The weekly clarion., 1877-10-10
THE STATE CANVASS.
The Promises and pledges Of the
Party IN Power.
Of Patriotic Wen I'm
formed COIOrcd Wen.

Talk about the Democrats and Con /
servatives not having redeemed their
pJedges. when the State taxes have been /
reduced from 81 mills on the dollar in
1873 under Republican rule, to five
mills in 1877 under Democratic rule
when the expenditures Of the State gov
ernment for ordinary purposes have
been reduced from ! l64, 500 in 1879, /
under Republican rule, to 377, 900 IN
1877 under Democratic rule-when the
county expenditures have been reduced
at corresponding rate-whep inteIli-
gence has superseded incapacity, and or
der has been brought out Of chaos-and
an administration Of unquestioned abil-
itv and integrity has been substituted
/ for the corrupt rule Of Ames, Cardoza
and the like, All, but say the men who
are eager to find fault and get up an In
dependent ticket, the coIored people
have not esbeen treated right" Turn to
! the laws of the two sessions OF the Demo
cratic Legislature and point to a statute
that makes the least discrimination be
tween the races; and if you fail, then,
it is fair that you should confess your
error and abandon the attempt to break
up and destroy the Democratic Ss slniza-
ton in the interest Of that race. But II
50 happens that there are oolored men
| in the State equal in intelligence to the
maIconlents who make this complaint,
and who are watchful Of the interests Of
their race, that have not discovered the
wrongs which politicians who have put
On glass eyes to see the things they dost
not profess to have seen. Here Is
letter from one of them, Mr.. }. d. Web
ster, Of Washington couuty-the same
who received fatteriug vote unsought
for Secretary Of state, in the State Con
vention-proposing without fee Or reward,
to canvass the State in behalf of the ticket
nominated by the Democratic Conserva-
tive State Convention, and declaring that
the present is an auspicious time for the
I Ic0mDIete union of both races for the same
ticket And here is n communication 10
the State Executive Committee from
another colored citizen Of character and
intelligence. Mr.. G. p. A. Brown, who
represents Tunica county in the present
Legislature, as a Republican, rendering
mis- services upon the same terms as Mr..
Webster Mr.. Brown writes:
4 have read with pleasure the plat
q form adopted by the Democratic Con
Sc vention held in jackson on the lst Au-
'' gust, 1877. will support the Princi-
= pies of the Democratic party, beliey-
- ing that l will be doing that which will
- subserve the interests Of my (the col
ored) people and believing that the
time has arrived when my people can
safely and without doubt or fear, ally
" themselves with the Democratic party.
.. have watched the actions Ct the Demo
cratic party closely, since they came
. into power in this State, and believe
they will carry out all pledges and
promises made in the past, TO the col
ored people. twas saidin the canvass
:. two years ago, that if the Democratic
party came in possession Of the State
government, they would destroy the
school system and the rights Of the
newly enfranchised people but their
actions have proven il to be false.
Asa member of the Legislature, the
writer of the foregoing letter, had ample
opportunities to inform himself of the
spirit and conduct Of the Democratic ma
ioritv in that body, and the foregoing Is
. the testimony which ne bears. He says
- thew have faithfully redeemed their
T pledges to .'his (the colored) people,
and that impalled by proper regard for
their welfare, they should ally themselves
10 the Democratic organization-not a
liscontented fraction of ii, sailing under
the flag of independents" and relying
upon Radicals for support, but the party
l. Of Democrats and Conservatives pure
| md undefled- as an earnest OF his
| rood faith, he tenders his services to the
| state Executive Committee in the inter
| est of the ticket which it has nominated.
We are willing to risk the judgment Of
intelligent and observaut colored citizens
ike these, against the interested advice oi
| marplots and malcontents who are seek
ing to revive strife between races in the
interest of RadicaIism under the shallow
pretense of an "Independent" move
d | ment.
HINDs COUNTY FISANCEs.-On ou
first page will be found correspondence
: between Hon. n. r. Jones aud John
| SHELTON Esn fnll of interest 10 the tax.