The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-08-18

of the governments in sympathy and har
mony with the governed. Under the
5 great changes which the war brought t.
. this country, it has been our conviction
that the doctrines of fair and generous
Republicanism were the doctrines suited
to our condition and the changed relations
of our country.
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The elections last year throughout the
Northern and Western States were plain
and just condemnation of the present ma
tional administration.
In our State affairs we have a silly i'm
itatiOn of the blunders of the national ad-
ministration.
Gov. Ames seems to have taken his cue
from Grant and to get what few ideas he
has of government from this unhappy
and muddy source ; and like all weak i'm
Itators he has tried to go farther in his
zeal in the line of error than his master.
He has attempted to bend the whole
machinery of our State government to
minister to his own personal ambition and
whims. With his servile and corrupt
Legislature he has had laws passed, the
only object of which was to increase his
patronage and strengthen his chances for
the United States Senate. With him the
government of a Sovereign State means
the advancement Of himself
Caring nothing for the white nor the
black people of Mississippi, Ames sits
like an iceberg upon the State, chilling
every advance from patriotic men who
sincerely wish to aid him in saving this
| people from the horrors of anarchy and
widespread spoliation.
During his canvass two years ago Ames
advised his northern friends to regard
Mississippi as a place of temporary abode
to keep their earnings in form that
| they could be removed Nth one days notice
Thus he spoke to his then friend, q. Wiley
| Wells: " Who could think Of continuing
in State whose population was made
| up of lawless rebels and ignorant ne
groes
His whole miserable abortion of an adj
ministration shows that he betrayed his
true sentiments towards both races here
while he was basely seeking to fasten him.
self upon people, one class of whom he
hated, and the other he despised Not a
redeeming act of his can be pointed to,
looking to the pacification and harmony
Of the races, and real anxiety for the
peace and prosperity of the State. On
the contrary thousands of spiteful words
and deeds, indicating the simpleton in in
tellect and the viper in animus, can be
enumerated against him. And we shall
make it our business to point out a
number of them before the canvass
closes.
Two years ago the Republican party
pledged itself to retrenchment, integrity,
economy, biennial sessions Of the Legisla-
ture and various other needed reforms.
1t has been false to all of them. The
Governor, in his inaugural address, did
the same thing, and he has been false to
all his promises. In the place of biennial
sessions, we have been afflicted with semi
annual sessions. In the way of " retrench-
meR, we have privilege tax" which
is little less than robbery Of cur business
men. AS a '' reform" we had the attemp-
ted creation of seventy odd tax-collectorS
to be appointed by the Governor, which
would have not only saved the election of
Ames to the United States Senate, but it
would also have had the other charming
effect of placing all the revenue of the
State under the absolute control of the
Governor and his facile instruments. AS
an earnest of g integrity" there was a
law passed creating about a dozen
''agents to look after defaulting tax
collectors, and giving to said "agents
One-half of all the moneys arising from de-
tected defalcations. This was a most |
shameless measure, the clear intent of
which was to offer a tempting premium
for rascally, collision and peculation be-
tween the agents thus appointed, and |
the defaulters, for the merciless robbery |
of the people. Gov. Ames approved this |
high-handed scheme, and is therefore |
particeps criminis. And tomake the matter |
still more damning, and that there might |
be no fdlLr pas in the execution of these |
legalized raids upon the peoples pockets,
he appointed the identical members of the |
Legislature who put the job through the /
houses for the nefarious work. This is in
direct violation of the Constitution of the |
State, and is shocking commentary up
on the public indecency of the admins
tration. By this act of disappointment,
and by this act of acceptance, the Gov
ernor and the said members have proved |
themselves absolutely unworthy of public
or private respect. 1t is Joint act of
jobbery, which ought to consIgn both to in
fanny.
Having, therefore, grossly violated all
its promises and pledges, the Republican
party OF Mississippi, as represented by
Ames and his satellites, has shown itself
to be wholly unworthy of the confidence
and trust Of either race. 1t has been
manipulated entirely in the interest of
jobbers, adventures and INSCRIPTIONS
men, and against the welfare and prosper
ifv Of both hloob and Tn nrdar RI
deserve saving, nearly all the present men
who have the reins of the party in hand
must be discarded and overth-own. As
we see no reasonable hope of such con-
summation, then we can hope for no relief
from this party Under the present
management it is blight, paralysis,
whitening simeon upon the State.
We turn, therefore, to the platform /
adopted by the Democratic-C Conservative |
Convention at jackson on the 3d. We see
here the essence of genuine republican
ism, and We have faith in the sincerity of /
the body which adopted it. They are men
who cannot afford to stultify themselves
and falsify their compact. They mean
what they say, and say what the country |
needs. The rights of all, white and black |
alike, are guaranteed under this platform /
The school interests are protected. The
reforms pledged. The other party has
been fruitful in promises, but utterly
fruitless in performance. There is no hope |
from that source. Let US abandon the sink
ing wreck-sinking under the overwhelm-
ing weight of its own corruption-and /
rally round the standard of this new par
ty where there is salty and justice for all.
Let us have q new deal all around, and /
complete change in the style of men we
set up to rule Us. There Is no other hope |
Gnu ne