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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
The Right orIn-Irmction.

! EDITORS CLARIoN-The criticism of Wi
mona on my article on the right OF instruc-
ton does not answer the important ques-
| ton. Is the character of the trust confilcd
| to the United States Senator. representative
or personally independent? but attempts TO OBJ
scure it in discussion on the merits of the
measure Instructed on, and the character
and intelligence of the Legislature instruct
ing. The people, and their l. gislature, may
both be ignorant, and stand in need of M
triarehal care to direct and coafine them to
measures that will promote their welfare
but will thej not rather suffer the conse-
quences ofoccasional bad Judgment than
lose their right of freemen, i'm having
their voice heard and their will reDreseut-
ed IN the measures of government, or than
lntrust that vital principle Of a free govern
ment representation, fatally adulterated
with personal plenipotence, to the agent
they may elect to serve them, even though
that agent may be possessed of the larg est
portion OF the wisdom OF the state. lie
says that the Legislature represented only
the indifference" OF the people; however
TINS may be, they invested it with the
same political character, authority. and
dignity, given by hen to it's predecessor
from which Mr., Lamar received theauthor-
lty to fill the seat of the State In the Senate
OF the United states, aud is entitled TO the
same official respect.
Does the Tact, that a measure is OF ma
Ional or international Importance, destroy
the interest of the people therein, And re-
move 1t from their jurisdiction Ira SEN
ator is not responsible to the people of INF,
State through ,,,f" Legislature, to whom. or
to what authority, is he responsible is he a
"Free Lance 2" or if responsible at ALL how
shall the recognized authority direct, or
hold him to account? viii Winona an
swer, without involving the honored tradi-
ton of of "a government by the consent Of
the governed" in absurdity.
Winona's supposed premises and deduc-
tons theFefrOm are not parallels with the
circumstances Of this case, and therefore.
even II correct in Themselves, arc not ap-
pllcable to their discussion
The facts connected with their refusal
TO obey the Instructions were presented for
the purpose of showing where the failure
to obey led, end the consequences attend
ant thereon, and these facts Of record alone
must be held responsible foFany suspicious
or lnsinuatlon they suggest, and not the
com pller thereof who was not Influenced
by either passion, or prejudice, and had no |
aspirations beyond the desire to to asaIst IN |
securing the rightful inheritance of the Deo- |
PIE In Tree representative government /
preserved in purity OF theory and prac- |
lice.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

The absence of Democratic members
from their places when The resolution to
investigate the Presidential fraud, was
called, enabled the Republicans in the
House Of Representatives to obtain and
hold a decided advantage for nearly
a week. The resolution was not intro
duced until after two weeks Of hesita-
ton and delay, and after the step was
taken the Democratic majority was
found to be in a pitiable condition Of fee
bleuess owing to that cause. Pending
the question, a Washington correspond
ent wrote: at Is necessary that eighteen
or twenty Of the absentees should be
back to enable the Democrats to pass the
resolution. The Democrats who are alb
sent, and their constituents, ought to
that they are leaving the
public business at the mercy of the Re
publicans. Public sentiment ought to
force them to return. If the Democratic
press would DO its duty in this regard
this absenteeism would be broken up.
The Democratic press has done its duty.
1t was the pressure which it brought to
bear upon Congress that forced the in
PRODUCTION of the resolution; but is re-
curing rather too much of the press to
demand that it viii keep members in
their places. On this question the press
was strong because it was backed by
public opinion. Referring to the alb
sentees a Washington correspondent of
the Picayune wrote;
They will be brought here If need be,
neck and heels. One member who is con-
absent aud reported TO be in a
house of ill fame, will be dragged thence
aud carried to the place where he swore
before Almighty God, with loyal iron
clad oath, that he would faithfully per-
form his duties, ans be accorded an oppor-
tunity to redeem his obligations.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
Pike County.

The gentleman who was elected last
year to the office of Sheriff Of Pike coun
ty, Capt VIM. W. McNulty, is in many
respects a representative man of our
times and conspicuous commentary
upon the change in the fortunes of our
people Before the war Capt. McNulty
belonged to one OF the richest families of
Pike county. He was among the first to
respond to the tocsin which called the
South to arms in the late war, and he
went through it all with great honor to
himself. At the surrender, like all other
men in his condition he came home to
find wreck of his former possessions.
He struggled manfully to retrieve his
fortune on his devastated plantation,
but such was the insufficiency and de
moraliAation CT the laboring classes that
he found this an imposslbil;ty. He re
moved his family to Summit for the sake
of educating his children, and year or
So ago touk position in the machine
shop at McComb City. Here as a daily
Ill, = earned the money to feed and
- y ~ children. His
industry and skill and faithfulness won
for him the respect of the managers and
the love of all the hands He advanced
rapidly in favor with all connected with
the shops, and when preliminary cleo
ton was ordered, the merchants in Pike |
who had known him in better DAYS, and |
were acquainted with his splendid bust
ness qualities, and his sterling integrity of |
character, joined hands with the shops,
his name, and the people
elected him. In this act
he people of Pike did honor to themselves
md paid high compliment to a true
nan who will never cause them to regret
t. He is now discharging the functions
It that Office, and is doing satisfactorily
nd thoroughly. A few days ago he
lade his final settlement with the Audi
or, and he keeps everything in exact
rider.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
The Investigation Of the Presi-
Dental Frauds.

The country has not been contented
under the frauds which it has believed
deprived it of its choice OF President at
the last election The conviction that
great wrong had been perpetrated is
riveted on the public mind. When the
/ President Of the Florida Returning
Board, Republican who had been en-
dorsed by Mr. Hayes with an appoint
ment to high office, came forward vol
unfairly and unburdened his conscience
by telling the whole secret Of the crime
in that State, with his statement sup
ported by the confession Of another
guilty participant in the deed-super
added to the proof that the leading
statesman Of the Republican party, Sen
ator ConkIing, had declared his own
knowledge of facts duplicating Mr.
Hayes IN the Louisiana and Florida
frauds that would sink the Administra-
tion in the lowest depths of infamy, -
the public demand for an inquest into the
proceeding became so imperious that the
majority Of Congress could no longer re
sst It, The resolutions introduced by
Hon. Clarkson NJ Potter, very able
member from New York, passed the
House on Friday last, after encounter
ing the most desperate opposition from
the Republican side, led on by Messrs.
Garfield, Hale and others, who as visit
ing statesmen were prominently con
nected with the alleged frauds. 1t will
be seen by referring to the resolutions
(see first page that they include Secre-
tary Sherman, and Mr.. Noyes the United
States Minister to France, in the bill Of
indictment, and the presumption is rea-
sonable that a guilty knowledge Of the
crime, if established, will be fixed upon
the President himself.
The question is often asked, what will
follow the investigation? Necessarily,
the solution Of this inquiry will depend
upon the testimony. If the proof is clear
that Mr.. Tildcn and not Mr.. Hayes re-
ceived Il majority of the votes Of either
Florida or Louisiana, and that the ma
ioritv of one declared for the latter by
the Electoral Commission was not OBJ
tanned, it will be difficult to understand
how Mr., Hayes can resist the moral
pressure which will be brought to bear
upon him to step down and out And if |
it be established that he did actually con
niye at, or did have guilty knowledge Of
frauds by which the people were cheated
in the election and their sovereign right |
bartered away, impeachment for high
crimes and nli5demeanors will suggest it
self as natural consequence. But these
questions are not properly in order at
this stage of the proceeding. The first
duty is to investigate the charges. The
honor Of the nation is at stake. The re
suit must determine what is to follow
In the language of the Congressional
address issued on the eve Of
he installation Of Mr.. Hayes, "let the
& crime be made so odious that the ex-
{ pertinent will not be again attempted
of installing a usurper in the highest
8 office within the gift Of the people"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

Insurers and the insured would do
we'll to make note of recent decision in
the United States Supreme Court in the
case of the New York Life Insurance
Company vs.. Eggleston ct al, admins
traitors of Wynne deceased, and am
other; error to District Court for North
ern District Mississippi. 1t has been de
cided in this case that where a party in
sured is instructed to pay premiums to
local agents, and the agent with whom
he has been instructed TO deal ceases to
be such and no other is designated by
the company, and in consequence OF
these facts the premium is not paid at
maturity because the insured does not
know to whom to tender it, the policy is
not forfeited by failure to pay the pre-
MUM, notwithstanding a clause in the
policy provides for the forfeiture in such
case.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
The General Conference of the VI.
Z. Church South.

This body has decided not to increase
the number of Bishops. On the 10th
fraternal Messengers, Rev. DR.. Foss, of
New York, and Hon. VIM. Cumback, of
Indiana, were introduced from the Meth
odist Episcopal Church North; and on
the 18th the following proceedings are re-
ported:
The following fraternal messenger were
received from the Methodist Protestant
Church: Alexander Clark, ID. D., F. s. Hem
derson, ID. D., and G. Z. Barr, d. d. The
were introduced by Bishop
Pierce. and were cordially received.
DIR. Alexander Clark delivered an address
full of fraternal love and Christian greeting.
He was followed by DIR. Henderson in an
address on the same line. Bishop
Pierce responded to the greetings given the
Confer nee. Papers were introduced look
ing to grand Methodist Centenary, to be
held in Boston in 1884.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
Marshall County.

Henry c. Myers, Esq, ex-Sheriff of
Marshall, ex-editor, and splendid spec
linen of a true Democrat, made final
settlement of all the matters relating to
his late administration of his sherifalty
of that great county. Mr.. Myers is a
finished gentleman and thorough bust
ness man. Through no fault of his
Marshall was carried by the Independents
last year. His successor will find no
light task in holding the management of
the Sherif's Office up to the high standard
to which he brought it and left it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

The Press Association of Mississippi will
hold its Thirteenth Annual Convention at
Nicksburg, on Wednesday. the 9Th day OF
June next
Annual Orator-F. {. Niece, Esq.
E--aYi-t-G. L. Herndon, Esq.
poct--Mc-Srs. w. W. HOskins and w II.
Herman.
BY Invitation Of the last Convention Mr..
Ellen +. Hebron. of Ficksburg, VI rs II. ID,
Money Of WinOua, and Mrs. Llde Merri-
weather, of Memphis, will read poems.
The following lines OF railroad have liber-
ally consented 70 grant free travel 10 mem
beers OF che Association going TO ana return
ING from the Convention; Chicago, St.Louis
aud New Orleans T.. Il. Co, Y Icksburg and
Meridian X. Il Co, and Mississippi and Ten
uessee L.. X. Co. Terms on other routes
viii be reported as soon as ascertained.
Mem beers who propose attending the
meeting will please forward at once 10 me
n this place their names stating the routes
over which they will travel, in order that
tie railroad com panies may supply the ne
ceSsary certificates.
". J. l., HOLLAND, President.
5. u. HARPER, Secretary.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
Why IL not the Army Reduced.
Very respectfully,
T. RARKSD

n. Y. Sun
Ifthe Democratic majority are in eurnest,
they will obey the popular demand for an
army with only ten thousand men. The
old tricks are again employed to prevent
this proper re duction. New posts are Gre
ated i'm the West, rumors of an Indian war
are fabricated, and five thousand troops are
cody asked for the Rio Grande frontier
These devices are perfectly understood now
and members of the House who are candi-
dates for reelection must expect to confront
constituents who are no longer ignorant of
the arts by which large standing army is
maintained. Reduce the army, and the
threatened deficiency will disappear. Con-
tinue it, and increased taxation is inevita-
BILE
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
The Pacific Railroad Monopoly.


The of the strongest argument that
has yet been made in favor of the Texas
Pacific road is its effect to break up the
oppressive monopoly now enjoyed by the
system of Pacific roads owned by the
Huntington clan. 1t is stated that Hunt
ington' road, the Central Pacific, charged
last year 400 per cent. more for passen-
gers than was charged on any railroad
east of the Mississippi river. The road
charges these extortionate rates because it
has no competition, and they amount to
$4,000, 600 year; so that the country is
actually paying more per annum for not
having a second road than would suffice
to build it. What the government is
asked to do, therefore, is to assist in the
of competing line on
lower latitude that will relieve the trans
continental trade from the exactions of
the present monopoly. And the assist
ance asked for is not grant of money or
bonds, but simply guaranty Of the in
terest on the Texas and Pacific roads
Donds-a guaranty which, while costing
government nothing, viii insure the
building of the road.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

He is the sheriff of Lauderdale coun-
tv, and full grown man in avolrdupois
and intellectually. If you take the
measurement cf his basement, merriam
and apex you will find out that he will
hold out in every department he
makes good sheriff He makes good
speech He would make good editor
and that is the highest sort of compil-
ment to him. He would make good
anything that he undertook In me
memorable canvass of 1875 he was full
team and a strong one. There Is no
man in the mighty East who contrIbu
ted more than he did to the disenthrall-
ment of the State In the Meridian
Riot, how happily passed out OF the
memory of the bloody shutters, Capt.
Henderson, by common consent, was
elevated TO the chief command OF the
peace forces, and he promptly quelled
the disturbance and restored order to the
town Ia the hour of danger the com
mnnity instinctively looked to HIM as
leader. Ia the time of peace and quiet
they listen to him for advice. He has
about as extended a relationship in the
East as ''UncIe Billy Cook" has in the
South All the Juveniles of Lauderdale
and surrounding counties know him as
''Uncle Bob" They all give him this
title of nobility and he wears 1T with DIS
tingnished honor
Uncle Bob paid our town visit last
week, and the information we get from
the individual bookkeeper of the Audi
tors office shows that he stands square
on that record.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

A WASHINGTON telegram to the Re-
publican press states that the Republican
Congressional Committee" are in receipt
"of numerous letters from Republicans in
" the South, which show disposition to
organize campaign. The committee
are disposed 70 regard it as hopeless
!" task in the present order of things, but
:" are willing to consolidate whenever
/" satisfactory evidences are given that
g favorable results may be reasonably
3" expected"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
The Radical Slogan.

Here is the way Representative n. p
Banks, of Massachusetts, sounded the
slogan Of the next campaign in recent
address to his constituents:
Our only enemies are those who have
been discharged from the rebel armies, and
who are still undaunted by their defeat,
but filled with longing or revenge. They
alone are the enemies OF this country; they
alone threaten its existence they alone i'm
peril its future, Shall we yield our rights
to those men who come up from a section
lately thirsting for our lives and plotting
our humiliation whose lips are yet trem-
bling with the oath of perjury? We must
conquer them. This is the victory we EIust
win. and when once won, we must hold
firmly and forever.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

The Yazoo Herald says that Mr..
Raoul, the father Of the young man
killed at Vaughan's Station by Mr.. S.
1. Tucker, has discharged the counsel
engaged to assist the State in the prose
cution, for the reason that as a believer
in Spiritualism che claims to have re-
Gently received through some inspired
medium a message from his dead son
urging him to pursue the course which
he has adopted for the reason that too
many hearts have already been sad
dened by this deplorable tragedy
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

Capt. G. H. Cole, Of Wayne county
was among the visitors to the capitol
yesterday. He was here to close IN his
settlement with the State as Sheriff Of
that county, which duty he performed
with entire satisfaction to the parties con-
eerned and with serupulous regard for
the rights Of his people. He i an ex-
c 9 officer and deserves the high con-
ndence the Wayneans repose in him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

In another column will be found the
latest campaign document of the Repub-
ican leaders Baftled in their attempt
to prevent an investigation Of the alleged
frauds specially charged to Florida and
Louisiana, they are seeking to frighten
the American public by cry as false as
it is unfounded, of revolution" 1t will
have no effect except to cover its authors
with derision and contempt. The people
cannot be'frightene, by the charge that
it is revolutionary to ascertain by peace
able aud legal methods whether due
effect was given to their will in the choice
for President and Vice President as de-
clared through the ballot box. The
authors Of the address have admitted the
falsty Of their charge Cor inculp ated
themselves if it is true) by admitting
that they sought to extend the inquiry to
other States besides those mentioned in
the resolutions that were passed If it
is revolutionary to investigate the al
legged frauds in Florida and Louisiana,
is it any the less so to extend the inquiry
to Oregon, South Carolina and other
States? And yet the signers of the adj
dress have committed themselves to the
latter proposition. The people are not
by this hypocritical and stupid |
cutlery Of the visiting statesmen. Their |
mandate is ego on with the investigation
in order that the majesty of the law may
be indicated and justice be done"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
\. HI. GiIIeIand,

OF Attala. was at the Auditors Office last
week. Of course he never forgets the
CLARION. Like other good Sheriffs, he
brings good cheer with him. He is a
Democrat. He came by the name fairly.
1t has descended from sire to son, His
father represented AttaIa in the State
Senate long years ago and was one of the
noblest Romans in that body of Romans.
We could not say better thing of the
son than that he wears woEthily the man.
tie that has fallen upon him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
,GIac Right of instructions.

The New York World incidentally
observes that resolution of instruction
pending in the New York Legislature us
in accordance with the old Democratic
doctrine of the right of State governments
TO instruct their Senatorial representa-
tiyes." The World ought to have added
that it was sound Wing doctrine too, and
cited the case Of the resignation of Hugh
l.. White, the American Cato. who re
signed his seat III the United States Sen
ate in 1910, because he was unwilling to
disobey the instructions Of the Legisla
ture of Tennessee to vote for the sub
Treasury bill which he could not con-
scientiously support
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

TOBACCO is not luxury. 1t has be-
come necessity alike to the rich and
poor. There no legislation of the Radi.
cal party is more iniquitons than the tax
on this article. 1t is twenty five cents
pound; and this tax enters into the price
of the article. The tariff bill which the
Democrats in Congress are trying to pass
proposes to reduce il to sixteen cents
pound.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

SECRET agents of the government
have reported that they have sscertained
that strike is maturing in the Northern
and Western States which Gin magnitude
and perfection of detail will be more for
midable than any ever known in the
United States. Particular localities are
named where everything is ready and
the combinations perfect. This is said
to be the case in the mining districts of
Pennsylvania, the manufacturing towns
in New England and some places in In
diana, Illinois and Ohio. In Chicago if
is reported that the communists are par
ticularly strong, and they are openly
drilling and armed with the latest model
military breech-loaders. They report
that they muster A, 900 men, who are dis
ciplined, and all will be armed by the
first of June, and have 500 rounds of
ammunition per head" While the
forces of this tremendous revolution are
powerfully at work in the Northern
States it is pleasant to contemplate the
calmness and contentedness which pre-
vail under Democratic rule throughout
all the South.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22
YOxObee.

Hon. G. NJ. Thomas, of Noxubee. Rep.
resentative of his county in the good old
times, favored us with call last week.
and showed in his final settlement with
the State, that the people Of his county
hit the nail on the head when they elected
him to be Sheriff of that county. His
business IS fully up, and he has succeeded
IN wlping out most of the shortcomings
and errors Of Radical rule in that noble
old county.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-22

WE entirely concur with our contem-
poraries, the Okolona States and Port
Gibson Reveille, that it is not useful and
does not accord with good taste, for South
ern members Of Congress to strive to APP
pease the fury of Northern fanatics by
decrying the resolutions of 1898 and '99.
The originators and opponents of those
resolutions were Thomas Jefferson, the
author Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and apostle of free government, and
James Madison, the chief among the
trainers of the Constitution. While EN-
bodying some features that have been
eliminated from our governmental struc
ture by the war, they nevertheless con-
tain the very essence of the doctrine of
home rule on which the political battle
of 1875 was fought and won in Missis-
sippi, and they do not restrict
the government from the exercise of any
of the functions essential to the objects
of its creation, the establishment of JUS
tice, the iEsuring of domestic tranquility,
the promotion of the general welfare and
securing the blessings of liberty to the
people who owe it allegiance and are en-
titled to its protection.