The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-15
The Senatorial Elections.
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several articles In the last issue OF YOU
valuable paper, advocating the election
to the It. 8. Senate Of several distin
guished and deserving gentlemen, is ad
mirable, and desire to initiate it in pre-
senting for the place the name of an
other, viz Gen. y. z. George, who,
in all that goes to qualify one honor
Bbly and usefully to fill the great place
of United States Senator, is the
equal of any who has been named for it.
He has fine intellectual and physical Ca
pacity, good requirements, habits of in
dustry, labor and persistence, an uncun-
queraLle viii, determination, pluck, en-
ergy, vigilance, readiness and all the
useful qualities and habits for success in
life. He has succeeded, and thus given
an earnest of capability to succeed any
where He has climbed to the upstairs
of the legal profession, and is in the rank
of the foremost lawyers of the State.
He is an excellent lawyer; he was good
reporter to the High Court of Errors
and Appeals; he was faithful soldier j;
he was a magnificent leader Of the Dem
ocratic-C Conservative forces in the late
severe struggle for the rescue of Missis-
sippi from the grip of her plunderers
and oppressors he is the watchfnl guar
dian of the peoples interest in every
public matter. Nothing that will benefit
them escapes his busy brain and ready
hand. as indicated by the timely circular
of the Auditor to tax-collectors as to the
80 per cent damages on taxes, and his
mastery solution, in advance of the
meeting of the Legislature, of the per-
RI oE fho of IF M
constitutional amendments as to Chancery
Courts. He was reared from early in
fancy in Mississippi, and in peace and
war has been true to her all the while.
For many years he has been active and
influential IN the service of Democracy
in the county of his residence, asking no
reward for his voluntary services. The
only opportunity our victorious party now
has to testify its recognition of his late val
liable services is by electing him U. S.
Senator. No other suitable place lie
within the gift of the party. Others
have been honored with positions they
sought Let him be honored with this,
which will be no wrong to any one. The
idea that not to elect another distin-
guished gentleman is to force the con-
timents of fraternity and Cancellation of
which he has been the most conspicuous
advocate" is purely fanciful. If we
elect man conspicuous for his opposition
to all sentiments of 60 fraternity and con-
citation" it will be warrantable con-
clusion that we mean to repudiate such
sentiments but to elect one who stands
on the same platform with another, can
not be perverted into reputation of the
sentiments of that other. The sugges-
ton that Mississippi has but one man fit
to be sent to the u. S. Senate, and that
constraint rests upon her to elect him, is
preposterous. There are many men in
Mississippi, any one of whom will, if
elected, creditably represent her in the
Senate. 1t is purely domestic question:
which of her worthy sons she will honor
aid use. There should be no liberation
of the suggestion of outside influence
upon her choice. This should be prompt
ly repudiated, whether we repudiate SEN
timents of g fraternity and Cancellation"
or not. Among those who are capable,
and true and deserving, and " sound in
the faith" let choice be made by Missis-
sippians of Senator to represent them.
There is no one more capable, truer,
more deserving or sOunder in the pOlitl-
cal faith of the dominant party in the
State than Gen. George, and no one de-
serves more at the hands of our party.
Our State Convention last summer found
him pursuing the duties of an extensive
practice of his profession as a lawyer,
and called him from his private business
to active public service as Chairman of
the State Committee it constituted. He
promptly Obeyed the call, laid aside
for the time the engagements of his pro-
fession, and with zeal, and energy, and
eonstancy devoted himself to the difficult
duties of the arduous position assigned
him, and with what success the history
and result of the campaign plainly de-
clare. He rose with each demand upon
him, and always proved equal to the
emergency, which is the truest practical
test of human greatness. He was obliged
to meet extraordinary and unprecedented
exigencies, and he did it successfully
every time. Besides the usual incidents
of a political campaign, he had to deal
with the State authorities, and the At
torney General of the United States.
Gov. Ames and checkmating him, or
corresponding with the Attorney Gen
eral of the q. S., or saving the State
from the horrors of war by invoking the
aid of the Courts to enjoin the issuance
of Auditors warrants for the support OF
State troops, proposed to be used against
the people: or explaining the naturaliza-
ton laws or the legislation of 1866,
by comparison with the laws of the
Northern States on similar subjects, OF
preparing other effective campaign docu-
ments, or making valuable suggestions
to the people, as to the minutest details
to insure our party success in the canvass,
he could not have been excelled by any
man. And in all this he was not plying
the trade of politician or performing q
matter Of course duty which might be
required or expected of him as such,
but he was, With his characteristic ability
| and fidelity, and determination to dc
everything well, discharging the high
trust reposed in him by the Democratic
Conservative party of the State of Mis-.
sissippi. The fitness of his being elected
to the Senate rests On his eminent oapa.
city to do great things, to meet extra0r.
binary exigencies and unexpected emer.
geneies as they arise on his capacity tC
think, TO devise, to execute on his ply
steal, intellectual and moral qualifications
to render valuable service to his State,
and on his well known habits of energy
and industry, wherever he may be en-
gagged to serve. He should be elected
because he is equal to the place, and vii
meet all its demands upon him. Hi.
eminent services, in obedience to the
command of his party, at heavy sacrifice,
TO himself, entitle him to the most favor
able consideration and generous treat