The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-22
s'The Emyesfiaator,'' General w,
-. EeaGher>toD, nd his
CompagrIOgS.

La the magnificent Democratic demon
stration at Holly Springs on the eve of
the election, among the many objects in
the procession that attracted attention.
WIS revolving Transparency with
portraits Of several eminent men-among
the rest, Gen. w. S. FEATHEEsToN,
appropriately entitled, "THE INvEsTI-
GATOR" The reference was to his we'll
known instrumentality in the impeach-
ment Of Ames, and the radiance of the
State of that audacious and dangerous
adventurer
During the canvass, while contemplate
ing the troubles and obstacles TO success,
which we're occasioned to South Carolina
and Louisiana by1heir carpet-bag Cover
nors, who persisted in invoking the aid of
the military arm Of the government to prop
up their rotten administrations, we could
not fail to realize how infinitely blessed
was Mississippi in her deliverance from a
| demagogue of the same class and her
acquisition Of a Governor who had the
welfare of her people at heart; who had
maintained with frmness the peace and
dignity Of the commonwealth, and repell-
ed the calumnies which Attorney Genera!
Taft, and other minions Of the Admins
tration, have industriously circulated
Circumstances, since the election, have
again impressed us with the incalculable
benefits which have resulted to our State
Featherston and his colleagues in the
impeachment Of Ames, and the conse-
quent flight Of the usurper, to avoid the
penalties of his crimes. But for his
abdcation in consequence Of the course
of the popular branch of the Legislature,
and the knowledge that the proof of his
ofenses would compel his conviction,
Mississippi would now be in the same
unpleasant category of louisiana, South
Carolina andFIorida. Her fifty or sixty
thousand majority for Tilden and Hen
bricks would not estop the unscrupulou;
adventurer, who had once manipulated
the elections to secure himself IA seat il
the Senate, from proclaiming that she
had voted for the Republican nominees
that the majority which has been legally
and honestly obtained for the Democratic
candidates, and is a fair expression o
the sentiment of the people, was procured
by fraud and intimidation" and thai
certificates should be issued to the Have,
1 and Wheeler electors under the Law
investing the Governor with tina
, responsibility. No Imagination can con
: ceive the dangers and the troubles anC
the disgust to the mind of the nation, a.
e well as of the State, except by a coutem
plation Of the difficulties and trials which
have grown out Of the cases in Louisiana
Florida and South Carolina through the
t same infamous agencies. Well, may the
t people of the State, and of the nation
: do honor to the patriotic 'INvEsTIG AToR'
r and the men who, like him, cast doubts
t and foreboding behind them in the
consciousness of their own rectitude, and
in the vivid apprehension of the situation
and the absolute demands of the State
Viewing the matter in the light q
OF subsequent events which have crowded
upon us as thick as the stars above, we
are utterly incapable Of calculating the
breadth and depth, the heigAth and
thickness of the blessing which their
e bravery, in doing the right, has wrough
out for the people.