The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-23
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE AID PENAL
TRANSPORTATION.
70 az 40. 90. olarlon.

To the Editors Of the Clarion;
have read the Governors Message care
fully, aud while do not propose 10 review
NJ ~ length. cannot reifain from crrrcIa
Ing the right of free citizen Of the State,
and enter my protest against his recon-
mendation for penal transportation bill,
by which a man may be indicted In a county
other than that OF his residence, or IN which
the offence was committed, and transported
to a distant part OF the State for trial.
The history Of that clause ia our COnsti-
tuition quoted by the Governor Is too we'll
known TO escape the attention Of the Legs-
laturc, who no doubt will take necessary
steps to obliterate IL from the statute book.
1t Is a monument Of Radical hate and
persecution, intended TO silence opposition
to their nefariOus schemes Of vengeance and
plumber, by indicting and Transporting TO a
distant county for trial, those who should
incur the IN will OF the sdchems Of that
party. And yet Radical villainy and cupid
ity never yet had the courage 10 vitalize
that clause Of the Constitution by passing
a transportation bill
In the days Of secret service funds, and
State detectives add picked cavalry rogi-
ments Alcorn recommended n penal trans
portatIon bill, but Il raised such storm of
indignation all over the land that 10 never
became law.
In Gods name what have our people done
to require this high-handed measure az this
time? Upon what does the Governor make
his recon meDdation2 Suppose the bin ls
passed, how will Il operate? man ln
Warren county may be Indicted ln Lauder
dale and dragged thither TO Laudordnle
county among strangers, perhaps without
money and without counsel, TO be tried, and
this upon the suggestion, I suppose, that so
much prejudice exists IN Warren county
that an impartial grand or petit jury cannot
be impanneled.
Does our Governor know that one Of the
grievances Of our fathers against the Crown
Of England was, @for transporting us beyond
seas to be tried for pretended offences"
And what is the difference in principle in
Transporting a man beyond the sea, and
Transporting him beyond his county 10 be
tried for alleged offences?
trust that there cannot be found meme
Der OF our Legislature who shall have tho
temeTity to introduce a bin that will vital
lie this article 10 our Constitution, born ~
It was Of Radical hate and rapacity, bat on
the contrary, It Is to be hoped that &c viii
be REPEALED II a Constitutional Convention
should be called, bat u not, then let an
amendmet be submitted 70 the people aud
let them blot IL out, E1PUEGE &C., as
stain upon our written law.
regard the present ~ the most Import
ant era In our history that has occurred
since the surrender. We have a fraudulent
Chief Executive Of the Nation, Ga whom no
party repOses confidence; discomfort and
distrust abound everywhere, ln every sphere
and walk Ia life; the Observation-Disclosures OF
the Federal Government for years, % rIpcn-
ing into bitter fruits OF wrong and oppros-
sIOn upon the lower classes Of society. and
| fearful war between capital and labor fgnorT
upon the country. Banking iustiturioua
railroad and manufacturing corporations.
old commercial establishments, are daily
4 going under; distress and wantstalz abroad
/ In the land, aud change, change, is written
upon everything. IL the mldst on thiH rav-
Olntions we Of the South bold the vantage
ground. we have no dense populations o.
raise the cry Of bread.
We own few railroads and banks % laIl.
We have our annual cotton crop that lr.ugl
as gold whether there be contractlon or fnl1-
tlOn Of che currency, whether We have Nnro
II money or taper, and 10 remains f0F ua OOH"
20 put our house Ia order aud % 10 that re
| stead Of WALKING our Radical ConrI ZION
/ or patching il up. we should have Cone
4 wentiOn at once aud wipe % out. MM.. o.
new one and . Code 0f good lave rn0
\ down safely under our vine and On IEle GU.
@hoid The 4OFt'
IL is high time chat We eton ncn.
Il the vitiateo ideas and views lI .nI
politicians, and stop ihe hnn Dyed
II aenfurctnn the crimiunI lrwr." ..H
1 are law a1Illnr ana uil ODD. H.N.r
lam ana thn &tnH tHa FiHHE EM rMNn
venue in criminal cannH rr.r.
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