The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-06


tsry power; the right Of habeas corpm.
abolished in time of peace, and in ,
manner which would cost Victoria, Eng
lands Queen, her crown, il not her life
10 him il was source of shame and
modification to witness the loss of ON,
liberties and yet he had hopes Of thai
tidal wave of public opinion which,
sweeping from the mighty East, and
gathering impetus as il goes. was making
the knees Of Grant, Spoon Batler and
his son-in-law, Anaes, the AIassnchusett,
Governor, so.called, who oecasiepall,
comes down to Mississippi 10 take tcs
with ns, TO tremble and knock together.
Ames has reccnfly Nafned thai Grant 4
mot 20 ready 10 }igk d aial sap with fiiS
military as he once was; that great
power which springs from the people ad.
monishing him that " 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 Mlssissippian, and disas.
trons 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 COUNT, above
every other man in it, because hts motto
had ever been, 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
would send out through the county their
low, slanderous ours. to defane him, in
vain. Against his honorable record of
thirty-seven years residence in old Car.
roll, he defed any carpet-bagger or seal
awag to point to a blot. He courted the
strictest scrutiny of his character, both
with the white race and the black race,
and in all the relations of life. OF the
100 negroes he owned before the war.
100 were with him still. He would not
own them again, if he could as a mat
ter of economy, he preferred the black
man should continue free; il he wished
il, he could move to Cuba in three DAYS,
and own hundred slaves. And vet the
Radicals sent their dirty tools abroad to
meet by dark-lanterns a..a 90 aefanso hRin
as one who wishes to "put the negro
back into slavery" knowing they were
lying all the time. He was mortified to
think that any negro could have little
enough sense to listen TO such stuff.
THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.
DIR. V. deprecated race prejudice. There
'ould be no prosperity without unity
If sentiment, and of labor between white
'nd black He, above all things, ,cished to
ee the colored people educated. They were
lere among us; were voters and free men
md women, and it was not only our duty,
nut our best interest to educate them.
lie would have them like the selEreliant
'ak, and not like the vine which cIings to
for support. He thought the negroes,
Iestiny was best fulfilled by proximity to
he whites, and went on to show that
wherever the white mans influence had
'een withdrawn the negro had relapsed
nto barbarism.
We have not the space fora full report
f the Doctors reviews of this branch of
is subject, to-wit' the origin of slavery
Iavery in the North how it came South,
tc., ETC., but suffice to say, it was able
nd interesting, and was listened to with
Mt attention.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Radicals, DIR. Walden went on, saw !
am opposed to the Public School system. 4
rue. | am opposed to its abuses, yhileI {
.vor the system. Go ask the colored {
eople of my town, and they will tell you j
nat gave them the best house in Missis- {
ppi TO pray, sing, teach and preach in,
nd yet my slanderers say am opposed 9
, the education of the colored race '
He thought the system of Public School
nances all wrong. Instead of investing
le school fund in Z. s. Bends, and using
le cupons f1r educational purposes, he |
ould use it all. Let the present genef- |
lion educate itself; it was not obligatory
= lis TO provide for the education OF those ,
J be born fifty years from now those !
no would be abler to educate themselves q
ian we are. They called il "sacred :
md, butt was fund for the politicians ;
steal from. From one to two million =
'llars of this fund had been deposited, =
I'd not one dollar invested in bonds. 1t !
"a there for the benefit of the thieves !,
large fund lying there useless. Let the
md be stopped here, and come in as part h
the School Fund. Carroll county's
o rata would be over 5000 large
m to be deprived of by inefficient
gislation. If elected he should endeayor
oorract tba s,.aear. - - - I Al