The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-10-25
Letser rrsm Ho-. W. H Edmond-

VIII great pleasure - reproduce re
manly letter Of Hon. W. H. Edmon i
son. Who has hitherto acted with The he
publican party. o Hon. Sylvanus
Evans. It has the risg Of the true metal.
We welcome him back into the midst OF
his own people. Il IS q mystery TO US
how auy Southern man can, day after
day. real the falsehoods that appear in
the Radical Journals, and the speeches
Of Morton, Blaine and others, in which
We are charged with every crime in the
calendar, and still give aid, counsel and
comfort, to that party They have com
pared the Southern people with the
Turks, they proclaim Us worse than IN
iiels- And they cay that Missisippians
are the vilest of-the vile. We have in
our minds eve a few Southern men, vet
acting with this party of hate, that We
would gladly welcome back but lei none,
after this canvass is over, result as II
may. who have given their support 10
men, who delight, for partisan purposes,
to misrepresent the South before the civ
ilized world, pretend to have any sympa-
thy for, or feeling in common with, the
Southern people. Il is their right to act
with whom they please. 1t is our right
t. betieue that eeery one toho approves Of,
sanctions or endorses the falsehoods 'ohieh
hare been and are being told Of the South,
ARE HER ENEMIES y ENEMIES OF
HER SONS AND ~DAGHTERs.
FQuitmaI Intelligencer-l
ENTERPRISE, Miss, Oct. u, 1876.
Judge S.. EudHs:
DEAR SIR In compliance with your re-
quest, TOW put in writing the substance Of
what | said to you yesterday mornipg, and
put theSame at our disposal to do with it
as YOU may please. y United South is
: the bugbear of Republican politicians
North. They who pretend to deprecate
this United South" and are endeayoring TO
in1iame the passions of the ignorant North
ern masses against the southern people, on
account of it, have foOiishly made it so
against mine aud your views OF the correct
policy of the Republican party of he Ma
= ton. Since Mississippi home Republicans
have been snubbed in the matter OF shaping
a policy which would ~pacify'' the South,
and in doing it wOuid bring The Northern
and Southern people together and unite
I them in the trateInal bonds of a common
I Union. aud the party which We hal hoped
would become national has become so terri
bly, sectional, and so imbued with sectional
hates and anim0sitieS as that a "United
South becomes a necessary sequence IN
less the Southern Feople were utterly want
ing in spirit and m tnhood, | can see no HON
- -a~ -
to unite M self with the limited South,
ana cleave unto my OWL people.
l had hoped for reforms through our par
ty but the folly which drives you and me
aud other Southern Il publicans away, has
unsettled me, and dare hope for no good
/ from sUcl rash and foolish leaders. | cut
= loose from them and Join the other army OF
RefUrmers who inspire me with more conf
dence in their sincerity. / am with YOU. sir,
] heart and hand, and give you the credit o.
seeing the way first and bTavely tTeading it,
: In this political contest | 90, hencetorward
: tor Tilden, Hendricks aud Reform. And
l since | talked with you yesterday. and put
my name to the roll OF your Democratic
, club. the news the wiz, have flashed along
inspires me with the glorious thought that
| have joined the army that is on its victori-
Gus march to Rome.
e There is something that was said between
n US about our own beloved State OF Missis.
sippi and how its destinies, for good or evil
might be involved in this contest, in which
I We agreed; but to repeat it in short, we are
+ agreed that our allegiance is due first tc
s Mississippi, and when the hounds of hate
pursue her we will give our help to hold the
. pack at bay or drive them back. And abouI
the public robbers, who want to use thi,
e Presidential election to make the way easy
q for the plundering crew to regain power, We
were agreed again, that our services are dut
the State to help to defend her agains
them.
d With the only further remark, that | fee
- easier and more comfortable, as il Ihad cas-
off a load, [ subscribe myself, politically
= and personally,
Esl Your friend,
w. II. EDMoNDsoN.