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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

IF the Bourbons will let up on Mr.. Lamar,
the first step towards harmony will be taken
Mr.. Lamar is not fighting Mr.. Barksdale,
but THE CLARION lets no opportunity es=
cape to attack Mr. Lamar Every issue con-
tains direct or indirect misunderstanding
Herald.
What is the motive of these persist
ent Misrepresentation, and who in
spires them? They have no foundation
whatever except that in the exercise of
its duty as journal, THE CLARION has
expressed itself freely in regard to pub
lie measures and in many of them, has
differed widely, very widely, from the
positions taken by the Senator. This
has furnished the only pretext for the
statement of the Herald. 1t might be
said with equal truth that the Sena tor
is attacking the Journalist. We do not
so construe it. The mind is sadly mud
died and out of joint, which regards diff
ferences of opinion as attacks. We
know the rights of the press, and of the
constituency, and intend to exercise
them. and while regretting that all can
not be unanimous on our side, we do
not regard difference Of opinion as a
personal grievance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

The New York Times, Republican
paper, is covering itself with glory by
the manner in which it is exposing the
Star route robberies 1t will be remem-
bered that the Times was the most
effective agent in detecting and bring
ing to punishment the Tweed clan. 1t
has now another job on hand, and is
doing it well. A late number contains
seven columns of details of the fraudu-
lent contracts, the Dao2ils opera,adi, etc.
Editorially the Times says; 1.-THE
'.rottenness of the mail contract frauds
"spreads far and wide. 1t touched both
"houses of Congress, and when it
''could not prevent investigation made
"oficisl exposure difficult and reform
ssimpossib,se." 1t is to be hoped for the
sake of public justice, as the investiga-
ton which has ncW commenced, pro-
ceeds, these vague tnnmations will
assume definite shape and show wAe il
was that aided the schemes of the ring.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
No Step Backwards.

The proposition 'tto expunge" from
the Legislative Journals of Mississippi
the resolutions instrueting her Senators
and requesting her Representatives to
vote for the reconciliation Of silver,
has elected from the Vicksburg Com
mercial one Of the strongest articles pro-
duced in the newspapers ofthe day We
recognize in its incisive style and logic
al and forcible reasoning, and sound
doctrines, the pen of Gen. Chalmers.
whose writings within the brief time of
his connection with that paper, have Civ
en- it an enviable distinction. He shows
that in passing the resolutions, the Leg
islature, so far from intending to reflect
upon Mr. Lamar, as the author Of the
expunging proposition assumes, suppos-
ed itself backing him in the position
which it had good grounds to believe he
occupied on the silver question, he
having voted for the Bland bill in the
44th Congress. He also shows that TO
repeal the resolutions would be to
90 back upon Messrs. Singleton
Hooker and the other Represent a
tives from Mississippi, to say nothing of
Mr.. Bruce who obeyed instructions and
voted for the bill, and was thanked
for his course by a resolution which
passed the House of Representatives,
by an almost, if not quite, unanimous
vote. Aye, more. 1t would be going
back upon the record of the almost en-
tire Democratic membership of the two
Houses of Congress. Why it would be
inadvisable to pursue such course is
clearly explained in the Commercials
article.
The resolutions CONSTRUCTION can not,
and must not, be ''expunged' for va
rious reasons. The right of instruction
is fundamental and essential condition
of popular representative government,
and can never be surrendered or repu-
dated, while the doctrine survives that
wisdom and the right to govern reside
with the people and not with their SER
wants. [: is a sound principle, and no
error was committed in its application
to the silver bill, as results have abso-
lutely demonstrated. The whole civil
lied world is coming to the position
of this government on the silver ques-
ton. Not only ought the resolutions
not to be ''expunged, but pursuing the
same line of policy, resolutions should
be adopted in favor of the unlimited
coinage Of silver, thus placing it on an
equal footing with gold, and endorsing
the resolutions which passed the U. S.
Senate in February 1878, by two to one,
that under the contract, United States
bonds are payable in silver dollars of
the present standard equally with gold.
Notwithstanding the silver bill, this
condition of the contract has been will
fully violated by the Secretary Of the
Treasury who holds that though silver
is legal tender under the law, it is not
fit for the dainty palms ofthe privileged
order, the untaxed bondholders.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
Let us Gail a Halt.

Fraud on the ballot box is a very great
evil, as it lays the axe 10 the root OF our sys-
tenn of government-familiar men with
fraud, forgers, and perjury-aii of which,
are mean and ungentIemanly, and corrupt
entire communities. Heaven knows corrup-
ton is already rife in the land, aud that
politics have degenerated into game of
huckstering and dickering. Patriotism
should labor to arrest the tide Of political
corruption, by cutting off opportunities for
il, rather than To open fresh outlets for it TO
flow through. The South must not forfeit
its prestige for manliness aud honesty
"BuIldoZing Is open and manly, while
fraud is sly, mean, and undetermined. The
Mercury Is opposed TO fraud IN elections,
and cannot stoop to defend it, even under
the lash of party necessity. Nor can it de
fend or apologize for laws that invite and
facilitate election frauds. These things de-
moralize the white people and sap the foun-
iation of our system of elective government,
and will pave the way to a military despot-
ism as certainly as that water runs down
hill, or Sparks fly upwards" They smreh
the pround escutcheou of the South, and de-
moralize the people, the press, the church
and the pulpit, since partizanship must deny
aud cover them up at any sacrifice of man
hood and truth.-Meridian Mercury.
We coincide fully with the views pre-
sented by the Mercury, without admit
ting, however, their applicability to
Mississippi so far as the Democracy are
concerned. A truer sentiment was never
uttered than that by Gen. Hancock in
his letter of acceptance "A full vote,
a free ballot and fair count, are the
only means for preserving representa-
tive government in its purity
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

WE sta ed in a re cent issue that Hon.
J. B. Yellowly first introduced bill in
the Legislature TO establish the A. and
NJ. College. The Chickasaw Messenger
makes our statement the occasion for an
interesting history of that enterprise.
The project was originated by the State
Grange. To that noble organization
the country is indebted for many i'm
provements and reforms, chief among
the latter must never be forgotten the
assertion of the right Of the Legislature
to supervise and control corporations
for the protection of the public against
extortiou and discrimination. The
Changers put the ball in motion. and
the Granger cases" have marked a
new era in legislation, and of judicial
Interpretation of that question.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

GEN. WOoDFQRD's only crime is his Re
publicanism. He is universally respected
by the best men of the North regardless of
party. He was the guest of Mr.. Lamar
while in this State, and both our Senators
would willingly vote for his confirmation to
the Office to which he was appointed. Yet
the very conservative (?) CLARION calls
him /" Viper" 1t Is just such sentiment as
this that does our section of the Union in
calculable injury. Herald.
This shows how entirely unreasonable
the Herald is. Woodford is a loud
mouthed stalwart and Third Termer.
He is one of Conkling's vassaIs, and
for that reason Hayes refused to re-
appoint him. To conciliate Conkling,
President Garfield sent in his name,
but withdrew it, finding that Conk-
ling was implacable on account Of
the appointment Of Robertson to the
Collectorship of the port of New York.
He came to Mississippi as a spy during
the Kemper trials, and returned to make
a villianous report of what he saw and
heard. He was the tool selected by
Grant pending the contest over the
Presidency in 1876-'77 for the indict-
ment and seizure of Mr. Tilden under
pretense of law. THE CLARION's APP
proval of the withdrawal of this mans
name by the President, and its reference
to him as viper taken by the South
ern people to their hearts and homes
are set down ''as sentiments
that will do our section incalculable in
jury" What is the world coming to !?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
Respectfully Submitted to the Vicks-
burg Herald.

While our neighbor of the Herald is
making decision upon the question
whether it is best for the Southern
Democracy to dissolve copartnership
with the Northern Democracy as an
improbable association, we respectfully
submit to his consideration the follow
ing extract of a letter ON that very
subject by Hon. T. II. Herndon, Rep
resentative from the Mobile ala
District:
Question 5.-"Are the Northern Demo-
Gratis help or hindrance to Southern polit-
zeal prosperity? If SO, what is the rene
dyT'
They are certainly no hindrance. We
affiliate with them because we agree on the
fundamen tai ideas of the Government, and
because they were in favor of securing to
the South her Constitutional rights during
her travail of reconstruction. We regard
them as being influenced not SO much, if at
all, by any mere sympathy for us, as by a
desire to bring the administration of the
Government back within the just principles
of the Constitution, and to this extent they
regard us as their allies. The political and
material prosperity of the South, we know,
depend upon ourselves and the non-inter
yention of the General Government in our
affairs, and to secure and maintain this, the
South would be solid, if there were no
Northern Democrats. Nevertheless, we
hope and believe that by union with them
we may yet be able to effect a change in the
Administration which will rebound to the
general welfare, extinguish sectionalism,
and bring about genuine national unity
and reconciliation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

COL FoRNEY, in his Progress, men
tons numerous new manufacturing en-
terprises in the South. For example :;
At Gaffney City, South Carolina, S40,-
900 has been subscribed for a cotton
mill for the Enterprise Mill at
Augusta, Georgia, $3.50, 900 is in hand.
A cotton factory is to be built in Elber-
ton, South Carolina, and another in the
same county. A mill has been started
in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and
Columbia, South Carolina, is to have a
factory, while there is to be another in
Y ork county of the same State. Capt.
talists from Providence, Rhode Island
are now in Georgia prospecting for the
best place to erect factory. A new
mill, with $500, 600 capital, is to be
ready in New Orleans by December,
1881. A new mill has just begun to
operate at Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The Wilmington, North Carolina, Star,
says that the cotton-milling men are
growing rich, and that in Randolph
county two new factories are to be built
And to the list might be added a con-
templated mill at jackson, Mississippi,
without the aid of foreign or North
ern capital.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
The Silver Conference.

The following dispatches give the
latest information as to doings at this
gathering:
BERLIN, May IA dispatch from Paris
asserts that the German delegates to the
monetary conference have expressed the
opinion that Germany cannot consent to
coin unlimited silver, more particularly so
long as England declines to do so but she
is prepared, provided France and America
agree to the unrestricted coinage of silver
in the proportion of one to fifteen and a
half-to impose certain restrictions upon
herself in regard to the disposal of her stock
of thalers, and eventually to provide room
for more extended use of silver in her own
coin circulation.
Nobody talks of ratio of Is of silver
to of gold as We have it in this coun-
try. The gold bugs in their eagerness
to depreciate silver pretended that it
ought to be 20 to 1, or whereabouts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
The Home of the Granger Movement.

Wisconsin was the original home OF
the Changers. There they took their start
and developed into live organization,
with a clearly defined policy 1t was
in this State the right of the Legislature
to supervise corporations and public
carriers for the protection OF the pubic
against extortion and discrimination,
was first asserted, and there this pro-
nounced right took the form of positive
law The prediction was made that 1t
would arrest railroad enterprises IN the
State and deter capital from investing
in them. Results have shown directly
the reverse. The effect of the legisla-
ton and of the judicial decisions sus-
tanning it, has been to establish conf
dence, and a better understanding
between the people and the corporations.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald thus describes the situation in
that State:
The relations of ali important railroads
in the West, and especially in Wisconsin,
to their customers, the people, are more
amicable and more satisfactory and safe for
the stockholders since the modified triumph
of what was called the Granger movement
than they ever were before. This Is due to
two causes. The railroad management is
PROFESSIONALLY more equitable and conSer-
vative than it formerly was. The ground
for imaginary or exaggerated grievances Is
taken away by the fact that both the people
and the railroads understand that there Is
authority and machinery available for the
adjustment of any real grievance that may
occur. Wisconsin has railroad commits
sion modelled after that of Massachusetts,
and similar, | should judge, 10 that which
your State is now struggling for. That its
establishment was, on the whole, a blessing
in disguise even for the railroads, is proved
by the large and steady subsequent appre
citation in what are known here as ''the
Granger stocks" Wisconsin, besides, from
material causes, as well as from the average
intelligence, thrift and contentment of its
population, is about the last State in the
Union to ever exert We authority over
corporations constitutonally reposed in its
Legislature to the detriment of decently
managed railroads.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ST ATE
CONVENTION.
Rooms STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, !
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PARTY OF MISSISSIPPI,
Jackson Miss. Nav 9Th ISL.

PARTY OF MISSISSIPPI,
JACKSON, Miss, May 9th, 1881.
At meeting of the Executive Committee
held this day, it was, on motion,
ResoEoed, That Convention of the Dem
ocratic-Conservative Party of the State OF
Mississippi be held At the Capitol in the
City Of jackson, on
Wednesday, August Sd, 1881,
for the purpose of nominating candidates
for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasu-
rer, Auditor Of Public Accounts, Attorney
General and State Superintendent Of Public
Education, and for the transaction Of such
other business as may be deemed proper.
Resolged, That each County in the State
is entitled to double the number of votes in
said Convention to which it is entitled in
the lower branch Of the Legislature unless
otherwise determined by the Convention.
ResotUed, That the State Executive Com
mittee recommend thorough reorganization
of the Clubs of the Democratic Conservative
Party in the different counties in the State.
Resotged, That the newspapers Of the
State favorable to the purposes herein set
forth, be requested to public these resolu-
tions.
WM. L. HEMINGWAY,
Attest: Chairman.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

IT IS said that Justice Field of the
@. S. Supreme Court was anxious for
the confirmation of Stanley Matthews
Matthews agreed with Field that the
Thurman bill compelling the Pacific
Railroads to appropriate part of their
earnings to refund the money the gov
eminent loaned them was wrong; but
unfortunately he does not concur with
Fleldthat the odious federal election laws
under which our Southern people are per-
secuted for opinions sake are unconsti-
tutional. He is committed in favor of
that infamous legislation and urged
Grant for the third term for the reason
that he would enforce it with an iron
hand.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
What Kind of Money is Taxable

Our attention has been called to the
following extract from a circular of the
assessor of Tippah county:
To the taxpayers of Tippah county,
desire to say few words with reference to
the assessment Of money and credits in this
county for the present year , and to the law
governing the same:
Almost Immediately after entering upon
the duties of office | wrote to Attorney Gen
eral Catchings, making inquiry as to the
proper construction of certain portions of
our revenue law. My letter was referred to
Auditor Gwin, and in his reply he said ::
money is not exempt from taxation under
any circumstances in the hands of tax
payer" In addition to this, joint opinion
from His Honor Judge Watson and District
Attorney FAINT contained, in substance the
following language The blank ''Money"
should be filled by the money on hand
whether in coin or currency After all
doubt as to the import of the law was re-
moved, | began to assess money whenever
found regardless of the kind or the amount
When The assessment was about completed,
| ascertained the truth of rumor which
had previously heard, viz: That the Su-
preme Court of our State had decided in
case, which originated in Marshall county,
that L. S Treasury and National Bank
notes are not taxable property. Therefore,
in the language of our State Auditor, az con-
tanned in a recent letter, "The Supreme
Court has, in effect decided that nothing but
gold and silver is taxable money"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

THE Vicksburg Commercial is out and
out Democratic, and the unknown but sus-
pected editor is in the place he was made
for-Reveille.
That's question. 1t was thought he
was made for the ''high pressure
Brigade" when he lead the charge on
Fort Pillow; and again that he was the
very man for the place when he snatched
victory from defeat and redeemed the
Shoe String District, and represented it
with unsurpassed ability in Congress.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
Good Advice.
Judge Povall IN Bonneville Pleader.

Judge Povall IN Bonneville Pleader.
We suggest to our friends to avoid lug
ging improper issues into the approaching
canvass. If you prefer Mr.. A. for Governor
advocate his claims say everything you
can to recommend him to the people, but
don't launch forth in a TRADE of abuse
against b. or. c., rival candidates for the
same Office and who are recognized as sound
Democrats by the great body of the people.
Such course will not help you or your ia
vorite candidate, but will have a tendency
TO ALLEVIATE the friends of the rival candidate
whom it is best to conciliate. Again, the
very man whom you denounce may get the
nomination of State Convention, and then
there would be many Democrats who would
give him very cold support. You your
self might have to eat crow and support
him.
The same course should be pursued in Sc
gard to the Senatorial question. Hold up
before the people your favorite as worthy of
the great honor If any objections have
been made to his political career, answer
them in detail if you prefer, but don't at
tack any other aspirant if you know of airy
for the same office Remember you are a
member of the great Democratic party, and
that harmony in that party is one of the es
sential elements of success, and that one of
its time=honored notices is everything for
the cause, nothing for men.
You may define your position on Camp
BELLS Code or any portion of it, but don't
make it or any questions arising thereon
test questions in the canvass. Recollect
that there is an enemy ever on the alert
watching you and if there should be hope
less divisions among Democrats he may
bring in candidate for the Legislature or
Senate in the last quarter stretch and carry
off the priZe
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

St. Louis Republican Certain Dem
ocratic Senators are credited with in
tention to vote for Matthews. If they
do, their constituents should hold them
to strict account for, aside from every
thing else, his connection with the
Presidential fraud damns him effectually
in Democratic estimation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

THE generous people of Aberdeen in
tend to give the press gang a rightroyal
reception. They have held meeting,
of which Gen R. Davis was chairman.
to make arrangements for the occasion ;
and Col. R. 0. Reynolds, the brilliant
Senator, was appointed to deliver an
address of welcome
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19
Col. w. B. HELM is a candidate

Col. W. B. HELM is candidate
for Senator in the 31st District. The
Carrollton Conservative says that ''he
has been citizen of Carroll county for
near thirty years, and has always sus-
tanned a high reputation for morality,
ability, and dignity. He represented
Carroll county in the Legislature in
1851; was Tilden elector in 1876, and
President of of the Board of Supervi-
sors of Carroll County recently
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

THE Natchez Democrat says the con
tract for laying the iron on the exten-
sion of the Natchez, Jackson IL Column
bus Railroad from Martin to Raymond,
has been made with the Messrs. Dufin.
1t says that the contractors are to at
once begin laying the iron and push it
along as rapidly as possible. The con-
tractors are very energetic men, and
there is now enough material on hand
to keep them going for some time. The
cry in railroad circles will be con to
jackson" And then, we may add on
to Columbus.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

THE apologists for the Stanley
Matthews confirmation says that
though an ultra, sectional partisan, he
is an able lawyer. Why then, did the
prominent lawyers Of the judiciary
Committee, Davis, Bayard, Edmunds
and Garland report against confirming
him
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

THE persecution of the Jews continues
in Southern and Southwestern Russia,
ignorant and bigoted mobs, attacking
them indiscriminately in person and
property.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

One European steamship line has con
tracted to bring so, 900 Swedes and Nor
wegians to the United States during the
present year. We wish there was a
Mississippi Hand Book to put into their
hands to show them the advantages of
our State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

In the q. s. Senate last Saturday, Jonas
swallowed the Radical Tes.-Re-
veille
We regret that the Senator of whom
we have had occasion to utter so many
kind words, has done worse than this.
He has swallowed Stanley Matthews.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

DORSEY is troubled about his reputa-
ton. And so is Brady; and so are nu-
merous others of the Star route pecula-
tors masquerading as yet under the garb
of innocence. But it will all come out.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

He that hath ears to hear let him hear !!
The influence of the Changers of Mississip-
pi will be felt in the coming struggle
Blade.
Yes, and it will be felt for good, as it
has been felt in other States. All hail,
the Changers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-19

JoHS HANDY, ESQ, has issued call
for meeting of the Democratic Exeou
tive Committee of Madison county on
June 9th. The Democracy of Madison
are united and will carry the county.