The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-02-19
Letter from Col. Claiborne.
Northern yIen in the south.
N. O. Picayune.

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| cial, political and business relations with
our people is An excellent suggestion, and
| should be carried out. We are and always
| have been, proud of the many worthy, en-
| Ierprising and eminent men who have cast
! their lot among US, and most of them viii
| bear witness of the welcome they have re-
| ceived.
My native State, Mississippi, has the cred
| it of being as intensely Southern as any
| other, and has been more than any other
misrepresented at the North. Let US see
how she has treated the young adventures,
who came from the North and East-came.
in every instance without money, fame or
influence, aud were at once adopted by a
generous people Lee us see how MIsSiS-
sippi treated them:
We sent John Black of Connecticut John
Henderson OF New York, and Robert ]
Walker OF Pennsylvania, TO the Senate of
the United States,
5. ). PTentiss and Volney E. Howard of
Maine, Christopher Rankin OF Pennsylva-
MIA, franklin E Plumme r of Massachusetts,
II L. Elicit of Delaware, and John a. Quit
man and john ID. Freeman of New York,
10 the House of Representatives OF the Uni
ted States.
We made Tighlman G. Tucker of New
York, Governor. He was a blacksmith orig
inallv. and was known by the ChoctawS as
old Iue-to-6 d. His competitor was ID. o.
Shattuck, OF Ohio; originally a tinker, then
turned preacher at 300 year by sheer dinE
a-tiVe-ness, IN Ade himself the Standard
bearer OF the old Wings of Mississippi, the
richest, proudest aud most aristOcratic party
that ever domineered in this country. In
the contest between Tucker and Shattuck
the latter was known as Dtddpper Ddpu,
but old Til to-ba won the race.
Mississippi made Joha A. Quitman, of
New York, Governor and Repre- sentative
in Congress over true and talented Southern
born competitors every way his equals. She
ms adj Main nf her m
and afterwards, when the war with Mexico
came on, by the personal influence of Hon.
VIM. NJ. Gwin. then of Mississippi, he was
appoiHted Brgadier General of volunteers
by President Polk.
Lyman Harding, of Massachusetts,, Rich
ard Stockton. of New Jersey, aud John d.
Freeman, of New York, were made our At
toTney-Generals.
Josiah Simpson, of New Jersey, and VIM
B. Shields, OF Delaware, were United States
Judges for the District of Mississippi, APP
pointed on the recommendation of the bar.
Peter b. Bruin, OF New Jersey, and Nehe-
miah Tilton, of Delaware, were our first
territorial judges.
T. r. X. Pray, of Maize, John Black, of
Connecticut and j. 5. Thacher, OF Mas sa-
chusetts, were on the bench OF our High
Court of Errors and Appeals.
). S. Boyd. of Maine, George Winchester,
of Massachusetts, and Duncan ). Walker.
of Pennsylvania, all of the NatcheZ bar,
Joshua G. Clark, of Pennsylvania, Joshua
Childress, OF Massachusetts. VIM. A. Stone,
of Connecticut, G ). McMillen, of New
| York, and Hiram Cassidy, of Ohio. have all
been Chapcellors and Circuit Judges, and
! the latter when a mere youth, was made
| Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Gen. Charles Clarke, of Ohio, so we'll
| known as hero and statesman, came to Mis-
! sissippi poor young schoolmaster and be-
| came the idol of our people.
1tefi y,cr1If- IapH Nx-h /
mentioned stood by Mississippi in her vary
ing fortunes not always approving her pol
| icy but ever ready to viadicate her motives
anu her virtues. Many of them followed
her standard in our unhappy conflict and
now lie in bloody graves, or came back
| with shivered lances and broken swords to
share her adverse fortunes.
A more loyal and patriotic people than
the people of Mississippi never existed.
Their devotion TO the Union amounted TO a
passion. 1t required long years OF training,
argument, instruction and appeal to teach
US the expediency of secession and civil
war. WnO were these educators of public
opinion? The answer must be-N0rtberH
men, Men born under the influence of
New England institutions trained under
your proscrip tive Congregationlism or by
your unrelenting Calvanistic doctors! These
were the men who came here, connected
them selves with the press, AID framed, di-
rected aud educated public sentiment in
1
alton. We never repudiated one dollar of a
just or legal debt, and our financial history
and condition may be studied with advan-
tage by other States Whether, however,
our financial policy, or our course in Ma
tional affairs, be approved or disapproVed,
the young men from the North are largely
responsible for it. Who were the men that
for thirty years controlled the press of
Mississippi, and organized and directed
public opinion?
Ind oh IL ~ Tzrry IL. afar
Isler, of Pennsylvania; VIM. 2. Mellen, of
Connecticut; L. A. Besaneon, of New
York; G. V. 81. Forbes, OF Massachusetts /;
5. II. B. Black, of Connecticut; Giles IL.
Hilyef. of Massachusetts,; Volney E. How
ard, of Maine; Cyrus Griffin, of Massachu-
sets; John d. Elliott, of New York; A.
B. Bacon, of Ohio; cambridge Howard. of
Maine; Simeon Z. Adams, of Ohio-all diff
ering, more or less, on particular questions.
but all responsible for the public sentiment
that influenced Mississippi
This should, at least, teach our Northern
friends the duty of federation.
Our most eminent divines have come
from the North. For example: William
Butler, DIR. Chase. DIR. Chamberlain, DIR.
Potts. DIR. Crane, DIR. Pur7ianee.
If were at home, at NatcbeZ, to consult
my files, this list of Northern born men,
adopted sons of Mississippi, could be great
| ly extended.
The same could be done for louisiana
We intend to have the seaboard counties of
Mississippi represented by such men as Col.
L. Kimball. who emigrated from Maine,
and has been for forty forty years leading
merchant and model citizen of Hancock
county; Major t:has. Chadwick, of Iowa. a
brave officer OF the national army, our frat
Sheriff after the war, who resigned rather
than COLLECT an arbitrary tag. and who could
be elected tomorrow TO any Office in the
county; Hon. ]. A. plm4n, of New York,
our respected fellow citizen, the poineer oil
enterprise &C Bay st. Louis; Col. VIM. a
| Champlin, of New York, long 4 resident oi