The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-23
Stone and the Rxempcr
Troubles.

Ii the fools were all dead such super
lative nonsense as. the following, which
appeared in the Louisville Commercial,
would not have been produced :.
The best lverti-ement which the Gov
ernor OF Mississippi could make of this State
to the fnultitu!es of Europeans who ar
IDENTIFY desire To emigrate u the United
States this year. would be summarily To ar
rest. try ana hang the murderous ruffians
of kemper equity who were i'm piicatcd in
the Dekalb tragedy"
The way to create attractions in Missis-
sippi, according to this logic, would be
for the impression to 90 abroad that her
Governor possesses the more than auto
cratic power of "arresting, trying and
hanging people at his own volition with
out judge or jury, For the benefit of the
Kentucky wiseacre, and some others
nearer home who appear equally in want
of knowledge, we will quote from the
Constitution of Mississippi as follows
The powers of the government ofthe State
of Mississippi shall be devided into three
distinct departments, and each of them con-
nded 70 u separate mag istracy-to wit
Those which are legislative to one; those
hich are judicial To another; and those
which are executive to another
IL No person, or collection of persons,
being one OF the other departments shall e1-
ercjSe tutg p0tcer bel0Hqag 10 either Of The Others
except IA Instances hereafter expressly di-
rectcd or permit Il
1t is the province of the judicial de
Partnent to indict, try and mete out JUS
tice to persons accused of crime; not the
executive, which is expressly prohb .ted
from exercising duties aPPertaining to a
coordinate department. None of the
parties in Kemper implicated in the
troubles there except the murderers of
John w. Gully cover whose fate and the
sorrows of his stricken household there are
no Radical tears to be shed) have attempt
ed to evade the legal responsibility that
attaches to their conduct, and there is
nothing for the Governor to do in the
premises except to see that the laws are
executed and duly enforced when the
accused persons are brought TO trial and
the judgments of the courts are pro
nounced. We will add that Gov. Stone )
conduct in this whole affair has been
marked by conscientious observance of
the duties and obligations of his position.
He did not suspect the cruel murder of
John w. Gully and human foresight
could not have guarded against the
bursting of the storm whose forces had
been silently accommodating through long
years Of VIZ )ng and insult, for which that
murder was the signal; but when report
reached him of the outbreak, he FASTENED
to the spot to find that order and quiet
had been restored. DIigent inquiry
assured him that there would be no fur
Their disturbance Of the peace, nor attempt
on the part of those engaged in the dis
turbances Except the assassins of Gully
to evade the consequences, and after
enjoining upon the civil authorities to
preserve the peace, nothing was left for
him to do except 70 await the admins
tration of justice by the department to
which that duty is confded bv the Con
stitption by which the Chief Magistrate
is as much hound as the humblest citizen
of the State.