The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-05
CoNGREss-sECOND DISTRICT
Hon. m. ~. SoushwOrth, OF Car
roll.
CARRoLL County, MISS,
April oath, 1879.

April oath, 1919.
EDrroR CLAEroS: The hope of re-
deeming our State from the political har-
pies who are preyiDg upon the people
seems to be everywhere frightening.
We can better accomplish this great pur-
pose without long-drawn-out platforms
and political buneombe. Shape our
policy never so wisely, we must yet rely
more on individual effort; on the inspi-
ration of cause which is not yet lost
the cause of Constitutional Government.
Generally the ''means" require to be
first considered; in the present emergen-
CIV the lends" should be the prominent
thought with all lovers of their State.
A single plank is enough for our plat
form-one, however, which Is broad
enough to conciliate all opposition to the
Grant wing of the Radical party. And
then we should look for our standard
bearer with great care. In this crisis
we must literally look to men, not meas
ures. A. rs a candidate for certain posi-
ton can accomplish an object which b.
would utterly fail in-though in nine out
of ten points of availability the two may
exactly correspond.
In casting about for Congressman
from this District, know of but one
man who can enter the lists against Rad
icalism with fair hope of success, altho'
Howe's majority at the last election was
overwhelming. Judge Ii. IL. South
worth, of Carroll, is that man, if he can
be induced to make the race; and if
Democrats and Conservatives will con-
sent to turn him loose, unhampered by
platforms or pledges, he can best the
RadicM nominee whoever he may be.
You know him personally, and appre-
ciate that superior magnetic influence
| which makes him, by nature, leader of
men. His unaffected philanthropy, the
wealth of soul which charms all men
with whom he comes in contact, would
be worth everything in such canvass.
The demagogue may affect for a time
the virtues which Judge Southworth en-
Joys by nature, but the mask is too hol-
low to deceive men for any length Of
time. Col. futile remarked, in October
last, that if Judge Southworth was the
Conservative nominee for the Senate,
he (Tuttle) would not oppose him. There
was, doubtless, friendship in this judgment
of the Colonel, but there was a deal ofpru-
dencein it as well, for he would have been
defeated without doubt. While no 9th
er man in the District could have beaten
futile, am honest in the conviction
that even if epery oOhite Uoter in the Dis
trict had remained away from the polls,
the Judge could still have triumphed,
provided he could have made a thorough
canvass before the election When
afterwards nominated by the Conserva-
tives of Carroll for the Lower House,
no one dared oppose him. His colored
friends were legion, and they voted for
him by the hundreds, declaring that
though he might have had an opponent,
the Judge was their choice over every
other man in the world.
Let Judge Soutworth be importuned
to make the race for Congress. We
need him, and he should sacrifice his
private interests to the public good. We
must leave no stone unturned for our
redemption. If nominated, the Judge
will make vigorous canvass. From his
early manhood to this day, whether run
ming as Wing, Democrat or personal
grounds, or whatever the character of
opposition, he has mever been defeated a
single time. He carries the prestige OF
uninterrupted success-and just SO sure
as he consents to make the race, he will
beat any Radical who dares make the
race. To the timid. it would seem lit
tie short of miracle to elect Conserva-
tive in this Congressional District; but
there are men who would willingly stake
ten to one that If Judge Southworth
takes the field he will control enough
colored votes to elect him. He is the
only Conservative l have ever known
who can charm the bitterest colored Rad
icals right away from their standard |
bearers, without sacrificing one iota of
his principles or of his dignity. He is
the only man in the District who can.