The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-09-29
The Insane Cry Of Intimidation ana
Fraud-How TO Sfou II.


: speakers declare that the paramount
|. issue of the canvass is a free ballot,
fair count, and a vote as full as tn
qualified voterso of the State may choos
to make it. They harp upon Campbell
Code (Which, by the way, ought not t
be considered in the light of a part,
measure), but their slogan is ''a fai
election" Affecting to believe that tn,
opposers of the Democratic party hav.
not been accorded the right of full
vote, a free ballot and a fair count
they have made it the burden Of theil
song and have left us to infer tha
! if secured in the enjoyment of thi.
| right, as good, law abiding people, they
! will cease from troubling and acquiesce
| in what they know to be the economical,
conservative, and patriotic rule Of the
Democracy. We believe we speak the
universal wish of the Democratic party
that the election shall be perfectly fair.
! 1t is the desire of the Democratic can
didates. 1t Is the determination of the
State Executive Committee, that the
election shall be, not only fair, but above
the suspicion of unfairness. They are
acting from the highest considerations
of public policy as well as from con
victions Of public duty. There can be
no greater crime against free govern
ment than unlawful interference with
the right of suffrage. We have held all
along that the charge which has been
repeated so often not only here at home,
but abroad, and in the two Houses of
Congress, that this right had been
practically annulled by the Southern
Democracy, is SANDER. lis repetition
more than anything else has given the
Republican party its victories in the
Northern States. We propose in this
election to execute the law with such
open-handed fairness, as to dispel the
least suspicion of injustice To this
end we would urge the Commissioners
of Election in the several counties to
exercise the utmost circumspection in
the discharge Of their very responsible
duties. The law prescribes that while
engaged in their duties the said Com
"missioners shall be conservators of the
"peace, with all the powers and duties
"of such in the counties in which they
care acting" (Campbells Code, sec
ton 1917 On the last Monday of.
October they are to meet at the Office |
Of the Clerk Of the Circuit Court, and /
revise the registration books, erase
names improperly thereon, hear com
plants, right what's wrong, and register
such persons as have not been
registered (Code sec. 12H. prior to
any election, the Commissioners shall ap-
point three persons for each election pre-
cinct to be inspectors of the election who
shall not be Of the same political party"
etc. Code sec. 1888. This is o very re-
sponsible trust, and we would urge upon
Commissioners the importance Of due
care to select from the two parties men
Of known character for integrity and
Section 1875 instructs the
as to their duty in conducting !
he election ana preventing the ballot
'ox from being lamp red Will The
'olls shall be opened at 9 O'Clock i'll the :
lorning and be kept open until Is o'clock 4
1 the evening; and when the eiec ion .
ball be closed the inspectors shall puh :,
ely oPeH the box, and number Count
lie ballots, and wheR the result shall ID
ave been ascertained by the inspectors, Is
ley, or one of them, or some person to u
: designated 10y !lGm shall by noon of
lie second day after the election deliver \,
the Commissioners at the court house .
statement Of the whole number Of i
'tes given for each person, and the or
id Commissioners shall canvass the r.,
turns, and shall ascertain and declare -
e result eta. (sec 1889. -;
The mode Of conducting tbs election .
so simple and so plainly described, o.
at there can be no misconstruction of %
cir duties by the persons in charge %,
lat the election will be fairly conduct
we have every reason to believe. s;d
e vii! 60 farther and pledge that it bo
all be conducted with cqch open-hand- n,
fairness as to put a quietds 20 the IA
-eFly wild and insane cry that the err
.mocrats and Conservatives are reIy-I..
for success upon fraud and intimi- va
lion, instead of the merits of their
'se and their wise and Just 7
of the affairs of the dec
tie. If after having done all this, fro
heather continue to rage and the upt
ked to imagine vain things, we will the
least stand acquitted at the bar bea
our conseiences, cur God. and our at
ntry. but