The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-10-13
Warner's wa- Vvhoop.

Major General Warner, of the Ames
militia, has promulgated the mos ncen-
diary appel to the negroes that has ever
been issued through the press. 1t is not
only incendiary, but it is false and SLAM
derous in its assaiIment of the motives of
the honest, law-abiding, taxpaylng citl-
zens OF the State in struggling to rid
themselves of the curse of Radical mis-
rule, AMI of such villainies as the Pearl
RIVER Navigation inIamy, into TIE depths
OF which Warner himself is plunged.
II re i, n extrsct from this lnceniiary
3.,! ulttsg pronuncianientne Warner,
as produced in the Radical organs:
The mask being of, and there being
no longer a motive to deceive, the pres
emit canvass opens up with unusual Bit
terness and severity. Grown desperate
by repeated defeats, reckless political
leaders, who would again plunge the
State into ruin to promote themselves,
have melted the more ignorant and law
less of their party to arm themselves,
Vicksburg, Clinton, Yazoo City. Amite,
Tallahatchie and Noxubee counties bear
ample witness to the character of the
present campaign.
But we are not discouraged. 1t cost
the government of the United States a
million Of lives and untold millions of
money to secure large majority of the
Republicans of Mississippi the right to
vote. Rest assured that that sacred
investment of blood and treasure will be
looked after, and millions more will be
expended, if necessary, to preserve that
right. Then let the fiat go forth, and let
it be distinctly and unequivocally under
stood, first as well as last, that the State
and national governments will see to it
that every qualified voter shall have an
opportunity to cast his ballot as he pleases,
"peaceably if he can, forcibly if he
must. President Grant has already told
the country that in this matter 'there
shall be no child's play"
We do not say this to increase the
political hostility that already exists. 1t
is too intense now. But we do mean
to have it understood that if Democrats
can afford to risk their lives for the sake
of few offices, Republicans can well
afford to do the same thing to preserve
their rights and liberties. We sincerely
hope, however, that the sober second
thought of the opposition will yet prevail
and that the worst has passed but this
is a matter for them to decide. Our
opponents can restore the country to a
condition of profound peace if they desire
to do so. The responsibility is entirely
with them. We simply act upon the
defensive and will be prepared for any
emergency.
The truth in regard to all the disturb
ances which have occurred are precisely
the reverse of what Warner states. 1t
is in proof that the negro mob at Clinton,
evidently melted by such adventures as
Warner, forced quarrel upon the few
white citizens who were at the meeting by
invitation, in order to massacre them, as
they inhumanly did poor Sivley, Thomp-
son and Chiffon, ,ohose blood cries from
the ground for vengeance! The history of
the Vicksburg affair has been told thou
caused by Ames and his
clansmen of the Warner stripe in or
der to procure the killing of negroes
for political purposes. Morgan brought
on the Yazoo riot. The Amite story
was lie out of whole cloth. The Talla-
hatchie riot was caused by the attempt
of lawless negroes to prevent the arrest
of two of their number caught in the act
of registering illegally. And so in every
case the difficulties commenced with the
desperate adventures themselves, or
their depraved and ignorant dupes and
behind all these base deeds is the
knowledge that ,Uithoat Federal interven-
bon, Mississippi aOM be reclaimed from
Radical domination.
The boast that millions will be spent,
if necessary, to preserve the rights of any
class of the people, is idle vaporing. IF
Warner and his clan want to prac-
ice the intimidation game let him and
hem lead the btOodhounds, they are setting
M the taxpayers, and meet the consequences
# their OaUn acts! There is not a
Democrat or Conservative, or Reformer
If any political designation in Mississippi
who would interfere with the established |
rights of any class, and the carpet-bag
lemagogues know it. But there is a
abroad in the State, that
his wholesale plundering of an impov-
.rished people must cease, and there is
where the trouble comes in. Hence these
and wild rawlings and
,owardly threats.