The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10
I vas not a member Of the Congressional

t'o9ISr extending through weeks. III nv
wish had controlled in the matter of the
! Spportlonment, totally disregarding all past
districtiug, we should have had two ais
tricts overwhelmingly colored, and Ave
equally rs surely white. Secure in the pres
T ent aud not knowing what the fntura
T might have in store, desired to WELD the
+ power we then had 10 make them FIVE dis
e JIlclS Rha.terably Democratic and leave two
Z Demacratlc y .he colored electors could be
. c'hJfotied. il they chose % break away
iTon Us, as Is their right and as NAV he
tleir pleasure, then I thought IL fair to
! them to pat two districts al layitin,,t.l,
theirs, and iu this event, my wish v.os !,
50 district Is 10 retain five In our la.,itt-
mate, irrevocable gasp. The plan selected
anQ adopted, by the committee was not NV
pian-lt was not the plan Of my friends
from the other Eastern counties And our
friends, M The COMMITTEES, As well as in
House and Senate, were only brought 70 sun
port the plan when the hopele,suess Of Sc
curing the adoption of the scheme favored
I by them, was made apparent, and when the
p.au OF Mr.. Noel, was 50 tar modified as u
/ retain the Eastern counties of the late 4th
( District so.Iiiy, except Jones. and the new
5,h District was made white Democratic
I District beyond p'rllven,prs by aidmgthe
iuyInclple unwayerinc white democracy Of
AesAoba 90 the District 50 formed We
( nlssal ms i'm 81 white 'D..,.,.~,,.. D;.tr.,N'
! We were unwIliiDr q, c,,.s,t p, ,,,,. ~.
ranr.naant which diI n,t This W.. ,b,
praes, r-r,rnit.tl-sn br rovsslfip .t',, tb,,a
/ or f,pr 6ijaf ff,avar.,.i, Ib,I ,y.,h ~,
member OF she c1nnlltle, when .o1ybf nv
Them. No member of the committee was
ever SOUGHT 10y me- nor dill ever enieavor
aav direction.
When after week, O.; lah,riar. eT,rf---,,p-
seiPntiotIs earnest r,rfas / t,liava,I, and ,.t
bsleva-the C,nmjtte, yyIthnat a descent
i'm y,i,,, from, liza D.,,,sr,ti. ,,,,,,,r,,s or
fhe C,umit,.. b,l,n,inr =, ,hs HoYs, -.
norfai tba hs.l ,..r Win iii. ,r'o,,,i,.
seDs.I-.s b,.yl has bs,r r,t-.i r. law c-
b,tIvs-rsrA..,,. .,,,. AR ,,,r, an ~,
tahI, a,s,i.;a, f., E..e.t.b ~ b,s;,,s.
which hlI the nr,cs5a1.r over f. Evsrv-
nr,, WAS free IN axamfna .Iud ..r,,ftn.r, ana
nre,un,e evsryo7s ,yh, t.lt Interest dds,
Finally sr A ra.u1ar -.s,i,1 ns l5, lI,,,s, nv,
Tuesday NIGHT Ilor TN, Hons, b.ll ragul1r.
lv two day sessions and one uieht session.
SINGULAR as il may apaeqr tl Col Singlat,pl
the bin wis called ua by lad o., TerraI wbo
4, he stated was instructed by tha C.,mmit.
tee tberato Roth IT,u.es INV ra- ,l,tinn had
,.-r,.al IN ,3i,rr, n, .T,ar.lt,,.4t . a'.l,clr
p. NJ. By the inint rules ortEe two Houses.
n, hin could mass from one H,use to tbe
other durirr The TWO DAYS preceIinrr adj
iournmeut II the Lsgi-,',tlr, w1s 10 p,ss
anv Ils, radi.irictin,, the Srate II was inn
peratjvely necessary thgt IL should be done
tbat pipht il mu.t p3ss fine Hou.a that
NIGHT and ro 4, the Sbua,nifii was IN mass
at olI II yyls necessary tns- il sboul1 ~,
to The senate for another imperious reason.
viz, II ru.t n, re,I in fine senate nm thraa
sava,.,I J,,,s nnI,ss tv, tlir3s ~ fbrt b,Iv
s1ou}d v,t, 10 su-nauI thlt rule Ev,ry-
Wv II sssr,nl ,bat ,vbot yy.s f., IA, I,Ta
,,ns, ho lam, tbatni,ht md tb,t hn,r
AItar tbe hin had been called nm. as stat.
81 myself r1oyaj m amend Inv TAKING n
,oupt, from, ,ba9Isnl qlIip- II T., tho RI
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,,s tbo viii ~ 1l, ,.,n,r,itf,, ,s l,,l,roJ
= its last .iitirr kGor s,t /. .f,etor, ovrI,.
,ot;, h,- tl,, rn,irr,,, Of ti, rT,,,y. ,,.r,-
ni,,rc I,e IT,,.c rrf,,ss5 IN. ,,B,nt NV mn.
ian Mr. rra,I, ,fOfai;.,p th,p ,,,yad
h., ,,l,,,tf,, ~ ,'s,,I,.,;t,,to r,r tL, a,,tirn
III Tt, In, ,',.,o,.,,I,. r.n,.,l b,, an
,aroboI,inr unfairly ta c2torr,io Mr.
Sim tL,t' ,hn ynst
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5.,r,.,, and rLot Iba rT,,,sa ,g,s rsadv IA
.1ni NV the C,g,niftr5's hin as ranorted.
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