The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-20
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VAR Lamar Interview ed-NAaEIers
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f WASHING ron, February 6, 1878.
WHAT MR.. LANARsAYs.
For the edificaiiou OF your readers last
evening called on Mr.. Lamar to hear his
views ~ the subject of .,is Instructions He
spoke very freely. rs he always does. of the
great QUESTION upon " hich he differs from
tie 20 RI. j: hi- constituents lie grants
freely The ,b>o,ut- ri .ghJ of the Legislature
: o. hi >1tl.e - I.~taHct him a 10 their
" sh n r..>,e.j TO tae important issues
wl,ich cou,r i,-f,rr the S-uate He spoke
IN mot '-.,.ti li..:ertsry terms &C the pres
ent I.~gi l.-use--mauy mem herS of which
he X now to he -aft -aeu ~ education, tai
eat s':l character: tn"u who would honor
a.l.. 80 ,il} station Ia life. lie was sorry
t. hr,ve ~ an vita the people OF his
Sac on the Silver Bill--an3 saIdened that
many OF them thought proper 10 misiuter-
pref his motives. lie had never harbored 4
thought bat TOR the honor or his State. nor
entertained an ambition distinct from her
welfare. But when the Matthews Resolu-
ton come up, what course other than the
one he pursued, was left open 10 him? He
had always he.1, he said, that absolute hon
estJ OF purpose and candor OF expression
we're Indispensable virtues Ia "A public Off
cial. He could rot rise in his place and
give uttersuee and support to policy
| which he h I'eyed in his heart would bring
distress upon his people He had made Po-
litic.l Economy, and especially that branch
| Of il relating 10 finances, a study tor more
rhan a quarter o. a century; and rad, of
iate. studied particularly the authors who
/ took view 81 the double standard different
! from his own. But with every inyestiga-
| ton he was the more deeply fixed in his
convictions.
The greas elements OF strength, continued
Mr.. Lamar, whicl make people prosper
ons aud happy, had opposed the South.
Deeming our section ready AWAY since the
war, 10 embark in every reckless scheme Of
reputation, these elements in the North, !
towit Capital, the pIpit, aud the press,
had astonished our section. Capital was
alway timid, aud the South should concil- |
late it. We need building up, and most of
all, capital was required to do it. We must
stimulate great enterprises in cur long
desolate borders, To this cad, we must ask |
the Government to iudorse the bonds neces-
sary to prosecute the work; but how could /
these bonds find a market when it is known |
that they are to be paid in deprecated coin
worth but ninety cents to the dollar Gov
eminent bonds had, he said already depre-
ciatei in the marts OF Europe since the
discussion of the Silver Bil.
He was mortified that MS friends At home
should impugn his motives. \ GERS ain cleo
ton to the Vice Presidency would be but a
trtling CON pensation for dishOnoring him
self in his own, and in the estimation OF his
State and section. II personal ambition had |
influenced lis action. he would have adopt
ed the Silver policy. Tor however much New
or may count in a National Convention,
no maI could ever hope 70 secure uOmina-
ton who did not carry the full strength Of
his state aud section. NV constituents, he
added. ought not to wish that l should
90 about like pOt-hOu>e politician,
seeking only the popular side of great
questions. But, he CO ,tiUued, IA in tone. Of
Sidr es-, while no nan is more sensitive to
the COOL opinion o! his friends than myself
l am not cast down by the harsh judgment
Of those who wrong me. While in the zenith
of my itmA AMI popul irity, did not suffer
myself 10 become unduly Clated, knowing
that the fortunes of a public man are vari-
able ana HuctuatIHg; hence, While under
the cPnsure of NV State, and on the under
side of the wheel, | am not dejected-trust-
ing to that time which sets all things even
aud indicates the course OF those who act
from high and honorable motives.
Mr.. Lamar plainly feels mortified that the
press and people of Mississippi do not stand
by and sustain him. If they had done so,,he
thinks he could be worth millions to the
South at this time He has received letters
from many of the best men in the country
notably, Mr.. Adams, of Massachusetts,
who say that his speech has done more for
the South than anything that has been
spoken or written since the war. The Post,
of this city. though not agreeing with Mr..
Lamar on the silver question. declares that
his recent speech on the subject is the first
specimen OF forensic craftsmanship since
the trial of Warren Hastings. 1 have given
you but an imIerfect synopsis of his con
ver,ation, bat regard for your space lorbids
further notice thereof at this time.
THE TIMBER OUTRAGE.
Colonel Hooker, with the 60 operation and
assistance OF the entire Mississippi delega-
ton, pressed the bin to its passage, provid-
ing tor special term of the United States
Court, to be held in jackson county, on the
Mississippi coast, to try the suits instituted
by the Government VS.. certain so-called
timber thieves in that section. In this
wholesale procedure against the guilty and
innocent alike, the Secretary of the Interior
has dOre great injustice. Over seventy
mills are standing idle, and when | state
that according to Mr.. Hooker, the vessels
which moved this timber (and which are
also great losers by this enforced ideness.)
averaged timber freightage of near 81
000,000a year from these seventy mills, an
estimate Of men thrown out of employment
|
owners. can be readily formed. The mills
being stopped, and the owners unable to give
bond, cannot even continue work on timber
which belongs to them. 1t is a great OUT
rage, and it seems our legislators might pro-
vide a less expensive, and equally sure,
means of protecting Government property
Mr.. Frye, Of Maine, supported the bill re-
ported by Mr.. Knott, of Kentucky, as he
knows by eXperit nee, the losses which such
suits entail upon the timber men. If the
Senate concurs Judge Hill will hold a spec
Ial term of his Court at Scranton, Miss, be-
ginning the second Monday of March. Mr..
Money put a very pertinent question or two
to Mr.. Foster. of Ohio, during the discus
sion of the bill.
NEW CABINET OFFICE.
Hon. ii. L. MuIdrow to-day introduced
bill to create an ad ditional Cabinet officer.
to be known as Secretary of Agriculture.
Mr.. Muldrow says very truly, thai one
half of our population being engaged in
tilIing the soil, agriculture embraces far
greater and more important interests than
any other department of industry. With an
army of bur $4,000 men, we have a Secreta-
~ o. War; the Indian interests are presided
over by Secretary of the Interior; and why
not include i'm the Cabinet a Secretary Of
griculture-especially since he proposes to
accomplish this at no additional expense?
The Secretary of this department Will re-
ceiVe the same salary as the Interior, and
the office of Commissioner of Agriculture
will be thus substituted by the new Cabi-
net officer. A chemist, salary $1,000 year:
a microscopic, at 81 1000; an eytOmologist.
at $4,000 and one statistician, at $1,000 are
so DrOVidPd for. The expense of the W hole |