The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-08-25

9 Inc office of Northumberland Of
the otatels occupied by one against whom
: IN addition to an incompetence patent to
all men, there are grave suspicious Of
II bribery in the discharge of official duties
5. The instruction of our youth is rHtrust.
n n ed to Superintendent of Public Edp.
I. cation, who to-day stands indicted Inv a
!. brand. y ury, of numerous felonies. and
!. whom his own party neither have the
:. courage to impeach, nor the audacity to
). defend Our judicial positions, with
). some honorable exceptions, are filled
;. oy men OF no repute in their profes.
SION, and IN some instances by those who
hrst announced themselves as members
J. OF the bar by the assumption of the high
est honors of the bench. Our inferior
offices are occupied in many instances by
men utterly illiterate, and so ignorant
OF the simplest duties of their posi-
tons that their attempts to discharge
them would be ludicrous if they were not
SO harmful. Our legislative halls are
controlled by a combination of ipno-
rance and corruption which battles all hope
OF reformation. The men who impose
our taxes are entirely discovered in sym-
pathy and interest from those by whom
they are paid. The logical and newt
able consequence has been that the rate
of taxation, State and local, has increas-
ed more than fifteen hundred per cent.
in the short space of six years, and vet
our people each day growing poorer, and
staggering under burden too grievous
to be borne, see with despair the public
expenses each year exceeding the reven-
ne.
No relief from this intolerable scene of
wastefulness, imbeeility and corruption
can be expected at the hands of the Re-
publican party of the State. The same
men VINO have wrought these evils are /
still the controlling spirits of its organi-
cation, and will he its chosen leaders and !
candidates in the approaching election.
How, indeed, can party be expected (
to put down corruption which numbers
upon its State Executive Committee two |
convicted thieves, one Of whom, convic-
ted of petty larceny, has paid the penalty |
Of his crime, and the other, convicted of /
ENLIGHTENMENT is now an inmate of the I
penitentiary. The overthrow of such a .
government and the defeat of such a |
party is the supreme necessity of the |
hour, and has become the duty of every !
honest man. In this noble work upon a /
platform of equal rights to all we invoke |
the aid of all who prefer intelligence,
rather than ignorance, purity, rather
than corruption, economy, rather than
wasteful extravaganza, and low taxes,
rather than legalzed robbery under the
guise of taxation. For the furtherance
of these aspirations it is our province
and duty to submit to you few practical
suggestions for the conduct of the can
vass. In the first place we would dispel
the apathy that springs from a want of
hope.
We are gratifed at being able to state
that careful scutiny has satisfied us that
active exertions in few doubtful coun-
ties, coupled with vigilance elsewhere,
will give us control of the next Legisla-
ture. Conceding to the Republicans all
counties which are clearly theirs, and
estimating that no blunders or careless
ness on our part will deprive US of those
which are clearly ours, there remains six
or eight counties which are more or less
equally balanced and which must decide
the result. While in most of these
there are small majorities against us, in
no one of them is there any numerical
superiority which cannot and will not
Weld to determined assault, nor are
there wanting abundant indications that
we shall carry several of the largest Re
publican counties in the State.
We regard as the first and most impor-
tant means of success, a thorough local
organization, and we cannot too strongly
urge upon our friends generally, and upon
County Committees especially, the I'M
portance of prompt attention to TINS
work. Let clubs be formed at each pre-
cinct, and let active men be appointed to
visit the voters and procure their enroll
ment in these organizations THESE
Clubs. or at least their officers and exeeu-
tive committees, should meet weekly, and
discuss the situation of their neighbor-
hood. and see to it that no voter Is over
looked. Such local conferences will serve
to quicken the zeal of the active, and
awaken that of the Indifferent We re-
card them as more important and more
effective than barbeeues and pu0lc
speeches, though these last must not be
neglected. We would suggest that these
clubs be formed at once, before the cot
ton picking season sets in. The reglstra-
t;on of all our friends, and the preven-
ton Of fraudulent registration on the
part of our opponents, will of course en-
rsoa the active attentention of the Coun-
ty Committees, and we would suggest
that in this, as we'll as in other work.
the services of the candidates for office,
can be most usefuily employed. Full
and frequent correspondence between the /
several County Committees and the State
Committee, we regard as very important.
We solicit letters also from private cltl-
. I,ool;tv We bep that these /