The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-08-22
,.yoN CLAIBORNE'S NS. HIS
TORY OF HISSISSEPPI.
,. and EIIicO1t at Na1cheZ.-.-
GOV GsayOsO.---Fhe NOb.---
North and SOuIII---CaP-
ifaI and Labor.

few DAYS after the arrival of Lieut.
p,ae az NatchCz, April 24th, l797) letter
- r.cefvrd from Gov. Gayoso, addressed
f.-Iy TO him and Ellicott, the commission
f,, mining the boundary, which the
.-.r with his usual presumption, took it
.o,r himself 10 answer. Pope asserted his
-,.-r o conduct the CORES pondence, and, a.
-.,,.5. not a man to be bulled, Eilicott sui
tered hut furtively revenged himself by
u.,-rvfag the Governor with daily letters on
g.. own account. Pope, in his festive mo-
& .,.g--. expressed the utmost contemp for Ell
-...-r. and declared that he was neither hon
.,oar truthful. The commissioner, more
-rfent. vented his spleen by inuenGoes, by
'..-er dispatches to the Secretary Of State,
.,o.anse entries in his journal, AS much as he
.tn.sd the spanish officials, and certain gen
..a,len who did not happen to please him, he
.-.s still more severe on the officials of the
r-.f-el States. The difficulties we met
.f-h" he writes, ''were as great, if not great
.. than any we met with from the Spanish
H.ar. but as these arose from the conduct
af citizens of the United States, some of
v-Ham did at that time, and still continue to
enjoy the patronage of government, it is
pa.si5le they acted under Instructions"
More than one hundred pages of his journal
are crowded with comp plants against the
s9aulsh authorities, yeC he declares he en-
rouugerei greater impediments from men
rth. service Of the United States! And
suspects that they were acting under in
.rructions, II is so entirely absurd to pre-
sumo that the government would send down
officers instructed to embarrass their own
commissioner, that the passage is here
quoted merely to illustrate the suspicious
nature of the man and his propensity for
SANDER.
Mr. Elicotts artful and persistent assump
ton Of authority imposed on GayOsO, and on
many inhabitants of the district. Remote
from the seat OF government with no mails,
no advices, no political influence, subjects
alternately Of the British and Spanish gov
ernments, a completely isolated and help
less people, they took it for granted that
man who came with military escort, ana
the fagof the United States, and who called
the Spanish governor to answer what he did
ana did not do. must be a great parsonage
invested with extraordinary powers. They
were aware that the district would become
part and parcel of the United States as soon
li,hed, AID it began to be rumored that Ell
Iicott ha in his pocket the commission of
Governor, with the exclusive power ofap-
pointing to office. These impressions had
been whispered into the ear of the great M an
and it was noticed that he very gently dali
lied with the ''soft impeachment" 1t was
soon discovered that the nearest way to his
favor was to denOunce their old friend, Gov.
Gavoso. under whose mild administration
they mad enjoyed many privileges, and had
lived in profound peace Educated In Eng
land--a man of the world-generous and
t,Ierant--libcral to profusion--he dispensed
an elegant hospitality, and maintained the
most cordial social relations with all the
principal families. But, under the tutorage
OF Ellciott, many respectable inhabitants be-
gan to view GayosO as an enemy; and final
", having been insulted and menaced by a
mob. consisting Of rowdies and outcasts, he
abandoned his residence and took refuge in
the fort, This was the first and last mob
ever witnessed at Natchez-the worst of all
the evils of the social system; in this case
traceable to an intriguing otlice-holder and
not sanctioned by one responsible citizen.
In PENNSYLVANIA, whence Ellicott came
they are familiar with this terrible scourge
They saw it in the memorable meeting o.
their own regiments in 1871. In the grea
whiskey insurrection of 1874, which so long
defied the whole power of the State and Q
the United States. In the dreadful riots anC
contiagration OF convents, churches and sem
inaries in Philadelphia only few years ago
In the coal districts, year after year, accompa
MED with grinding exactions on the part 0
IL. l. an
part of the employees. In the late terrlDi
conflict between labor and capital between
the oppressor and oppressed, that drenche'
her soil with blood, with loss of twenty
millions A conflict which, under the pres
ent management of railway corporations
is inevitable. which is the natural offspring
of .shigher law teaching, ard which bring
home all the horrors of their own "irre
pressiblen doctrines, which is subject t.
frequent repetitions, and can only be sus
tanned by standing army of $4,000 men
an evil equally to be dreaded.
Massachusetts,. once so pious and ortho
dox. now the nursery of heresies, lnhdellt.
ideaIisms. had her first experience Of tn
mob. under the leadership of Shays, Il
1856. low BLACKBOARD who long laughed a
her warnings and defied her military.
the last war with Great Britain when GOV
Strong aud his followers mutinied against tn
national government, and meditated an ALI
ance with the enemy, then In array aSalhs
their country. And again, when the Bos
to1ians, encouraged by the action OF Tn
Legislature. revised the law of the Unite
States and mandate of the Constitution
for the rendition of private property, Lax
and mandate which had just been adJudi
Gated bv the Supreme Court of the Unite
States. and sanctioned and reinforced by
covenant, ratified with all the solemnitfe
otIegislation, which their most illustriou
Senator had prayerfully recommended an
which a still more illustrious Statesman
whom they proposed to venerate, had oe
.qaeathed to the Republic as the last Legac
of memorable life!
In Vermont and Connecticut, in the SCI
Element CT their boundaries, they becan
quite familiar with mobs.
In New Hampshire, in 1876, mob seize
the State House, and made prisoners of ii
Legislature, to compel it to flood the couI
trv with paper currency, game which,
after wears. the United States Bank
tempted to play with Andrew jackson, Q
threatening to post mob of 10000 armt
men around the capital unless he signed Il
bill for the renewal of its charter
Tn New York, the mob spirit has ofte
developed itself in strikers, in procession
even at theatrical entertainments, and on
well known occasion was only preserve
from general outbreak by the hrmness
the Seventh Regiment,
The State of Rhode Island was once seize
and shaken by a mob as terrier seizes al
az THE laws were suspended. q