The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-08

: .1outheIn sIaIe, that has thrown "A III
incubus of carpetshag government IN
4 bounded forward upon q -career-e,f ~
: greatest prosperity e .ss4s - - =
UNHlEKPED A1IE All, lxAsx4sFu1 * q
sag& s..sa4 Ak$G4NcEs -. - -
- lanEuigla the sEaxpa ~ an a & r,e.seev
]. asseeifti lssissafd e1epbbIic pressfhe s,fs.
!. urgent appeals have been name r. ii.
admiIsiss rationsfor astlecfease ~ flfe St af
OF staxaflsps and q seduction of e,es,eY,gl;
4furssa only tp he treeted Wth.indlasranc
, and contempt.
Their Masseful e ): tf sas.s n =, s.
-marter"of public efdcation, the efliio,fns,;ofi
exPSnsl tuFesseB account Of the jadfcfarv
Tregls1ation and public spEintinas and ths
Ireqnent. and expensive sessions of tn.
Legislature demand equal attention from
: those who bear the burdens of Govern
ment. - In this connection NE scarThd
iofbsare mentioning the noticea34e fact
that while the Radical platform ! lateI.
i promulged seems to favor biennial ses.
slons Of the Legislature, the Journals in.
form us that the bills introduced AT the
stsession docking tothe accom- plisiIngnt
FOR that end were beaten in bothahe. House
and Senate solely. by Republican votes.
an ADDITION to the enormous. patronage
heretofore Incident to che Office Of Gov.
Bernor at the last session of the Legislas
ture an acts was passed under the party
lash giving ta. the Execetive the appoint.
ment of all tax-collectors throughout the
State; and as part Of the same design
of putting into his Unworthy hands both
the purse and sword of our com r1on-
wealth came the Infamous MetnORelitaui
Police bill, which was only defeated by. a
small majority in the Senate. )
CITIZENS
you can expect nothing from such men
but insult and sextortiuf - Pretending 10
Represent alwise, -free andsvirtueas pe6-
pie, they: exhibit in, every departments f
TIE government the same ignorance, IN.
I competency and corruption The Lieu
tenant-Governot, the superintendent Q +
Public Inns: ruction, and the Speaker-of
of the. House of Representative have.
all within their. present. term of office
been charged before the courts with penal.
offences of the darkest description. A
welEknUwn member of their State tx
ecutive Committee excused himself from
attending. It's recent. sitting sby referring
to his confinement in the. Albany Penl-
tertiary as 4 preventing . circumstance
over which lie had no control The
Chief Executive of the State, according
to his own evidence before Committee
of Congress, and. the published statement
of a prominent member of his. own party
has shown a reckless disregard of the
lives Of citizens, as little to be expected
in conservator of the peace MS it is
revolving to- every Christian. heaFts4 The
vast volume of legislation with which.
our law has been flooded byme unskilled
in the arts and forms Of government has
wrought complications which no genius
or labor can ~disentangle, and which re-
Gently in the case of our expensive regis
tration system and the law relative. to
sheritf7s bonds have required an extra
session of the Legislature, at cost to
the tax payers of the State, boasted by
Republican organs, ~I =
81. $50 Asa NOT TO ExCEED.'~' 50
seventeen thousand dollars.
: q While such is the condition of our
statute laws, its construction is eonfided
TO feeble judiciary who lenctlnlber the 4
dockets Of our Appellate Court with abb
surd and unheard OF decisions, and rather
increase than obviate the general fnsecu
irity Of private rights. - -
: "a =. so GLknTSG AND NofoRioUs -
have become the evils of such mal-admint.
istration, that at the late sitting of the
Republican State Convention, its Chair;
man.. himselfa bitter partisan, INTRODUCED
a resolution into. that body, which il.
effect PROPOSED to surrender to the Demo
Gratis, ia the counties where they. were
excluded by Republican majorities, GER |.
tain positions on the Boards Of Superyiss-.
ors. and other non partisan and non-po--
htieai offices, to the end, if we may
quote the words of his own remarkable
confession, aslhatt corruption might be.
rooted out. ..4 "a. ). e....s. ~
THE REMEDY "a i. -4..-. q.
for these eyils. fellow citizens, is in your
own hands; fail not to employ 1T. 10 osr
a. s..CoLoRED4 VOTERS -.-a - e~7~
whose toll contributes so far~t6 thegenerai
wealth of the country; we say: .kencance'
a policy that is fraught; with. so IN ueh
disaster and put. down the FaPaeious-
horde of adventures who consume the
fruits of your INDUSTRY. gu, the great
body of colored voters, ~have no interest
in such government and they do not pro-
perlv represent YOU. You ale honest and
iaboriotlss they are idle and Vrciotfs. -
Y on seeks nlythe. general good;--they'
their own selfish. .aggrandizemepks LON
look TO the COMMON schools as the great
hone of YOUR race;EtlIey dissipate the
fua,l,dedicated 10 that purpose IN the IN
terest OF chinaeEical railway. projects. '4'oh'
desire, peace and concord between, the
races-they through their Entorcemeptl
Acts. Force Bills, and measures for arm
ing the militia are urging perpetual strife
Recollect that the eyes of the American
nation are. uponov YOU, and do net declare
vour own uasFertAiness. OF aall that 1t has
done for you by refusing to- check this
rainous tendency in, our public affaaFs'
Show Nour appreciation of the iballot.by
voting for the honest and~cspable' Bemi-
nees of .the Democratic Ton serFattve
party, and tbys supporting -thes lteerats
platiorla upon which they stnnG tahey
viii not initatesy ouFs Republican headers
in the.vio8ation of. the pledges they have-
given, sbut.swia keep' them .as they would
their .nwu aintaBnished. honots'- We do
not ask your aid solely in our own behalf !
You ara equally iateresteds . u mite with
"a in. aalE honest effort fur reform; and
together let-suS save -as.-laBd that fssour
common car hssitage Observation-Disclosures
ing over it,. sssi-asss @sa.sss'E-' fss' q
Weneties that many tss @s4 .~'
sotrrHEREs REPC BEfcA VS.. - -
are fafsaking the party of misrule.' : We
.re;oice in their recovery from the een-'
examinations that surrounded them. We.
know that many good men have been
deceived into such connexions through,
Apatriotic impulses, hoping that BY cons