The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-28
How the stampede wa.rr.v<n.ed.

As stated elsewhere when the article
in the Ohio newspaper appeared ia Wash
ington last Friday committing Hsys to
the extreme anti Southern policy of
Grant, the Democrats who were on the
dead march to the Joint High Slaughter
Pen, were terribly stampeded and threat
ened to bolt Here is the way they were
quoted:
Washing o. I. .trer.l
\ nnnlber Of Democrats held meetin :
tom. ilr a which Alcorn of Mississippi
also present. The occasion of This ineering an
editorial in ve~teTday's Ohio State Journ !
(Comls's paper in which it emphlti-
caily. declared that Packard AMI Cham her
lain shonld be recognized. The paper has
beer considered a. the organ Of Gov. Hayes.
or at least ii il knowa that its editor would
not permit the appearance OF any editorial
which did not agree with Gov. Hayes
views. The - -mocrats stated that ii The
opinion of that press in this particular eli
torial was i'm accord with Gov. HAYES
views, they would be in favor of iiiibuSter-
ing and would do all they could to lead
other Democrats in the same course. Alcorn
who is Il Liberal Republican and a ha-er of
carpet bagers. agreed with them aud said
he would see Stanley Matthews regarding
the editorial. He accordingly called on
Matthews and found him with Evarts.
Matthews said he heard that Comfy was
sick and not controlling the editorial col :
uus. However he aud Eyaits went to the
telegraph office and sent a diSpat II inqur-
| ing iatn the matter. When Inst seen they
were in the telegraph office awaiting an
answer. Since the arrival of the Taper
here this morning Il great deal OF talk and
i hl n 4 MI
umbus,
The sum Of it all was that while Hayes
kept mum, the Ohio paper declared that
the article was not inspired by him, and
that he knew nothing of its preparation.
| This assured the corfding Democrats
and the funeral procession was continued
next day as if nothing had happened.
Our trustful leaders did not seem to
know, and if they knew, were oblivious
of the fact that Hayes himself had spo-
ken in this significant fashion soon after
the election, when he thought himself
beaten, and before National Returning
Board scheme had been devised to catch
the drowning Republican party by the
locks as it was sinking under the waves
for the last time:
Il don't care for myself, for the party
| yes and the country, too-cau stand il. but
| 10 care FOX the poor cOz0red men Of he South
| If any part Of the county suffers or re-
mains N stand still il VIII be the ~oufh
/ live there and WI eave; and Immigration
| into the States viii cease; but rs | said be
| fore, DO pity the poor black men of The South
| The result Will b. that tie southern people
| Will p actiCally neat the constitutional
amendments as nul.ities, aud thes. tile col
| ored mans fate Will be wo than When lie
| was III slavery. with a humane master Ia
! look after his interests. That is the only
reason r"gfei that the news is as it is.
BY the proceedings of the caucus OF
| Democratic Congressman published else
where, it will be seen that while a ma
jority of the members voted down a
proposition to defeat by dilatory motions
the award of the Presidency to Gov
ernor Hayes by the Arbitrators, ali
agreed that they had grossly and
shamelessIy violated the law" creating
the electoral commission. No doubt the
Arbitrator deserve censure. If the law
did not expressly provide for receiving
evidence in regard to the validity of cleo
toral returns, they would have been JUS
titled in stretching their authority to de-
termine fairly the main question, which
candidate received a majority Of the
votes actually cast and was entitled TO
the Presidency. But the construction
Of the law is not the thing to be consid-
cred, The wrong did not commence
with the action of the Commission. 1t
began with the adoption of the scheme
through which it was inflicted.