The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-10-13
The Weekly Clarion.
THE CANVASS OPENED.
Speeches of DIR. Walden and y ud &c
SOuthwOr1h i'm Carroll.


SOuthWOr1h i'm Carroll.
BLACK HAWK, CARROLL Co.,
Miss, Sept. %, 1878.
EDS. CLARION:
Our fearless and able candidates for
the lower House of the Legislature in
this county opened the ball on Saturday
last, according to previous appointment,
at Black Hawk Though the day was
inclement, about one hundred and fifty
whites, with smart sprinkling of col
ored voters, assembled to hear DIR. Val
den and Hon. H. H Southworth discuss
the issues of the canvass. Carroll coun-
ty may congratulate herself on the nom
ination of this ticket. They are gentle
men who fill the full measure of the
Jefersonian test of Honesty, Fidelity
and Capacity" They are men whom
the office has emphatically sought. DR.,
Walden, as is well known throughout the
State, is a gentleman of large property,
invested in various industries and to
say that he is sacrificing his private in
terests for the public good is known by
all his friends to be no mere empty com
pliment, but strict matter of fact. He
will sacrifice thousands of dollars during
the campaign. The honor of a seat in
the Legislature has no charms for him,
in the abstract. Years ago he reaped all
the hOnors such position could confer,
having been a member both of the Sen
ate and of the lower House before the
war. Hence, there is but one possible
theory as to the motive which aetuates
him-a pure, unselfsh love of country,
and the disposition to promote the wei
fare Of his fellow-men. 1t is gratifying
at this day to behold such evidences of
patriotism.
The same is true of the Hon. HI. II.
Southwortn He will likewise Suffer in
his private interests He has reaped the
plories Of several terms in the Legisla-
ture, and his tastes and inclinations draw
him, with an influence which requires
nerve and love of country to resist, to
the pursuits of agriculture and to the
pleasures of home. Consulting their
individual comforts and their personal
inclinations, these gentlemen, now ripe
in years and hOnors, would both have
abstained from any active participation
in the canvass. Since they are sacrihc-
irg their money, time, health and ener-
gies for us, how can we, claiming a single
spark of manhood, neglect to devote a
few hours to securing their election, and,
consequently, our own honor and welfare,
public and private? Where shall we
bury our shame if we neglect o-put forth
all our energies, not only in their cleo
ton, but in giving them a majority large
enough, in some measure, to express that
gratitude which is due the public bene-
factor everywhere?
DR. vAIDEN's SPEECH.
DIR. Walden began by referring to his
nomination, and the manner thereof: By
delegation of the Democratic-C onserva-
tive party, representing every Beat in
the county, and by a unanimous vote.
He stood there, he said, free of all man
ner of local prejudice. He should rep
resent the best interests of the whole
county, and of the State Of Mississippi.
OF the truth of this statement, no one
has any doubt. That Dr. Walden has
done ten times more than any one man
in building up the handsome and thri-
wing town which bears his name, all are
aware. He used his individual property
in the enterprise, however, and his la
bors in this behalf have redounded to
the good of the whole county, and have
not cost it single dollar. 1t is portion
of Carroll county, and to that extent he
has added to the wealth of the entire
county :. and his speech at Carrollton the
day he was nominated, convinced all who
heard him that the best interests of the
county had suffered no prejudice at bis
hands, but increased wealth and honors,
rather.
The Doctor stated that it had been
twenty-five years since he last appeared
in any political capacity. Then, we had
two noble parties, to either of which it
was an honor to belong-parties which
were true to the principles of public honor
and private manhood-the old Wing and
Democratic parties. He honored the
leaders of those parties, because they
were an honor to the country and to
mankind, and their history was part of
the most brilliant history of the country.
But alas, what change! Temporal MAJ
tdntttr, ct nos cam nllLtGmUr illOs. For
strict political integrity, at this day, he
could look nowhere but to those who are
acting with the party he now represented.
Here DIR. Walden entered upon an anal
ysis of our constitutional government, as
established by our fathers, with its vari-
GUS checks and balances. Now, the
civil was made subordinate to the mill
tary power; the right of habeas corpus
abolished in time of peace, and in a
manner which would cost Victoria, Eng
lands Queen, her crown, if not her life
To him it was a source of shame and
modification to witness the loss of our
liberties and yet he had hopes of that
tidal wave of public opinion which,
sweeping from the mighty East, and
gathering impetus as it goes, was making
the knees of Grant, Spoon Butler and
his son-in-law, Ames, (the Massachusetts
Governor, sOcalled, who occasionally
comes down to Mississippi to take tea
with u.s. to tremble and knock together
Ames has recently learned that Grant is
not so ready to back him up with the
military as he once was that great
power which springs from the people adj
monishing him that g thus far can he go,
but no farther"
1t remained with us to say whether his
little Excellency, Ames, should rule us
longer with rule which was obnoxious
to every true MIssissippian, and disas-
trous to the State. He feared the people
had heretofore been too lukewarm and
lethargic. Near one-third of the genu-
inc electors, the white property owners of
the State, had held aloof while being
bound with shackles. He was hated by
the Radicals of Carroll county, above
every other man in it, because his motto.
had ever been, q Mississippi must and
shall be ruled by Mississippians. They
would pit their whole strength to defeat
him, but God helping, he would fight
the good fight to the end and that they