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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04
SPIRIT on EEEE MISSISSIPPI
PRESS
What They Say About tle SiGua-
IiOm.

Holly Springs South
The intelligent taxpayers and business
men Of the State, and conservative voters,
without regard TO race, color or previous
condition, should do their whole duty in re-
gard to the Novem Der election. The victo-
ries OF 1875 and 1876 will have been in vain,
unless followed up by another in 1877. The
last vestige OF carpet bagism, corruption
and ignorance, must be expelled from office
this fall, and only those elected to places of
trust and responsibility, who can stand the
Jeffersonian test: Is he honest; is re 1apa-
BILE; is he faithful to the constitution?
Walden Record.
Candor compels us to say that we would
accept favors at Hayes hands as we would
receive from highwayman the return Of
part he had taken from us. We would take
it, and count it as an unexpected gain,
without questioning the impulse or looking
too closely at the hands which proffered that
which was our right. Let him do what he
may, he cannot make good his title-he can
never persuade the people that he is other
than one who feels that he has stolen the
power he holds anil and is willing, therefore.
to make such concessions a., had he been
elected, would never have been entertained
for nom ent,
Okolona States.l
viii the Southern Conservatives learn
this lesson? The upshot of The SIX Com
mission was not sufficient to open their
eyes; will they be more cautious and Iess
credulous now that Hayes las denounced
the policy by which he deluded them into
his support: Or will they continue to go
off half cooked whenever a Radical ruler
speaks them fair? The case ofLouisiaAa-
of poor, manacled, crucified Louisiana
will soon be called. viii they advise and
urge her to compromise with her oppres-
sors
Natchez Democrat.
We confess encouragement. We cannot
help believing that if President Hayes had
really the intent he expressed and the nerve
he required to execute it. he would have |
made short work of this question by simply |
taking away the troops, and letting the |
rival parties, within the law and peacefully |
settle it for themselves.
Examiner.l
When Hayes proposed to withdraw the |
troops the whole nation applagded, but |
when he took the timid second thought /
WHICH eventuated in the "Commission''
he excited the contempt Of all /
good men of all parties.
Colum bus Index-
The Southern States are az firmly resolved
to hold and control their State governments,
free from federal dictation and infiu ence, as
they were determined to make war for
separate nationality in 1861. As they at /
tested that determination by -FOUR years of
vigorous war SO they VIII enforce this re-
solve If it leads TO determination.
Chickasaw Messenger.l
We trust orr friends win pardon US for
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04
Those "Pied:~--'-

That the pledges" such az they we're,
given by the Hayes managers, induced a
a portion of the Democrats TO continue
the count and declare the election Of
Hayes, and that but for the pledges
aforesaid the result would not have
been accomplished, is shown by the
statement of Mr. John Young Brown of
Kentucky. He says:
| said to him Foster that there was but
one thing which would change me, and IL
was If thought by voting 10 complete TIE
con Nh-c MAS 10 result in the inaugura-
tior of Nj. Hayes. | would be aiding Ill
rectfy or Indirectly or perpetudting the
usurpations OF Packard and Cham oeTiaih
in the States OF Louisiana and South Caro-
lima. / would reverse my actioa and do my
vssy almost to defeat The execution o. the btA.
| furthermore told INN III l changed ny pn-
sition, / knew o. seueral promlueht gentle
men WHO would join me, and in that criti-
cal hour when the daily and nightly scenes,
surnassing By far in wild excitement and
violence anything ever Witnessed IN th1
/ legislative history OF the country, the line
/ OF the Democrats. who were voting - exc
| cute the law should b. broaen. IL would re-
/ suit IN a stampede among them aud Mr..
/ Rayes t,oazl no more be he President THAI he
| Foster er5uld be Foster said lie believed
! this.
| When | saw that the Democratic victory,
/ 50 fairly ICON, was lost, my deepest concern
/ was tor my suffering oouthcrnc uuntrymen
/ To contribute to their deliverance from
/ bondage was the passionate aspiration OF
my heart. II al | believed the policy OF
| Mr. Hayes, [if iu2uPurated) would not re-
| iieve them from hateful aud uurepno lTcau
| supervision by the army. and the further
| plundering aud oppression by men alien II
them in birth and sympathy, should neud
hare r1ted as did Hon. Charles Foster s.
cured the Inauguration OF the President
but FIR his speech and these letters the resul
| tcoutd neUer hare been reached.
And so the Democratic ''victory tina
was fairly won" according to Mr.
Brown was bartered away for a mess o
such pottage as was cooked up in tn,
Foster Matthews letters. What has no
been explained, and what nobody ha
yet been able to find out, is, why di,
Mr.. Brown and his compatriots rel
upon the tortu0us and crooked expedi
ent with the Radical managers for til,
relief of the suffering South through tn,
agency of fraudulent President, rather
than the beaten track Of the Con
stitution and the installation of a Presi
dent who 1raS duly chosen and who's
very election meant the inviolabilitv 0
local self government and no interior
ence with the national army.
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NhnG var. Springer Democrat OF
Illinois says About &c.


W,AsHINGroN, March $50 I'M. -gr.-e
~ ol;hLllll noi s,says that during hr He-1
hlIousterihg iiEht ON the ,Fru'| -t....tE
when the Southern men. lur fU. 0.-' .HH
refused 70 vote with lhe UJ.Iru.. U..|
motion % take h r,rr--. D.... H...
came to HIM to explain tur action -. '..
southern members. Mr.. Springer ..a.. ..H
what was the ~ auiugui r.. -.u.... u.F
DESERVING them ~ -uua Is .W.. .u..W
Burke said we have mla. w a.lut
meht wan the hlyc, peapI. "u...0.
tnlhk thas we viii Do Hp.. '' -..H
IiSAss th TIE south We ar. u...... n. ....
hdent that Tiilan cam O. s...H.| '... WI.
struetion To The fluid cJl,Ur .m..l.s. anarchy.
We, Therefore, have g.tur. OBJ fIu. ...s H".
~ where we have DIV h9ur rg u.N. ...n-
have IL here in t.rituu .a.. .u."
you Mr.. springer said: g .Y. ." .A
~ see it. ! vii take NUur u... mi. y
Colonel Burke. however. ia-.-Ir. ~. N.
Springer reading tie con5pa.. ~. uA.
carefully, bur did nor a-k fru.g COPY =.
- a 5 his memory serves him. lue r.W.
contained no morcand an jess tntu .He"...--
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Senator H~ham O. Harris on
Hayes.

The Paris (Tenn.) Intelligencer prints
in full the speech made by Senator Har-
ris on bis return from Washington. We
copy the following extract Senator Har-
ris said:
''He alluded to the fair promises of Mr.
Hayes in his inaugural address as mere
high sounding words that would not be ful-
filled, and as evidence pointed to the DELAY
OF the administration in settling the Louis
lana and South Carolina agitations; spoke
of the new commission TO be sent to those
States TO learn their political status, and
asked If Mr.. HAYES could need information
on that point, in the face OF the fact that
committee after committee had beea sent
there. beside delegation of representative
men from various parts of the country at
the request of President Grant. He thought
Mr.. Hayes was only seeking an easy grada-
ton upon which to back down from his
promises. He felt that nearly all hope was
cones that military d6spotism would con-
tinue in the States named"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

If We are to construe the commenda-
tions Of the Northern Republican leaders
of the course of Southern Representatives
on the Electoral bill, as foreshadowing
Of the future, the Southern people have
made a full atonement to the Radicals
for their sins; the country will be yexed
with no more bloody shirt harranguing
and the opprobrious epithet "rebef' will
be exchanged for more endearing term.
The violently Radical New York Times
serenely beholds the fruit of the Electoral
Commission in til e perpetuation of Grant
ism, and never wearies in commenting
9 the moderate temper evinced by the
q Southern Senators and Reprepresenta-
g tives during the exciting period which
preceded the settlement Of the Presl-
Z" Dental question ;" and in a recent num-
Der, it graciously adds:
: The opponents Of Southern opinion in
Congress re fused TO aid the factious plans
for preventing al election of President
Assume. ii yOu please, that an unseltish de
sire 70 avert anarchy had something to do
With this action oil ], the Idtt Is liCOllSet-
+ able that at a critical period the South IN
Congress asserted itself OF the side OF mod
Grafton aud law, and made the accession Of
! Dir. Hayes 10 the Presidency comparatively
smooth.
Hon Stanley Matthews, the Republi-
can Senator elect from Ohio, made a
speech the other day in which he too
warmly applauded - Southern Demo
Gratis" for their agency in making
q smooth" Mr.. Hayes way to the Presi-
dency," after his rejection by the people.
Said Mr. Matthews:
Nov my fr .Si I nIdsnfe ion to which ri
have alluded as operating a motive or
the part OF these Southern Democrats. there
was another expectation in their minds
which greatly Influenced their conduct
That was the ex pee alton that after all il
would not be bad thing for the South to haze
Hayes President; that GtteR al, perhaps theg
had made q mistake in not themselves precious
IN ass iStiRg him in the election. AT any ratt
it was the expectation that the Inauguration
OF the Republican President would De the
Inauguration for them OF a new era, etc
They founded these expectations upon
letter written b. Gov. Hayes when ne ac-
cepted the nomination OF the Republican
party as its candidate for the Presidency
And upon that faith they Were willing &c
cooperate in the operation 0 that legal ma
chinery which had been set in motion, aae
t9iich they sac eoas Inevitably bringing ab0u
the result By achich q Republican President dne
administration acre established in the seat o
po9oer."
The peoples understanding was tina
the Representatives who were entrusted
with the count of the electoral vote anc
the declaration of the result, had no dis
cretionary power, and that even if they
did discover their mistake in not them
selves having assisted in the election OF
Mr.. Hayes" they had no authority to re
verse the popular verdict and " co oper
ate' in a movement tn uulIify If
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04
kSOffer's Platform.

Here are few Of the Planks which
the Walden Record has put forth for the
coming party Our coming party"
is the Democratic party, but some of the
planks would not injure even its fair
proportions:
Retrenchment and reform in the civil SER
vice, aud reduction OF the government pay
roll by dropping It least $4,000 useless Off
GERS and employ ees.
We want NJ more class legislation-no
more bondholders' candidates-no more
promises-n0 more returning board Pres
ldeHts,
We want representatives who will not
bow to the gold gam bier, AMI who will never
cease to rememb Der shat the laboring classes
the farmers, the bone and siDew of the land
the tar payers, have some rights in this gov
eminent.
Equal rights for all before the law.
No represe ntation without taxation.
The man who pays no taxes should not be
allowed to vote.
Repeal of the gold gamblers job-the re-
sump tiOn act
No more bonds while a single one of the
present mountain mass is in existence.
The right OF states to regulate their own
affairs without dictation or interference
from the federal government.
The use of the army on the frontier an
not in the States 10 build mp pull down.
parties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

WHEN the Presidents order to Gen.
Anger to maintain the status quo in New
0rleans-that it is to maintain the Pack
ard concern with The ermy-Gov. Mich
oils said to him as follows, through a
Louisiana Representative
THE dispatch to Gen. Augur, of yester.
day, alarmed the community, unsettled val
ues, and diminished the confidence felt in
the President; that IL confidence be once
lost in the President, or in the assurance of
the Congressional Representatives, the con-
sequence TO public interests would be most
disastrous"
Nevertheless, Gen. Augur still keeps
watch over the Packard crew.
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PufGinSiU Strong.

Harper's Weekly, high Republican
authority, in the course of an article on
the situation, draws a striking picture of
carpet-ba misgovernment 1t describes
it in this way:
There Is ignorance and corruption in
all the States-in the State of New York.
But the worst days of Tweed, were not
as bad as much that was called govern
nent in some of the Souehern States.
Yet if Tweed had been imposed upon US
by the army of the United States, we
might well have been in despair.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

MARCH, nth, 1877.

hAkCdg 1flds 1871.
EDITORS CLARION An important ques-
ton to the people of Mississippi, is this year
t. be decide That question is, who is to
be their next Governor? And said ques-
ton is to be decided in State Convection,
for whoever gets the nomination of the De
nocratic party, which includes in its ranks
nearly four-htths of the voting population,
aud quite all the virtue and wealth of the
State, will certainly lie elected. | see men
toned in several papers OF the State, the
names of different gentlemen in this con-
nection, each of whom possess more or less
merit, ana the writer OF this would not. if
he could detF2ct one iota from their de-
serts. But among this number, there is one
10 whom the eyes aud hearts OF the people
instinctively and intuitivelv turn one
whose popularity is the need of modest,
manly merit. and the spontaneous ont
growth and leglim ase result of life with
oat reproach-of singular service, OF kindly
courtesy, and of daring deeis--o1e, the
brlliancy of Whose soldier record is illu-
minated by com parison with his quiet citi-
zen-life-one whose ability fits him for any
position, State, or national, within the gift
OF the people. The name of this one, has
BY the readers OF tins, ere they have reached
this point, been OWNED; tor who other
could it be than GENERAL L. g. WALTHALL,
whose rule of life seems to have been to
ask for nothing and TO give everything
who h as sought no political prefermcnt, ex-
ceot for his friends, and then only, as he
thought to best serve his people, and no
has ever been ready by night and by day
with varied means. pecuniary, intellectual,
and influence to serve hia people, save by
taking Office himself.
The writer of this does not know that
General Walthall would accept the nomina-
tim for the Office of Governor, but this he |
does believe, that he will have to accept or |
reject it, and this opinion is based upon the /
fact that your correspondent has been much /
auDng the people of this portion of the /
State, during the past month. and from all |
he can hear snd learn, the people, the voters,
with one accord say, " We must hare Wal |
thai for our next Governor So mote it |
be! SUMNER COUNTY.
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The Eouisiana Commission.

This Commission consists of Ex-Gov-
ernor j. G. Brown, of Tennessee; Hon.
McVeigh, lawyer who was Minister 10
Turkey in 1871, son-in-law of Simon
Cameron, of Pennsylvania Gen. J. r.
Hawley, Of Connecticut Gen. Harlan,
of Kentucky; and Judge @. B. Law
renee, of Illinois.
-Four of this Commission are pronounced
Republicans and the selection does not
therefore evInce the non partisan aud inn
partial spirit whish the country has been
assured you'd be displayed by the Presi-
dent in his dealings With the Southern
States The Commission itself is wholly
useless except a partisan expedient.
It can obtain no information which the
Administration apd the country have not
obtained. As party measure it serves
the purpose of delay; and affords oppor-
tunity of intrigue and bargaining some
thing, too much of which the country has
already had, If the ultimate aim of the
appointment of the Commission is to be
the beginning of the promised non-inter-
ference policy, the Administration has
adopted very circultous method OF &C
complishing what might have been done
promptly and without all this yeSatious
delay aud injury to the business of the
country. Nothing more was necessary
than to order the troops who stand guard
over the capitol in which Packard is en-
camped to the barracks or the frontier
and leave the enforcement of law and the
maintenance of the public peace to Gov.
| NICHOLS and the authorities Of which his
administration, is tue legitimate and cho-
sen representative. The rest would do it.
self The conspirators would never raise
a hand They would leave their hiding
place and dispense and would exist no
more except as a disagreeable memory.
Peace and order, goodwill and law,
would be established throughout the
State, confidence would be restored, and
Louisiana, under Democratic auspices
would take up her line of march with
the other redeemed and disenthralled
States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

THE following card signed by two in
tallig2nt citizens of Illinois, one of whom
has already invested IN Copiah county,
is a conclusive answer to the misrepre
sensations which have been circulated
in regard to the feeling of the Southern
people towards Northern citizens who
desire to become residents of the South !:
Copiahian.
The undersigned having spent two very
pleasant weeks among the citizens of Co.
piah county, desire to express their heart
felt thanks for the many courtesies that have
been extended to them by the good people
OF the county, and beg leave to assure them
of their high appreciation of their kindness
A. FL. WIDNEY,
H. S. WIDNRY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

A GEORGIA JUDGE (Lochrane), after
a refreshing interview with the Presi-
dent, has published to the world "that
some Democrats will have place, but they
must be men aoho can poptlartze the gov-
ernment" Here is a fair notice that I'M
less you can bring support to the Repub-
lican party, you need not apply for Office
under its President If that's the con
dition the Offices will be kept among the
Radicals. No Democrat worthy of the
name will make such pledge; and none
could redeem it after making it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

IN Mr.. Hayes letter to the South Car
DINA Governors he admits the wrongful
ness of the interference by the national
Administration with the army in the
affairs OF the Southern States and prom
Uses ''to put an end to it as speedily as
possible" But he has a very rounda-
bout method Of doing it, Cows. Nichols
and Hampton have again and again
assured him that nothing is needed but
an order TO the military commanders to
take away the troops and a notification
shat federal interference is at an end
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

THE Massachusetts,, New Jersey and
Delaware Legislatures have passed bills
providing remedies against striking en-
gineers and the abandonment of trains
which they have in charge without due
notice to the company employing them.
Such measures seem to be demanded for
the protection Of the people. Trains
have often been left standing on the
tracks for hours, if not days, to the great
inconvenience and expense of the public
The Delaware law forbids railway en-
ployee abandoning 4 train at any other
point than its schedule destination. The
penalty is a fine Of from 800 to $500,
and Imprisonment not to exceed six
months, at the option of the judge, for
each and every offence. The statute
also forbids the obstruction Of track or
engine, the destruction of rolling stock,
or the taking possession or removal of
such property, and makes similar pen
atty follow its violation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

HAYES gives Fred. Douglas the pay
and perquisites of the office of Marshal
of the District of Columbia, but does not
allow him to perform the social duties
hitherto appertaining to the office of pre-
senting visitors at the White House.
Fred. pockets the slight and also the pro-
wand.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

S. 9. McLIN, (colored,) has been ap-
pointed by Mr.. Hayes associate justice of
the Supreme Court of Mexico. McEin
was one Of the Florida returning board
kpayes who counted ip Hayes; and the
latter il simply paying his debt at the
expense of the unfortunate people of that
territory. Any way it is nice trick.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

THE n. Y. Senate has passed the bill
the election of women as school
trustees. Experience in England and
elewhere proves that women are well
adapted for this work, and they certainly
have as much interest in the subject of
education as men.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

If Hayes can do no better than nego-
tiate bargain between the rival govern
meats of Louisiana and South Carolina,
he need not hope TO satisfy people at all
What is wanted is a settlement of the
principles in dispute, and any other set
tlenent will but postpone the evils Of to-
day for renewal to-morrow.-St. Louis
Republican. r.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

ean supervision I'D % a-my .r-
item in 6irh XXI 's'',n N men ,...5 NJ, Z.
never have voted a. d,f sIgaI
Foster secured the ingn5ur..,, lHs5...
iIent. Bur f0r his s5s.cb g,..y,ll.".,' in- P-a
tie result lsDUla ueret h,fr. 1870 H''e L.ls,
conversation auu tle cYur.,.,. 's.'ts4 ill.,
Known 10 many. were u.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

AN arrangement has been entered into
by which the Brookhayen Comet and the
Monticello South have been combned-or
merged into the former, Of which F. f..
Cooper, we'll known as first rate journ-
alist with all that the name implies, IS the
editor
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

IN an interview with delegation of
Mississippi Republicans the other day
the President is reported by the Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette to have reiterated that it would
not be his policy to sustain State govern
ments by Federal troops for the reason
that "public opinion had pronoune-
ed against it" He could have only
discovered the fact by the majority which
che people gave to the Democratic candi-
date Hayes own party was committed
10 the military policy.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

CAPT. ). f. MAssEY's suggestion for
a special convention Of the Democratic
press Of the State, has been respectfully
considered by its members, and though
favored by some, seems to have been re
tGdlGd ~ MAJORITY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

INDIANA has Democratic Congress
man named Car, who went all his might
against the electoral bill. If the other
Democrats had hitched on to him, they
would have been all right.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

Hon. Z. J. ELLIS, Representative
from Louisiana. does not take such a
rosy view of the situation as he did
when listening to the Republican syrens
pending the Presidential count, "and Ito
quote one of their organs) making the
accession of Mr.. Hayes to the Presi-
" dency comparatively smooth. In re-
ply to an inquiry about the feeling of
himself and his Democratic colleagues IL
regard to the action of Mr. Hayes, he
said: ''The feeling is one of outrage,
disappointment and dissatisfaction. 1t Is
almost a realization that the extremists
of the cabinet Lave trinmphed."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-04

Mr. HAYES is protesting to do in
very dilatory and circuitous way what
Governor Tiden would have done with
a dash of the pen-viz; to execute the
Democratic policy Of relieving Louisiana
and South Carolina of military surveil-
ancn