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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
FORFEITED LANDS.

The amount of forfeited lands to the
State for non-Payment of taxes, including
lands forfeited for levee taxes, are not less
than tacenty-seuen per cent. of the whole
taxable lands of the State, and sum up
SIX MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRES. The number thus confscated is
largely increased every year and as they
increase, they cease to be objects of
taxation, and the burthens fall proper
tionably heavier on those that remain in
the hands of the plundered taxpayers.
Did any people on earth ever have
greater cause of complaint than the tax
payers of Mississippi?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

This is what the N. Y. Herald says
ought to be done with Ames, for getting
up the disturbances in Mississippi, that
he might have pretext for calling for
United States troops. Referring to the
timely dispatches of Hon. HI. r. Pease,
contradicting the mischievous fabrications
of Ames, the Herald, as an organ of
Northern opinion, says:
Such testimony from such a man is
conclusive as to the condition of Missis-
sippi and as to the course of Gov. Ames
Ames is working for an election to the
United States Serate 1t would be a
Just retribution for his scandalous and
dangerous course if the next Legislature,
instead of making him Senator, should
impeach and remove him. He certainly
deserves such a fate, for he has tried by
false information to mislead the President
into what would, as now appears, have
been dangerous and needless act of
There is no doubt of his
motive in this.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
A Civil Rights Case.

A colored clergyman in Brooklyn, New
York, recently attempted to place his son
in public white school. His application
was refused, and he applied to the Courts
for redress. The decision of the Court
sustained the action of the Board of
Education in refusing admission to the
colored boy on the ground that they have
the right, under the statutes, to prescribe
upon what terms and conditions the
benefits of the free school system shall be
enjoyed within their Jurisdiction. 1t was
held further that the regulation under
consideration was not in conflict either
with the acts of the Legislature or with
the Civil Rights act, because it does not
appear that colored pupils are thereby
deprived of any advantages, facilities, or
privileges, extended to another class
This decision is amply sustained by prece-
dent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

We are satisfied that this is an over
drawn estimate of the colored vote. For
example, there are no statistics to Justify
the assumption that there are 345 more
colored voters in Rankin than whites.
The official enumeration of 1870 shows
for this county 1,189 white, and 1875
cOlored-a majority of IS only.
But take the estimate as it stands. and
it will melt like snow in the sun, under
the aroused spirit of the people. Col. C.
E. Hooker will represent the District in
the next Congress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

The Greenville Times has stated, on
the authority of Mr. Foster, Northern
man and a Republican, that colored
Brig. Gen, State Senator Gray, in a
speech at Eggs Point recently, took
occasion to say that "Gov. Ames was
going to send him one thousand stands
4" of arms to secure his election; and if
Necessary, he would kill all the white
g men, women and children, aye, even
" children, in the cradle; that he was
=" the Brigadier General of eleven
" counties, and was going to organize
90 and arm the militia therein You must
g all load your guns with buckshot, and
" have them ready"
Now, what says Gov. Ames to this
statement of his Brigadier Did he
authorize. or inspire, these fendish
expressions, or anything of that purport
The people want to know
In view of Gray's conduct, the Times
suggests that his presence in Washington
county is decidedly unwholesome to the
public tranquility of that community, and
we are not surprised that it is so.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THERE is chance for slight I'M
pleassntness, (Which, however, will not
amount to an insurrection against the
State government, and therefore will not
justify call for U. S. troops in Okolo-
M. The Chickasaw Messenger under
stands that a company of militia has been
organized, officers elected and arms
applied for. The Messenger says:
A company of white men is now being
formed in this place, and when the
enlistmentis completed, the officers elected
will report to the State authorities and
ask for recognition, and if Ames and his
coadiutors refuse, we will then know that
the militia bill passed at the last session
of the Legislature, was only intended to
organize and arm the negro, with view
to intimidation, and Missi8sippia,ps can and
aciW govern themselves accordingly.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
There VIII be No Federal Inter
ference with Troops.

The final answer of the Administra-
ton, closing up the correspondence on
the application of Gov. Ames for troops
with a refusal, is plain enough. The
President says that " the country is tired
"out with these annual autumnal out
&c breaks in the South, and the great ma
jority are ready to condemn any interference
on the part of the Government" meaning
that his past policy of making the army
the mere instrument of carpet-bag State
administrations for furnishing the people
who are restless under misrule, and for
preventing their overthrow at the ballot
box, has been condemned by the country
and must be abandoned
Ames is also rebuked for his ignorance
of the laws, and reminded that he has
presented no case for interference by the
Federal authorities; and that if there
was, he has not made his call through
the channel prescribed by the Constitu-
ton. He is told that when such case
does arise, and the application is made III
the constitutional mode, he may expect
Federal interposition, but not until then.
The amount of it is, there will be no
Federal troops sent to Mississippi unless
the maneuvers of Ames and his satellites
can manage to get up very big disturb
ance, which is not probable. While our
people, against whom all this vengeance
is aimed, should be ready for any emer-
gency, in case another massacre, as at
Clinton, is attempted, we would urge them
also to be peacable and law-abiding as
they have heretofore been.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

The Chickasaw Messenger.
That able representative journal, the
JACKSON CLARION, says that iC its opin-
ion the position of the Ohio Democracy
on the financial question is the one with
which the Southern Democracy is in full
accord. But our contemporary does not
think the question should now be made
all issue in the South. While we have
no certain means of knowing that the
South approves the course of our politi-
cal brethren in Ohio, we have no hesita-
ton in saying we think it is their duty to
do so. While we agree with the CLARION
fully as to the improperly of springing
the financial issue on the South, we think
the Southern Democrats should be fully
informed on the question. That need
not and will not bring the issue here,
because there are so many other issues of
so much more Importance that this ques-
ton is rarel y ever mentioned in connec.
ton with Mississippi politics. But we do
not wish our friends in Ohio misrepre-
scented by those whose interest it is to do
80. The Democrats in Ohio are right on
the financial problem.
And this is precisely what we think.
Let us have enough currency +" to supply
the demands of trade" One currency
for the people and the bondholders, and
taxation for all alike. Under the present
Administration the bondmongers collect
their dues from the Government in gold
and silver, and pay no taxes ON the
bonds in which they have invested. Let
all property be taxed alike.-EDrroRs
CLARION.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THE death of Hon. II. A. Cooke,
Representative in the Legislature from
Benton county, is announced. He was
an old citizen of the State and represented
Tippah county in 1851. Possessing many
excellent traits, his death will be widely
regretted
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
FACTS FOR THE CANVASS.
Mississippi's Wrongs Under
Radical Rule.

Notwithstanding the enormous taxa
ton, by which the Radical rulers have
managed to collect the last farthing from
the people they were able to furnish,
during the FIVE years ending January 1st,
1875, the average excess of appropriations
over receipts was as follows:
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bIoodiest and most extortionate tax
measure which ever disgraced the statute
book of any State.
HOW THE BURDEN HAS GROWN.
These figures show that the State tax
exclusive of the school tax is now ten,
times as much as it was under citizens
rule, (from 1866 to 49, and, exclusive
of the school tax, fourteen times as
much. The county taxes have been
increased in about the same proportion.
Practical increase of State tax, not
less than two thousand per cent. Diminu-
ton in the value of real estate, one
hundred per cent. Reduction in the price
of our chief staple, from 80 cents to 10
per ID. All kinds of values diminishing
in the like production. Average annual
increase of the public debt, five hundred
and seventy-three thousand two hundred
and forty dollars. Increase of public debt
from two hundred thousand dollars in
1870 to two millions, two hundred and
ninety-two thousand, six hundred and
forty-eight dollars in 1875.
During these years of rapid increase of
the public debt, there has been collected
from the people in State taxes not less
than seven millions of dollars, and in
County taxes still more. The money is
gone. A State debt of more than two
millions, bearing heavy interest, has been
contracted. For all this there is nothing
of value to show. Some public buildings
have been repaired; a code of laws,
which incompetent and dishonest
legislators have tinkered with until they
are mass of defOrmities, has been adopt
cd
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

IT is reported from Washington that
Beast Butler called on the Attorney
General in the interest of son-in-law
Ames, who wants to help himself to the
U. S. Senate with Federal bayonets; and
that he went away with flea in his ear.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

UNDER the late census the population
OF New Orleans stands 145, 900 whites
and 81 900 colored but under the laws
of the State the Board of School Trustees
OF the city is composed of a majority of
negroes, and the remaining members are
white Radicals Under the lead of
Pinchback, this board have imported
negro teachers for the white schools.
The consequence is the withdrawal of the
whites from the schools which are being
supported mainly by them. Could any
thing more plainly show the arrogance
and stupid folly of the leading negro
politicians and their blind dupes? Have
the gods made them mad in order that
they may be destroyed?
PUSH on the column. California and
Maine points the way,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
A short Lesson ON the Subject of
Taxation.

1t is old fashioned Republican doc
trine that taxation and representation
should go together; and yet in most of
the counties in this State where the col
ored population predominates, the whites,
who constitute the bulk of the taxpayers,
are practically deprived of representation.
This is the sum of despotism. The
penury of language will not admit of a
description of its hideous injustice.
Voting an oppressive tax on citizen be-
yond legitimate expenditures, is lien on
his property and that of his children, for
generations.
The idea must be banished from the
minds of the colored people that the
government is mere machine for grind
ing greenbacks out of the whites in order
to run two sessions of the Legislature a
year, and to quartering swarms of drones
on the public treasury.
There is limit to the power of taxa
ton, and that limit includes only what is
absolutely essential to an honest and
competent administration. 1t is robbery
when it extends beyond that point, and
when it becomes robbery the people are
not bound, and ought not, to pay it.
This State is as much the home of the
white race as of the black, and the
whites neither intend to be driven out of
it, nor to be robbed of their remnant by
illegitimate taxation. They have the
power, and intend to exercise it, to save
what is left of this goodly heritage for
them and theirs, and you colored people
(who know not what you do) and yours.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

We to-day put the name of the dis
tinguished H. NJ. Street at the head of
our columns as the regular candidate for
the House of Representatives from Prem
tiss county. The Democrats and Con-
servatives of Prentiss county have made
no nomination, for they understand that
the whole people of the State demand
of them that Street shall again occupy
q seat in the Legislature; and they feel
that nomination is unnecessary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THE true Interpretation of the answer
Ames received from Washington to his
application for troops, is that he neither
had cause nor authority to call for them.
He has made nothing by his call but to
write himself down a donkey.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
The Benefits Of n.u.
ADMINISTRATION 20 a.
People.

Georgia is Il Democrats,
condition Of the colorel b
the truest evidence thl.D-
ministration is better for t..
prohigate, dishonest and
the carpet-bagger allied Mi.
and incapacity. The G
conclusion of a recent s-
Charles Nordhof, in the y
He is a Republican 10 poII,e
al a shrewd and imparja.
"I'he best and concIu..,.
in general the colorci pear
their lives and property 4.
official report Of the COMMIT
Of the State, for 1874. r.y.-
actcr and value OF proper,
Of taxes returned by c1Im7
for that year. The nunl.,
polls returned was 1881,
turned an aggregate ya.a.
property amounting TO StI7
which they actually bald
taxes. They owned $3.50
ricultural land, and cityauat
erty to the amount of Sl. -yU.
remembering chat these De-
slaves only nine years beior
owned, when they obtained.
in 1869, absolutely nothing. FL
they stood in, and that thg
only acquired all this prap.r
years, but lived, spent a r
money in foolish ways, and a
know how many thouuu.
Freedman's Saving Bank 4
clearly establishes that-dn
Iabored with crediable n.
perseverance, and, second
have been fairly protected DO.
of life and property by tha .
rulers Of the State. / do a.
colored people in any other
visited own halfas much r.
indeed, a quarter as much
Georgia. Surely this slga.
for the effective Justice alI
given the negro in thH F.
" CHARLIE. AH
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THE Grenada Republican charges that
w. T. Cole, an organ grinder of the
Ames-Howe faction, voted for the So
called black code," in the Legislature
of 1866, which the Radical leaders will
never get done bowling over.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
Pike County.

A friend who is as true as the needle
to the pole writes: "The Democratic
Z" ship is floating magnifcently in old
+" Pike; Democrats and Conservatives
&c are alike alive to their work. IF we
:" had few telling speeches from men
" like Col. Hooker, they would be of
I" much service, but, nevertheless, Rad.
:" icalism is fast sinking into insignif-
&c canoe in our county"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
AMrs Delivers Himself of al Stump
Speech 40 the AttOr y-GeneraI.

The Attorney-General asks Coy Amos
to state specifically, wherein the insurrec-
tim existed in Mississippi to justify call
for federal troops. In reply, the latter
delivers himself of the stupid and absurd
stump speech, published in this number,
which must have challenged the contempt
of the able lawyer, who presides over the
Department of Justice. Not single fact
is given - not single argument is
presented in the support of the extraordi-
nary demand which the mere tyro, who
claims to be the Executive of the State,
has made for federal Intervention in its
affairs. The " race feeling" Cultivated
by carpet-baggers of his stripe, is intense
in !" some localities" but is that an insur-
rection against the State government?
" Protection for the colored people by
"white organization is despaired Of"
quoth Addelpate; but would there be
need of protection to that race from
any quarter, if demagogues, from selfish
motives, would not persist in stirring up
strife, in order to create prtext to call
for troops The whites are willing and
amply able to 'Fprotect" all classes, and
to maintain the peace, if permitted to do
so by these strife-makers The protec-
ton " the colored people need is from the
bloody schemes of their carpet-bag
guiders. The Rev. j. j. johnson, the
colored minister, has the head
to comprehend the situation. 1t is
explained in his appeal, published in this
paper.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THE Democrats of New York and the
Democrats of Ohio and Pennsylvania are
slightly at variance on the money ques-
ton; but they concur on all other issues,
and our motto is good luck to them all.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
Campaign Document, No. 2.

We have issued our Campaign Docu-
ment, No. 2, and mailed it to such of our
friends as we knew desired it. We have
but few copies left, which will be for
warded upon application.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THE organs of Northern opinion, in
view of the wicked Vaccinations and i'm
postures of Ames, are declaring that he
ought to be " impeached and removed. "
No doubt of that. People of Mississippi,
do Won hearp
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22
THE NORTHERN PRESS on q
ICAL RIOTS IN MlSSl,Nf

n. Y. Tribune. Liberal Rep
The attempt of Gov Au-
military Intervention 90 5
party in the pending imp1r
campaign in Mississippi prom.
signal failure. All the pa
lowing the Clinton riot hlu
bring out more clearly the
potency of this man for asr
sition. And yet with suchm
General rs we had a year -
have had United States troop
ing over Mississippi at bis b.
ing domiciliary visits at n
dragging peaceable cItizen
from home to stand trial tU
ofenses. The like was seeaa.
and Alabama, it will bereme
before the elections Of N0y@
be well if the people of M0s
to choose a Governor as Br..
lature next month.
Baltimore sun independent
1t is impossible not 70 ir
Governor Ames, Of MIssI#r
pletely and quietly have bo.a
instruction been Suppressed
first time in the history OF Oh.
an A" instruction bias been
without troops. The abgai-
Of the Attoruey-Gcncral 90
the matter has borne fruit sd.
ing to illustrate the absuni.iI .
Philadelphia Time, .Iudepe
Pierrepont may bc a better I
Williams. but he can't 700 y
mill. And here are election
and no troops. It's TOO bli.
Cincinnati Commercial REL.
1t would be a Wholesome
peace of the State if Geaa
could persuade his son.in.'ah
Ames, of Mississippi % D..
vate secretary, or take c'-s
clerical business Of the oiHa-
st. Loui. Globe Dem. lultn H'
Governor Amcs' assertion
reference which be calls iof
is fatty contradicted by ihs
those who have quite @
upon our trust as he has, aH.
not be likely to deny the ezI'..
necessity they thought tIsl
There Is, however a Ve't
Gov. Ames sincerity 10 ias
one which it might be wen '.
such cases. If the Govern"
to maintain his authority Do
prestige of possession, oil ".
patronage, all the organil'u.
and the support Of the Ian.l
.ens, he is still unable TO- c''
lience or to enforce the law
,fen aside and wholly Wlinui'
authority has finally
ioing that which he has ialls-
AN make but little diher5l'.a
,ut himself when a man Wn2 nv
Governor but really , a o.s1 Z
,eIIed to realize the exlsten...,,.
,otence which he has admIl'l.e
Iirect RELOCATION Of an a 81 t'gs d.
Military Subsection would have
.antages.
few York Times Rep .
Acknowledgement Pierrep2l
educe Gov. AmeS Mississippi
on" TO very small dimenslo5ji .
ices are that there are 10 s aI
+ sny consequence in the Sl...
lu st be ), dealt with by the be, g y
le first instance, and g ,i1 4
Dsolutely exhausted. iutbs
nd common sense, anu = 10
it'll reference to this ca b1
hich we have repeater go
urge on the National a. aLs 81
he country will receive Y! Y.
Mr., PierrePOnt with sn'H
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

The Free Opinion, (Republican) says
hat ''the situation in Noxubee, which
: was but recently, the scene of excite
ment and blOodshed, is now one of
perfect, peace and quiet"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

WHEN Ames was candidate for the
II. S. Senate the first time, he had rather
more control over the federal bayonets
than he now has. He has just found out
his insigniticance
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presidential power. g.
ly az authorized by lbe ' Az. 90
The whole country ' o, 4.
to Judge Cooley for ~.
FORTE in his note to .1 ''''
on the Constitution -ra
NJ. Cooley, vol ., b s Ia
" Mr.. Justice S +. ool /
predicted that ,ifaJ.! asf'
zeal government wen. pm.
State it would brine w.
whole republic W3..'
be more despotic tbgr
injunction, and conti.1.s.
military force under m.
who, having no iuri.i...
by no law bat his ovr y.
The evil is the Same
regal arbitrary act be-
or by the Presiden,
In closing this comm.
not do better than n u
OF caution, quoted fro- --
Of Judge Cooley -
" The dullest mind
the facility with which
mitted ,"and the D5ss,s N.
yantages which indiyi5"'.
theretrom present coB.,...
to its repetition, and
once unrebuked, a precsis..
lily assented 10 which
threaten constant dance,
especially at those ya7y
political eXcitementwbso 4.
tion and the strictest r.-..
stitution and the Iav.
portant."
l have thus, at yourru
my opinion on these
questions. WY.
Er.
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Third Congressional DiSfrjCf-
Capt. NH. I'D. Money Again Nom
mated.

Special to THE CLARION:
WEST POINT, Sept. 81, 1875.
EDITORS CLARION: Full Convention.
Money nominated by reclamation. Great
enthusiasm. Election certain.
B. F. j.
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How long, If this rate of expenditure
above receipts continues, will it be before
the State will be plunged into hopeless
and irrerievable bankruptcy?
A COMPARISON
Average annual cost of State Ad-
ministration for ten years before
Average annual cost from Oct. IS
when Radical rule commenced. $500. $50 49,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

THE testimony in the Clinton riot
shows that it was fendish and premed-
itated plot to massacre every white
Democrat and Conservative on the
ground.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

ORGANIZE clubs. Hold meetings.
Rally the clans.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

ETERNAL vigilance is the price Of
safety.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

The following is the Times estimate of
the white and colored voting population
in this District.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

But the reduction in 1875 to 50. 80 on
the 81 900 valuation, is more than made
up by the Privilege Tax, which is the
bloodiest and most extortionate tax
measure which ever disgraced the statute
book of any State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-22

Register! Register! Register!!!
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