The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-24
Madison county's Boilers.


The Boilers organ of Madison county
fires volIey at US because We told the
people of Madison county that the
ticket it supports will have no voice.
should it be elected, in the nomination
of candidate for United States Senator
by the Democratic-C Conservative caucus.
1t opens upon US with the following
The above comments of the editor OF
THE CLARION, who is himself a proml-
nent and meritorious candidate for the
United States Senate, are rather fimsy.
1t is well-known that there are three
editors of THE CLARION, and equally
well known to the public that the one
to whom it referred has been personally
in the canvass in the eastern counties
for the past two weeks, and could not
therefore have been writing for the
paper. That, however, is of small
moment. 1t asks if Mr.. Barksdale
would refuse to accept the votes OF It's
candidates should they be elected In
reply we will state that we have had no
opportunity to consult Mr.. Barksdale,
! but we have no hesitation in saying that
| he will abide the action of the Demo
! cratic Conservative caucus whatever II
NAV be. If it chooses to admit Boilers,
Greenbackers, Independents, Disorgan-
izers and ex-Radicals, he viii accept its
decision as final. If it refuses TO do
this and draws the party lines, as We
know it should, and believe it will, we
will say for him, just what We said of
Hon o. r. Singleton, eve have no doubt
that he would scorn to accept the office
s'outside of a regular Democratic-COn-
sentative nomination" So much in reply
to the question.
The Mail says we are not post
ed as to facts about the party in
Madison. We think we are. The
County Executive Committee called a
Convention which met July 9TH and
nominated full ticket from Senator to
Coroner A few persons who were dis
satisfied called a mass meeting, which
| met August 4th, and nominated candi-
dates for Senator and Representatives
only. Two-thirds of this meeting
were ex-Radicals we have been informed.
1t called itself the Democratic party
and adjourned.
| Upon the ticket we find Mat
thew Levy and Ben. F. Gar
rett, both colored, for the Legislature.
They were nominated, if we understand
the matter Alright, not because they
were faithful and true members Of the
Democratic-Co Conservative party, but be-
cause they were negroes. Color, and not
capacity was the test. We never heard
of Levy before, and do not know if he
was ever a member of the anti-Radical
party or not But we have heard of
one or more colored CARROTS figuring
extensively in Radical conventions in
Madison county not so very long ago,
and we are of the opinion that Ben was
one Of them.
Upon the other ticket we find the names
of Hon. Chas L. Gilmer and Capt. VIM.
Baskin, both of whom were true and
| tried soldiers in the Confederate army,
the first as color bearer in the 10th, and
the other in the 18th regiment Mis-
sissippi Volunteers. Both were faithful
to the cause of the people of Mississippi
during all the dark days of Radicalism,
and etnnd shoulder to shoulder III the
ranks of the Democratic-Co Conservative
party. Mr.. Gilmer was elected a mem
Der Of the last Legislature, and served
his constituency with zeal and ability.
| Both are honest, faithful and capable
Why was it then that Levy and Gar
rett were nominated against them.
The reason is plain enough, to catch
the radical negro vote.
Suppose these men, fresh from
the ranks. of Warmers cohorts, should
be elected by the votes they are on
the ticket to catch, over Chas.
Gilmer and VIM. Baskin, is it not
a plain case that they will have to
have a better endorsement as to their
fidelity and standing with the party,
than mere nomination by Conven-
ton of boilers. They will have to show
a record running back to the dark days
of Radical rule before 1875, when
Madison county elected compromise
ticket, before they can go into Demo
atic-Conservative caucus to dictate to
it who its nominees for any position
shall be- Their color will be no objec-
ton, but it will at the same time be of
no advantage, as it appears to have
been in the mass meeting which nomi-
mated them.