The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-21

VICTORY - secures Q ~ uctA are UuFteu
there Is no Grape on your doors, and your
people T. jsice. Some men who desired
Office have none. That Is bad. Speak gent
II to the disappointed A public may be
demOraIizing. I have heard people say
thar; but while the Office lasts 1t is good
and. as bird in the hand IL worth two In
the bush. nearly any man can be worried
into accepting an Office. There is Gov.
Powers in East Mississippi. He does cer-
tainly beat all creation getting Office, yet
he advises his party to disband- The Coy
ernor has been Sheriff, Lieut.. Governor,
Governor and Tax Collector for Mr.. Hayes.
/ believe he holds that Office yet. Men who
hold Office give good advice, and they give
it so gracefully, too. That is the way with
Governor Powers.
Most men, il they talk in public, speak
as though they cared nothing about office
They wish to appear independent, but when
they talk privately to Mr.. Jones, they say
s,Mr. Jones, wish you would see Mr. SO
and So, aud write TO Col. So aud So, ard
get them to go for me. l am very anxious
to secure this office. II is good chance for
me-. Dan Russell said once, that there
were few things more comfortable than to
be State Auditor and sit at the side window
of the office, in summer, aud look at the
poor devils go along the street Offices may
demoralize, but they are comfortable. II a
man gets an Office for four years, that may
be as long as he lives. II he should die in
office, what a happy death!
''Far from mortal cares retreating."
| believe would like 10 die in Office. IL
people lied about everything else as much
as they do about getting Office, the devil
certainly would soon begin to gather his
jewels. Our best men commit sin. aud when
they begin to wish for an office, they begin
to swear they don't wish it, but their friends
insist, etc. Communications appear, writ
ten at their suggestion, urging their claims,
while the good men after Office look solemn
as owls. l once knew a distiu gushed
preacher, who lived in distant county. He
sent Mr.. Jones the proceedings Of public
meeting that Mr.. Jones was to call in his
county. These proceedings were all for the
reverend gentleman for high Office. Mr..
Jones declined the honor intended by the
brother. The brother failed to get the NOM
ination. and afterwards declared that
he could not be induced to accept office.
SO soon as a man gets an Office he begins
to work to keep it, when he ought to begin
to repent of the sins he has committed in
securing it. Office-holders are comfortable
looking gentlemen, have nice clothes and
clean shirts, and eat good food, and patron
ize the lowly; but they have many sins to
answer Tor. l believe though, If l had
good Office, Iwould engage to answer for
the sins.
There is one matter about which 1 desire
to say word to you privately. You have
nice delegation in Congress. Mr.. Jones
knows every one Of them personally. Nat
urally one would suppose that these Con-
gressmen would be for levee bill that
should bind the general governme mt to CON
struct levees sufficient to reclaim the Mis-
sissippi and Yazoo bottoms. That would
be good bill. In Texas we have nice
Congressional delegation. 1t is supposed
that they will be for the Texas and Pacific
Railroad. Let your delegation go for the
Texas and Pacific bill and our men will 60
for the Levee bill. l would not say this
publicly, where Mr.. Money could hear il,
but since he is from my old district, and
since Mr.. Jones is among his best friends,
you may hint the matter to him privately
am sure he is Levee man. Gov. Throck-
morton is Texas and Pacific man, and he
will no doubt be very kind to the Levee
anyway. He might feel better if the Mis-
sissippi delegation should support his Rail-
road. Really the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road would benefit Mississippi as much as it
would Texas. Imagine two trains at Vcks-
burg from the Pacific, filled with the trave
of the world, and numbers of freight trains
loaded with the wares of the East. do
hope to see at Jackson, so Il e day, train after
train pass the Edwards House on the Texas
aud Pacific Roads extended to Meridian,
jackson would gather the strength of
giant. Factories would springnp and there
can be no counting the money that would
fall into the hands of your people. Tie
youth of Mississippi would be renewed as
the eagle. When the Central and Northern
Poetic are snow bound, the travel of the
world will be poured through your State
| have written to Mr.. Jones and asked him
to take up this matter. Another considera-
ton that should interest your people is that
many poor fellows could then go back to
Mississippi who now can't spare the mea ms
They are here and bound to stay until
the Texas and Pacific road is finished to
Vicksburg.
l never believed in subsidies much; but
when the Northern portion of the country
has had the means and credit of the nation
lavished upon it, certainly no Southern
man can object to aid our great measure,
on the ground of opposition to subsidies
The question is too practical, and som ething
should be done to give to the South some
adv antage, which her geographical advan-
tages entitle her to hold and enjoy. Texas
is already on the highway to pre-eminence
as State, and probably has no more interest |
in the Texas and Pacific than has Mississip- |
pi. At least she has not as much more as |
shall equal the vast amount she has already |
OF all routes to the Pacific, |
this is the one indicated by every sugges |
ton OF wisdom. Long ago, cay in 1852, Mr.. |
Jefferson Davis mapped out this road, a7d /
In one of his exhaustive arguments, showed |
10 the country that the road on the 32nd |
degree of North latitude would ultimately |
be the worlds highway. YIcksburg must
be one terminus. Into her lap must be /
poured the wealth of the orient Let ali
The Mississippi delegation go for the Texas
md Pacific Railroad, and all the Texas del
.gation go for the Lsvee system.
The cotton crop is very short in this State.
There can be no disputing about that matter
my longer. L hope you are better off in
hat respect.
You are soon to have Legislature fresh
rom the people. 1 notice among others
lected to the Senate Capt. w. c. DowD of
Now. after all the men have
cen, must say Capt ID. is among the best
{ men. He is good looking, well informed
modest, and Of the severest integrity. AL
hough he comes from what some would
all hard county, Jet he is a considerable
aides man, and looks like he is from the
iwor h1ffnxn He and Rrn Tanwfd InRn.a,. /