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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Cincinnati Enquirer. !

Ci"Innsti Enquirer.
tn" contest for the Speakership is assum-
mg definite shape. Randall will enter the
canvass the strongest candidate. He will,
however, nave not more than two-thirds OF
ule=Eete Necessary to the caucus nomina-
ton III the beginning. The nominee of the
Caucus, whoever he NAV be- mnst depend
UPON second choices" for the nom ination.
VI the seventy nvA votes. more or less,
which VIII be necessary TO nominate ia the
Drmpe:aiic caucus, Mr. Randall claims to
nave, perhaps, fifty assured. Not one his op
pohehts viii concede % him 50 many, and
no. one oil his opponents will claim So many
Tor himself IN the outset. The one hundred
vote, or thereaboat, which Randall does
not ciaim on the first ballot will be
divided among nearly half a dozen candi
uateS' unIrss consolation OF the opp 'sitIon
% Randall Is effecte Il in advance OF the can
Gus SayIer, Cox. Morrison, B.a, kburn,
'oode ana Walker have been named as
competitors. and four of them will probably
be voted for on the first ballot.
New York Tr.bunel
II any Southern Democratic votes are
gwen toward the elec ton ct publican
to the speakership OF The Ii puse they will
pfooaoiy come from Missis, ippi. LpuiSia' a
and Texas. While not openly advocating
such course on the part of Southern Con-
gressmcn, the press of those States tlcitly
admits that it may be found advisable u
vote with the Republicans.
NoTE-If We mistake not, the Ra lical
schemers are counting without their host
IN expecting assistance from Mississippi
I'm the election of Republican speaker
The attempt to implicate ''the press" N
such conspiracy, is grievous injustice.
There is not a Democratic newspaper
south of Mason and Dixon's line that
has rendered itself liable to such an I'M
putation, certainly not one in Mississippi.
l--CLaRION.
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Vghy no Many H@sur"nce
.tes Have Failed.

The recent failure of many OF wna'
have always been regarded as solid in'
surance companies, has resulted IN 'ns
ing public the inner working OF the in :
surance concerns, and brief resume OF
the salaries paid TO the presidents OF '"e
companies may Tot be undressing
The EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society
s37. $4,000; New York Life ana Irus'
Insurance Company, 100000; nor n
LifA Insurance Company, siO'oOV'"o
Universal Life Insurace Company 90
600 90; United States Life Insurance
Company, $I5, 10000; The hnleker-
booker Life Insurance Company 3D.
10000; The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, Sc, 10000; North American
Life Insurance Company, sl2, OOo.o !;
Washington Life Insurance Company
S1O0OO.00; The Globe Life Insurance
Company, $I2, 10000; New York Life
Insurance Company, $31, $50 90; Ger
munia Life Insurance Company, Sll,-
S67.15.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25
The approaching Democratic
State Convention.

EDS. CLARION Allow me few woods
in your columns in reference TO the an.
preaching Convention of the Democracy OF
Mississippi for the nomination of candidates
for Governor and other State officers.
quite agree with The CLARION that the
middle of July is abunlantly early for the
meeting of the Convention, aud would
greatly prefer the second Wednesday In
August as the time for the assembling of so
important a meeting of our people For
this proposed time, there are many and
obvious reasons. In addition to the fac; that
It Is not desirable 10 have the people an
nOycG with long and laborlous Campaign
in the summer we are to have and extra
session of Congress in June, and no LIVING
man foretell what new and i'm portant Issues
may be looked for the consideration and ac-
ton of our party,
insldlou: efforts will be made to SOW dis
cord in the ranks of the Democracy, and
these efforts will require to 10 met p. :,
thwarted by wise, iGdiolOus and prudent
action, ana can only be had after we have
been made familiar with the dangers which
hedgeus around. Let the Democr.cv. tho,
assemble at Jackson on the sgcnNn NVvr-
NEsDAY IN AUGpaB and after a careful sur-
Yey of the whole field, put forth a ticket
composed OF our ablest and purest men
we nave meh OF intellect, courage and In !
tegrity sufficient for any position, and GER
talhly we can have no difficulty In hndin0
sehIlemen OF ability and character to form
our STATE ticket; but what desire to impress
upon friends is the Importance, nav. the an.
sOlute necessity of AOnfn atm, 80,
MEM pay little heed to tie claims $50
called" Of gentlemen desiring to be nomi-
mated for an honorable position, chiefly
perhaps, because, in my judgment no MN
has any "claims" upon the people for an
ofilce The State has claim upon All her
sons Tor their best and most faithful service
70 her, and where she calls no true son will
hesitate to obey her
Another suggestion, Messrs. Editors
Please tell our friends not to come to the
convention expecting to leave for home on
the first train that departs from the Cant
toll Ou= ticket should he made after the
most careful deliberation, and this can hard
ly be done Ia one day. The usual fashion
o. assembling at Jackson to nominate a
ticket and getting through in time TO allow
members togo home on the afternoon train.
places everything at the disposal Of the
Laost adrolt manipnlators, instead of Ieav-
lKg the selection OF candidates to the cara
inl and deliberate judgment of the mem
Ders OF the Convention. Those who cannot
give two or three days to the State. sbonId |
give way for those who can.
liespeet n,liy,
A nraaraa,,r...
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

ATTENTION is called to the communi
cation signed "Mississippian" in another
column. 1t is proper to say that we are
not welded to any particular date for
holding the State Convention; but con-
cur in the main idea that the Convention
should be held at as late a day as is con-
sistent with the paramount duty of organ
izing for a vigorous canvass whether
confronted by open or secret foes.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

1t seems that the sold line whig"
hobby has been started in Alabama by
the Republican leaders, and that the
alabama State Journal (RadicaD has
called upon several persons who were
members of that party when it was in ex
istence twenty five years ago and asked
them to fall down and worship the
HAYES Administration with promises OF
a repast in the shape of fat offices, more
delicious than the viands with which
the "subtle fend" tempted the Sa-
viour when fasting in the wilderness
Among others mentioned, is the name OF
Hon. l.. r. Davis, of Limestone county.
who thus replies to the tempter:
The Alabama State journal in an article
brimful of bosh, calls Justify upon Old Line
Wings TO rally in support of Hayes. He
singles out some fifty men. among whom
we find our name and calls upon us in par
ticular to raise the banner for Hayes. We
VIII not quote from the article viewing il
as we do as adding insult to injury, bur
will simply say to Bingham & Co, that
we would see you d-n-d first.
If we ever do quit the Democratic party
we do not intend to JOIN in with Il band OF
thieves who have become so expert in the
business as to steal the Presidency; we are
fully determined to 90 further if we dc
worse.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

In paying the Southern ante-bellum
mail claims, the Secretary of the Treas
ury was at a loss to know when to date
the beginning of the rebellion" ESQ
called and referred the claims to the
Attorney General, who decided that the
contractors must be paid up to the time
that their respective States sealed or
passed the act of secession.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

THE Hon. Ben Wade, of Ohio, who
writes the fierce philippe against Mr..
Hayes charging. him with ''meditating
the destruction of the party that elected
him." and all that, might as we'll keep
cool. If Mr. Hayes is guilty as charged,
his accuser should remember that the
Republican party is a sectional party in
its origin and has prolonged its wretched
life by feeding on sectional prejudice;
and that after sixteen years of triumph
it has earned its right to die ignobly by
the hands of its own agents when it
sought to perpetuate itself by intriguing
him into the Presidency. 1t is not the
business of Democrats to defend Mr..
Hayes. They did not vote for him; but
it is their province to say to wailing pa
triots like Mr.. Wade, spare your tears,
the welfare of the colored people is Sc
cure in the keeping of the Democratic
governments of the South; and the Pres
ident could not have served them better
than by recognizing the right of the
Southern States to control their own af-
fairs in their own way.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

In company with G. Wiley Wells, J..
A. Kasson, of Iowa, vas cleft" by the
people in making up the present Con-
gressional delegations but with Wells
he labored Increasingly in the Presiden-
tial cheat and comes in for q share of
the gains. He is appointed Minister to
Spain. More "civil service reform
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

WE regret to learn from the Winona
Advance that Col. q. F. NeilI, Of Car
roll county, is in a precarious state of
health, and that his friends have almost
despaired of his recovery. Mississippi has
many sons worthy to be honored while
living and remembered for their virtues
when dead, but she has none more wor-
thy of honors in life, nor tears in
death than G.. F. Neill For years he
has been prevented by afiction from
bearing his part in the trials through
which his State has passed, but his record
as wise counsellor and good citizen
in peace and a brave soldier in war, is
secure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

The jackson postoffice appointment
has not been settled yet. 1t is believed
that the "powers that be, " in the endeav-
or to ''popularize the Administration,
desire to place the appointment where
it will do most good, and are puzzled to
determine
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

LET Congress. when it meets, make
assurance douhly sure by providing suffi-
Client guarantees that the army shall not
be used in sustaining pretended govern
ments in any of the States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

THE Intelligenoer states that the public
spirited citizens of McComb City by lib
eral subscriptions have sufficient sum
of money to continue the Free Public
Schools in that town for full term.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Coon ADvIcE.-Mr. James Redpath,
Secretary of the Boutwell, Committee
and original abolitionist, has written
letter to Merriman Howard, (colored) Of
Jefferson county, urging the colored peo-
ole to Join the Democratic party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Rev. A. H. WGBNEY, of Limerick,
Illinois, having visited Mississippi on a
tour of observation, writes back to his
people that he is delighted with the hos
pitality and kind disp )sition of Msslssip-
plans and with the natural pecularities
and climate of our State. liz the conclu-
sion of his letter, he says:
| wish a delegation of Illinois people
would visit this comfy for the purpose of
ms pectiOn OF these lands, and become salts
fled that in Mississippi 100 miles from New
Orleans, near the State Capitol, amid
churches, schools, fruits, and beautiful tim
Der, with springs gushing from every hill
side, under sky like that of Italy, and at
an elevation that precludes the possibility
of yellow fever, and mparatively free
from malaria, they can make themselves
pleasant ana happy home.
A. II. WIDNEY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

IT is rumored that Judge Taft, ex-
Senator Wade and Hon. Ben. Eggleston
(Ohio Republican, have fallen out with
the Administration.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

CHANCELLOR r. w. WILLIAMSON is
the chosen orator of the day at the an
nual reunion of the Carroll companies
of the AID Mississippi regiment, at Car
rollton on the 28th.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25
a Crime which, all the Waters of
ahe Oceans Cannot Wash
AWay...What Charles
Francis Adams says
AbOut il.
RosroN. March 5. 1877.
~ w -
To HoN. S. J. TILDEs

DUSIUN1 N1AIO1 d IOt1s
To HoN. S. ]. TILDEs:
My DEAR SIR-On this day, when you
ouqht to have been President of the United
States. seize the opportunity to bear my
testimony to the calm and dignified manner
in which you have passed through this great
trial. IL is many years since ceased TO be
= parts man; hence have endeavored to
iudge Of public affairs and men rather by
their merits than by the name they take. II
that I made the right choice in the late
election. could never have been reeoneil
ed to elevation by the smallest aid of mine
ar person, however respectable in private
life, who must forever carry upon his brow
the stamp of frauds first triumph in Amer
lean history. No subsequent action. how
aver meritorious, can wash away the letters
of that record.
Very respectfully,
CHARLES FRANcis AlAMs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

The politician who undertakes to make
the administration of President whose
title to the office is fraudulent, nucleus
for new party, will find that he Is
building on a foundation Of sand
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

1t has sometimes been said in the search
for a sclpegoat for recent misfortun es
that the Northern Democracy is entitled
to the odium; and in proof that the
party which has been the only friend the
South has had in the days of her perse
cution, and which confronted sectional
fanatacism, and suffered in her behalf,
cannot be trusted, it has been charged
that the same party, before the late IN
pleasantness, promised, but did not fulfill
their promise, to fight on the Southern
side In the event Of war. 1t Is not
not necessary to discuss whether the
present Northern Democracy" is the
anti-bellum Northern Democracy" or
not, but nothing could be more unjust
than the statement. In close observa-
ton of events, we never heard Of q
Northern Convention, on Legislature, or
organization, or party, making such
declaration; and never heard of any
Northern man of any party making it,
except the late d. S Dickinson, Senator
from New York, and an Indiana Coy
ernor (now deceased) who made remarks
which bore that construction while in
maudlin condition in the capitol of Mis-
sissippi.
Our friend of the Okolona States has
reproduced from the Congressional
Record the following extract of a speech
of the Hon. l.. Q. c. Lamar in the
House of Representatives, January 10Th,
1877, which is strictly true and pertinent
to the occasion that elected it:
81 wish todiSpel the disparagem ent winch
has been eX pressed of the courage and pa
triotism OF our Northern political associates
and friends, which we sometimes hear |
believe then. to lie wanting in neither. As
to the charges that In the past they have
encouraged us with promises OF support
that We're not fulfilled, L deny it. They did
sym p1thiZe with us to the causes which
provoked our secession. But while IA few
public men made eXtravagant declarations
as TO what they would do in a certain event,
our Northern Democratic friends, as a par
ty, pleaded with us TO rem ain and defend
our institutions with their support instead
of the Union. They did not, Is a party.
give assurances of cooperation and aid TO
us against their own States. shoHld war re-
suit from our secession.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

CAPT. j. D. BURKE, an experienced
journalist and clever man, is associated
with R. H Henry, Esq, in the editorial
department of the Brookhaven Ledger.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

THE attention of those who may be
selected as delegates to the State Gonven-
ton, is called to the closing paragraph of
the article signed "A Mississippian."
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sAiSsissippi and louisiana.

AT u o'clock yesterday, his Excellen-
CIV Gov. Stone sent the following dis
patch to Gov Nichols:
"Hts EfceieHcg G0reraor Francis Z. n lchoHs,
Nelo Orleans.
S'MiSsissippi sends congratulations to her
sister State, Louisiana. and rejoices at her
recognition as an equal among States, and
chat the great American principle of local
self-oGY ernment has been vindieated.
-. NJ. STONE,
"GOveTHoF OF Mississippi"
TO which Gov. Nichols sent the fol
lowing reply:
''To His EcceLency J. II. Stone:
Louisiana, rejoicing over her release
from bondage, acknowledges thankfully the
congratulations of her sister State.
'.F 7. NICHOLS"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Nor only is the Southern Republican
organization going out of existence, but
the signs of dissolution in the once pow
erful Northern element of that party,
are apparent. If any one meditates
selling out and joining that crowd be-
cause it had the luck to cheat and win
in the Presidential game, it would be
sensible to look before leaping.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25


The Municipal Reform Commission
of New York lately have submitted re-
port providing that in cities of more
than 100, 900 inhabitants, the elective
franchise shall be restricted to persons
who for two years preceding the election
have paid an annual tax on property
owned by them of an assessed value of
not less than $500, or have actually paid
during the same period yearly rent of
not less than $3.50 for premises occupied
by them for residence or lawful bus
mess. This scheme to create a governing
aristocracy of wealth, will doubtless meet
the fate which a proposition so repug-
nant to democratic government de-
mands- Property qualification is incon-
sistent with free government. If the
object is to exclude Migrants from vo-
ting, d better plan would be to require
the producing of poll tax receipt.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

A CORRESPONDENT of the Winona Ad-
vance enters w. d. Peery, Esq, of
Greenwood, for Senatorial honors from
the 3lst District, and pays him many
compliments which are we'll deserved.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Contrary to FIRST reports, the people
of New Hampshire at their late Ell ection,
did adopt an amendment TO their State
Constitution removing the disqqalifca-
ton of Catholics from holding Office.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25
The Plymouth.

The u. s. steamer Plymouth arrived
at Vicksburg last Friday. There, as at
Natchez and other points where she
touched. she and her officers were re-
ceived by the people and local authorities
with all possible honors and Inequalities
The Vicksburg Herald, in noticing her
arrival at the wharf Of the Hill City,
saws "she comes not as a foe, but as
friend; therefore let our city, which, in
times of yore, bid defiance to a hundred
or more, welcome the lone traveller OF the
Mississippi. Let the sons and the
daughters of Vicksburg remember, while
recalling the memory of those days when
the waters Of our river were hid with the
Aquatic animals Of war, that this ''levIa-
but friendly, visitor. For four hundred
miles has she parted the waters OF our
"inland sea :" and now, upon its bosom,
an front Of our city, she lies, remindful to
us Of all that grandeur which turks in the
history of our navy. AZ Americans
not forgetfuI, but regretful Of the past
let US, in the name and to the praise of
our city's historic recollection, give safe
hayen to the stranger, and hearty
greeting to her gallant tars."
WE had the pleasure Of a call on Sat
urday from our old friend, Capt. Holland
T. Coffee, the present Sheriff of Tunica
county, by appointment, since the death
of Capt. Manning. On taking charge
of the office, Capt. Coffee addressed a
sensible, straightforward letter to the
people of the county defining his position
and the rules which he had adopted for
his guidance. The people who have
known him longest will guarantee that
there will be no faltering ia the discharge
of his duties. Capt. c. reports that af
fairs in Tunica have quoted down after
the intense excitement which naturally
followed the tragedies recently enacted
IN the county and the people are busily
engaged in the pursuit of their usual
avocations. The colored element largely
predominates in the county, but il will
hereafter be almost unanimously Demo
cratic in politics
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

BLOOMINGToN, lLL.,-Ihe ahhu,r M
election passed OF in d quiet mlhu,' IsIu
Thomas j. Baron Democrat was li0ln
Mayor over DR.. D. h. White lheP'
BY a majority If l57.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

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energies.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Gov. HAMPTON has notified f. l..
Cardozo aud the other bogus (RadicaD
State officials in South Carolina that he
does not intend to PREJUDICE any claim
they may assert in the Courts TO the
offices to which they pretend to have been
elected. bot that he has recognized their
opponents in the discharge of his duties
as Governor and that they must vacate
the places they are occupying and tprn
over to them the papers and records
thereto appertaining. He does not in
tend to be fooled with; and has sealed
up their offices to await judicial de-
cision.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

BosroN.-The House rejected the probjb-
TIC I.oTy nll5yeas l4o, nays III. The bin
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

The Democrats of the Louisiana
(Nicholls) Legislature have passed reso-
buttons declaring their acceptance of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments of the Constitution guar
anteeing the rigid enforcement of the
laws, and equal protection to all citizens
in person, property, political rights and
privileges; inviting friendly relations
between citizens of both races aud de-
caring in favor of equal advantages in
education for white and colored children.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

WHAT puzzles the Northern Radical
papers is, how was it that Louisiana was
counted for Hayes and yet Packard was
defe2ted though he received a larger
vote than Hayes7 They were in favor
of bulldozing the one into the Presiden
g., by fair or by foul means, but they
wanted Packard to profit by the same
rule. Here is the way The Boston
Traveller RADICAL puts it:
But the question IL. did Hayes and Pack
ard carry Louisiana? or, did Tilden and
Nichols carry it? IC is useless trying to
dodge is. The Traveller believes that
Hayes and Packard carried it, and there Is
no honesty, no deeeney, in sneaking away
from this conclusion hv saying that one car
rled it while possibly the other III 49, have
been defeated. That is a lower depth of
ialsehood and cowardice than the Republi-
can party and the American people can toll
crate.