The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-18
Reascn able and Fair.

The Best erald, assuming that the
stories Of int:n dation for the purpose OF
keeping in power the present Democratic
administered osas in the South based upon
intellfgsa honesty, are true, al
though they &. : not) has Presented the
matter in fair and reasonable light.
1t says:
Let US take the case bome to ourselves.
Suppose We had al eleIn' mt OF population
in Massachusetts, as ignt rant and morally
de ficient as the colored voters OF South
Carolina, and that this element had con-
trolled the State for years, led by Southern
adventures and aided by the Federal Gov
eminent And suppose that. while governing
the State, it had vastly increased the debt,
raised taxes TO the point of confiscation,
and committed theits TO the right and left
How would the intelligent people of Mas-
4 sachusett feel about it? Would they not
| be likely to maintain that anything was
/ better than the continuance of such rule:
that every influence they could could exert.
| evet that of fear, was justifable 1t IS not
| absolutely essential that all the recently en-
/ franchiSed colored citizens vote this year or
| next. The first want is good gover6mt nj
the lead of the wisest, best and most en-
| ightened. We do not hesitate to say that
| the present condition of South Carolina
and Louisiana is much better than the
| government of ''scallawags" ana ''carpet-
| baggers.' backed by the colored vote in
solid, unthinkiug body, and sustained by
Federal bay nets.
But fortunately to secure good gov
eminent" in the South, the class who are
accustomed to governing themselves and
know the necessity of good governments
to the welfare of the human famll are
not compelled to resort to unusual meth
DDS to attain that object. The colored
people who formerly composed the Re
publican party have themselves realized
the blessings to their own race as well
as the whites that have resulted from the
overthrow of the carpet-bag administra
TONS and as a general rule have either
withdrawn from active participation in
politics or are voting with the party of
honesty and intelligence, seeing that it
has been tried and has protected them in
the full enjoyment of all their privileges.
|
The bill introduced by Senator Beck
for the retirement of the tttrade dollar
and for its recoinage into the standard
silver dollar, provides that "for period
OF twelve months, after the passage of
this Act, the outstanding trade dollars
shall be receivable as legal tender for all
debts and demands, including customs,
dues owing to the United States, and
said trade dollar, so received, shall be
recoined as soon as possible into the
standard silver dollar of 4l28 grains. :"
The opposers of silver pretend that they
are opposed to the present coinage be-
cause it does not contain enough metal to
give it the value of full dollar This
is sham. 1t has the same number of
grains that the silver dollar contai ned
before the bondholders bribed through
Congress in 1878 their bill demonetizing
the metal. II is the Silcer dollar, not
the silver dollar containing 4l24 grains of
the metal they are against. Their scheme
is to outlaw it altogether as measure of
value to make money scarce and enhance
the value of gold which then would be
the only money metal.