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, 1875-04-17
Tax ON Offers oil Muyrinuo.

The Pail Nall 11teAe sAys ut II sofpr1sfno
that amou4 tue many schemes tor increasing H.
revenue III the least i1ksome method to tha com,
1ounl.y Tho imposition OF stamp duties ou orers
OF marfiage has never been seriously consider-
post would not only 10 ohoertully paid, but
would bring In considerable sum Annuaily to
tho Ezcheques. It would. moreover, do inoro
than anything olsa to put an aud to thoae
'bsstch OF pIomiss esses waich gt1s slss to 70
, 1875-04-17

Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
Sunday Trnin.
The Through pacido Express Train for Council
bluffs, Omaha. asn Franciaao, and all other fas West
points, Will eaye tho VOLS Stree. Depot Of Tho Ch,capo
x Northwestern Hallway, It 1o.l5 q. u., sunday,
April n.
Through Tickea and Sleeping Car beztbs can be ~
cured at the oompanys oflcc, g. Clark st., 6hesm.n
1io,hs: Tickels va Chicago, Burlington l. Quincy,
and chicsRo, Rock Island k pacldn RAILWAYS. II
good Oh this train,
, 1875-04-17

9tetnwRy's --latest Improvements,
The Hsv patent "tone- sustaining pedal attsohsa
to both upright and square pianos, may now ba seea
1t the wsrerooms Of Lyon b IIeAly, No, lc1 state
street. This valuable sstschnent a6ords tho par
former facti!es for the production OF variety Of
beautiful affects hithsrto unattalnabls In tbs art az
pIano-p!aying.
, 1875-04-17

Ladies' Can Hardly AFFORD
to pass Nos. 40 aud 23l 6ats atrset ger jenkins
Fa1oas}, without seeing what thoy odes 10 mske
hosns hesut1ful and comfortable In house dseoss-
toas curtains, bedding, etc.
, 1875-04-17

Look at Our nb-Cent
japanese ats old price TO ceus, black cashmsfo i.
IS cents. worth $l.as. Beat ress goods u Is cent,
pArdddge's, Aoa. ia aaI III stats stseet.
, 1875-04-17
SUBURBAN..
ntK bknN

Tbs ladies Of Oak Park hsva ohsllengad The
gentlemen OF The plsce to \ friendly conts,t 10
epolllnG - tho Congregational Church Wedass-
day eysulng.
, 1875-04-17

seeond.Hand Organs,
Very hna Reed Sons. Estsy, prince K Co., aud
uFdet organs, but little usel for a4in 1t Needt TEN.
pls Of Music, "a Van Dureu street, At Aalf- price,
, 1875-04-17
Glen Flora

That Glen FlorA miue1l water viii sreedly And
permanently cure Brghta diseass Is placed beyond
doubt. Csll TOR circular 1t your druggists, an e.-
amino for yourseH.
, 1875-04-17

A Branch House Established.
"e arc plessed to learn Of tic establishment Of
branch house In Ibis city by Messrs. Ferry Co., ct
A1hsny, n. =. Ttey arc located 1t Nos. i3 sad II
Lake atreet, and. being nnn Of ths oet auterpssiue
hrma engaged In tbs manufacture of stoYns Va hsrn
no doubt thoy wtA do q una buslnea4 iern.
, 1875-04-17

Of tho teeth Il brittle 8ozodoot composed e1clnssys
" Of hJgsnio vssstsbls e1eeats and contaIa,ue No
solvent, Il tbs only article which, while whitening the
euAlnel preserves it, sounduets.
, 1875-04-17

What It It Ia Hard Times,
Thsrc never Sas : Tins ~hen you could got "kitch-
IN ontns" - cheAply - We now sell them. namsnp-
ber, Va warrant theEst nona better. IAe4 r, petoa
Nos. l91 and 194 Stale atreet.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
WHAT THE VICTORY MANS
A Capable Judiciary M Well -
. CompeGems Le@lmAmtAar@.

On one point, there should be no d.
vision. The people must have the full
benefit of the victory for Reform, to
which they have won the right through
the ballot-box. Timid counsels and halt
ing considerations of expediency must
not be permitted to defeat this end. You
Popatli, Vor Dei-the voice of the people
is the voice of God. The people have
said that the change in the administra-
ton of their State government must be
complete and thorough IN all its depart
naeDts, and they must not be cheated out
of the legitimate results of their verdict.
They are entitled to just and wise sys-
tenn of laws, and they are entitled to an
honest and capable judiciary to erpOrnd
them.
If the election of popular branch of
the Legislature with Conservative and
Democratic majority of fve-sixths, and
of a Senate in which their majority would
have been as large if the whole number
had been to elect, but which is three
fourths as it is-if a popular majority of
from twenty-five to thirty thousand, hon
estly and peacefully expressed at the polls
mean anything, they mean that the
change must be as complete and sweep
ing as the demand for it has been loud
and overwhelming. There is no mistak-
ing the verdict and there will be no
faltering steps in treading the path to
which it will lead if the voice of the
people is not drowned in the clamors of
expediency.
1t is not for US to prescribe line of ac-
ton for others. No more honest, no more
capable, no more resolute body to do the
right, has ever assembled in this State.
than the Legislature which the people
have chosen. The members know the
abuses which the people have set out to
correct. They know that theirs, was a
against ignorance, incompe-
tency, corruption and extravaganza
all the qualifications of the
State government, and there is every
reason to believe that seeing the way,
they will not stop short of the goal to
which it points. To attain this end, they
will doubtless act from the lights before
hem, in harmony and unison, and will
lot hesitate to employ whatever opportu-
titles and methods the Constitution,
which is the ssprems law, has placed
within their reach.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

ssResolyed, That we desire that Gov.
Ames Will preserve, in the measures of
retrenchment and reform, heretofore
recommended by him and calculated to
tighten the burdens of the people; and
do hereby respectfully request our Repre-
sentatives in both branches of the Legis-
lature to give to him their confidence and
support in all matters of State policy,
designed to advance the true and perma-
nent interests of the State and further
more, as the sense or this meeting, it is
right that the past be forgotten, and that
the Chief Executive of the State, the
Legislature and all others of the State,
act henceforth in union and harmony and
with an eye single to the public good.
Resolved, That The CtARroS be re-
quested to copy the above"
The foregoing meets our approval, in
so far as it expresses desire that the
Legislative and Executive Departments
shall cooperate in all measures for accom-
plishing the reforms demanded by the
people; but we will not be understood as
expressing any opinion calculated to fsre-
stall the action OF the peoples representa-
tives in arraigning Gov. Ames for his nu-
merous, repeated and fragrant violations of
the Constitution to the great detriment
of the State. 1t is one thing to give
him credit, as we freely do, for carrying
out in good faith the peace compact with
the citizens, and retaining from uncon-
stitutional and revolutionary measures
that would have wrapt the State in the
flames of civil war; and quite different
thing to pass over, without impartial and
fearless inquiry, his violations of that in
strument. This is no occasion for senti-
mentalism, nor time-serving expediency.
1t is for the representatives of the people,
to whom the whole subject has been re-
mitted, to decide. We will abide their
verdict-but will not consent to forestall
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
The Old Landmarks.

Some of the Southern Democratic Jour
nails are making an egregious mistake in
advocating costly and expensive system
of internal improvement, even though
1t be in their own neglected section, by
the Federal Government, as a conse.
quence of Democratic asOeadency in the
popular branch of Congress. With some.
the connection of the Tennessee and
Coosa rivers by canal is pet job. Others
favor the James River and Kanawha
canal, and the Georgia, Western and
Atlantic canal. The cost of these three
jobs would not be less than 800, DOC. 900
at the lowest estimate.
These schemes are bad in policy and
wrong in principle. That they are bad
in policy, no man with a grain of sense
will fail to discern. In principle, thew
are contrary to the traditional creed of
the Democratic party from its earliest
organization to the present time. They
are in direct accord with the centralizing
tendency of the times, which ought to be
deprecated and avoided by the minority
section.
To carry into execution these schemes.
system of logrolling and reciprocal
service WOuld be required, than which
nothing is more corrnpting.
There are two measures in which the
=
south is especially interested, and which.
night receive substantial aid from the
government, without subjecting their
dvocates to the charge of embarking it
sweeping system of local improve
nents, viz: the leveeing of the Missis-
Ppi river, and the construction of
abroad to the Pacific on the S2d parallel. {
hese objects, while especially beneficial |
the South and West. are wide-reach-
g and national in their influences and
SEES. '
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

1t is probable that when there ha
been an overhauling of the qualification.
of the members of the Senate, and az
investigation into the mode of their cleo
ton, it will be discovered that there are
persons occupying seats who are not en-
titled to them.-CLARIoN.
Are we to infer from the above that
some of the old members of the Senate
are to be lifted opt of their seats to make
room for tWo-thirds majority If so
the Secretary of State should be careful
as to whom he issues commissions as SEN
ators. This BUSTING business is a game
at which both parties can work. Prairie
News.
You are to infer that the Senate has a
right, under the Constitution, to INQUIRE
into the qualifications, and decide upon
the claims of, its own members. IT, ON
the suspicion that the Senate will exer-
else this prerogative, and with a motive
to prevent it, any official clothed with a
little brief authority, should attempt to
use it for the purpose of cheating the
people out of their victory, it would not
amount to a puff of wind. A little
wholesome hanging might then be in or
der.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
ItaWamba County.

By accident, in our list of members
of the Legislature elected, the name of
Hon. David johnson, of Itawamba, who
so faithfully represented that county in
the last Legislature, was left out entirely.
He was returned to that body by
unanimous vote. The county gave
Hemingway $50 votes, and Buchanan
80. The entire Democratic ticket was
elected, as follows: S. A. Bonds, Sher-
if G. D. McCrummin, Circuit Clerk
j. A. Reynolds, Treasurer; J.. A. Nc
Dougal, Assessor ]. z. Cormack, Sur
veyor, and L. H. Jaggers, Coroner.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
COv1ngtOn and Jones.

Among the numerous evils of Radi,
calism which demand the immediate at.
tention of the law-making branch of our
government, is the apportionment of the
State into Representative districts, giving
to some counties as many as five repre-
sentatives in the Legislature, while other
counties have only one-half-or one rep.
resentative to two counties As an in
stance of this injustice, there are Coving-
ton and Jones counties, which have only
one representative in the Legislature be-
tween them, when they are entitled to one
each. Our idea is that every county in
the State is entitled to at least one repre-
sentative, and as the Democratic party is
pledged to equal justice, it should see to
1t that this evil is remedied. Give Gov
lngton and Jones each a representative.
The same claim can be Justly made for
Greene and Wayne, Hancock and Pearl.
Harrison and jackson, and also Marion
and Perry. Westville News.
This accords with what we expressed
in our last number. One of the most
imperative demands of the people is a
change of the Legislative apportionment.
j Justice demands a restoration of the
constitutional provision, allowing to each
county at least one representative. The
rejected this just and
time-honored system, for the sole pur-
pose of deriving the white counties of
their rightful voice in the States coun.
ellis.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

This is what the newspapers are called
IN this country, which are printed remote
! from the busy centres of trade, popula-
ton and politics. They perform their
work almost unseen, in silence and OBJ
security, not for day, nor season. nor
canvass, but from years end to years
end, in sunshine and storm-if wearied.
still without rest. And yet of all others,
these unobtrusive toilers receive the least
encouragement and faintest of the 'swell
done" plaudit. The idea Ia beautifully
suggested by contributor, w. W. Har.
vey, in the November number of Lin
pencott. Speaking of the unrequited
toll of French provincial writer who
sleeps well with his fathers after long
life of usefulness to his fellow-men. the |
writer concludes with this remark
1t is such writer's as he, scattered over
Europe and America, addressing them
selves to the people in the remote prov
noes and quiet country towns and
villages, whose influence, unknown at
he metropolitan centres, still grows like
he germ, till by and by all the fields are
Fellow with golden harvest. AnotherIt
and puts in the sickle, another honses
he grain, but it is they, the obscene rro-
lnclals, who sOwed the seed that fattens
II the land with promise.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
THE CLARION.

Brandon RapnbiiGan.l
The DAILY CLARION is discontinued
This h. to he regretted. We need a hold
and independent daily, just such as was
the CLARION. at the Capital, and had
hoped that the proprietors of that Jour
nal had found it profitable to continue
the daily.
Yazoo Democrat.l
The jackson DAILY CLARION has hean
discontinued. We part company with
this spicy daily with no little regret
During its short lie it has done noble
service for its oppressed, down-trodden
Mississippi.
We are under obligation to our friends
OF the press for their kind notices. The
of our Daily will be resumed
when the Legislature meets, in order
that the public may be kept fully adj
vised of its proceedings.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
Platform of the New York he.
mOcrRcy.

New York, with the vote of the South
Except South Carolina and Mississippi)
and the assured support of Connecticut,
Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana and the
Pacific States, will elect the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency next year
by majority of twenty-four in the
electoral college; and, therefore, it be-
comes important to understand the DO
sition occupied by the New York De
mocracy. Below we have copied the
platform on which they won the last two
victories. 1t is model of political or
thodoxy, and of sound, broad, national
principles, and is as pure as refined gold
LIST. Gold and silver the only local
tenders no currency inconvertibie with
coin.
"a. STEADY steps toward specie paw
ments; no step backward.
Sd. Honest payment of the public
public faith.
4'h: revenue reform Federal taxa
ton for revenue only; no government
partnership with protected monopolies.
9th. Home rule; to limit and localize
most jealously the few powers intrusted
to public servants, municipal, State, and
Federal no Capitalization.
9th. Equal and exact Justice to all
men no partial legislation no partial
taxation.
9TH. A free press no gag laws.
Nth. Free men uniform excise law
no sumptuary laws.
9Th. Official accountability enforced by
better civil and criminal remedies no
private use of public funds by public off,
eers.
10th. Corporations chartered by the
State always supervisable by the State in
he interest of the people.
18th; The party in power responsible
or ali legislation while in power.
18th. The Presidency a public trust.
lot private perquisite; no third term.
18Th Economy in the public expense,
hat labor may be lightly burdened.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
The DeGumct.

: On our first page we have printed
something decidedly racy in the way Of
a funeral sermon by brother Fleet T.
Cooper over the remains of Radicalism,
which were inferred with imposing cere
monies at Meridian on the 9th. As in
no other place the dead monster ran a
more licentiOus and Ubiquitous career than
in Lauderdale, nor received more dead
ly stab in its fall, we do not know where
these Obsequies could have been more
appropriately celebrated than in the midst
of the gallant and whole-souled Democra-
cy of Meridian.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
WisstsSiPPf Delegates go the Mem
Phis aud 80. Louis Railroad
Convention,

During the present month two very
important Railroad Conventions will be
held, one at Memphis, and the other at
St. Louis. In response to a generally
expressed desire, Lt.-Gov. Davis (actine
GOVERNOR has appointed a delegation to
represent the State of Mississippi, and
has requested their attendance. The
delegation consists of the following we'll
known citizens of eminent capacity and
fitness; Gen. A. M. West. Gen. N
II. Harris, Gen. w, F. Tucker. Geo
I. Hardy, Esq, NJ. B. Hillyard. ESQ.
DIR. Robert Kells, Thos. Rigby. Esq
Hon. Charles E. Furlong, Col. E. D,
Frost, Hon. w. H. Simms, Col. w. G.
Falkner, Gen. w. T. Martin, ex.Gov
r. c. Powers, Maj. Fl: II. Chalmers. |
Hon. r. N. Taylor, DIR. C. K. Marshall,
Judge Thomas Christian, Hon. HI. Mus
grove, Col. E. Dismukes, Col. S. M.
Meek.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

The following resolutions are Published
IN the Liberty Herald, as having been
adopted at meeting of leading citizen,
at Talberts precinct, Amite county:
Resolved, That we, citizens of Tai.
berts precinct. of both races, do hereby
pledge ourselves to each other that we
VIII use all the means in our power to
restore confidence between the races. and
that We viii do all in our power to pro-
sect each and every person against either
Insult or injury.
ResolEed, further, That the white
people viii on all occasions use their
power and influence to restrain lawless-
ness among themselves, and the colored
people shall doathe same. ssng
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

i
b Ala Convention Of the delegates o.
] the different Democratic onservafiyt
/ Clubs of Holmes county, held in the
court room in Lexington November IL,
the following resolutions were adopted
On motion, il was
Resolved, That the various Demo
cratic Conservative Clubs of HOlme'
county be recommended to continue theiI
organizations, and meet at least once pei
month.
On motion of DR.. George Williams, il
was ga
Resolved, That the various clubs q!
the county be requested to appoint com
mittees, whose duty il shall be to exam
| inc the Registration books of their re-
spective districts aud ascertain the names
of all persons who have registered before
they we're twenty-one years old, and pre-
sent such persons who have illegally reg
| istered before the magistrates and Grand
Jury eff the county.
On motion of J. f. Gwin, it was
Resolved, That in view of the fact
that the tax-books have not, up to
this time, been prepared for the col.
AcStiOA Va taAC~, asAu II hOuAu
be impossible that the citizens
could pay their taxes by December LIST,
1875, and for the further reason that a
large number Of citizens doubt the legal
right of II. B. Loverin to collect their
taxes, that our Senator and Representa-
tives elect be and are hereby requested,
at an early day in the next meeting of
the Legislature, to introduce and urge
to ITS passage, bill relieving from the
penalty prescribed by law, all persons
who may not have paid up to December
LIST, 1875, and that further time be
given, within which taxes may be paid.
On motion, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, We feel a deep sense of
gratitude to Gen. J. z. George, for his
zeal and energy in behalf of our cause,
as chairman of the State Executive Com
mittee, and believe that our success is
greatly due to the statesmanlike manner
in which he conducted the last canvass.
Therefore be it
Resolved, LIST, That we tender to Gen.
George our heartfelt congratulations and
thanks for the successful termination of
our struggles for political existence and
liberty, which We have attained with his
advice and direction.
Resolved, I'd. That we request our
Senator and Representatives elect of
Holmes county, to cast their votes and
use their influence to the end that Gen. |
q. George may be elected to the Uni
ted States Senate.
On motian of j, T. Meade it was unan-
nously
Resolved, That we recommend j. Z.
Gwin, Esq, to his Excellency, Gov.
Ames, for the nomination, and to the
senate for confirmation, as a lawyer of
inc ability, and a gentleman of chaste
morals and sterling integrity for the office
f Circuit Judge of this, the 18th Judicial
District.
Resolved, That a copy of the pro-
eedings of this Convention be seat to the
ACKsoN CLARION and the Advertiser,
nd that they be requested to publish
he same and that a::copy thereof be sent
D Gen. j. q. George.
On motion the Convention adjourned
me die
j. j. PICKENS, Chairman,
j. f. AsHCRAFT, Sec'y.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

Before the election we extended con
CALCULATIONS to the entire jackson clIoue
for we foresaw a glorious victory had
been planned for the people of Missis
sipPi. That victory, in its fullest prom.
Use. has been gathered.
Wiley p. said to Tom Benton he was
Utmost tempted to forgive his past rascal
ny: We go further, and say to the
jackson Clique, we forget ali wherein
we have ever differed from you, and
name you only to praise.
Here's our hand, Mr.. CLARIoN.-Co-
lumbus Index.
Here's our heast, brother Index.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

THIS is the way the Northern press
presents the facts of our contest and vic
tory in Mississippi
In Mississippi there was a ques ton
that deservedly had priority over that of
finance. 1t was whether the men who
owned property, the taxpayers, should
have 1t contiscated by taxation upon
the part of the ignorant popula.
alton, and thus be driven from the
State, or whether by a different
administration they would be able to re-
side there. Mississippi has undergone,
like all the Southern States, with the ex-
ceptiOn of one or two, two reconstruc-
tIons-one made by the bayonet, from
Washington, and the other accomplished
by the votes of its own citizens. All
hail the election which remands Missis- |
sipPi to the control Of her own destinies! |
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

Says the Charleston News and Courier

Says the Charleston News and Cou,;o,
of the Sd:
Juries are worse than usual in Man
ming. Ten blacks and two whites ac.
Quilted the County Commissioners WIZ
were charged with breach of trust With
fraudulent intent, and twelve negroes
acquitted three men of their own .noIor
who were charged with stealing e;obt
thousand dollars. When will this Sfste
have strict Jury Commissioners, and in
teliigent and impartial juries?
Some time or other, not far off. there
will be great upheayal in South Caro-
lima which viii rid the old Common.
wealth of the curse which has attended
The rule of ignorance and corruption
1t was so in Mississippi; and ike causes
produce like effects.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17
The u. -. Senator.

The question of choice of U. S. Sem
ator was properly held in allegiance dur
ing the canvass, for the sufficient reason
that it might endanger the harmony of
the party and the success of the cause OF
Reform, which was paramount to the
claims of individuals. Since the cleo
ton, however, considerable interest has
been manifested. Many names have
been mentioned-the most prominent of
which are Hon. l.. @. G. Lamar, Gen.
Robert Lowry, Gen. w. s. FeatherstoL
and Gen. j. Z. George-with chances
apparently about equal.