davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1875-04-26

Y rxe ssf unsIadfeitsfsn &rangbettea, bsusa sas 81
l1tnsti&le&t unieripSrfen IA, snb lesen namennittf al
natn earan. Dts urlaata, sel&s etefes f&rsdli&er r.
etfsetrufen, PM pei&tsotn AMI stelfettts absr bt 10
sar4 Startanssmtttsi bas sltrpenfsf.m, Vie D. Iap
sasssraant ane eabar& ben saaien aSrpes ~ t6 "a.
Oas nS3wtbtiH Stttsrs" aept uuesrsi&t "a ale [.dr.
'anesatttd bd BEN sbsa ~trpibutea &ranfbaten unb bet
A~auisneen bic Gefnnbbet mradststSs1, p.I6. ldpn ID.
ran trttTtltsn ie niseH @enas am Get j ~ Rabea.
Rttsersef@lasenbets,
, 1875-04-26

Sls6tsa, ElRzsn, ..har3 nzssaIs9 eattasSzs &rasA
eetea.
, 1875-04-26
NabtpaD u. 60,

Qtss 8alfAtt une msbrd. Stidt me fretnarIt or
Gabwds ". Co., 50 WRdtrtn. Gdt Gburb &tt., Ser
Bsti. Nusiunfr. 9spitrts w.rtb ntre 9bnea ,usri&idi
, 1875-04-26
9as sinaise i9msr3Fiasnbe MittsI,

psI&. ~ aassnbItSlt& Bic f&lsmmaen S6Hertsn, G&pd&s
xnb Gntianeunssn btfrittst unb Gpus.ttonsn iurtrt.
slsiGsts Oh fs tn Der euaee I'm Mastn, Ginctp,ibss
sbsr isnhi8sn Driisa peer Orsarsa Itsssn, hara sa.
WaItat Nnpenbans.
Sn elmer bs spansto Wtnutsa. sintrIst uts s,ftis sbss
pttstssne Der 5dm,ri f,tn mag. Der Rt,unattf&e, 8ett.
tdstrtes, Sbuats. Dertrlppett, Slsrs5le, an N~susaists
AsIssnhs sser Rrdntslnss pire an
, 1875-04-26

Mdltast iult.n Htts cine Slai&s ssn gRatwasV Stsa,y
Relief bet Hb fuersn. aDsatss 3rSpfen In DAher psrkts
&ranibttt pbtr SAmsritn. bic pom Ws&ll bee aDaErs
s~srrabrsa. p~srbsuasn. 60 N better alS franiSaid a
0SaabS sbsr Btttsts ale ttn RtlimittL.
, 1875-04-26
mtian6clte

ss anottlsuas Srantbettsa uuh BITE mesietntf&s pebaue.
!1ns esrldben iann aituaais IN frab ~sespna,u tpsrSsn.
v nan m,f StvsaaSs %. rS@gtsla StttHs" atHau aa8 Is
ptre psri6wineta. Dem patitrtea wtrb %nnf,bIbsr 81
selhans,ss SeIaas bstt ,uradssstbts saS issar BIZ trlbeS
, 1875-04-26

tuss saIfass sAafAsasa ss slas ssasa s.rss..
10tta tUaneA. ~e
, 1875-04-26

Srtsnss, paAt sR strifams abfabrunasnttta %,
t&deit3t tolssn tretnl elmer Writ wasfSta. fuiIten eta,
eoppeIte DORs bD .Stpebif& Bttters" uebnea. d "A
Elm poQiputmea unf&Gt lt@es ablettraas,aittI nnh -
strabrd&t persta stn1 2a&a4t aa{ ~
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
VI EETING
Call of the Chairman.
CoRISTH, Miss, April 10th, 1875.

NO6I1 ME; PIN ipt1s TO- y
WHEREAS, The Democratic-C Conservative
members Of the Legislature, at its late ses-
sion, did, at the solicitation Of numerous
friends of the party throughout the State,
meet in caucus, at the Capitol, on the Sd
day Of March, 1879;
AND WHEREAS, By a resolution adopted
by said meeting, a committee was appointed
to take such steps, and make such recon-
mendations to the Conservative people
throughout the State, as would in their
Judgment lead to a thorough organization OF
the Democratic Conservative party.
AND WHEREAS, BY said resolution, the
undersigned was made chairman Of said
committee, with the authority to call meet
ing of the same, at such time and place as
might be deemed expedient and proper, and
many members Of said committee having
requested a meeting thereof and have sug-
gested the 18th day of May next, in the city
of Jackson, as proper time and place fol
said meeting, therefore,
The members Of said committee, together
with such friends of our cause, as are will
ing to give US their counsel and support, are
hereby requested to meet at the capital in
the city of Jackson, on Monday, the 18th
dav of Nav. 1875. J. NJ. STONE,
Chairman of Committee
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
A HDrOfi5ie-s Discussion.

The discussion of the Presidential NOM
inees by the Democratic press of this
State will not only do no good, but it is
worse than useless. Elsewhere it is not
thought worth while to discuss the mat
ter, and we do not see the use of getting up
premature excitement on the subject
here in Mississippi to theneglect of home
| issues that concern us more. The cleo
ton for members of the Legislature,
county officers and members of Congress,
will take place this year. The Presiden-
tial election does not come of until 1876.
Whether the nominee of the Demo
cratic Conservative party be Charles
Francis Adams or Governor Hen
bricks, Judge Davis or Senator Thur
man, Gov. Hancock or Gov. Tilden,
ex-senator TrumbulI or Gov. Randolph,
or a new man not yet thought of, the de-
termination of every opposer of bayonet
rule, and the coercion policy, ought to be
to vote the ticket.
Any one of these men, however objec-
tionable he may be as a nominee of the
Reform party, will be thousand times
preferable to Grant, or any other candi-
date pledged to carry out his policy of
military rule and prescription.
The elements of opposition to Grantism
are rapidly crystalizing. The programme
of 1872, has served its purposein disinte--
grating the Republican party and com
bining the Opposition elements for future
victory.
We infer that the lessons of New Y ork
and Connecticut, in their late elections,
will be repeated by these elements in the
Presidential elections In those States
the alliance between the Democracy was
complete, and Liberalism was recognized,
if not by the first places on the tickets,
by what was more essential, an under
standing that the questions settled by the
war and embodied in The constitutional
amendments, should not be disturbed
Let us have one National Convention
a combination of all the anti-radicals,
free entry for all corners, whose friends
wish to enroll them fer the race-a con-
centration of all hands on the nominee,
whoever he may be, and browning vic
tory at the polls.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28


After considerable expense in discus
sing the subject, the Legislature passed
a bill to reduce the pay of County SUI
perintendents of public schools. To each
Superintendent was allowed compensa-
ton according with the services perform
ed. The principle of the bill was right,
and the rates, as fixed, were liberal be
yond the means of the taxpayers, on one
class of whom. [the whites the burthen
mainly falls.
AS the people have been informed,
Gov. Ames, in contradiction of his
pledges of reform, refused to sign the
bill and consequently the people are
not relieved of the heaviest burthen. He
cannot plead that his action was based
on fear that the bill would have i'm
paired the efficiency of the school system.
He knows that there is not superin-
tendent in office who would have resign
ed, and that if that had been 50, others
would have been ready and eager to take
their places Indeed, as demonstrated
in the petition of the taxpayers, the Of
fee Of superintendent might be abolished
altogether without detriment to the school
system.
To show the injustice of the present
law which Ames, in his desire to prolong
the hardzhips of the taxpayers, has con-
tinued in force, let the salaries, ranging
from 81, 900 to $4,000 in Mississippi, be
compared to the compensation which is
attached to the same office in the veal
thy and prosperous State of Indiana.
For example: In the latter State, the
Superintendent is allowed So 90 per day,
and the number of days in which he is
required to perform the work is limited,
so that in a county containing one hun
dred schools, the Superintendent would
receive $500. Three hundred and ten
dollars is the maximum sum which any
Superintendent can receive in any county
| employing one hundred teachers. This
compensation is allowed in State whose
school system is in a hourishing condi
ton, whose people are wealthy and pros
porous, and where the taxes are equally
distributed (as they are not in Missis'
sipppi, among all classes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
MutilatiOn and Abstraction OF Records In
Washington County.
From the Greenville Times.l

L rom the GfeenVllIe Times.
On last Tuesday the discovery was
made that the bond of ex-tax-collectoI
L. T. Webber had been distracted from
the Chancery Clerks office, and the re.
cord of said bond mutiated. Which
deed has naturally produced feeling CT
deep resentment in this community; this
has been little abated by the subsequent
conviction, that the stupidity Of the act
is equal to its rascality; as in case Of ne
cessity every content and particular of
this paper can be established
The harmlessness and apparent aim
lessness of the deed, in this case, does
not lessen its criminality; and let the
crime rest where and with whom it NAV,
it constitutes another and deep grievance
of Taxpayers, against a government un-
der which such things are possible, And
another cause of emphasizing the call
of HALT" sounded last fall. Though
it would indeed seem that for this purpose
such occurrences are superfuous. One
would think that the knowledge that
some six thousand dollars of our bonded
county debt was foisted on US by mid
night trick and fraud that an indefinite
amount, running far into the thousands,
of county warrants, had, instead of be-
ing cancelled, been thrown upon the mar
ket; that an amount, vaguely estimated
at from $50 to 80, 600, OF taxes collected
had been in the past two years diverted
from the public revenues by technicali-
ty, so hidden as to bevisible only to tax
collectors and auditors, would constitute
a sufficient sum total, to drive any people
to rebel
To prevent inquiry into the foregoing
@ mutilation and abstraction" transaction,
and to shield the officials from justice, is
to have been the motive of
Judge Shackleford in dismissing the !
grand jury, to which reference was made /
in our last issue. Sbackleford is one of /
Webber's bondsmen. Besides, having
Senator Alcorn for Governor, I
against Ames, he is considered an apostate
from whom peace-offering
s deemed necessary to restore him to the
'0acers that be.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28

An injunction issued on the applica-
'tion Of stakeholder, by the Supreme
Court of Connecticut, restraining the n.
Y, n. H. & II. r. r. Co. from giving
free passes to government officials, by a
singular coincidence was first applied to
the President of the United States and
his party consisting of Vice-President
Wilson, four members of the cabinet and
several lesser dignitaries who were obliged
to pay their fares over the road after the
manner of other people.
The party, was halted at the entrance
of the cars with the demand for tick
cts" and did not proceed until they pro-
cured them, as others are required to do.
This was proper. There is no reason
why government employees should be
transported at the expense of railroad
companies any more than private per-
sons. The following is a copy of the in
junction
1t is hereby ordered and decreed,
and you, the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company, the re-
spondent, and all and sundry of your
officers, employees, agents, attorneys and
servants, are expressly commanded and
informed that you do issue no free passes
or complimentary tickets to any member
of the General Assembly, or other officer
or servant of the State of Connecticut,
or of any other State, or of the United
States, or of any county, town or munich
pal corporation therein, and that you do not
carry or convey no such member, officer
or servant over any part of the line of
railroad owned by the respondent or
hired for the respondents business, save
on requiring from them the regular and
usual fare or Communication rate for each,
always excepting such officers or other
persons as are exempted by statute from
such payments, and hereof you may not
fail, under the penalty of 5000 and
of the law
Dated at Hartford, this ID day April,
A. d. 1875.
BY order of the Court,
G.. w. JOHNSON, Clerk.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
The lynch Monument ApprOpri-
alton Al Fraud ON Taxpayers.

The appropriation by the Legislature
of one thousand dollars to build monu-
ment to James Lynch, is an unpardon-
able imposition ON the taxpayers of this
State. What right had that body to use
the money of the taxpayers for any such
ornamental purposes? How are they
executing any provision of the constitu-
ton and carrying out any of the purposes
of government in doing SO? And was
it such a public necessity as TO justify
the stretch of power by the Legislature?
What extraordinary public service had
the deceased performed that the taxpay-
ers should be required to build a costly
monument over his remains? He came
here on a political mission, stranger,
and it was not long before he was gratifed
by the election to the office which he
sought. For every days service he was
paid, and we'll paid, and after his death,
and he had ceased to perform public
service, liberal appropriation was made
to his family from the treasury. He was
therefore paid, and overpaid for all the
services he had rendered the State. Why
then is this purely ornamental work to
De performed under pretence of unre-
Quilted public service at the expense of
he overburthened taxpayers? These
Radical lawmakers not only seem intent
lpon appropriating the public money to
heir own uses while they are living, but
0 squander it in costly works over their
lead after they are gone. In the pre-
ent instance it is a purely reckless waste
f public money, and fraud on the
,tate.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

To the foregoing call Of the Chairman
we will add the names of members of the
Committee, by which it will be seen that
the various shades of opinion IN the
ranks of the Democrats and Conserva-
tives. and all sections of the State, are
represented. A Committee thus consti-
tuted, and having for its objects the or
ganization of the people against Radical
misrule and official plumber, cannot fail
to command respect. There should be
a full meeting of the Committee. Let
every member feel that he has an indis-
pensible duty to perform, and that every
private demand should be subordinated
to it
Chairman, J. NJ Stone, of Tishomingo
county W. FL. IL. Tison, of Lee; Thos.
Spight, of Tippah; +. II. Taylor, Of
Pamela r. B. Graham, Of Scott; j. 7.
Carter, of Perry; w. w. Thompson, Of
Greene; DR. b. f. Archer, of Lafayette;
J. n. benson, of Leake S. f. Pack
wood, of Pike; II. NJ. Street, of Prem
tiss; John Allen, of Lee; S. NJ Meek,
of Lowndes; J. b. Morgan, of DeSoto;
Kinloch Falconer, of Marshall w. S.
Featherston, of Marshall w. f. Tuck
er, of Chickasaw; r. 0. Reynolds, of
Monroe; A. j. McLaurin. of Smith
Marion Smith of Kinds; d. w. Hurst,
of Pike; w. III. McCardle, of Warren;
Il. M. Young, of Warren; j. B. Dunn,
of Choctaw j. A. p. Campbell, of
Madison Geo. L. Potter, of Kinds; r.
l.. Saunders, of Kinds; H. ID. Money,
of Montgomery w. A. Percy, of Wash
ington j. S. Hamm, of Lauderdale
VIM r. Barksdale, of Grenada w. Il.
Martin, of Adams; 7. S. Ford, of Ma
rion; Melancthon Smith, Of Jackson; Il.
S. Hudson, of Yazoo; A. Il. Roane, Of
Calhoun, A. Y. Harper, of Chickasaw
jeff Wilson, of Pontotoc j. j. benson,
of Lawrence Benz. King, of Copiah
G. H. Lester, of Yalobusha DIR. j. M.
Phillips, of Austin.
On motion, Marion Smith and r. l..
Saunders were appointed Corresponding
Secretaries.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
Credit to ~ hon. Credit is Due.
The Holly Springs South makes de

The Holly Springs South makes de-
served mention of Hon. T. B. Garrett. OF
Tate, as follows:
"a desperate effort was made BY the
Radicals in the last Legislature to change
the boundary lines of Tate county, in
order to give it Radical majority, but
thanks to the efforts of her ever watchfuI
Representative, Hon. 7. B. Garrett, the
movement was ''nipped in the bud. y
Tate could not send better or truer man
to represent her in the next Legislature
than Mr.. Garrett He comes up fully
to the Jeffersonian standard of honesty.
capacity and fidelity"
No county could have had more Wig
liant and faithful Representative than
Tate in the person of her talented young
member, 7. B. Garrett. He was bold
and outspoken advocate of reform and
the opposer of every rascally scheme
which an INSCRIPTIONS majority undertook
to impose on the State and his conduct
in this respect stood out in bright contrast
to that of his willy colleague, TATE,
Who wired in and wired out.
And left the reople still in doubt
Whether the snake that made the track
Was going in. or coming back
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28

The Chicago Tribune Republican,
attributes to the votes of Irishinen trom
New York who have found employment
in the manufacturing districts Of Con
neeticut, the Democratic victory in the
latter State. 1t also says that many
Germans who have gone from New York
are Democrats, and those who were not,
have been driven away from the Repub-
Hcan party by the prohibitory policy
which the ultraists have pursued in Con-
necticut ever since the war.
These foreign-born citizens and their de-
scendants can never forget the obligation
which they owe to the Democratic party
for crushing out the proscriPtive heresy
of Known othingism, few years before
the war. When not diverted from its
real purposes, by scbeming demagogues,
it has always been the party of the
people, of equal rights to the foreign
born as well as to the native-to the
rich as well as to the poor. In the North
the subsiding of the war excitement and
the settlement of the slavery issues, have
left the foreign-born elements who were
temporarily alienated from their party,
free to resume their former relations to-
wards it, and tens of thousands are flock
ing back to the standard, around which
they rallied, and to which they brought
victory in the days Of yore. This move
ment has received impetus from the re
cent course of Harper's Weekly, the
great organ of Republicanism. which has
revived the war-cry against the Irish and
Catholics on account of their nativity
and their religion,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28

A CoRRECTIoN.-In our last issue we
made mistake in attributing to one of
the Messrs. Leachman a card which was
written for the Pilot by the other. Sub
stitute Postmaster for "Judge," and that
the President appoints the Postmasters,
for "the Governor appoints the Judges
and you have it. The paragraph of
Col. Cooper in the Gazette, which induced
the Postmaster to disclaim being his
''confdante" Gin the sense ofintimate DO
litical and personal friendship"-was as
follows:
1--WE were glad to see our friend Robt.
E. Leachman, the excellent Postmaster
of Meridian, in our sactum yesterday.
lie has greatly improved in health, and
we hope will soon entirely recover.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
Important Decision CT the SUI
Preme Court Concerning COuR-
~ Superintendent

In the case of Joseph Burnham as.
G. NJ d. Sumner, from Holmes county,
the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Pey-
ton delivering the opinion, decided that
the Office of County Superintendent of
Public Education is for two years only,
and does not extend beyond that period
or until the successor is appointed and
qualified. 1t must absolutely terminate
at the expiration of two years. And
that no appointment of County Superin-
tendent is valid unless the person claim
ing the office is examined by the Board
of Examiners required to be selected
under Act of April, 1873. Sumner not
having been examined by the said Board,
is therefore pronounced disqualified and
ineligible to the Office. He was appoint
ed during the late session of the Legisla-
ture and confirmed. The readers of
THE CLARION will remember that We
commented upon the appointment at the
time as wholly unfit to be made in con-
sequence of his ignorance and ineapacity,
and an outrage on the people, who are
indebted to the Supreme Court for inter
posing to prevent its consummation, and
unfolding the majesty of the law.
1t is more than probable that there are
other cases of a similar kind in the
State; and if so, the incumbents are
and not legally qualified
The people viii now have their remedy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28

In another column viii be found the
proceedings of a conference of Democrats
at Vicksburg. The resolutions adopted
are in the very best spirit, and foreshad-
ow a united front and vigorous contest
against Radical misrule in the pending
canvass. AS we have said before, we viii
await the State Democratic-Co Conservative
Committee without prejudging or fore
stalling il, and will stand ready to do
our part in executing the programme
when it is announced.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28

The Treasury Department. had.
that when goods are imported
act of 1870 for tran,portafr
appraisement to an interior r
are liable to duty under tha ta-a
time of their first arrival in l.
and not under an act passed wI
~ thereto, but before their arrr.
interior.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
The Meeting Of the State Demo.
crasic-COnserVaI Conn
mittee Om the I7Ih May.

Col Melancthon Smith is a member OF
the above Committee. In his paper, the
Pascagoula Star, of the 18th he says:
Col Stone, Chairman, has issued bis
call, to the committee, and invited all
friends of the cause to meet them at the
capital of the State, en- the 18th of May
We cannot see, what could be fairer, in
order to obtain a just expression Of the
wishes of the Conservative party of the
State, yet straightway, we see, several of
our contemporaries raise objections to the
plan, and declare they will not be controlled
by any of its suggestions, or submit to
any plans adopted, because it is not to be
held at Nicksburg while they talk about
jackson rings, cliques, etc., and Jackson
politicians influence. A poor compli-
ment they thus pay the gentlemen who
constitute the committee and the indefn-
lite number-they among them, if they
choose-of friends of the cause, who are
invited to consult and advise Now
without any disrespect to our worthy
contemporaries who are among the truest
of the true, we think this chronic fear of
Jackson clique is all bosh, and we be-
lieve the capital of the State, the proper
place for the meeting of the committee.
The above remarks are just and true
and generous. We will take this occa-
sion to urge that the designation of Jack
son as the place for the meeting of the
Committee, was not the result of any Sc
l;citation, or expression of desire, by the
Democrats and Conservatives at the
capital. They preferred to Leave the de-
cision entirely with the Committee. If
any other place had been named no muir
muir would have been heard from this
quarter. The matter of place is nom
essential, which We have subordinated to
the main purpose of the proposed re-
viz: triumph over Radical
misrule in the coming election.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
The FLOODED stock BnsincsS.

The Vicksburg Times kindly volunteers
an explanation about the blooded stock
bought for Alcorn University by the late
Treasurer and general factotum, Col.
Samuel j. Ireland Itsays thatitwas done
''to carry out the requirements of an act
donating land scrip fer Agricultural pur-
poses :" We have read the act carefully
and haven't found a clause to that effect.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
Supreme Courtr--

WAsHINGToN, April 23-E
the Supreme Court stands s.-.
against the constitutiouaIty
forcemedt act. The dis.s6t,.
said to be Judge Swayue. Of n.
WAsHTNGToN, April pa.
before the Supreme Court ak.
The court takes a reee,,
week, during which time ,Hsr
the opinions upon the ease. n,
submitted. The court val. N
day week, when the opinions \
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28

THE Boston Journal, Il leading Repub-
lican paper, says that =" the moment has
"now arrived for President Grant to
&c show his appreciation of the distin-
" guished honors bestowed upon him
"by the Republican party, by amour
g cling his determination to abide BY hon
q ored precedent and retire from the Presi-
q deacy at the end Of the present term. +"
But the man of the White House is blind
as we'll as silent. He don't see it.