization in the way of the new
movement of deliverance, and the Re
publican advocates of Reform would fall
in with it. II was a peoples movement
which could not be resisted because it
had originated from the necessities of the
times and the requirements of the
country. He asked us to look out for
the fall elections and see what we would
see, and We promised him we would