The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-30


il Wal be possible TO torture any Of thess
dispatches iato any other meaning. The
demonstration Of Governor Ames in or
ganizing the negro militia, the openly
! expresses Intention and threat Of bring
. ing Federal troops into the State to con-
: troll the election, no doubt operAtad 70
create aorrespcnding antag0nism and
. bitterness. and suggested that It should
! be met By force The trace issues. !"
which Governor Ames has recognized,
aud upon one side of which he so
promptly and vigorously ranged himself
, with al! his official powers, we're un.
doubtedly aggravated and intensified.
Collisions we're constantly threatened,
and yet few remarkably few, under all
the circumstances, occurred.
In endeavOring now to give a reliable
account Of the acts of violence and blood
shed which were proven before the com
rnittee as having occurred in Mississippi
during the summer and autumn of 1875,
we deem 4 hardly necessary to make ex-
i preston of the intense aud hearty repro
baton which We, in common with all men
who respect and value law and order and
humanity, necessarily felt. and now feel,
upon ever occasion where violence and
crime wfk committed. Stern repression
and pr1 punishment are the Just
measures to be dealt out to all such
offenders, without respect to race or color
or station in life, and for all such
criminals and transgressors we invoke
due punishment at the hands of those who
are the representatives of the Govern
ment whose laws need vindication. But
while we prnnSse in every proven case to
condemn the guilty. We do not propose
to allov reasonable proof to be replaced
by reckless and malicious assertion or
rumor; nor do We propose to condemn
whole corr munity upon the testimony of
men, cOnfessedly without character, who
live uPO ISLANDERS and trade upon abuse,
instigated, as many of such characters
were who appeared before the committee,
by a miserable faction, whose hope of
prolonged plumber and self-enrichment
! lies in keeping up condition of public
excitement and tanning the prejudices
aud hatreds cf illy-informed citizens of
the North against the white people of the
i South. We confidently believe that
when knowledge of the truth as it is,
aud sad though it may be in many
respects, of the State of affairs in
Mississippi, shall possess the minds of the
people of the Northern States, the
occupation of the miserable class of
slanderers to whom we have referred will
be gone forever.
1t is for this reason that we sincerely
deprecate such uttera.lces as are contained
in the speech of the honorable Senator
from Indiana, Mr.. Morton, and
delivered in the Senate by him, when
urging the adoption of the resolution by
which this committee was authorized. No
fact stated by that honorable Senator
was upon his personal knowledge, and
the source from which he obtained his
assumed facts was disclosed by the
deposition of Captain Fisher, to be found
at page 533.
BY Mr.. Rayard
Question. Is not that copy of Mr..
Mortons speech that you have there?
Answer. Yes, sir.
@, Didn't you furnish these extracts to
him?
A. / furnished some of them.
sENAIoR NoRroN's SPEECH, AND VINO HELPED
~ TO coAIPILE The EXTRACTS IN IT,
q. / observe, in reply to question
put to you, FIRST in respect to the Clinton
riot, and next in regard to certain ques
: tions in reference to the taxation of the
State, that you consulted a pamphlet;
/ have you it2
A. Yes, sir. [ Witness hands pamphlets
8 to Senator Bayard.
@. This purports to be a speech deliv
e cred by Mr.. Morton in the United States
Senate, in january, 1876.
r A. Yes, sir.
/ @. i suppose when you read the extrac
from the Raymond Gazette you obtained
l it from that speech?
e A. Yes, sir.
a Q. And you looked for information il
t regard to the taxation of the State to th
t. statements in that speech?
r A. Yes, sir.
1t @. You read your testimony from wha
y you found there?
Is A. I refreshed my recollection on
II few points from what found there.
L Q. Did you or did you not read from
e that speech when you gave your answer
le A. / did, sir.
c Q. Did you or did you not read iron
e that speech when you were questioned i
N regard to the proceedings of the Clinto
e riot, and the number of persons killed a
os that time?
Of A. No, sir; did not. I endeavore
y to find paragraph taken from the Fore;
lie Register, in which it stated the numbe
d killed at Clinton-the Forest Register
I'd a Democratic paper-but | do not fin
D, the paragraph.
d @. Did you, as matter Of fact, max
Id that political compilation in there froi
n, the Democratic press of Mississippi?
he A. assisted in that compilation.
ID Q, Who assisted you?
IL A. Well, sir, there were extracts fu
ey nished by different gentlemen.
Id Q. Name those parties.
AZ A. Judge Alcorn assisted in a porto
ey of the compilation,
no @. That is Mr.. Robert J. Alcorn?
on 4. Yes, sir.
d. Q. Where did you prepare them
en- Where were you at that timer
to A. / was in this city.
ne =. Were they prepared IN THIS city
er A. @, yes, sir.
he Q: To whom did you furnish them :
IN. A. Well, sir, they were furnished
Of Senator Morton.
ith O. At his request?
i've A. was requested to furnish to Ser
ted tor Morton all the evidence that I cot
'es obtain showing the character of the ell
the ton and of the canvass in Mississippi i
ZEE, fall. told him that | should be W
the glad to do that, and that might
du- able to furnish some extracts showing
ice. temper of the press, which he said
less would be very glad to receive. AM
ted proceeded to do SO and q portion
by what you see here is the result of that
the Dor.
and Q. Did you see him personally .
led, furnish these to him at his request 2
ain A. Yes, sir !; did.
out- Thus it will be seen that, while be
Of examined as a witness, Captain Fis
'een based hts replies upon a speech made