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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
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GEN. HAMPTON.
Copy Of his Letter 10 both IIIe Cam
didates for GfIe Presidency
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA. Decembar q 1870 {

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, December %, lS7G.(
I My DEAR SIR have the honor to
! lnclose copy Of my inaugural as the duly
elected governor of South Carolina. In
! view of current events, and the official
/ sanction given TO gross misrepresentation
OF the acts and purposes of the majority
| of the good people Of the commonwealth,
| l deem it proper to declare that profound
/ peace prevails throughout this State that
the course of judicial proceedings is OBJ
/ structed by no combination of citizens
thereof, and that the laws for the protec-
/ ton Of It's inhabitants in all Of their
rights Of person, property and citizenship,
are being enforced in our courts.
While the people of this State are not
wanting either in the spirit or in the
means to maintain their rights of citizen
ship against the usurped power which
now deties the supreme Judicial authority
of the State, they have such faith in the
justice of their cause that they propose
to leave its vindication to the proper
legal tribunals, appealing at the same
time to the patriotism and public senti-
ment of the whole country. The inflam-
matOry utterances of a portion of the
public press render it perhaps not
lnopportune for me to state that,
although the people in South Carolina
view with grave concern the present
critical conjuncture in the affairs of our
country which threatens to subject to
an extreme test the republican system
of government itself, it is their deliber-
ate purpose to condemn any solution of
the existing political problems that in
volve the exhibition of armed force or
that move through any other channel
than the prescribed form of the constitu-
ton or the peaceful agencies of law.
Trusting that solution may be had
which, while maintaining the peace of the
country, shall do no violence to the con-
stitutional safe guards of popular rights,
and will tend still more firmly to unite
the people Of all the States in an earnest
effort to preserve the peace and to sus-
tain the laws and the constitution, | am
your obedient servant,
WADE HAMPTON,
n
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HOUSE-FIRST DAY.
TUESDAY, January ,, 1877

TUESDAY, January ,, 1877
Speaker Street in the Chair. Prayer by
Rev. G.. b Galloway.
PREsENT-Messrs Brown, Causey, CHI
ton, Cochran Fairly, Gibson, hlrprr' ) -
gers Jarnigan. Jayne, Johns. Miller, Me-
Cormick, McNair, McLaurin. of Jasper,
McWhorter, Nelson, Overtop, Bennington,
Pound, Rowan. Sanderlin, Saunders. Tison,
Trice, Tucker Watkins, Hellowley and
Mr.. Speaker.-29
Mr. Govan, Clerk, being absent. Mr. G. A.
Brougher was appointed Clerk pro TEN.
CpNn motion OF Mr.. Mccormick, Mr.. r
I. Grifflp, OF Harrison and jackson, pre-
scented. his credentials and was sworn in
NJ. Griffin was elected 10 fill the vacancy
eau+sd by the death of Hon j. NJ Mclunis.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Tison, there being 10
on rum present. the House adjourned.
Mr. Yelowley presented the credeni lais
of Mr. Adam simpson, (col-) elected to
fiji the vacancy caused by the death OF Mr..
David Jenkins (col J of Madison
Mr. Han presented the credentials Of
Mr. W A. R4ineS. elected 10 ill the Vacau-
cv from DeSo.o. vice Mr.. Powell resigned;
aud upon motion both members were
sworn H..
Mes>r, Johns Leigh and OvertOn, were
appointed committee TO notify the
Senate that the House was organized and
reported that the Senate had adjourned
there b.ing no quordn present. The House
then a liourncd 10 p m.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
The Rev.nae Inv.

a CORRESPONDENT of the Vieksburg
Herald referring to the revenue law, says
that it is Ambiguous, but fair reading
viii show any one that the owner has a
right TO redeem it, within twelve months,
no matter lrhether an indiUiduGl or the
State is the purchaser" We fully agree
with the writer; but an amendatory act
of the Legislature, declaring that the
intent Of the Legislature was to secure
the 81 vilege Of redemption for one year,
viii help the courts to proper construc-
ton of the law if it should come before
thea. The intent of the trainers of a
law is infallible evidence of its meaning.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
Equal Representation in the Leg
issaIuTe.

Before the adventures were put in
possession of our State government, it was
a time-honored feature Of the constitu-
ton that each county should have at least
one Representative in the Legislature, to
attend to and look after, its local interests.
In order to diminish the power of the
white and Democratic counties, the
carpet-baggers so apportioned the repre-
sentation in several instances as to allow
but one Representative to several counties
thrown into the same district. A large
portion of our State was Disseminated
against in that way, for the reason that
a majority of its population was white
and promised to be permanently Demo
cratic. The Legislature at this session
should remedy this fragrant injustice by
submitting an aInendmept to the oonsti-t
tuition abolishing the present ubiquitous
discrimination, and declaring that each
county shall be entitled to at least one
Representative.
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..THE YEAR THAT'S AwA-o

The year. long dying, now is dead.
Over his features, pinched and cold,
Plying Nature her white sheet spread,
Carefully covered him, gannt aud old
AWAY in tie : nth iatrv sun
+ eblr Shines ~ "A e,,ft gray sky;
a wrek lie has TAI hlan his face IN clou Is.
That he IN ght not sse the I'D year Gle.
Lutte they care for the cid year dead;
Qnite 70 gotten the good he hath wrought,
Shouts for the new that comes ia his stead
Ii Is ever thus when the aged die
Nothing have they OF Wit or grace:
We see them pass with har ~ sigh
Others are waiting 70 ill their place.
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In his latest interview, on the 25th
December, the President is reported tc
have said:
The Republican State governments at
the South had nothing to expect from
the Democrats under their rule. All
such governments would fade out, as in
Mississippi, where Gen. Ames was le-
gally elected Governor, but was worried
to vacate the office, and is now a fugi-
tive from the State.
Why should the Republican State
governments at the South expect any
thing from the Democrats but decent
burial in the deep graves to which they
have been consigned? Their history is
a monument of infamy erected by their
own hands while they lived. As for
Mr.. Ames being a refugee, it is all a
humbug, unless it follows that a carpet
Dagger necessarily becomes refugee"
when he Is no longer permitted to feed
at the public crib. By his crimes and
misdemeanors he forfeited his right to
hold office under the State government,
but his right to make an honest living in
the State as private citizen was never
interfered with.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

VIcE-P president FERRY has already
shown that he is not plant tool enough
to perform one part assigned him by the
offiee.holders in the scheme they had
plotted to install Gov. Hayes, whether
elected or not This was to ignore the
electoral returns for Tilden in the dis
puted States, and to present for counting
in joint convention, only those known to
be for Hayes. He is receiving both sets
from those States; but he refuses to
receipt for either. In recent conven-
ton he said he should receive and take
before the joint assembly of the two
houses all documents purporting to be
electoral votes which were handed to
him. His most significant remark was
that he hoped Congress would adopt
some rule Of procedure that under the
present status Of things his position was
a very unenviable one for any man TO be
In. for he was sure to make enemies OF
half the people whichever way he decided,
but if no rule Of procedure was adopted
he should do what he conceived to be
his whole duty under the Constitution.
We will add that 'this whole duty
under the Constitution" is simply to open
the returns, preside impartially while
they are being counted, and leave to the
two houses the deciSion of what shall be
done upon any point OF si1sspute that may
arise.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
The Austin Murder

The report now is that Manning,
! sheriff of Tunica, has confessed that he
murdered Harvey, and says that he can
prove that he was fully justifiable in the
act Furthermore that his accomplices
are innocent of any evil intent, they
having acted by his instigation. This is
u moot improbable and absurd story OF
course it would be fine thing for his
partners in guilt to be released and to
| have them in turn swear him out of
the clutches of the law. Suppose they
did act at CHS request does that acquit
them of criminality? Does that justify
him in aiding to entice an unconscious
man into the darkness of night in a
strange place in order that he might be
slaughtered? If his own act can be
shown to ''be fully justified" (and we ad
nit that there are wrongs which men
have right to avenga with their own
hands without trusting to the laws
delay) why did he not assail his victim
in open day before the eyes of the world?
Why did he play the assassin and perpe-
trate it under the cover of night ? Tnat
is not the way men perform acts that
can be Justified" As we before re
marked, the annals of crime do not re-
cord more cowardly and shocking
crime, and if the facts are as now report
ed, the perpetrators will not escape pun
ishment if law is not a mockery and
farce.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
Probable Complexion of Ihe Next
United states senate.

New York Herald.l
The terms of twenty five United States
Senators expire on the 4th of March 1877.
They are Messrs. Goldthwaite, Of Ala.
bama Clayton, of Arkansas Saulsbur-
~, of Delaware Norwood, of Georgia /;
Logan, of Illinois Wright. of Iowa !;
Harry, of Kansas Stevenson, of Ken
lucky; Morrill,, Cor rather Blaine) OF
Maine: Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,
Ferry, of Michigan; Window, of Min
nesota; Alcorn, Of Mississippi; Hitch
cock, of Nebraska; Crat.in of New
Hampshire; Frelinghuysen, of New Jer-
sey; Ransom, of North Carolina; Kelly,
OF Oregon Anthony, of Rhode Island;
Robertson, of South Carolina; Cooper,
of Tennessee Hamilton, OF Texas
Johnston, of Virginia; Davis, of West
Virginia, and Howe, of Wisconsin.
OF these, nine are Democrats, who
will, without doubt, be succeeded by
Democrats West, Alcorn and Robertson,
Republicans, will almost certainly be re
placed by Democrats; the vacancy now
existing in Louisiana will be filled by a
Democrat, and Hamilton, Of Texas, In
dependent, has a Democratic successor.
Republicans, twenty nine Democrats and
two Independents, the change above
noted would, if no others were made,
leave it very nearly balanced-thirty-
eight Republicans, thirty-fve Demo
Gratis and one Independent. But
the following States also elect new
Senators this winter: Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine Minnesota, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Is
land and Wisconsin. or these
New Jersey, Wisconsin, and perhaps
Michigan are among the doubtful ones.
If two of these should send Democrats
the Senate should stand thirtysix
Republicans and thirty-seven Dem
ocrats, with one Independent. 1t
will be seen, therefore, that it is by no
means impossible that the next Senate
shall have small Democratic majority.
If the Republican managers continue to
make arbitrary arrests in the South they
will probably so greatly alarm the North
as to fling even the Senate into TO Dem
ocratic hands.
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Gov Tiiden.
Special to Courier-Journal.l

Special to Courier-Journal.
WAsHINGToN, d. C.-There is no
backdown or faltering in Mr.. Tiiden.
He has repeatedly declared, in converse
ton with his friends, that, after having
accepted the nomination of President,
and being elected, it would be cowardly
in him to shrink from the duties i'm
posed on him because of the conspiracy
of certain politicians. Ia his interview
some days ago with prominent Congress
men, be was equally emphatic in urging
firmness on the part of Democrats, in
and out of Congress, in maintaining
their rights 1t may be stated here that
Mr.. Tilden favors far more active
course in developing public opinion than
has been advised by some prominent gen
tlemen who have been enormously sup
posed to represent him in this crisis
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Chicago Times.

Chicago Tines
The latest device of the Hayes con.
spirators proposes to protract the count
ing of the votes until the 4th of March ;
to have special session of the new Con.
gress called for that day to place one of
Ruger's corporals, or some other compe-
tent military authority at the doors of
the House of Representatives, with au-
thority to inspect the credentials of mem
bers and count in enough to give the Re
publicans majority, and then to proceed
with the declaration of Hayes election.
The character of the villainous crew is
illustrated in the conception of this mon
strous plot. Its contamination, fortu-
nately, is not within the bounds of posi-
bility.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
USE-SECOND DAY.

January 30 1877.
House met pursuant 10 adjournment /;
Speaker street in the Chair; the following
member answered 10 roll call:
Pre- ENr-McssrS. Aldrich, Bailey, Baker.
Ben. b, Il! Boyd. Bridges, Brown. Byrd, of
Franklin, Byrd of Lawrence, Carter OF
Holmes, Cwsey Or sland, Clay. Clifton.
Cochran, Dear. Drake, Edwards FaiIlv,
Featbe sion. FIoyd, Gay den, Gibson. Gi'li-,
GOwau. Gtitlin, Guyton, Hal, Harper llick-,
Hogan, Horton, Jagcrs, Jarnigan, JAIME.
Johns, johnson Of Winston. Jones Of Kinds,
Jones ot Issaqusna. Leigh Massingil, Mill
Ter, Mccormick. McNair, NcLauriu OF Jls-
per, McLaurin OF Smith McWhorter. Neil
son. Overtop. Parsons Parker. Pennington,
Pound, Rogers Rowan, Sunderlin, Shrock.
Stebhns, Tison. Trice, Tucker. Turly. War
rem. Watkins, Wilkinson, White, Vaughan,
Yellowley, Mr.. Speaker-7l.
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''EEle Most Telling Argument of
Ihe Campaign
Fayette Chronicle. J

Fayette Chronicle
THE CLARION very properly attributes
much of our success this election to the
wisdom, integrity, forbearance and gem
eral excellence of our present Legislature.
Every canvasser in Jefferson county
during the past campaign will agree with
this. The moderation of our Demo
cratic Legislature, its regard for the
interests and prosperity of all classes Of
our people, irrespective of color, was the
most telling argument Of the campaign.
Our solicitations to the colored people
this canvass, were not backed by prom
Uses, but by fair record. The supe-
riority of intelligent and honest rule
over that Of plunderers, and fools, has
been brought home to the colored man
most palpabIy.
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Kinds Circuit Courts.
RAYMOND Gazette. ]

Raymond Gazette.
We are gratifed to state that Judge
Hamm announced to the Court, after
our issue of last week, that, in view, of
public interests, and the wishes of Judge
Calhoun, he would continue the Ray
mond court for the full 81 days allowed
BY law, or until the business on the docket
shall be disposed of. Under this ar
rangement Judge Calhoun will be able
to hold the term of the court at Jackson
while at the same time our Court will
proceed and result in freeing the Ray
mond jail of large number of its inmates.
Without this favorable action on the
part of Judge Hamm, a special term of
the Raymond court, at an early day, (for
a Jail delivery would have been ALSO
lutelY necessary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

NEW ORLEANS, Jan The Democratic
mem Ders who have been in caucus have
sent committee to see ir the State bouse
- s1iIl parrIcaded, and if so, they Will re-
~ 70 enter the house, and will "a soon As
4 halI can be secured, proceed 10 orV.,,i1o
the Leg stature, at which Clerk Trssav.,t
VIII olhclate, calling the roll. a consfdar-
| aOie crowd congregated on the corner of n
GhdIles ana Canal streets near Democratic
hedd quarters, but there is little exciternnnt
At this hour. IL A. NJ there il no i,ii.'., -
non OF trouble. A heavy force of police
WIN sue arms are OH duty at the STATE
mouse. Gov. Kellogg and Packard are he
ms morning by political friends
Nearly all the Republican members of tbe
legislature are already in the 1uiIline,
NnHe the Democratic mem bers and tLair >
friends are IN caucas at Democratic ba,d
d raltgTs AS Tar as known they have NOT
fGa a. o. ,HP0n any programme. Whether
lne Cierk OF the House will call the ron mr..
hls9ed by the > ecrasary of state IL tha
PloDiem which none are able 10 sclyo
out should he refuse the Republican
n,e,,p peIs WIN call upon one of the
LIeino eFs To perform that DUTY Trni+,d
states troops are under arms at tbeir 60.
tteIS, ana United states Marshal Pitkinf IL n
Ills Office in the Custom-house. yvhich
e'1lI necIcu win the state House bv teIe
Sfaph, ready for any emergency. No 80
apprehenSs trouble unless brouobt obo,,s
~ some unforeseen occurrence.
70 me Democratic Legislature met in :,
Ii at mex Hall, the Senate in the Ia
Gies pdFLoT, and was called to order b,
senator Ogden, holding over menh,'Dy
SSlneteen' including nine holding Over
TIuatoIs' answered to their names
rms Is the number required for ouornrn
III Tue democrats claim that one other
VINO VINO Is SICK will act with them. main,
twenty, seventeen of whom there 3 ne ce,Is
~ 9s against. The House was called TO or
uer ABOUT one O'Clock by Clerk Tresevon,
anu oi answered to thoir names on the liz,
nam ~ 7 o oeing more than quorum. The
: :, go " LOUIS Dush was put In nomination
+ speaker, and he was elected i"''on
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

THERE is but putrid Renaissance of
the once blooming carpet bag element in
the United States Senate; but what there
is of it, is terribly stirred up by the report
that Hayes has sent word to the South
ern Democrats, that he is in sympathy
with their desire to control their own
States and that he will recognize them
in his Administration if they will acqui-
esce in his installation.
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The AstnbuIa Disa.,..

disaster at A>t4buIa, who 1va,o I-s, oy the
this city TO be cared for. arc ali dLtouSht 70
and the injuri Of mos ~ ,ga,,' HoIng wei,
serious rs wa first supp~ srd. arc NOT as
Judge W. H ~ :. + counsel informed
dav. tbat ,t,a ''oh' III VIZ supreme Court to-
nor tn arros. ~ y l,'oSecntlon have stipulated
cane o T,res s.d retfr B. Sweeney, in case he
nl eivli action against him for seven m r1idl
non non dollars, and he has telegrapbed that ~
MllI attend Mr.. Sweeney being in ' assh ne
aJ ll,I ana season inclement, the case was
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03
Senator Bayard's Views.

The broad ground taken by Senator
Bayard in regard to the counting of the
electoral votes seems to strike many of
the Democrats favorably. He holds
that if Congress refuses to 90 behind the
seal of State, the Oregon vote must be
counted as sent in by Gov. Grover.
Should Congress go behind it, then the
Tilden vote, as sent in from Florida,
with the certificate of Attorney General
Cooke attached, must be counted. In
addition, this Florida certificate will be
reinforced by the action of the Supreme
Court, as quo oVarranto will in few
days be issued compelling the other State
authorities to verify the action Of the
Attorney General Moreover, Gov.
Drew who comes in under the new count
on the 1st of January, will materially
aid the strengthening of affairs in tlorl-
da. In abiding to the proposed meet
ing of the joint committee appointed by
the Senate and House to agree upon
means for the counting of the vote, the
same gentleman said that the Democrat
ic leaders had little faith that the Com
mittee would agree upon satisfactory
plan of action, and it was generally
thought that Senator Morton would prove
to be the obstructive element OF that
committee N. Y. Tribune.
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POLITICAL NEWS.
hen HIll's Denial.

Ben Hill has written letter deny a
that he has entered into coalition with
the Republicans in the Presidential eec-
ton. and pronouncing the statement
to that effect the work of a sensational
ist. He discusses the situation at length,
and says that among its possibilities Is
civil war. He says he shall labor for a
legal count of the Electoral vote, and
abide 5y the result.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

TIE number of immigrants who
arrived in New York during the
month of November vas 4457, of
whom 1866 were females. OF the arri-
walls, 853 were from England, 673 from
Ireland, 169 from Scotland, 1437 from
Germany, 2l9 from Austria, 152 from
France, 1877 from Sweden and Norway,
1913 from Italy, 10 from Switzerland,
259 from Russia, SO from Poland and %
from Hungary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

A NOTORIOUS negro. one Thomas w. Car
dozo. X-Superintendent of Public InStruc-
ton (Heaven save the mark , in Mississippi
pi, made his appearance in the city last
Sunday. AT res pectable church. solicitin Q
aid Tor the public schools of Mississippi,
pretending that the Dem ocratic Legislature
had refused appropriations for those schools.
This CaTdOZo is now under indictment for
official frauds. and other ef1enses, and fled
the State on that account. And now Mr.
Rutherford b. Hayes sends him with sub
scription list 70 practice on the charity OF
the people at the North N. Y. World.
Let him bleed them WELL Our Gov
ernor's Message, in which it is shown
that 10000 and upwards of colored
children are enjoying the privileges of
public schools in this State, supported
by taxation, is the best answer that can
be given to the vile impostor Cardozo
is VIGOROUSLY a thief, embezzIer and
forger, and if Northern people are deter
mined to be humbugged by him and his
kind, in order to give countenance to the
falsehoods that are put in circulation
concerning the South, she can stand it,,
if they can.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

VIII appear evary morning Monday ex-
cepted) during the session Of the Legisla-
ture, and will contsin the latest news from
every quarter. One dollar per month, or
two dollars for tie session. Send in your
orders at once, a. we cannot undertake to
supply back numbers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

In New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl.
Vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, Tilden
received 2O8, 106 more votes than GRAM
received in the same States in 1872, and
1000 more votes than Hayes. These
States contain nearly half the voters, and
more than one-third the population OF
the Union. Experiment, after the Por
firio Diaz fashion, in these States, if VOC
dare, Mr.. Grant.-Courier Journal.
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Notice 10 Subscribers.

The names OF all subscribers whose SUBJ
scri ptions expired in December, and who
may not renew before our next issue. will
be erased from our lists We hope, how
ever, to retain every name. We have sent
TO each one a blank order OF renewal. and
return envelope, so as to make it as conve-
nent a. possible. Similar notices were
mailed last week TO all whose time viii ex-
pire during this month We trust ouI
friends will not complain if we have to en-
force rule Of long standing in this office.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-03

Hon. H. D. Money writes from w ash-
ington under date December goth: The
excitement is intensifying. We have
the law and the facts, and intend to
stand firm. "-Chicasaw Messenger.