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The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The Latest Phase of Republican,
ism.

Secretary Sherman, of Ohio, has re-
Gently delivered an elaborate speech set
ting forth the policy of Mr.. Hayes Ad-
ministration The most noteworthy feat
ure Of his deIiverance is his advocacy Of
the wild and centralizjng schemes announc
ed by the Ohio Republican platform. He
proposes to change radically the govern
ment Of the United States, and to make
it a grand municipality for conducting
not only the foreign afftrs Of the cOun-
try, bat the business Of individuals and
of corporations, The Supreme Court Of
the United States has decided that the
States have power to fix railroad freights
and fares because they derived their
charters from them but Mr.. Sher-
man proposes that Congress viii
regulate this business, and fix the
wages Of employees; and also
pass logs preventing the corporations
from cripIiEg themselves by putting
down freghts and transportation below
IINib2 IdtFS Una liiS d set u i''iittSAS'4iS
such as are sent to represent the people
in Congress, gravely deliberating upon
what shall be proper schedule ot rates
and Of wages to be paid employees But
this is the mere surface presentation Of
plot which would draw into the vortex Of
a gigantic. centralized government the
powers Of the States and wre ok the hber-
ties of the people. There are now one
hundred thousand office-holders, and the
influence which the government wields
through its patronage as now dispensed
is alarming to contemplate. To these,
one hundred thousand add the additional
numbers of agents that would be required
to carry into execution this last pro
gramme Of Radicalism, and it will be seen
what an army of stipendaries and depend
ents the federal government will have
under its control and to do its bidding. To
carry out this scheme, involves, as its
authors admit, a large increase Of the
standing army, with the attendant cost
and its perpetual menance to the liber-
ties of the country. Such as is Radical
ism in its latest phase
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Card Grcm GSen. Wharton Declin-
ing n Senatorial NOmI IN - GiOm.

EDS. CDARIoN IL notice in your last
issue, call upon me from "Workingmen'
to become a candidate for Senator. Whilst
| nave no reason TO suppose that any cum
siderable number of the voters of the county
outside of this city, desire my services in
this or any other position, or that the call
would be seconded from any other quarter
| hasten to respond, that | may not, by my
silence, encourage the use of my name in
that connection. l pom my admission 10
the Bar in this city, at nineteen years "f
age, resolved never to be a candidate for
auy political position, under any possible
circam stances. | have strictly adhered 10
that resolution to my present time OF life.
and expect to do so to its close. Thi, Will
be A matter Of surprise, doubtless, to many
who observing the partisan zeal displayed
by me in every political contest State or
National during the last twenty-five years,
had naturally supposed | would at some
tine be aspirlnt for political honors.
have only TO say, in conclusion, that l
have not the remotest idea or suspicion As To
the authorship of the call Accepting It AS
true that it proceeds from, and reflects the
sentiments Of of"Workingmen," feel highly
hattered by it, ami will only add that it
anything could tempt me to depart from the
resolution have expressed, it would be To
crafty the wishes and promote the interests
of that class of my fellow-ctizens.
II 4 WHARTON
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The Coming Elections

There is no journal equal to the \. Y.
Herald in telling the direction of the
political wind. 1t is perfectly independ
ent-fnds ample scope and verge enough
for criticism and correction no matter
which side wins-and scarcely ever fails
to foreshadow OF the coming event, in ad-
vance of contemporaries. Here are its
comments upon the present attitude Of
the Republican party, and its prediction
concerning tle ia elections
Now. as 20 the fall elections, it would not
surprise us if the republicans lose them. In
Ohio. for instance, the Communistic plank
in their platform, and the Communistie
speeches OF their candidate, West and of
Mr.. Stanley Matthews certainly deserve de-
feat 1t was bad enough TO put piece of
rank demagoguery into the platform. but
when both West and Matthews opened the
canvass By cr4mming their Communistic
rant down the throats of the voters. we were
not surprised 10 notice that a huge disgust
seized upon the intelligent people of Ohio.
New York is generally believed TO be GER
tain for the Democrats; New Jersey it is
admitted they can carry il they make a re-
spectacle nomination. But for all this the
Presidents policy is in nowise responsible.
The truth is the republican party is torn by
factions at enmity with each other; and
while it is weakened by these intestine Gis.
putes the people have BY no means forgot
ten or forgiven the violent, INSCRIPTIONS
and unconstitutional methods practised BY
the republican leaders in the last election
and during the winter; and they Will try to
punish these politicians at the fall elections
for their conduct.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
uRCaJE.ABk OE THE
State Executive Committee.
JACKSON, Miss, August 2lst, 1877.

JACKSON, Miss, August 2lst, 1877.
The State Committee earnestly advises
the Democrats, Conservatives, and all op-
posers of the Republican party in MiSSis-
sippi bv whatever name they may prefer
TO be called, to re-organize their Clubs in
the different voting districts, and their
County Executive Committees, without de
law. If the Clubs lave been dissolved, they
should be re-organized. Upon proper no
tice. the voters can be called at some con-
venient place and time, and proceed to eff
feet an organization.
In each county there should be a Central
Committee, with Chairman, convenient TO
the county seat and recommended for his
zeal a0d executive ability. County Com
mittees IL not already appointed, can be
chosen by representatives of the Clubs in
general county meeting.
The Clubs should hold regular meetings
and provide measures for challenging
doubtful voters-revising the registration
and securing an active canvass so as TO de-
velop the full strength of the party in the
election-providing tickets, etc. They
should make regular reports 10 the County
Committees as to membership, progress,and
other matters appertaining to the canvass;
and the County Committees are requested
to report to the State Committee.
Experience shows that the success of
canvass depends mainly upon the efficiency
of the local organizations, and too much
care cannot be taken to keep them in good
working order.
The voters of each locality are presumed
to be better informed than others of the
prospects of the party where they reside,
and the necessities of the canvass. The
principles of the party are well defined and
approved, and it should be borne in mind
that the first duty is to support the regular
nominations.
Relieved from the menace of organized
opposition, maiorities are liable to become
Indifferent to the maintenance of their own
organization, and to divide among them !
selves 1t should be remembered that
the reforms which have been inau-
gurated can be perfected and carried |
out only by rigid adherence 10 the discip- !
line and Observance of the methods by |
which the victories OF 1875 and 76 were |
won. h. BARhSDALE,
Chairman State Committee.
Attest: MARION SMITH, Secretary
The Democratic press of the State will
please publish the foregoing circular.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Monroe County.

The names of the Democratic nomi-
nees for the Legislature will be found
under the appropriate head. The Alb
erdeen Examiner says that the ticket is
composed of gentlemen well known to
" all of our readers as good and true
g men, and they will be elected by large
" majorities" Hon. w. W. Troup and
Hon. A. j. Sykes both positively de
olined to go before the Convention for
denomination. The Convention adopt
ed the following, among other resolu-
tions, offered by Gen. Gholson. They
have the right ring:
Resolved, That the thanks of the people
of Monroe county, regardless of race or
color, are due to our delegation in the last
Legislature for the manly stand that they
tonk upon the question of impeachment
and their general ell :ency in carrying out
the great principles for which we fought
in 1875; and that there is no more fitting
time or occasion than this for an EXPIRES
sion OF appreciation from the people,
through tLeir delegates, OF their official
course as well aS of the bold, energetic aud
able canvass that they made OF the county
in the ever memo orable campaign that gave
Us the opportunity and the power to re-
ward the patriotic and the deserving
Resolved, That We heartily endorse the
ticket put in nomination by the State Con-
ventiOn on the lsG OF August, from first to
last, and pledge it our firm and enthusiastic
support.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

There has been shipped from Crystal
Springs, Copiah county, this season,
nearly forty thousand boxes OF peaches,
which have netted about fifty cents per
box; besides these, other fruits and ber-
ries have been shipped in smaller guam
titles. Terry, Hlnds county, has done
nearly, if not quite, as well as Crystal
Springs. Byram, Hazlehurst and Beau
regard, have also been in the business
upon smaller scale. We have seen it
stated that Holly Springs, Marshall
county, has shipped about 10000 boxes
of peaches and pears, and we have been
informed that West Point, and several
other places on the Mobile & Ohio Rail
road, have also been shipping fruit quite
extensively. Our seashore town, besides
their great lumber interests, are also
building up quite an extensive trade in
the semitropical fruits, such as oranges
and figs
Ten years ago, Terry was the pioneer
IN 4 small way. In establishing this trade
and from The rapid rate at which it has
grown, the indications are, Mississippi
will soon rank among the first of the
fruit growing States. Fruit packing and
preserving establishments are next in
order Shall it be Terry, Crystal
Springs or Holly Springs, On the New
Orleans, St. louis and Chicago Rail
road, or some thriving town on the Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad, that will win the
honor of leading off in such an enter
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
CONSERVATIVE" All Right.

Our friend of the Edwards Citizen
will have seen by the circular OF the
State Executive Committee published in
the Citizen that the invitation to organize
for active participation in the canvass is
addressed to Democrats, Conservatives,
"and all opposers of the Republican par
"ty in Mississippi by whatever1 name
!" they may prefer to be called" This
iscom prehensive enough toembrace every
body who is opposed to the restoration of
Radical misrule in Mississippi. To what
has already been said, we will add that the
State Convention, though not employing
the term "Conservative" in its platform,
did not adopt a. resolution exPunging it
from the party appellation. and the Citi-
zen Is as much in line with that shibbo
Ieth as the Enterprise Courier (for
example) 10 without it. In fact, we are
oil Democrats. We are all Conservatives.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The state Executive Committee.

DELEGATES AT LARGE-E. BaTksdale, OF
Kinds. Chairman; j. {. Prewett, OF YaZoo (;
W w. Humphries, of Lownde-; Il W
Harris, OF Marshall; ". \. Percy, OF Wash
ingtou.
FIRST DISTRICT, (CoNGK NGKEssIONAL)-R. II
Aite4, Of Lee county, and u. ID. Mcdowell,
OF Oktibbcha county.
SECOND DIsTRICr--R. IL. Taylor, OF
Pamela county, ana a. NJ. West, OF Mar
shall.
THIRD DIsTRICr-A. +. Ellis, OF KEN
per county, and A. j. Baker, OF Mont
gomery.
FOURTH DIsrRICT-M. +. Berry, Of JAS
per county, ana ". Neville, OF Madison.
Firm DIsTRCr-E. T. Griffin, OF Jack
sou county, and I. l.. Cooper, Of Coptah
SIXTH DIsrRICr-Geo. Nj. Klein, OF
warren. county and I. Otis Baker, OF
Adams.
Marion Smith, of Kinds, Secretary and
Treasurer
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The ChamPiOa Dirt.EaGer.

Probably there is not more abject
funkey alive than Postmaster General
Key He is being exhibited around in
the Presidential parry as a ''repentant
rebel" At one of the meetings in New
England he asked forgiveness for his Ger
ring Southern brethren" and on an
other occasion, he permitted himself to
be introduced to gaping crowd by Mr..
Hayes, the head keeper Of the menage-
rie, as person who chad been once
greatly wrong. but was now greatly
"right'" And to crown the whole dis
gusting performance of this man who
was put into the Cabinet "to represent
d" the intelligence and wealth of the
g South" the miserable recreant deliv-
cred himself Of the following speech to
one of his New England audiences:
Mr.. Key said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1 have not
been accustomed to New England or its
people, and NV education has not been
such as to lead me to form the best opinion
of them; but | have brea here several days
and have been so genel OuSly fed, and met
so many generous meg and women. that
am almost ready to call my self New
EnStauuer.
When Mr.. Hayes is done with him he
ought to be turned over to Barnum and
put in a cage, labelled "The Champion
Dirt and Toad Eater"
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
The Laborer Earning his Hire.

In most regulated States, they have
railroad commissioners, whose duty it is
to equaliz4 railroad taxation, see that the
corporations comply with their charters,
and to protect equally the rights both of
the companies and the public. Gen
Harding is one of the Railroad Commits
sioners in Missouri, and here is the way
he inspects the roads:
He makes it personal and particular
business. walking over every mile of road
in the State and treading on nearly every
tie in them. He began the work about "A
month ago, and up to this time has walked
from Kansas City to Lexington, from Lex
ingtOn To SedSlia, from Upton To BoOuvilIe,
from Centra!ia to Columb from Louisi-
ana to Cedar City. and from Hannibal to
s. Joseph, inspecting six roads, OF an ag-
gregare OF 455 miles. He intends to keep
on until he shall have walked over the 3 200
mi Is of road in the State. When his task
Is ended he viii know all about the act al
condition of the roads that is worth know
ing. aud a great deal more than could be
learned by riding over them in train at the
rate of twenty five miles an hour; for he
VIII have learned the relations of the roads
with the people, the rates for freight and
passengers at every station. the indiSerimi-
nations made in favor of what are called
points, the excessive charges lit
ter and condition of the bridges, and all
other facts that railroad commissioners
must know To enable them to write an in
teltiUeut report.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

SECRETARY SHERMAN, President
Hayes oracle, said in his late speech
/" that if he had been President instead Of
:" General Grant he would have recog-
"nized Packard and sustained him with
" the full power of the General Govern
"ment' From which it would appear
that it is to Gen. Grant and not to Mr..
Hayes that louisiana is indebted for the
refusal to recognize Packard and uphold
him with the bayonet.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

One of the strongest arguments against
the Republican scheme to increase the
standing army, is the use that was made
of the troops by Gen. Grant in the Pres
idential controversy. He collected them
at Washington, and with his cannon
pointed at the Capitol, overawed the
Representatives of the people, and by
threats of war, expressed and implied,
compelled the installation of a candidate
upon fraudulent count, whom the people
had rejected.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Hon. w. HI. Iii. TisOn

In selecting Hon. w. II. n. Tison to
represent them in the Legislature from
list of worthy competitors, the people of
Lee county have shown their appreeia-
ton of one whose patriotism has been
tried aud approved in long career of
usefulness in many trying scenes of ac-
ton, in war as well as in peace. His
competitors may well feel that it Is no
to be beaten by veteran with
such a record.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Texas H'ncfEc HEniIroud-W c
Have Faith ia Ht.

The Southern route tO thc Pacific u0#...-
es the advantage OF being that upon "H...
railroad may be constructed at fIH -u...-
est cost, and may be- operated without NIn.-
rance from snow or frost, while Ir cE. .- N.
others In the variety and abundance of lua.-
ural resources, and the number of p0pa.I-
tion OF its contiguous regions. WE tH..h
now is the opportunc time tD complete t..s
great enterprise. We have iafU Iu BE-. a..
belieVe the proposition for the general H.t-
efhment 20 guarantee the iutere-. nN '...
ponds will meet The approval oi our t..n.-
ing men.-NOungst0wu fOhiU| Tribune.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
VAR. Hayes southern Policy" as
De9ined by his Oracle.

We hear occasional gushing excama-
tons about "the blow President Hayes
"has struck for the South" Well, let
us see what he did after he was installed
into the office to which every Democratic
member Of the House Of Representatives.
declared by solemn resolution Mr.. Tilden
was elected 1t is told by Secretary
Sherman the brains and mouthpiece of
the Administration, in his recent cam
paign speech in Ohio, as follows
In South Carolina, Gov. Cham berlain had
appealed again and again to President
Grant to recognize him as Governor and to
give him the aid OF federal troops, which
Gen. Grant had refused The soldiers aud
bayOnets We're Withdrawn by President
Hayes from the State House-nUt from the
State nor the capital, but the buiaiag in
which the Legislature was held. THIS 2cas
all hat done by Hr. H4ges, and GOV.
Chamberlain, without conte>tng his claim.
abandoned it and left the state.
As to Louisiana, the Secretary says:
Governor Packard called upon President
Grant lor aid of the army. Ii | (SRer
man speaking for Hayes had been Presi-
dent instead OF Gen. Grant, [ would have
recognized Packard and sustained him with
the Iuli power OF the q government. But
President Grant did not think it was his
duty. He would not recognize Packard
The government ol Packard ca der
this policy OF GranD had dwindled away.
The Government OF Nichols had extended
its authority over the State. y large
portion Of the colored people had Yielded
arquieScnce in the \ chojls Legislature. (
The de3ay ana hesitati5R Of Grant had been ia
tai 10 Pacbafd. When the solution
was almost accomplished lie few troops
who had occupied the state House were
withdrawn few squares away to their bar |
racks. This is the sum aud substance Of !
all that is dAe to tie Southern policy, as IL is |
called, of President HdyeS.
In the first place, the people of the
South by their own courage and indomi |
table will, had achieved their own deliv-
erance, in defiance of military interven-
ton over which they finally triumphed.
a nd in the next place. if there is truth |
in Mr. Hayes own faithful Achates, he
did nothing but accept condition of af-
fairs which had been rendered inevitable
by the course of President Grant, and
ne did that in the cringing and cowardy
method of a man who felt in his heart
hat he was occupying position to which
he had no just title.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

JUDGE STAFFORD, a consistent Repub-
lican, has addressed a sensible, straight
forward letter to the colored people, as
suring them that the Republican party is
dead and damned" and advising them
to join the Democratic party. The Judge
ought to have given this advice years ago,
when the colored people were the chief
instruments of the party which at last
fell by its own accumulated crimes. But
better late than never. The testimony of
Judge Stafford helps to clinch the nail
which the Democracy had so we'll dri ven
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

HOLMES COUNTY will send back to
the capital as one of her representatives,
DR.. s. S. Carter, whose capacity and f.
deity, are well tried. G. v. GWin, ESQ.,,
another native Of the county, and tai
ented member of the bar, whose influence
viii be felt in the States councils, has
also been nominated. And as token of
good faith, the Democrats have assigned
the other place on the ticket to q colored
citizen.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

IT used TO be s)rt OF joke that
slave owners who believed in the perpe
tuity of the peculiar institution" kept
their eyes upon their former slaves for
some time after they were freed but no
man having claims to common sense ever
put forward the statement in earnest
until il was made by Senator Morton in
his recent deliverance to the Oregonians.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

Marshall county makes no great pretcn-
tions as fruit growing country, bur wh %
we consider the fact that between 10 600 t1
10000 boxes Of peaches and pears to say
nothing Ofthe apples, have been shipped
from Holly SPRING. alone. il must be couce-
ded that Marshall is not far behind other
counties, where tie raising Of fruit is made
a specially Springs Reporter.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

The Maine Republicans, according 10
their platform, view with Indignation
and alarm the consolidation of the six
teen so-called Southern States in the
Democratic organization. There was
no alarm of the sort felt in that quarter
when they voted almost ''solid" under
bayonet influence, for the Republican
party. Radical solicitude has com
menced only when Radical supremacy
ends. It's not the "solid" South, the
Republican leaders dread, but it is the
s'solfd" Democratic South.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

SENATOR FROM THE 3IsT DIsTRICr.-
After numerous ballottings, w. d Peery,
Esq, was nominated for Senator from
the District composed of Lefore, Carroll
and Montgomery. He is talented rep
resentative of the young democracy,
without whose ardor and energy success
would have been impossible in the can
vases that have reclaimed the State.
The press of his district speak in the
highest praise Of him. The Winona Ad-
vance says:
He is a graduate Of our own State Univer-
sitv. and of the Lebanon Tennessee law
school. He was born in what is now Mont
gomery county, aud if elected, which is Ger
tain, he will make Senator wao will be "A
credit to the district. His soldier record and
his democratic record is good. While. OF
course many have lost their tavorte, it is
the duty of every true MissiSsippian TO vote
and work for the nominee. against any in
dependent or radical candidate.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Our Next Senate.
Brookhaven Comet. !

DTOOkhaVen comet.
Our next State Senate will be one of the
ablest and best since the DAYS of ante bel
lum. Moses Jackson, a splendid man, will
90 there from Amite. West, regular tow
er of Conservative and practical good sense
and craftsmanship will come down from
Marshall. King. a man of breadth and
depth will be there from Copiah. There
will be other men Of the grand old school
Of experience, bnt not of the non-progres-
sive "old school Of thought - They will be
teligence to see what is needed. and the
courage to do what ought to be done.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
WE apprehend that Judge Static

WE apprehend that Judge Stafford is
slightly mistaken in saying that the Re
publican party is "dead." 1t is whipt
but not dead" It's leaders are only
playing possum, studying now best they
may produce disorder and division in the
Democratic party, and edging slyly up
to disaffected and disappointed Demo
Gratis like toad at the ear of Eve" and
whispering all manner of deceitful prom
ises. But a party whose leaders are
driven to this extremity, is not fit to live,
and that is the next step to dying.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29

AN important railway bond case has
just been decided by the Illinois Supreme
Court. The town Of Lacon, in Marshall
county, subscribing 100000 to the
stock of the Hamilton Lacon and
Eastern Railroad, issuing bonds therefor.
The court has decided that these bonds
are void, the law legalizing their issue
being inoperative.
The weekly clarion., 1877-08-29
Simpson County Nominations.

EDS. CLARION Our County Democratic
Convention met on the 18th and nominated
the following ticket: Representative-Capt
ID. McCallum; Sheriff-D. B. Weathersby /;
AsSessor-R. Drummonds; Treasurer
Green Penn; Surveyor-J. NJ. Mobly Cor
oner ann Ranger-A. G.. Berry, Sr All
passed off quietly and harmoniously.
Yours truly, A. g. B., Jr.