The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-10-15

> desire TO see the good old county c
! Kinds again at the mercy of Radica
officials, to rally to the support of tn
Democratic-C Conservative ticket. W
sincerely trust that there is patriotism
enough with the voters who from hon
est, but mistaken, motives have gon
off, with the Greenbackers, to return
to the atic-Conservative part,
, before it is too late, and we assur
them that there will be more rejoicing
over one returned, than over ninety
: nine who never went astray. There
will be no elimination, nor re-crimlna
ton, if all shall put their shoulders t.
: the wheel to save the county from
falling into of Radicalism.
From mere office seekers, who left
the Democratic party, because they
were unable to get nominations at it,
hands, we expect nothing. They would
rather see the temple fall, and go down
with it, than to see the Success of the
party which redeemed the State with
out their names among the elected.
| To them is chargeable this warming of
the scorched serpent Of Radicalism,
which is again attempting to envelope
its coils about us. Though repeatedly
warned, that they were tampering with
dangerous engine, fraught with mis-
chief to the county, they have contin-
uously gotten up midnight meetings of
disaffected Radical negroes. At these
meetings they have arraigned the Dem
ocratic party for having been false to
its promises to the colOred race. 1t is
well known that to the average Radical
negro, the word Democrat only means
white man, and to say that the Demo-
Gratis have not given the colored people
rights which they should have, or have
taken away rights which they had, is to
them, change that since the Democrat
ic-Conservative party come into power,
the white people have deprived the
negroes of their rights. Cover it up
with words as you may, to the black
line negro, the word means nothing
else but white man.
Such meetings, such speeches, and
the continual seeking of the Radical
negroes, as if they were the great power
in the county, have warmed the serpent
The Republican leaders, seeing their
opportunity, have nominated a full
ticket, and are going into the canvass
with the hope that they can carry the
county.
1t is not too late to counterfeit this
movement, if every man will do his
duty. Weappeal to the Democrats and
Conservatives of Kinds to go to work.
We appeal to the men who have gone
astray to return. 1t cannot be said
that the ticket which is offered to them
is not a good one. No better one was
ever nominated. There can be no OBJ
lection to it. Let every man who helped
to redeem the county in 1875, fall into
line to save the country in November.
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WITHOUT authority, THE CLARION, in a
list of Democratic candidates, puts the
name of l.. B. Brown as the candidate for
Senate in the 10th Senatorial District. L.
B. Brown has never yet been declared the
nominee by competent party authority,
md some grave questions of fraud are pend
ng for investigation and decision before he
IAN be. The CLARION should be more
Mercury.
We did not suppose we were acting
Without authority. We were under
he impression that the primary cleo
ion was to decide the question as to the
lominee, and hence as the Executive
announced that Hon. L. 3. |
Brown had a plurality of the votes, we
'laced his name upon the ticket. 1t
ppears that the Enterprise Courier
ad the same understanding of the
natter as we did, and acted according
Y. We had no intention of preiudg-
lg the case, but simply to accept the
acts as they were. The Executive
committee has since declined to go be- ,
ind the returns, to investigate the
harges of fraud and Legitimate Radi-
al voting in the primary election, thus
9aving the matter where it originally
,ood. We could have no personal,
or political, preference for any one, over
ur distinguished and esteemed brother
the press, Col. Horn, and are only
to stand by and maintain the
ominees Of our party without reference
, men. The admission of the entire
adical membership to participation in
lie Democratic primary election, absurd 1
nd demoralizing as it was, was fore I
nown, and at the time to enter the pro- c
st was before the election was held. b
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