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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10
United States Senator Lamar
Letter 10 the state Senators.
Edwards Citizen.

Edwards Citizen.]
GENTLEMEN have the great pleas.
ure of acknowledging the receipt of your
letter of the 18th February. From the
time when, in the discharge of what l con
sidered an imperative duty, l voted
against the Silver Bill, until the adjourn
ment of the Legislature of Mississippi, !
have steadily forborc any correspondence
with its members. / found myself unable
to agree with a majority of them upon a
very grave question of public policy; and
and having done what l considered my
duty, felt that it was only proper
that | should leave them to discharge
theirs without explanation, or suggestion
from me. 1t was for them to decide what
estimate they should place upon my
action, free from any personal depreca-
ton on my part.
AS the Legislature has now adjourned
without any expression of opinion upon
the vote which | cast | feel myself at lib
erty to return my thanks to those who
| have recognized, as you have done, the
Spirit in which | acted.
do not know what your individual
opinions are as to the merits of the bill
itself, and l feel therefore only the more
3 A1SiuI IOI an aPpIONdl Oh the lnuepenQ-
ence OF judgement which l thought it
my duty to exercise.
This confidence in my character, and
approval Of my construction of my Sena
torial duty are infinitely more valuable
to me than any popularity which a vote
cast either way on any particular measure,
might achieve.
They are worth more, far more, than
the personal honor they do me. They
will serve as an encouragement to Others.
who representing you hereafter, may feel
themselves burdened with similar respon-
sibilities, and they illustrate the intelli.
gence, the fidelity, the generosity of the
State of whom it will be, as it ever has
been my highest ambition TO be trusted
representative.
l am, gentlemen, very truly and sin
cerely yours, l.. @. c.. LAMAR.
To the Hons. W. A. Montgomery. !.
b. Morgan, J. L. McCaskill, II. H. AL
len, w. IL. FITZGERALD, w. ID. Gibbs. S.
1: Oldham, S. d. Lee, Chas. Z. Furlong.
W. l.. Lowrance, G.. c. Callicott. r. IT.
Thompson, Jno. w. Jewell.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The report has been circulated that
majority of the State Senators had adj
dressed letter to United States Sena-
tor Lamar ''commending his course on
the silver bill" The letter of the latter
coined elsewhere. is doubtless in r,ply
to the reported communication. We
regret that the whole correspondence
was not published TO prevent mistake as
to its tenor. The names of thirteen
members are appended to the letter of
Mr.. Lamar, constituting not majority,
and little more than a third of the State
Senate. From his reply we infer that
they approved his course in disregarding
the legislative instructions.
The doctrine of the right of the peo-
pie through :heir Legislature to instruct,
and of the duty of the agent to obey,
cannot be surrendered without abandon
ing the Fundamental principle of free
government The right of instruction is
but another form of asserting the right
of the people to rule. If they have no
such right, the doctrine of popular gov
eminent is barren Ideally, and ours is
government not of the people, but of
the class who hold office. The men
elected by the people are their agents,
and to claim that the authority of the
latter is paramount to the former,
is to assume that the agent is superior to
his principal-that the creator is inferior
to the created 1t is an old fashioned
habit of men who seek office, from the
Presidency down, to acknowledge the
right of the people to be consulted and
to govern, by explaining their position
upon measures of public policy in order
that the public will may be expressed in
the election; but if the latter day doc
trine is to prevail that the opinion of the
representative is to be carried out, and
not the will of the people, this time
honored custom must be abandoned as a
reflection upon the divine right of the
servant to rule his master; and the JEFF
fersonian doctrine that ours is a govern
ment which derives its just powers from
the consent of the governed, must be
consigned to the limbo of discarded alb
stractions.
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Served Him Right.


Here is something for our venerable
friend, Judge Watson, Qate) of the
Holly Springs South, to brood over. Il
is the righteous lynching of a brute for
committing upon innocence and helpless
ness, the worst crime in the calendar:
Headline in Enterprise Courierl
A brutal negro commits an outrage in
Clarke county upon a white girl about five
years of age. He is pursued, caught anC
sent to jAil-a crowd of masked men force
the courthouse doos, and taking the KEYS o.
the Jail disappear with (and hang the raw.
isher-
The victim of the brute whose crime
was thus punished, is the child of a
widowed lady, and of the late w. Ell.
Heidelberg, of Clarke county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

Is the small matter of a doorkeeper fol-
the lower house of Congress to wreck the
great Democratic party? Four times has
the House wrestled with the momentaus
subject. The third deliverance was the
election of Mr.. Polk, a self-confessed
lobbyist, whose corrupt practices have
compelled his removaLafter scandalous
hubbub in which the light weights of the
House figured. The Philadelphia Times
makes pointed remark in saying that
eit vas well to turn out Polk, but it
would have been good deal better to
"turn out the members at whose instance
g he heightened the pay roll to give soft
"plaees to political strikers and the rel
"atives of congressman
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The bare Geographic announcement
that Iowa had repealed her granger laws
regulating railroad fares, conveyed a
false impression of what the Legislature
really did Inasmuch as the subject pos
sesses general Importance and may be
profitable for doctrine, Instruction and
reproof' to the public of other States be-
sides Iowa, we have copied on our first
page the late law of the latter State. 1t
will be seen that the law so far from
surrendering the right of the Legislature
to supervise and regulate, makes pro-
vision for that very object; and that it
adopts the most eHectual and stringent pro
provisions to determinations and extor-
tions by the corporations. To this end,
corporations are classified and passen-
gers rates are prescribed. To carry out
the objects of the law of supervision
and regulation, a board of commission
ers is appointed, whose duties are de-
fined, and they are ample for all the
purposes Of public protection against
abuse Of powers and privileges by the
companies
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EIlc Cotton FAX.

Our article last week protesting
against the diversion Of this money if re-
funded, from the rightful owners OF
their legal representatives, to educa-
tional purposes, could not apply to the
bill introduced into the lower house OF
Congress by Mr.. Robertson of Louisi
ana That bill provides that it shall be
refunded to the rightful claimants, and
that such portion as is not claimed with
in three years shall revert to the State
from which the tax was paid. to be used
by them as a fund for educational pur-
poses. No objection can be urged
against this bill The presumption is
that claims that are not presented
within the prescribed time, never will
be; and it would be moEs just DISPOSE
ton of the fund to return it to the
States from which it was taken, than to
retain it for the benefit of others which
had no part in paying the tax.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

THE SOUTHERN WAR CLAms.-Ql
this subject the well posted Washington
correspondent OF the St. Louis RepubI-
can Democrat says:
Since the fiasco over the ante-buliun
mail contracts, the Democrats are showing
desire to eep the general subject OF wr
claims OUT of the House. This desire is M
by any means confined TO Southern Demo.
Gratis. The vote by which the mail co ntrad
bill was killed showed that there wen
Southern Democrats who wish TO have th
present Democratic House go to the coun
try with but small number OF thess
Southern claims TO answer for. Several
Southern men, one of whom has intro
duced large number of war claims, have
spoken to Northern Democrats and told
them not to fear offending the Southern
Democrats by voting against these claims.
as they intended voting against even the
ones they introduced.
If this policy continues to prevail, the
chief gun of the Radical party in the
coming Presidential election, will be eff
fectually spiked.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The crop reports from Ohio, Indians
and Kentucky are very favorable. The
acreage sown last fall was the largest fol
years, being in some localities fifty PEI
cent ave the average. The crop seems
everywhere to have passed the Winter
without damage, and be now in splendid
growing condition. All which is en-
couraging to Southern planters who have
insisted upon keeping the graneries in the
West.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

Gu BONO the movement in the Mary
land Legislature under the leadership OF
Montgomery Blair, to bring the question
of the electoral count before the Supreme
Court of the United States for judicial
decision of the Presidential election?
To whose benefit will it result. and what
public good will it accomplish? The term
of the present incumbent will have nearly
expired before a decision could be obtain
ed. There would be no time left even if
the verdict was favorable to his opponent
and was carried into execution Ga pre-
posterous supposition by the way) to or
ganize the machinery of a new Admins
tration before the present term would ex
pire But is il within the range of pos
sibilities for partisan court like the
present, TO reverse the judgment of the
eight by seven tribunal of which it was
in part composed? What is to be ex-
peeted in case Involving political is
sues, of court composed of such lights
as Miller, Strong and Harlan? The pub
lie verdict has long been made up that
the installation of Mr.. Hayes was fraud
on the people. but the public determine
ton is equally formed that it is better
Cor the country to bear the Ills it has
than fly to those which might be pro-
duced by an attempt to oVerturn the de-
cisiou of the Commission. In their own
good time, the people will pronounce the
doom Of the party which has temporarily
profted by the wrong.
By some it has been said that the
movement is made to keep Mr.. Tilden
before the public, and on the track for
the next Presidency. This is altogether
an unnecessary work. He has had his
opportunity and lost it. Besides. his
partisan do not help his chances by un-
ceasingIy diagdonging his name in the
public ear. he isss not the only man
that has been slaughtered by the clam
or Of Jealous friends; nor il be the only
aspirant who has taken running start
30 far from the goal as 10 break himself
down before reaching II. There j. .
time for All things, and the time for agt- |
Eating die Presidential succession is not
yet
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

Edwards Citizen.l


EDITORS CITIZEN: / observe in your
paper of 22d inst, a suggestion that /
provide in the general Postal Bill, for a
tri- weekly mail route from Edwards De
pot, Kinds county, Miss, via Cayupa.
Kinds county, Miss, to Port Gibson
Miss. have offered the amendment
also another to provide for a similar fri,
weekly mail from Raymond via Auburn
and Utica, in Kinds county, to Natcbez
Miss When the Natchez, jackson and
Columbus Railroad shall be comnleted
much OF the route can be dispensed with
Thanking you for the suggestion. en-
very truly your friend and serv't.
CHAs. 4. HooKER.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

On the I'd inst, Wisconsin elected BY
popular vote, two additional Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court, in &C.
cordance With the provisions of a con.
stitutional amendment adopted last No.
yember. The contest was non Partisan,
the Democrats and Republicans having
nominated each one candidate. EIec-
tons To- Circuit J Judge we're also held in
! number Of Districss; ami in several in
stanaas candidates we're regularly nomi-
mated By the two paFHas.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

Tbs Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser
gives the following as an example of what
immigration has done for a neighbor-
hood in that State:
There are already in Alabama many fam
lilies from the North happily located and
prospecting in their sunny homes. The
most notable OF the settlements in the State
is the German settlement in Cullman
county. The village of Cullmau is one of
the most prosperous places Of its size in the
South. 1t has number of factories, and
month by month it grows In prosperity and
pOrtance, while the lands around it,
though not the best by far in Alabama, are
being brought to a state of cultivation, not
only creditA5le to German energy and
of what migat be accom- plished in thou
sands of other places in the South"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The following IS the very latest report
from the great financial centres. The
anti-silyer prophets are plunged deeper
and deeper into despair. Gold declining
and L. s. bonds advancing at home and
abroad. Too bad;
The government bond market yesterday
was strong, notwithstanding the decline In
gold. advance Of "a ~ in bonds having
been cabicd from London. There was an
advance Of % each in the IS OF 1881, the
5-2Os of 1865, the l040s and As, and OF 4
each in the 5-20S OF 1867 and the new D..
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

THE CLARION has some very sensible re-
marks on the class Of immigrants that we
need in Mississippi We don't need labor
ers, men without families or mean. We
have plenty of that kind already, but we do
need i'm migrants who are able to buy land
and invest money when they come here
Enterprise Courier.
But ''laborers," We said, are welcome,
if they will come in good faith to make
the living which our fruitful soil will en-
able them to do. Nevertheless we repeat
our suggestion that caution be exercised
in dealing with the class of immigrants
whose transportation will have TO be ad-
vanced
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

OK Tuesday, the 2nd inst, local and
municipal elections were held in Ohio,
Indiana, New York and Arkansas; and
in most cases, the result turned upon na-
tional politics. The Democrats ran well
up, but the Republicans have shown no
break in their ranks in consequence of
the alleged treachery of Hays. In few
instances, the new party of Nationals
Cgreenbackers) were in the lead. Or the
whole, there was nothing to dispel the
opinion that every inch of ground will
be iercely contested by the Republicans
from now until the great Presidential
election of 1880.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

Dr. HUNTER, the fearless and able
editor of the Crystal Springs Monitor, an
nounces the seventh anniversary of his
paper and takes his reckoning for the
future-saying:
Democratic in politics the Monitor will
always be, under its present management;
but not 81 Democratic as to shut its eyes
against dishonesty or corruption in officials.
To be permanent the party must be pure
To be strong il must be honest Having
nothing to conceal-nOthing to fear, and no
favors to ask, our readers will always know
where to find US.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The Rev. DR.. Talmage, Brooklyn
politico religious preacher, came South
to look for himself; and returned to his
congregation to tell them what he had
seen, and that the truth has dispelled his
prejudices in regard to the people of this
much abused section. His lecture on the
subject on our first page, will repay
perusal.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

IL another column il printed an inter
csting correspondence between the Su
perintendent Of Public Instruction and
the Attorney General, in which the lat
ter points out the mode for an equitable
distribution Of the common school fund.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

GEN FIELD, agraduate of West Point
and afterwards in the Confederate army
and still later soldier of fortune in the
army OF tae Khedive Of Egypt, having
received the caucua nomination of the
Democrats, has been elected Doorkeepey
Of the House If Representatives. What
ever else there i in bis history, and !
great deal more besides, viii BE- told In
due time by the Re publican journals.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The Ohio Legislature is not disposed
to encourage amalgamation. The lower
house of the Legislature has defeated
two bills t, remove the restrictions from
the law for the admission of celored chill
dren into the public schools; and from
this it would appear that they are not
even willing to educate the wards"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10
Another EDIsnppears

DETROIT, MICH.-G. X. CLARK. .Ir. gal.
spccula,or, who, it Is stated has Uce1l
been dealing i'm wheat for ht.ure deliver
has disaDpcared. He ia yaported DO bsu
drawn $4,000 from the bank fbis morfIa.
Oh checks given him Yesterday in .ett.G
Us transactions. His liabilities iu obi. ol
are reported TO be not less thAn SI2UM
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

A eulogist of the Administration of
Gov. Houston, of Alabama, says that
che has reduced expenses of the State
Government, including interest on the
public debt and schools, until they do
not now exceed $780, 900 per year,
while under its immediate predecessor
Ga Democrat) they were 81, 250.0C0 per
year-and there was no interest paid,
nor were any schools opened. Alabama
State money. which before he assumed
control was not worth more than so cents
or 20 cents, is now above par and is
sought for as an investment. The
Democratic Adpinistration Of Mississip-
pi can show even a better record. With
larger population, her expenses for or
binary purposes are not much over one
half these of Alabama.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

TnE LAws.-All laws OF a general or
public nature, passed by the last Legis
lature, have appeared in our columns.
Local or private laws, such as town char
tiers, and for relief Of individuals, will
not be published in newspaper form.
Parties wishing copies Of local or private
Acts should apply to the Secretary of
Etata
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Grimes and Casualties.


LOUISVILLE Iherc are no new dcyg.
meuts in the Wetwouds arson and muaI.
The crime rs a most without parallel
this section OF Kentucky There Is
doubt but that NARROW and Dol. wife Va
murdere because of their being wiHpt
in court against twb higuWuymu N
mer9us arrests have b.cu made M. f.
identity OF the murderers ha. not been [.
tablished,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10
A stage Horror.

PRoVIDENCE, r. Last night 90 N
rlety performance here. Nolle Nolau.r
trapeze performer, held AN apple ouher pei.
and Mrs. Jennie Fowler, known on che F,.
as FRANKLIN, shot at the apple. TIE shoe.
STOOD with her back to Remark, taking
by tine reflection in mirror. The raeW
discharged, and Mile Volante iell dold @
the stage shot through the forehead
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10
A Righteous Verdict

COLUMBUS, $. C.--The sequel 10 Che s.
satIOnal tradegy reported in Novcmbrh.
was given here yesterday ion the arUat
Of Miss Sillie Pauline wood charged W
the murder OF Samuel Henry. The u.
dence given showed that Henry bad de.
etately designed and attempted the soIa.
ton of Miss Wood, who is very pretty com.
try girl, about eightou years of age. n.
that he had threatened opeuly to accom-.
lish his purpose a. all hazards. OuheaH
of November he accOrdly visited thc IDs
at which she was living, and after meaI.
with IA prompt refusal OF hiS improper W.
posals, attempted by violence 20 cHcf BIZ.
object. Struggle ensued, when the lrrais
girl suddenly escaped from hi- gra.na.
cured "A pistol, am shot her enemy dH.
where he stood. The trial took place 7.
day, aud the jury, after short absence Z.
turned the verdict, "NOt guilty" Ip
interest in the affair was heightened by
fact tbnt the wOuld-be ravtsher was ama
ried man aud VOL connected. while /.
girl that slew him ia defense OF her naf
Is little more than "A child, and au orplE
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10
The Right of Legislative Control
Over Property for.. Public Use.

The following extract is pertinent
to the above heading, is from decision
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, March, 1877, in the Chicago
Elevator Case" 1t is embodied in a let
ter of Hon. David A Wells, copied in
the Natchez Democrat from the Inter
national:
"When one devotes his property to a use
in which the public has an interest, he, in
effect, grants t. the public an interest in
that use, and must submit TO be contro led
by the public for the common COOL to the
extent of the interest he has created. He
may Withdraw his grant by disseminating
its use; but so long As he maintains the use
he must submit to the cpntrol.'
This is the law of the land as expound =
ed by the highest judicial authority in the
government. In reviewing this decision,
the Hon. David A Wells, whose sense
of justice was highly afronted, construes
it as follows:
The company at their own expense erected
Il warehouse and elevator in the city ~
Chicago where they transacted the business
OF receiving and storing grain for hire
They claimed the right To use their owl
property in such manner as they desired,
not inconsistent with the equal rights q
others to a like use; aud denied the right o.
the Legislature oi Illinois 70 fix the com
pensatiOH which they might receive for the
use of their pro perty in their private bust.
ness, and tor their services IN connection
with it. The rightfulneSs and legality If
this position minority of the Unitel
States Supreme Court, however, denied
The building used by the defendants Wa
for the storage of grain. In Snch St1rau o.
they said, the public mad an interest; there
fore, the defendants, by devoting the builC-
ing to that storage. have granted to The
public AN interest in thac use, aud must
submit to have their compens 4tion regti-
lated by the Legislature
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

The Baltimorean prints good likeness
of Roger A. Pryor, together with a
sketch of his eventful life as journalist,
statesman, dipIomatist, soldier and law
yer, but it omits reference to the part Of
his history which we of Mississippi regard
as the brightest feather in his cap; his
admirable management Of the case of the
Impeachment Of Governor Adelbert
Ames. As counsel for the latter, he
quickly perceived that discretion was the
better part of valor, and consented to an
arrangement which removed the usurper
and saved to the State the cost and
perplexity of tedious trial.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

Macon SUI

Macon SUM-
The late act Of Congress restoring ~.
slons TO Confederates who were 10 VIZ g9l.ir
OF 1912, 10 act of Justice which even M
voted for. Capt. DOss, OF Pickenst" m.
the only one In this section we can -,
call to mind who Is entitled to such PBr5
sion. He Is now 80 years old, and I'd h
strictly temperate habits. and from ~
dications will live TO be the Oldest N
the Cotton Belt.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-10

AGRIcULTURAL AND MEcHANIcAL
CoLLKGE-0ur correspondent ''Silass
tiles in our columns strong plea for the
establishment Of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Verona, Lee
county, to which the attention Of the
Trustees is called.