The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

when he died. it may be said the Pau
ding CLARION died also.
Since that period the Mighty East
has been supplied chiefly by the abl,
journalists at Meridian, Macon and b.
the Brandon Republican, whose veteran
editor and proprietor is one. of the patri
arehs of the press. When a mere boy
he entered in his native place, tn,
Office of the Cumberland Alleganian
and five years afterwards was setting
type in the Louisville Journal, under
| the eye Of the renowned George D.
| Prentice. In 1851 Mr. Frantz landed in
| Nicksburg, and found a position on the
True Issue, campaign daily run by
Miller and Buck in the interest Of Gov.
Foote in the canvass for Governor
against Col. JEFF. Davis.
In 1852 Brandon was substantially,
destroyed by fire, and thus perished the
office and materials of the Republican,
a small paper published by Pierce and
Andrew Harper They bought the
material of the Vicksburg True Issue
and resumed publication. Frantz
bought an interest in it, and in two
years was proprietor and editor of the
concern. Since that period, notwith-
standing the many and vital vicissitudes
encountered, he has never missed a
single issue! believe the same cannot
be said of any other paper. When
Sherman's army was approaching Bran
don, and during It's occupancy the in
domitable editor smuggled his materials
into dense pine thicket, and there set
up and issued the paper Immediately
after the invader departed! Often
during the war he was compelled to
print it on wall paper, on old window
screens, even on wrapping, paper and
sometimes Of very diminutiye dimen-
sions, but issue the paper he would and
did. Before the war it was whig aud
opposed to Secession. 1t exerted all its
ability TO restrain the torrent that swept
us into it. It predicted all that has
On our side no preparation |
no manufactures-no navy-no arsen-
als-no money-no foreign relations
no organized army-and great inequality |
of numbers; yet Notwithstanding all
this, and the certainty of discontinue
and ruin, the moment we drifted into
war, the Republican cast aside its fore
bodings, and nailed to its masthead the
Southern flag
For near thirty years this patriot
printer has been struggling for the pros
oeaity of Mississippi. His editorials are
rigorous and emphatic. No man can
express himself more graceful, but in
corruption, or gibbiteng a
public thief. he is quite as savage as his
Id friend Geo. d. Prentice. He has
ately turned his paper over to his ac-
omplished son.
la connection with the Mississippi
'ress, besides the brilliant men who now !
dorm it, l remember the honored names :
f Worthington, Acee, Stocton, Roy, =
King, Shoemaker, McCullum, Dabney,
Jorth, Phares, Amos r, Johnston, Fleet :.
:. Cooper, Davenport, Mayson, Purdom, y
'ickett. Lester, Haynes, Howe, Mark =
am, Bradford, Leland, Tyler, Hurst, !,
hannon, Halliday, Draper, Stewards, =;
'rennan, Ryan, Jewell, Dracky, =
LcGarr, Palmer, DonnelI, Coffee, Lind -
~, Tracy, VIM. Z. Smythe, Chisholm, y
ambell, John Marshall, and last but -
OF least, the venerable DR.. NJ w. y.
hillips, who sill survives, walking q,
Of valuable information =,
remost in all good works--a christian " "
artiot, teaching both by precept and ex- ~
nple. r
l am aware I have omitted many prom -
ent newspaper men in this enumer- p p
ion particularly in the counties north I;
Jackson, where there are SO many ~ =,
Die writer's, but l have named enough y
show the class of men connected with ~
journalism. Most of these q
peeuniary difficulty in i
leir checkered career; engaged some ~
mes in other pursuits, but generally ~
rned to the old vocation and died i'll =
n havr,aro