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The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
a Word In senSOn-TO the Res
cue.

1t is criminal folly in time Of peril
90 permit ourselves to be lulled into
false security. We have unmistakable
evidence that the Radicals in this State
are organizing secretly and with power,
all along the line. Their emissaries are
going day and night, enticing and
driving from the Democratic party by
artful contrivances, supporters upon whom
we are relying. We are not speaking
idly. We hare indubitable ecidenoe Of The
truth of ,cbat zee assert. On the other
hand, while this formidable preparation
Is going forward in the ranks of the foe,
in too many localities, there is a feaful
display of want of activity and en-
ergy in the Democratic aud Conserva-
tive party. This fact has been
attributed not to indifference as to the
result Of the election-nor to a willing
ness to permit our State to pass again
under the yoke of the carpet bagger, and
its electoral votes to be cast for four
more years of Grantism-but to a conf
dent belief that victory will come again
without working for it. If the Syren
has been singing this delusive song into
the ears of the friends of honest and Just
government, We implore them to dispel
the pleasing enchantment without a mo-
menfs delay, and to work "while it is
"yet day, for the night cOmeth when no
"man can work"
To the patriotic, self sacrificing and
generous enthusiasm of the YOUNG MEN
of the State more was due for the
deliverance of our State from misrule in
1875, than to any other agency. We
beg them not to permit their prdOr in the
good cause to be abated, nor their ener-
gies to be repressed, by well-meant ap-
peals, for what is miscalled moderation" I"
Moderation means apathy, and apathy
means defeat and death. No victory
was every won by moderation"
The tremendous enginery which
springs from desperation and q de-
termination to maintain, by every
constitutional and legal means, the PO-
sition we have won, must from now
until the election, animate every Missis-
sippian who loves his State.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
Things nre yTorLipr.

judges Cook, Mackey and other Iesd.
ing Home Republicans in South Caro-
lna' as in Mississippi, are leaving the
foul party in that State. At 4 recen,
meeting at Chester Is. c.. Judee
Maekey denounced the nominees IF the
Republican party in South Carolina ss .
eorrup; band OF robbers, who looked
upon their State merely as a esmping
ground to plunder. He said thut the
money that had been stolen in the State
of Scutk Carolina during the past eight
years would be amrl- sufficient, if now
in the treasury, 10 run the State, free OF
expense, for eight wears to come. He
declared that he intended to support
Wade Hampton and the the entire Dem
Oeratie State ticket with all the ability
in his power, and that he would stump
the State from the Blue Ridge to the
Atlantic in behalf of Wade Hampton
and reform.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

Colored voters have always expressed
fears, that, If the Democrats ever got
political power in Mississippi, they would
legislate to the utter destruction of the
rights of colored men. Well, the Dem
ocrats got that power last fall, and have
legislated and administered the State
government here, for almost tive I've
months. What has been done, or at
tempted. sgainst the cOlOred people >
Nothing The same rate of taxation
applies alike to colored and white people
The same educational advantages are
extended to all caildren, black and white
alike. The right of the .colored man to
vote. to hold Office, to hold property, to
serve on juries, and to give evidence in
courts, has not been assailed or ques-
tened. Search the records of the last
Legislature from beginning to end, and
this assertion will be amply sustained.
/ Amongst Southern white men, the semi.
ment is universal, that, as to political
rights, the black man is equal 10 the ,nhit,
man. Then, where. is the reason sol
Mississippi colored voters to continue
their adherence TO carpet-bag adventu
rers ana thieves If there be Il reason
let Us have it. If there be no reason
| (as the fact Isl then, let the colored mar
wheel into line with his Southern friends
and vote for TmDEN, HENDRICKS AM
REFORM"
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
CITIZENS RULE.

For these eleven years of citizens rule
according to these figures the average
yearly expenditures were s571, ,571. But
these estimates are with the exception of
two or three years totally incorrect. For
example, they have set down the expen-
ses for the ordinary purposes of the
government uuder citizens rule in 1857,
at 81, O67, 06S, when in truth they we're
but SS45, ,502. A slight mistake of over
100000! In 1858 the expenditures
were S40l ,032. The Radical address
stretches them to s614,669l Another
slight mistake of about 100000. In1 1859,
the disbursements for ordinary purposes
were S466, ,055. The Radical Commit
tee has extended them to SOY, ,015-a
difference of only about $3.50, 900! And
these are fair samples of Radical figur-
ing.
But let us take them at their Own
estimates:
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

The records prove that the Republican
party has pledged itself to bring about
specie payment in every National and
almost every State Convention since
1868 that President Grant has asked
Congress to aid him in bringing it about
in every annual message since that time /;
and that not the first step has ever been
taken towards the fulfIlment Of that
pledge, except the unimportant one of
the appointment of . Board of Commits
sioners, which aroused so much OppOsi-
ton among Republicans that it was
abandoned.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Chairman of
the National Democratic Executive Com
mittee, in a letter accompanying the
letter of Judge Sinnot, exposing the IL
bel of the New York Times, concerning
Gov. Tilden's revenue returns, says he
applied to the Treasury for certified cop
les of the income returas of both Coy
ernor Tilden and Gov. Hayes. The De
partment did not even reply. This is all
the more significant, because the De-
partment has permitted not only an ex-
animation of Gov. Tilden's returns, but
also photolithOgraph copy for the Re
publican press. There is no proof want
ing that we have a Government not of
the people but Of a party. 1t is arrayed
against all reform and using every COR
rupt means known in politics TO prevent
fair expression Of opinion and to pre-
vent the free circulation of the truth.
The effort to get at Gev. Hayes income
returns has been total failure up to
this time, and has already suggested that
whea 9btsined they will contain very
lille ii;;:!la Of the real TRUTH. Fortunately,
when taken in connection with his State
tax returns, there is little room for very
successful lying.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
- -
Gov. stones Dispatch to Attorney
General Taft.

The recital of exaggerated FumoFs and
unfounded calumnies against the Demo
cratic citizens of Mississippi by the Attor-
ney General of the United Ststes, for
partisan purposes, has elected from
Gov. Stone the BqiHted and conclusive
telegram published in another column.
In emphatic terms he repels the slanders
retailed by the Attorney General, and
announces what is known to every man,
woman and child in Mississippi, white
and black, that the right of speech and
the freedom of suffrage, are preserved
inEiolate, and that there is no lavlessness
which the State authorities are not am
ply sufficient to suppress and to punish.
His Excellency, Gov. Stone, might have
gone further and stated with justice that
the few scenes of violence that have oc-
CURED in our State during the present
canvass, were brought on by Radical ne
gro partisans seeking to terrorise over
men Of their own race, or to ambuseade
and assassinate white citizens, as in the
case of the 0ktibbeha disturbance. In
no single instance have Democrats been
the aggressars: They have acted inva-
riably in self-defenee.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

ArToRNEr-GENERAL TAFT, stepping
down from the Department of Cin-) Jus
tice into the partizan arena, has detailed
the ISLANDERS against Mississippi, for
which Gov. Stone has properly rebuked
him. 1t is 3 little remarkable that in
searching for Outrages he overlooked the
outrage on black men committed al
Charleston on the 9th The victims OF
this outrage were Democratic black men,
it Is true, and the authors of it were Re
publican black men; but should that
make any difference with an Official who
is sincerely desirOus of seeing the laws
executed impartially2
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
-sa'--~-
The American Alliance.

CINCINNATI, Oct. S-The resignation Of
Lemuel ). TYLER, Secretary Of the American
Alliance, dated August 27th, was accepted
yesterday. The name of his successor will
be announced on Wednesday.
Tyler Is the man who indisereetly pub
lished the letter of Gov. Hayes accepting
honorary membership in that organiza-
ton. Article III of the Alliance de-
mands :" an amendment to the naturali-
zation laws, limiting the suffrage to per-
sons born in this country, or of American
Parentss aud the election Of American
citizens only to official positions in this
country" No wonder that the foreign
element is a unit against Hayes, the pro-
scriptionist.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

We have yet to learn that colored
Radicals have ever attempted to get up
rows and force difficulties with Demo
crats.-Jacksop Times.
The Times probably never heeEd of the
murder of young white man who was
merely locker on at Radical meeting
in Lowndes county a few years since, or
of the slaughter Of Sivley, Thompson
and Chiffon, at Clinton, during the last
canvass, while the first two we're fleeing
for their lives, and the last was standing
in his own yard 1t probably never
heard that a number of white Demo-
Gratis we're wounded and most of them
were pursued from half to mile and a
half the Clinton barbecue grounds-but
there are white people who have heard of
it and have not forgotten it. And n
this connection we will say that there
are several Radical meetings advertised
for this (Hinds) county We advise
Democrats, should they attend, to do so
in such numbers, and to be so prepared
as to prevent a repetition ofthe murder
Gus scenes at the Clinton barbecue.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

SOME Of the New Orleans papers al
lege that they can prove that Republican
officials have diverted large amount of
money from the State Treasury for cam
paign purposes. This seems to be a
custom Of the Radicals. In this State
IS. ]. Ireland, custodian Of the Alcorn
University Fund. loaned it to the Radi-
cal State Executive Committee, for
political uses, and the money was not
returned until the Democratic Legisla-
ture Instituted inquiry and exposed the
affair.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
Democratic Economy ". Radical
Extravaganza.

The following figures tell the whole
story:
"The Republican administration asked
for appropriations-to pay the expe nses
of government the present fiscal year
1908, ,099, OPS 4S. The Democratic
House cut down the bills to S13S, 752.-
343 92-a reduction of 1886, $50 06.
The Republican Senate refused to agree,
and demanded sl5S, 260, 598 6S. The
House was compelled to compromise on
s147, ,719, ,074 85-a saving on the origi-
nal administration estimates of 500, $50,
$50, SO, and sa9,944,152 46 less than
the actual Republican appropriation for
1876.
In other words, the Republicans want
ed to tax the country at the rate of
s4S3 for each one of our $4,000, 900
population, aud did last year annually
tax at the rate of s4.23. The Democrats
tried to reduce it to So, 80, and did re-
duce it to s3.511."
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
The Man for .I.e Times.

Governor Tilden is great in two things
that the carpetsbagged Southern States,
are especially interested IN, viz: The
punishment Of the thieving Office holders
(witness bis consignment of The leaders
of the Tammany and Canal rings to the
Penitenti2ry) and the reduction Of pub
lie expenditures-for example, the State
taxes in New York under Republican
administration in 1874, the year before
Gov. Tilden's Inauguration, were $f5,-
727, ,4S2. In 1876 they are 1868. 1876,
the reduction being due to the policy
recommended and enforced by him.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
stasement Of an Array a. Canton.
CAnron. M1ss a. : 1aze

CANTON, MISS, Oct. Z, 1876.
General George:
DEAR SIR; An unfortunate occurrence
has taken place here to-day, about which
1 wish to give you The facts as near as I
can arrive at them from eyewitness. I
not being myself present. Hon. Geo.
Z. Mckee commenced making a poIiti-
cal speech here to-day, and among other
things charged the Democratic party and
Democrats with having stolen land and
money donated by the Federal Govern
meRt TO Mississippi for school purposes.
Some one in the crowd called him a
liar. He had = loaded stick in his hand
and jumped down from the stand and
advanced toward man in the crowd. a
white man, who had a stick, crying out:
6 You call me liar, you dirty son of a
bitch2" with his stick upIifted as if TO
strike. The man then struck him to the
ground with the stick. / write you
these facts as near as can get at them
from persons there whose names can
furnish if necessary, in order that We
may not be misunderstood.
am yours truly,
H. S. FooTE, JR.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

The Brandon Republican very proper
lY calls attention to the fact that Demo
cratic speakers aEs too much in the habit
of neglecting me counties in the interior,
and urges them to leave the railroads,
and canvass counties remote from them.
The suggestion is well made, though the
criticism does not apply to all the can
yassers.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
Expenditures Un1c- Democratic
AID Radical e&nI4Es-
Gratioas Compared.

For the decade before the wsr-is-s'a
1880 to ls60-the average annual cesi af
carrying on the [. s. Government was
$50, ,000, ,000 To show the increase un-
der Radical rule, exclusive of war ex-
penses, We submit the following figures
from Secretary Bristea,s last official
report, which embraces the whole period
from the Isl Of January, 1863 Itshows
that The revenues collected by the Gov
erament during that period amounts TO
the enormous sum Of s9,645, 1s4, ,26T 9S.
Here are the exact figures as found on
..,s.s- n o.3 I , - - --,,7~4-
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

In their estimate of defalcations the
Radical cyphercrs overlook entirely the
millions and millions that were stolen be-
fore # got into the treasury-the millions
that were made in letting contracts-the
whisky revenue robberies-the post
leadership tales-the sinecures that we're
created for the subsistence of the tens
of thousands of dead-beats that were
quartered on the treasury. There is no
moro estimating the amounts that we're
stolen in these ways than the myriad
stars in the heavens, or the sands on the
seashora
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

THERE have been only a few sporadic
cases of yellow fever in New Orleans,
and they were confined to limited por-
ton of the city. No case has occurred
for several days The occurrence of q
heavy frost precludes the possibility of
any spread of the disease either in New
Orleans or any part of the Mississippi
Valley
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

MISSISSIPPI COTTON AT ST. LOUIS
FAIR.-Awards were made as follows:
Best bale, Nj. B. Jones, Pamela county
$4,000; second best, d. A. Memo
ray, Pamela county-s75O0; third best,
B. r. McGaughey, Lee County-s50. 90;
fourth best, DIR. w. Z. Oakes, Warren
county-S25. 90.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

SHOULD the election to day in Indians
and Ohio prove unfavorable to Radical
ism, Hays and Wheeler will, doubtless,
be invited to step down and out. Al
ready the dispirised Radical leaders are
talking Of Grant and Blaine as being
more available. But either ticket will
go down in defeat before Tilden, Hen
dricks and Reform.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

W. II. FRANCIS, ESQ, late of Nc
Comb City, Northern man and a Re
publican, who has lived in the State for
the past six years, and who knows the
" Rev." Fl. M. Chureh's history in Mis-
sissippi from Alpha to Omega, has sent
to New York journal full expose of
the unmitigated scOundrel and defamer.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
The Radical Party Ruins 10000
Negroes.

The records prors that the Republican
party, which claimed to be the especial
guardian OF the negroes of the South,
deluded them into iutrusting their savings
to the Freedmen's Saving Banks, and
then robbed them of every cent. BY
this cruel theft 10000 negro depOsitOrs
were robbed of So, 900, 600.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

The "artful dOdgers,' the Radical
party, are very anxious, just now, to
draw public attention from their own
corrupt political history, and glide into
renewed eostrol of public affairs, by
talking about the straw had and bloody
bones" specter Of secession, when every
man Of information knows that secession
is dead and buried forever, beyond the
possibility of resurrection.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

STATE ELECTORAL TIcKET.-We OBJ
serve that several of our exchanges have
not yet corrected the Electoral Ticket.
The name of w. d. Gibbs should appear
for the Fourth District. 1t is especially
important that this correction should be
made before the printing of the tickets.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

DR.. j. L. Hebron, lessee. and Capt.
Marion Smith, Superintendent Of the
Peniteutiary, were IN the city yesterday,
en- route home from an inspecting tour.
The convicts lately under. TO Col Rich
ardson and Capt French, 800 in num-
Der, have been turned over TO the new
lessees-M Messrs- Hamilton and Hebron,
-Ticksburg Herald.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
BE Up and Doing.

The prosperity and glory of our COM
mon eountry-the very existence of the
Goyernmept--depend on the result Of
the Presidential election this fall. There
fore, let every Democrat be sup and
doing" The issue is a fearful and
solemn one, indeed.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

SENsIBLE.-Gov. Kemper, in reply to
an invitation to name Virginia day at
the Centennial by proclamation, has
written letter declining to do so. His
chief reasons are the poverty of the
people TO respond in an appropriate man
ner, and that it is not customary in Vir-.
ginia to use official proclamation for
such purposes.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

According to these Radical estimates,
all wrong and exaggerated in favor OF
Carpet bag rule. as they are. the expend-
itures under Citizens rule annually were
just four huadred and t,centy-One thousand,
three hundred aud torty-nine dollars less
than under Carpet bag rule. What bet
ter reason could the people have had for
the reform that was achieved through
the ballot-bOx in November, 1875?
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
Ne.hObn County.

Hon. w. L. Basset writes: "Neshoba
is fully aroused. Democratic clubs in
all parts Of the county. The Democracy
are gaining ground and our colored
friends are joining the clubs. We ex-
pect to give larger Democratic majority
than ever before"
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

Gov. HAVE connection with the
American Alliance. q KnOw-NOthing
order. Is becoming we'll understood, and
its proper effect with those who do not
wish to see that prOscriPtive and dark
lantern party revived. The Alliance
nominated Hsyes because they thought
they knew their man, and he accepted
because he thought he knew the Organ.
ration. 1t is barely possible thai both
sides may be sold in this matter.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

The Pamela Star states that a com
mittee appointed by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Pamela county to investigate
the books and accounts of ex-sherifi
Ozanne Of that county, have discovered
him to be defaulter in the sum of $10,-
600. Ozanne is one of the carpet-bag
officials who have been displaced by the
defeat Of the Radical party in this
State.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

WE'VE got to raise he'll somehow with
the niggers and get troops down there, or
the d--d rebels viii carry the election ID
spite Of us-7 was the patriotie and law-abid-
ing utterance Of the Republican Senator
Patterson. Of South Carolina, while plead
ing for hayonets with Grant and Cameron.
-Coarier-Journal.
But the darkies have kicked it up
among themselves. Vide the riee-Aeld
riots.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

THE Houston Courier states that Col.
A. ]. Jamison, the Radical candidate
for Lieutenant-G Governor in 1868, and
Andy Davidson, Sol. Wilson and JEFF
Wilson, three prominent colored Radi-
cal leaders, all Of Chickasaw county,
have come out for Tilden and Hen
dricks.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

HoN. JoHN CALHooN, of the Holly
Springs Reporter, has been complimented
by unanimous Democratic nomination
for Mayor Of that city. Here's our
hand.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

--LATEST accounts from Europe indi.
cate that war is not improbable. Rus
sia has sent her ultimatum to Turkey,
the Russian Minister has been recalled
from Constantinople, and the Gar prom
lses to declare war against Turkey i'm
mediately, if the ultimatum be not in
stan:lY complied with.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

GEN. MCKEE was forcibly reminded,
few days since at Canton, of the i'm
propriety of going outside Of the record
in public speeches. And the troops are
ordered to Canton to preserve the peace
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

THE Radical party in Mississippi are
in despair, 50 far as the election in this
State is concerned They express fer
vent hopes that something may turn
up to give them the victery in the gen.
eral result, but cannot say what that
something viii be.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
Lee County.

". C. Kinds, Esq, Secretary of the
Guntown H. L. MuIdrow Club, writes /:
eve expect to carry Lee county by an
increased majority for TiIden, Hen
t" dricks and Reform
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

Half million of dollars Of Southern
claims growing out of the war are found
to have been approved by the Democratic
House. We're they for damages by tres
pass7-N. Y. Tribune.
How the world is given to lying. But
suppose the next Congress should be
filed with Republicans who can prove
up "claims" after the fashion of Chisholm.
who can tell what will happen?
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

Tux STATE UNIvERsrrY.-A letter
from Oxford informs US that the Uni.
versity is opening finely. a large pro-
portion Of the students are attending for
the 6rst time. Students are reporting
by every train.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

TIE Radical leaders profess to begreat
sticklers for the freedom of suffrage. but
they can't understand that . cOlOred man
has a right to vote the Democeatie
ticket.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

a CORRESPONDENT suggests that many
gentlemen who were elected to Office last
year are not displaying that activity in
the present canvass that should entitIe
them to be remembered when nomina-
tiOns are again in order next fall. We
give the suggestion for what 1t may be
worth.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,

STATE AT LARGE.
J. 2. GEoEGE, Chmn; GEo. L. POTTER,
VI NJ. SrREEr, J. ID. VERrEER,
W. A. PERcY, y. O. WALrHALL.
FIRST DISTRICT.
W. II. u. TIsoN, Tuos. y. SYKES
SECOND DISTRICT.
FEtIx LABAUvE, THos. W. HARRIS.
THIRD DISTRICT.
}. A. BinTpRD, A. T. RoANE.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
JSo. W. SNiru, l.. A. CAMPBELL.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
4. McHARBsoN, J. b. CHHIsNAN.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
L. W. MAGRUpER, T. " NoLAND.
MARtoN SNIrH, Sec'y
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

THE shrekers for ':reform within the
party" are the men who appoint pardoned
convicts to official positions under Re
publican administration and work and
vote for Hayes.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

We are rejoiced to know that thous-
ands of our colored fellow-citizens in
Mississippi have rallied firmly under the
Democratic flag in the present canvass,
and that they are still coming.r
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

To elect Hayes is to prolong strife be.
tween the races, and to overthrow civil
government foF martial Jaw in the
Southern States.
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

STEPS are being taken by the solid
men of Philadelphia for the permanent
preservation of the Centennial Exhibi.
ton Building and Grounds:
The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11

The Grenada Sentinel is in MOURNING
for the death of its late editor, Colonel
Signiago. The Sentinel pays a graceful
tribute to his memory.