The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-09-06

AHlutaut-AJeneTul.
Brigaiier. General s. Y Beaei, Chief Of
Ordnance, Washington, d. c. q.
September q, 8.
d. Appietoa & Co., BroadUay, NelC
York, " y:
At what price will you furnish one
hundred copies Upton's Infantry Tactics
aud ten sets Of copies Of the three diiier-
ent arms? Answer.
A. G.. PACKER,
Adjutant General Mississippi.
September 27, '5.
Brighter General, S. Y. Benet, Chief Of
Ordnance, Washington, ID. C..
Can you furnish fifteen hundred haver-
sacks on our quota! At what pricef
Please answer.
A. G. PACKER,
hdjutant-General Mississippi.
Can there be any doubt of the object
and intent Of this correspondence?
These warlike preparations so made
by the Governor of the State were not
only known to the citizens, but created
in the minds of the colored population
the belief that all the powers of the
State were TO be arrayed in behalf of
their political party, and brought upon
| the whites the conviction that they were
to he placed not only in great danger OF
losing ther political liberties, but also
. fhurr Of haf s.,
The condition of feeling created by such
belief cannot be justly estimated and
considered in the calm security of a
| committee-room as in the seclusion of
country home where a planter resides,
far distant from any white neighbor,
too far for the cry for help to reach any
| friendly ear, and knows that he is sur
rounded and fearfully outnumbered by
men of a different and antagnnized race,
race which, while possessing many
amiab and placid virtues, is vet highly
animal in its organization, and, once be-
coming infuriated, will, as history has
shown, be capable of brutal excesses
which their reasoning powers are entirely
unequal to control.
As a result of Ames' threatened organ.
ization and arming of the black militia,
the threats of the blacks multiplied.
Their habit of meeting was always at
night, surrounded by the mystery Of
darkness and the refusal to allow white
people to take part in their assemblies,
page 547:
THE STATE MILITIA.
Question. Was there apprehension il
/ The minds of the white people in Missis
I sippig growing out of the organization o.
the negro militia by Governor Ames?
Answer. Yes, sir; a very grave ap-
prehension. This militia was organized
some time after the Clinton riot. Thest
companies that were at Clinton that rar
Oft from the scene of action, the mos
conspicuous members of the Clinton riot
were taken to jackson and were orgsni
zed into military companies by Governor
Ames, and guns placed in their hand.
and sent back to their homes. The,
said they we're afraid to go back; bu
those who were afraid to 20 back had ia
ken very active part in the riot, and il
staying away they induced others to stay
because they knew that if they should G,
in that capacity the Governor would b
pretty apt to put them in military com
panies, and they would 60 back hom,
! with their guns, draw the pay of SIC ;
month, which was just Us good as the,
could do at work at home and o
course quite a number of the most ruff
anly fellows were organized into this mi
) litia, and they came down to our place.
G. Now, as fact, in your count,
r were the white companies that you speal
of, such as you commanded, Organizet
subsequent to the negro organization
! you have spoken Off
A. Yes, sir; we never thought of OIL
ganizing until we found the negroes Of
ganized and drilling at night for som
purpose which we could not tell as n
! white men could get in among them
They we're drilling and were orgar
izsd all over the county before an
movement took place on the part of th
whites.
5 Their political consolidation is show
. by every witness TO have been complet
l. and that so organized they were who'll
and helplessly in the hands of the fe
white adventures who were their abso
lutte political owners. On this point 81
the testimony of Mr.. Walton, the pre-
ept United States attorney in Mississi
pi, at pages 1850:
p ORGANIZATION oT TIE BLACKS.
l. Question. WHIST is the nature of Il
7, organization, so far as you know, anon
y, the colered people2
y Answer. Well, sir, it is one of tho
y cases which, in my judgment, arises I
'e ways out of the eEistepce of class
people who are ignorant, and who a
comparatively helpless in the pr,
euce of a much more powerful bo,
of people who, although tn,
may not be stronger in point
d. numbers, are stronger IN point of for
snd intelligence. The negroes con
quently herd together. They do so pu
(. lclv, and they do so more especially
is seeret. That is to say, there is a sile
r. organization, existing not professedly
nd an organization, but existing still,
he point of fact, everywhere tha1 hs
he ever been, which prevents the int
course between the two races from bel
in candid and free.
~ NO MUTUAL CONFIDENCE BETWEEN
- RACES POSSIBLE.
l am, myself. very well acquain
with negroes; have always been in
habit of dealing with them great de
| have always worked a good many
81. them; and l must say that my in
course with them has been Of chal
ter to make me believe it impossible
anything like mutual confidence on
Il litical questions to arise between
- white people and the negroes. l d
- see how it ever can arise, and / do
believe. myself, that it ever will. l tn
this Is due to the enormous gulf betx
the races in all social relations-that
idenee which springs from persC
7" friendships and an unrestrained SC
intercourse being in my Judgment
essential cement to political party,
!. being absolutely out Of the question,
an tween the white and black races.
AMI Q. You speak Of an organization an