The weekly clarion., 1876-11-01

Il "iu VI course, any man. with only one lie:
e IN his head, can see that it was m.cessar,
/ that the ifii lavit purportiHg 10 have beeI
: made by him should bear date inside The
D old mans life time. that i, ~Frb : IsC7. :
| made this chars@ to tile az OF the ps-
per, from the general appearance OF the
paper and writing, all looking fresh and
. new.
The paper Durporiing TO be the affidavit
a: Perry Moore, except the words : Perry
Moore at tue bottom. purporting am d al :
legged to be the signature Of the affi MT y a.
wholly written by w. W Chi .olm, from
beginning to end, aud is certified ana at
tested by him. in his official capacity rs
Probate Judge OF said county, in his own
genuine handwriting, and with his own
genuine signature.
saw this paper \ true copy of which i
published in the CLARIoS-gor the fl rs time.
In the hands of Chisoini, IN the early part OF
| April. 1861. ana recognized the forgery
and demanded the surrender of it to me,
and Chisolm answered the demand by sur
rendering it; shortly afterwards, de-
manded his resignation-1e was then Judge
and was Clerk of the Probate Court-lnd
he complied with this dem ana by resigning
his resignation, copy OF which is publisll-
| ed in THE CLARION, is wholly written and
subscribed by him, with his own list. By
way of parenthesis, the Probate Judgeship
was then nice little s9laried otfice-$910
per annum, aoith the prtUdege, and no labor,
mental or physicaI,a perfect sinecure. II all
was legal and lovely aud pure in this trans
action, why hand back to the dear people !
this nice little fat place then essential to
personal ease and comfort? Echo answers, |
why? PerhIps he gave it back to the peo-
pie for the peoples good, as some people |
forsake their country for their country 5 |
good.
He was afterward. tried of this charge by |
Center Ridge Lodge, convicted, expelled |
and published to the world, rs the publica-
tion in the CLARION, which is true copy Of
the original, states At this trial, Dir
Gsthright, then Grand Master Of Masons in
this State, presided. Col IL. c. Robinson,
then Grand Lecturer for the State, was
Warden OF the Grand Lodge, appeared and
acted counsel for the accused After
mentioning the names of these high Ma
sonic officials, it is needless for me TO say it
was fair and impartial trial, and no
mason in the State can or viii say il was
Otherwise--for ia the presence and under
the supervision of Mr.. Gathright every
transaction must be fair and i'm partial and
pure, or he will very promptly make it so.
lie now stands an expelled and published
mason, and every mason in this section of
the codntry knows it, anything he, or any
person, may say to the contrary notwith-
standing. In the proceedings of the Grand
Lodge for 1865, published in January, 1860,
may be found this entry:
Reinstated-W. w. Chisolm.
Immediately under this entry you find:
Expelled--W. w. Chisolm
This record of the Grand Lodge is suscep-
tible of ex planati0n in this way:
Chisolm was suspended previous to this
time for non-payment of Lodge dues he
was afterwards, and before the trial for un-
masonic conduct, reinstated from the SEN
tence of Suspension by payment of Lodge
dues, | suppose, and then arraigned, and
tried, and expelled on account of his con-
nection with the forged papers, and so stands
to this day, and, as / believe, he ever will. :,
Every Mason ought to understand this little
weak dodge, which is being made, or at
tenn xted, as learn to show that he has been
reinstated by his Lodge.
Jordon Moore, son, and Addison Ward.
a son in law of Perry Moore, and who, it
must be admitted were and are familiar
with the signature of Perry Moore, on ex
animation and inspection of the paper before
the grand jury of this county and after hav-
ing placed their hands respectively en- the
Holy Scripture, and thus calling upon their
Maker, whom know they revere, to witness
the truth or falsity of their statements, said,
under the sanetity of that oath and in the
presence and hearing of said grand jurors,
that the paper alluded to, purporting to be
the affidavit of Perry Moore. a base and |
corrupt forgery of the name of Perry Moore,
aud l, under oath, before the same grand |
Jury. and a subsequent one which presented |
the bills of indictment alluded to, swore to |
the same, unquallfedly aud unreserve dly |
They and |, then stated and now state,
that the statements in the face of the pa |
perS, from beginning to end, were and are a |
tissue of unmitigated falsehoods. that is, |
that Perry Moore never personally appear |
ed before Chisolm. at the time and for the |
purpose therein stated, that he was not in |
the county of I.auderdae at the time |
stated, but, on the contrary, was at h )ne; |
that he never saw Sherman's army, and |
never saw lS4 bags ofcOtton burnt stated, |
and if he had been there and had seen the |
burning. he would not have inquiries about |
peculiar and exciting circ cumstances.
What more is necessary to be said in ref /
erence to this matter. Ii the people do not
believe what has already been said. they |
..would not believe, though one, Perry |
Moore" should rise from the dead" Ii
have failed to say anything in connection
with this matter. that would be beneficial to
the cause of Reform, or that would operate
against corruptiOniSts in, or applying for,
official position, attribute it to an oversight
consequent upon the great haste in which
this has been written, and just consider it
| said.
AS I am not extensively known in this
District, take the liberty. without consul
| tatian, to refer to-
Hon James s. Hamm, Hon. Robert
/ Leachman, Capt 5. II. Woods. District
| Attorney, Meridian; Hon. II. W Foote,
Senator from Nexubee; III. J.. Jarnagib,
! Representative from Noxubee; Hon w.
| r Bassett. Representative from Neshoha
| Hon. r.. B. Bell. Representative from kem-
per; Hon II. j. Gully, former Representa-
| tive Kemper, but now of Winston county
| Capt Jas Watts, kemper; Col. j l.. Pow
| err of ackson. and to any other of my ac-
| quaintanceS in the District, and last bat not
| least. NV special friend, President Gath .
| right, OF Bryan, Texas
| Ii Chisolm had remained in private life,
| none OF these publcalio would have been
necessary, but as he has set up the target,
the people will shoot.
Respectfully and hurriedly.
GEO. l.. WELSH.