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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-12
Gen. j. r. Chalmers.
Natchez Democrat. ]

Natchez Democrat.
There will doubtless be a good deal q
feeling excited among the politicians Of the
State in regard to the election of UniteC
States Senator to succeed Senator 4. X
Bruce The most prominent asplrants al
present before the people of the State are
Col. Ethel Barksdale and Col. O. r.. Single
ton Both these gentlemen have made a
canvas of the State and have given to the
people their views in reference to political
matters There are many things about
these gentlemen which give them claims
to consideration at the hands of Mississip-
plans. They are both Democrats of the
old school, and have the strongest attach
ment for the principles of the Constitution
and the doctrine of the fathers. Both
these gentlemen are from central Mlssls-
sippi, and in point of locality neither has
claims which are not possessed by the other.
But there is another gentleman whom for
our own part we shouldprefer to see placed In
the United States Senate to either of those
who are now prominent. We allude to the
able representative from our own district,
Gen. Jas r. Chalmers. OF the eminent
qualification of this gentleman for the
position it is scarcely necessary to speak.
The prominence into which he at once
sprung upon entering the lower house, the
eminefce. he acquired among the very
able statesmen who composed the house OF
representatives, and the respect which he
forced for himself, mark him as a man OF
no ordinary character, and as one who
would reflect the highest credit upon the
State as her representative in the Senate.
His advanced views upon national affairs
make him peculiarly the exponent of a
Democracy which must keep step with the
progress of the age. We know of no man
who would more correctly represent the
views of the young Democracy of to-day
1t has been urged that Gen. Chalmers
cannot be spared from his present position,
and that he should remain in the shoe
string to hold it for the Democratic party.
To this we can only say that the influence
of Gen. Chalmers will be as great, if not
greater in the Senate than in the House,
and he can aid as a Senator in holding his
present constituents. In our own section
of the Sixth District we can find man
who will exert q powerful influence with
the colored' voters, and we think a candi-
date for Congress from Adams county, with
the prestige Of the system adopted in this
county, would be faVorahly received by the
coIored voters of the other counties. We
think there is no good reason why Gen.
Chalmers should not become the Senator,
and we hope he will be the choice of the
Legislature.
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Cotton Statistics.

The following statistics of our chief
staple are from late N. Y. Finan-
ciaI Record: 1. That the total receipts
from the plantations since September l,
in 1879, were $3.50, $50 bales in 1873
were 1,114,737 bales in 1877 were
S22, BOG bales.
2. That the receipts at the out ports
the past week were 245, 613 bales, and
the actual movement from plantations
265, 800 bales; the balance being added
TO stocks at the interior ports. Last
year the receipts from the plantations
for the same week were ia, 427 bales,
and for 1877 they were IO2, 776 bales.
Middling uplands cotton vas quoted
at Liverpool on Friday last at 7ads il
1878 the price was 511-16d. in 1877
6ad. and in 1876 6 8 led.
1t viii be seen that there is large
increase of receipts the present season,
so far, over the receipts Of the last two
yearS at the corresponding periods
But this may be attributed to the nm
usually favorable weather for gathering
cotton; and the good price has induced
producers to hurry tbeis crops to mar
ket. Notwithstanding the large yield
prices have been inaintained A fact
At1rikutable u Tie increased demand
for staple which the world canno
nfRmnmNM with
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The Platform Question.

The Mississippi Democrats occupy a
favorable attitude for the Presidential
election They are not embarrassed by
any platform adopted on the currency
question during the financial panic when
that most absurd and wretched expedi-
emit Of political empires, fiat money, was
the rage. They are committed to moth
ing that will convict them of inconsistent
cy or time-serving in planting them
selves with alacrity and squarely upon
the platform which will be framed by
the National Convention Of their party,
when it assemblies to nominate candi-
dates for the Presidency and Vice Pres
idency. The essence of that platform
win be The unlimited coinage of silver
and its establishment as a money
metal upon an equal footing with gold ;
a currency made lasting by converti-
bility into the precious metals, and
having a solid and substantial basis of
intrinsic value. The flow of precious
metals into our country from abroad has
settled the question of sufficient circu-
lating medium. The supply is ample
if the people will produce the staples
that will command it. There is no
reason for having a currency with a
wildcat ingredient.
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mighty God, Men of Jasper. )

The election of the straight Demo
cratic ticket in Jasper, with Hon. D. A /.
Morris for Representative at the head,
recalls an incident in the memorable
campaign of 1851, which has been re
Gently revived and repeated BY the
Meridian Homestead, as follows
Meridian Homestead.
"Mighty God Men of Jasper, 10 you
hear it F' This expression was Csedfirst BY
Ex-Ciov. Foote. in 1851, in a debate with
Ex-Gov McRae, at Paulding Fooe, then
Senator, had been censured by the Missis-
sippi Legislature for voting In favor of the
compromise measures introduced by Mr.
CLAW, and he challenged McRae, then a
REPRESENTATIVES from Clark, to meet him at
Paulding in debate. In his speecI Foote,
after indulging in sarcasm and riditule OF
McRae, made most extravagant eulOgy
on the Union which he concluded by ask
ing: f'Is there a man in this vast assem-
blage within the sound of my voice who
would see the glorious Union destroyed,
and institutions such as the wisdom Of man
never devised rent asunder?' He Iaused
for reply, when Allen Morris, who was
sitting in front of him, and was greatly dis
gusted at his attacks on McRae, slipped
his hand on his breast, and responded,
Here's one ~ at the same moment Abraham
Reid, shouted, ayes, by G., / woald."
Foote threw himself back as if horror-struck.
and exclaimed at the top of his voice.
mighty God Men of Jasper did you
hear it." An account of the scene was
written by friend of Foote'S and publish
ed in a Jackson paper, and since then the
expression has become historic. Mr. D. A.
Morris, who made the reply to Foote, was
then Democrat, and has been one from
that day to this. He is now the nominee OF
the Democracy of Jasper for the Legsla-
ture, and will no doubt be triumphattly
elected
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TnrRR have bnnn s0nle Independent
Greeuback and Radical Re nsatives and
Senators elected ID Mississippi, how many
| We do not know, but there are not enough
| Of them to shape the legislation of the State
The Legislature win have at least seventy
| five Democratic majority on joint ballot
! There are enough true men in the State who
will vote the Democratic ticket to control
affairs.-EnterpriseC Courier.
The foregoing observation suggests
the necessity of more rigid enforce
ment of the rules and methods of or
ganization which are absolutely required
to maintain the ascendency of the Dem
ocratic party in this State. Though
its majority is large, it has lost a
number of counties that ought to
have been saved, and would have been
saved, if these rules had been more
strictly enforced. The process of disin-
tegration will go on until utter
disorganization and defeat ensue, un-
less the evil is nipped in the bud. The
protested Democrats who abandoned
their party and joined the Opposition
under whatever name they may have
assumed-whether Greenbacks, indie
pendents, or Nationalist redress i'm
aginary grievances against their former
party, have proved themselves more
dangerous enemies of the Democratic
Conservative organization than if they
been open foes from the beginning.
There are two unfailing tests of a
Democrat, or Conservative, and he who
cannot stand these tests is disqualified
for seat in a Democratic caucus. LIST.
He must have stood by the principles
of the party and, I'd, he must have
acquiesced in, and abided by, the decis-
ion of its Convention or primary cleo
ton. Independents, or Greenbackers,
if they want to be readmitted, will take
back seats, and furnish evidences of
repentance and good faith by supporting
the nominees of the party after the
regularly nominated and elected mem
bers have made the selections. 1t is in
the power of the Democratic onserva-
tive members to teach a wholesome
lesson on this subject; and with the
lessons Of the campaign before them,
we have no doubt they will do it.
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Cruelty to Animals.

The Southern Stock Breeders Journal
published at Starkville, Miss, after publish
ing a clause from the Louisiana law in re-
gard to cruelty to animals, adds that it
would be a good idea for every State to
enact a law similar in purpose, and the
State authorities should see to it that said
law is enforced to the very letter.-Ex-
change.
The Mississippi legislator who will
prepare code which will protect ami
mails from cruelty, and save their lives,
will deserve a monument as lasting
as granite. To say nothing Of humane
considerations, the destruction of proper
ty in the lives of mules and horses, par
ticularly the former, since emancipa-
tiGg, is simply incaleulable. 1t is a
crying evil and a blot upon civilization,
which ought to be remedied if there is
human skill to invent a code, and force
to enforce it, for that purpose.
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The Next Presidential Count Pluck
Vim, Vigilance.

The loss of a Democratic Senator
from each of the States of New York.
and Connecticut in the recent elections,
will endanger the Democratic majority
in the Senate, after the 4th of March,
1881. Nevertheless both houses Will
remain in the hands Of the Democracy
until after the next Presidential count g.
The Constitution of the United States
devolves upon the two houses, the duty
of counting the vote. Unless there Is
treachery in the Democratic camp no
difference between them can arise as in
the last count, when Zach Chandler Of
sainted memory suggested that the Re
publican managers should insist upon
the right of the presiding officer of the
Senate, to perform that service. 1t Is
not probable that double returns will
be made from any of the States. The
Southern States from which they
would most probably emanate, were
the circumstances different, are
now practically and solidly Demo
cratic but if there should be
double returns, the two houses can
readily cooperate in settling them har-
moniously, unless as we have said, there
is treachery in the Democratic party
and this is not likely to be the case with
the Calcium light Of millions of eager
eyes concentrated upon the agents Of
the people 1t will not be forgotten
that the Electoral Commission, composed
Of a majority of Republicans, ruled that
1t was not the province of Congress to
go behind the returns duly certified by
the proper State authorities.
That the Democracy will win the
next Presidential field if they have
pluck and vigilance, and the good sense
to nominate acceptable candidates, no
doubt need be felt. One hundred and
votes in the Electoral Col
lege are needed to accomplish that
result; and here they are, with some to
spare:
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YazoO.

The falsehoods and evil prophecies
about Yazoo county have vanished
into their air. 1t was charged that no
Independent ticket would be permitted,
peacefully, to run the race for the off
ces in that county. The charge has
been refuted. A ticket composed of
precisely the material most wanted by
the enemies of the Democratic-Co nser-
vative party in the county, was nomi-
mated, and an active canvass was made
in its behalf. The hills and the vallies
were made to resound with the rallying
cries of the Independent hosts. Every
appeal which ingenuity could suggest
was made to the colored voters to rally
around to the flag of the disorganizers.
To suit every taste, their ticket was
made up of various materials:
Black spirits and white,
Yellow spirits and gray,
Mingle, mingle, mingle,
You that mingle may.
The largest freedom of speech, how
ever infammatory, was tolerated. The
back of patience itself was almost bro
ken in bearing the burdens which the
organizers of strife heaped like Pelion
on Ossa upon it, still, the friends of
law and order endured and suffered all
things, trusting to the good sense and
patriotism of the people. And glori-
ously have they been vindicated.
Their ticket is triumphant by MAORI
ty of from six to eight hundred Peace
will continue to wave her spotless ban
ner over the county; and truth, slow
paced and sure, will overtake the false
hoods that have been sent abroad over
the land Yazoo is indicated; and
law and order are triumphant.
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District Attorneys Elected.

The following District Attorneys have
been elected-we have not been able
yet to get the vote: 1st District, j. L.
Finley (Dem.) I'd District, James 7.
FAINT (Dem.); Sd District, Ira D. Ogles
by Dem 4th District, c. w. Clarke
(Rep.); 9TH District, j. w. Brantley
Dem.) 9th District, NJ. L. Butler
(Dem); 18th District, Thos. S. Ford
Dem 9Th District, G. B. Huddles
ton Dem 9th District, H. S: Foote
DEM 6527 majority; 10th District,
Hiram Cassidy, Jr., (Dem.); 18th
District, w. F. Fitzgerald (Dem.) 18th
District Ono returns), a Democrat.
There are eleven Democrats, one Re
publican, and no Greenbackers.
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Congress The Mississippi Delegation

Congress will reassemble in less than
three weeks. 1t will be an important
session as much for what it will not do
and say as for what will be actually
said and performed. The country is on
the verge of Presidential election in
which the battle Of constitutional freed
dom and honest government is to be
fought against legalized robbery and
centralized despotism; and much will
depend upon the good judgment which
will be displayed by the Democratic
party. 1t cannot afford to commit a
blunder by incorporate speech, or UNI
wise action. The eyes Of vigilant
and willy foe are upon them. CoNsER-
yATIsM should be the watchword, es-
pecially with the South. We need not
say what we have so often expressed,
that we have full faith in the discretion
and sound judgment of the Mississippi
members.
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The Proposed Amendment,

The proposed amendment to the Con
stitution to change the time of holding
the State elections, making them biennial
instead of annual, seems to have been
defeated by large majority. In
effecting this change, the people would
have subjected their elections to federal
supervision, and probably military
interference, and It was deemed best IS
postpone the change until the federal
administration passed out of the hands
of the Republican party.
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SENATE.


lst District. P. Carter
ID Distriet-Moses Jackson.
Sd Distriot-A H. Longino.
4th District-A. II. BRENNAN
9th District-Thos A. Magee.
9th Distriet-Benj. King.
7th District-Chas E. Furlong. Warren
Cowan.
eth DIstrict-S.anley Gilbert
9Th District-A. X. Carter
10Th District. b. Brown.
llth District. D. Stewart VIM R.1ir
18th District-ThOs. I. Singleton
18th District-W. D.. Gibbs.
l4th District G. Hamilton.
10th District-Thos L. Cooper.
10th District. E. Bridges.
18th District-H. L. Jarnagin
18th District L. Crigler
l9th Distriet-D. W. Rogers.
10Th pistrict-Wm. l.. Lowrance.
2lst Dstrict-David johnson.
22l District-John d. Bills
23i District-James H. Dalton.
oath District-tJ T. Griffin r. o. Reyp.1Js
25th Distrct--tA. H. West
18th District-C. B. Vance
18th District. p. Walker, J. b. Perkins
2sth Dstrict-tG ~ GaVles.
18th Distrct-W 5. Anderson
Both Dstriet-W. II. FitzGerald.
Slst District-W D. Peery.
sd District. A. Wilcox
33l District-W W. Humpbriss
Democrats, "a; Grecuhackcrs. ., R,putl.-
cans l.
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Yazoo County.

Yazoo Herald
A political battle more hardly fought and
fairly won than that which occurred last
Tuesday, 80 far as this county is concerned.
never challenged the admiration of mankind.
The Democracy of Yazoo had hard row to
weed, and seeing that terrible results would
follow their failure to perform their task
they went TO work with a vim,
and as a showing for their labors
see statement elsewhere. We met the enc
my at all points and defeated him at all Of
these. Their cause was a Just and a righte-
Gus one and every Democrat felt and acted
as if he thought that its success depended
upon his own individual exertions-their
works speak for themselves. party ami
mated by such principles as these cannot be
beaten, and it ought not to be.
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God Bless Them.

God bless our fair women. They are al
ways right.-Brandon Republican.
Mrs. Frantz's writings in the Brandon
Republican. had convinced US that the edi-
tor Of the Republican-Col. A. J. Frantz-
had most excellent wife, and since seeing
the above we are convinced that our iudg-
ment was correct. No man would say, after
he had been married as long as has Col
Frantz, 'Our women are always right, "
unless he had been happily mated, but on
account of those little frailties of human
nature that will sometimes bubble up from
probably be well for Mrs. Frantz to clip the
little paragraph above quoted, from the
Republican, and paste it in her scrap-book,
where Col. Frantz will Frequently see it.
West Point News
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DEMOCRATIC sTATEs-ELEcroRAL VOTES
The Democratic Principle.

Gov. Seymour in his recent speech
described the chief peril of the country
as the tendency towards centralizing
power in the federal government, I'M
trammeled by constitutional restric-
tions and State rights He said:
81 am sincerely DESTROYS for the success
of the Democratic party, not alone because
of my sympathy with its principles but be-
cause | see a great peril to the country, and
especially to the State of New York, in the
doctrine now becoming general among our
opponents Both Mr.. Conkling and Mr..
Hayes in their speeches use the word ma
tionalism'-a word unknown to our Consti-
tuition and deliberately rejected from it.
The Republicans are anxious to centralize
power more and more in the national Gov
eminent, and to place greater restrictions
on the States, and the wealth of New York
sits by and applauds the idea"
The same statesman years ago, in adj
vocating the same principle, insisted
that each State and every community
should be left to the management of its
own affairs, for the reason that they are
better able to determine what is best
for them, than outside Intermediates
can possibly do.
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The Monroe Delegation.

Aberdeen Examiner.
We present to the State as the result OF
our canvass delegation that will OCCUPY a
high place in her counsels; Capt f. o.
Sykes, and Messrs. J. c. Burdine and r. A.
Carter will form trio in the next House of
Representatives that old Monroe may well
feel proud of. All called from the ranks by
their people, and all reluctant to assume the
rendered hOnors, they have nobly borne the
brunt of our hard fight, and will go down to
jackson inspired by no other ambition than
to serve well and truly the people of their
county and State, regardless of race or color.
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1880.

Two available Presidential tickets fol
the Democracy have recently been sug-
gested. One is Hendricks, of Indiana
and Potter Qt. Governor elect of New
York. The other is Hancock, Of Penn
sylyania, or Bayard, Of Delaware, OF
Seymour, of New York, and Mcdonald,
of Indiana. The latter would be q
winning card without doubt; there is
scarcely doubt about the former.
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Calls well that ends we'll" The
State Executive Committee did not
assume the right to frame a financial
platform for the Democrats and Conser-
vatives of the State. Nevertheless,
they still hold the fort; and are ready
to fall into line with the National De
mocracy for the great contest of 1880.
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TIE great flow Of precious metals
into the United States by reason Of the
balance Of trade in favor Of this coun-
try, is settling the question Of an
Increase of the circulating medium pro
portionate to the public necessity. The
expansion is not only real, but whole
some for the body polite.
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A Question Settled

hOsclusKO star.
The election of Hon. T. L. Cooper to the
Senatorship has settled authoritativelv one
question, and that is the right of the people
of each county in this Senatorial District to
have voice in the selection We under
stand the rule, however, as remaining un-
disturbed, that the Senator is to come from
one county one term, and from the other
county the next term.