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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-10-04

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Charles Sumner used to say that #
slavery vas not wrong nothing was
wrong. So say we With regard TO
tariff for protection. IF duty is i'm
posed, not for the purpose Of defraying
the expenses Of the government, but for
the purpose of enhancing the profits of
a peculiar branch of business, is not
wrong in principle and in practice, then
there is nothing wrong in politics.
To defray the expenses of admins
tering the expenses of the government
by duty on imported goods while not
the fairest is the surest, simplest, cheap
est, and least burdensome form of taxa
ton, and yet it is taxation and nothing
else. Now if any American statesman
should propose to levy direct tax of
one-tenth of one per cent. upon the
property Of the country to be collected
by the tax-gatherer out of the whole peo-
pie and paid over TO the manufacturers
the storm of Indignation which such
proposition would evoke, would sweep
the author into political oblivion forever,
and yet this is exactly the effect of a
protective tariff. except that instead of
one-tenth Of one per cent. the tax actu-
ally imposed and paid through the
medium of the tariff is a hundred fold
that amount.
The courts of the country have re-
peatedly decided that taxes can only be
levied for public purposes, and that a
levy made in aid of private business,
even though the carrying on of the bus
ness will necessarily and incidentally
promote the general welfare, is unconsti-
tutional and void Some years ago,
tho authorities of Northwestern town,
in order to induce a large iron foundry
and rolling mill concern to locate in their
midst, whereby it was supposed that
the population and wealth of the town
would be greatly increased, undertook
to tax its inhabitants for the benefit of
the enterprise; but Judge Dillon, one
of the ablest judges that ever adorned
the Federal bench, declared the levy
unconstitutional and void, upon the
ground that taxes could only be levied
for the purpose of revenue, or in aid of
enterprises of public character, such
as schools or railroads. The correctness
of this decision has never been doubted,
and the principle announced has been
repeatedly followed by both the State
and the national judiciary.
Every item found in the tariff law
which found its way there not for the
purpose Of raising revenue, but in or
der to enrich a particular class of the
community, is as clearly unconstitution-
al in principle, as if it declared upon its
face that its object was to tax the whole
community for the benefit of A, B and
c. Taxation does not cease to be taxa
ton because it is called tariff, nor rob
berry because it is called an import duty.
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Dangerous to the Peace of the Coun.
try.

Our estimate of numerical equality may
be considered incorrect by those in the Re
publican party who are narrow-minded
enough TO wish to precipitate race issue
by arguing that because the colored race
are largely in the majority that ergo the
Republican party is largely in the majority.
Negro leaders eohO use this sort Of talk are the
most arrogant insalters Of the Intelligence Of
their race and the sooner they are hr0wn
Ouerboard and squelched the better both for
their party and their color. THE ASSERTION
OF SUCH DOCTRINE Is DANGEROUS TO
THE PEACE OF THE CoUNTRY.-Canton
Citizen independently
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Railroad freight rates on fourth-class
goods from Louisville to jackson, Missis-
sippi, are 81 cents per I00lbs; from Louis
vile to Clinton Mississippi, I0miles beyond
and local station on the v. &M.R. r, the
rate isonly 70 cents per 100Ibs on same class
of goods Jackson is the crossing Of two
important lines Of rail road Will some Of
our railroad magnates explain the discrimi-
nation7
The foregoing Is from the Southern Trade
Gazette, published BY Bremaker-Moore
Paper Company, Louisville. On referring
the matter to Capt. !. Hardy, General
Freight Agent Of the V.&MR. r., be
politely admits that the point IS well taken
and will endeavor TO have this and other
inc0nsistences in the freight schedules from
Louisville corrected.
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FARMERS CONGRESS.
First Day Of the Second Annual Session
ct st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, September 29.-The second
annual meeting Of the Farmers Congress
began her to-day, about thirty members be-
ing present. 7. j. Hudson, of Lamar, Miss,
president Of the society, delivered the an
nual address, in which be took the ground
that agriculture should have represents
ton in the Presidents Cabinet, and that they
should have some one at Washington whose
special training and knowledge would en-
able him to ont point the evil effects of State
and Federal legislation on agriculture as
we'll as the result Of commercial treaties. He
also recommended the organization of q
large number Of State and county associa-
tions for exhibitions Of the products of the
country.
A resolution was offered for the appoint
ment Of committee to address the Tariff
Commission in behalf Of the producing clas-
ses, detailing the ruin0us effects Of protective
tariff on the agricultural interests 81 the
country.
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Harvey's Scouts.

On our FIRST page viii be found a
graphic sketch of this celebrated COM
mander. from the pen of Col. j.
FIJI. Claiborne-much of the material for
which was furnished by Capt. Wiley N.
Nash, of starkville. This sketch will
be read with special interest in Madison
and Kinds counties. The second vol
ume of CIaiborne's History of Missis-
sippi is rich in material Of this kind,
contributed by prominent actors in the
great struggle, and prepared for the
press by the master hand of our native
historian.
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The YazOO Valley Pays Promptly.

The Yazoo Valley Hymeneal Association
has paid four benefits in all, and on presenta-
ton Of proof; the last being to Mr.. R. H.
Henry, BroOkhaven, Miss, on the marriage Of
Y. +. clausgOn, New Orleans, for $4,000 The
Association pays $ and $40 per day. Mem
Der fee, according to class, $40 and Sl8; an.
nual dues, $l2 and $ls; assessments, s. sc and
sh.OO R. g. HUDSON, sec'y,
Sept26,5 s2-2w.l Yazoo Civ. Miss.
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Musical.
Boston Home Journal

Boston Home Journal.
The frequent appearance of the KyARF
PIANOS ia our concert rooms is not all sp,
prising TO those acquainted wi III the bisto,v
of the firm, or the character of the instrr'
ment itself Not long since, the write,
when in a neighboring city, had occasion 10
play upon one OF these pianos. 1t had
withstood the test of twenty-five years ssr'
vice. The greatest pleasure was still 10 ba
derived from its tone. 1t was so resonon,
and musical that it seemed as if-like ola
wine-it must have improved with age In
no other way than this could we iustlv
illustrate its perfect state of preservation
The KNABE PIANO of to-day is in the fore.
most rank of instruments. As one listen,
to its ringing vibrations, it appears ..
though the poetry Of tone itself were bein0
revealed in language far more complimeBo
tary and just than any verbal praise could
possibly be.
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The Matr fmonial Insurance "BoOm., ,,

The ''boom" in the Matrimonial insurance
business appears to be subsiding, and the
printing offices at least are having compare
tive rest. Incorporators and certificate hold
ers are now discussing the situation, and the
conclusions are not generally favorable to
large profits by either. The financial air
castles that have been in course of erection
for the past few months are vanishing into
very thin air, and many Of the most shrewd
and sanguine have been conspicuously dis
appointed in the result of their investments.
So far as our observation has gone, we can
say that most of the persons who have or
ganized Matrimonial insurance companies
are respectable and responsible citizens,
and that they have been actuated by the
very best intentions toward those who have
Joined their associations. A mistake was
committed in making payments before the
time promised, thus encouraging the idea
that all who held certificates could get them
cashed on presentation. The benefit fund
being made up of assessments, the latter must
be collected, and inasmuch as most of the
members have availed themselves of the
very last moment to pay the same, the man.
ayers have been unable to sustain the
"boom" created by anticipating payments
on the first marriages. Indeed we have
heard of several instances where certificate
holders have been indignant that their pol
icies were not cashed on presentation who
were in arrear for assessments, and whose
policies were forfeited under the contract
There have been upwards ftwo hundred
chartered in this State, most of
which will hand in their checks before the
end of the year, unless the members pay
their assessments more generally and
promptly than is now anticipated.
But while this appears to be the outlook,
We see no reason why some prudent and prac-
ticable plan of cooperative insurance cam
not be devised for the benefit of people con-
matrimony. Out of the abund-
ant stock of experience gained during the
last few months, we may look for some
scheme to be conceived and promulgated
that win have the elements of success and
In the meantime, let the good
work of marrying go ahead, and if the
financial benefits may not be as large as
some anticipated, let none forfeit their
policy of good intentions toward the
other, and let all assessments Of kind
thoughts and words and deeds be paid as
promptly as levied.
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The magnificent steamer r. E. Lee
was burned to the waters edge and sunk
thirty miles below Vicksburg at Yucca
tan landing, on Saturday morning last
at $50 o'clock. About thirty lives
were lost. Among the number was an
infant of Mrs. Dan Searles, of Vicks-
burg. We gather the following account
of her heroic efforts to save it, from a
special to the Times-Democrat:
With the courage and calmness of a
Spartan mother, in the face of danger, she
took her baby in her arms, and throwing q
life preserver about her person, leaped from
the aft of the cabin into the murky waters
beneath. But courage is not always re-
warded, nor or the lives of those for whom
we are ready and willing to die under any
circumstances always spared to MS.
By some disarrangement Of the life pre-
server Mrs. Searles was thrown upon her
back, an attitude in which she was render
ed perfectly helpless, and this, together with
the shock occasi0ned by her heavy fall into
the wster, caused her to lose her grasp upon
the child, and &c passed from her devoted
arms and warm bosom into the chilly mys-
teries of the depths beneath. Half an hour
after the burning of the boat, Mrs.. Searles
was picked up il mid-stream Ia an almost
insensible condition.
The cargo is and entire loss, and all
the magnificent machinery st only for
scrap iron.
The RObt. E. Lee, the second boat Of
that name, was built By the HoMards,
Of Jacksonville. Ind, IN 1876, and was
on her 222d trip in the Vicksburg trade.
or her first trip since her builder and
owner. the lamented John w. Cannon.
died. She Was valued # so, 900.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-10-04
No Back.

In one of Hans Andersen's stories. bs
speaks of an old elf lady, who, when She
went into company, made very genteel
appearance, only she had no back. There
are many people who suffer so many aches
and pains and weakness in that part of the
body, that they almost wish they had no
back. But these pains, etc, come from
kidney disease, and there is a medicine
Hunts Remedy, the great kidney and
liver medicine-that works to such A
charm, that one taking it becomes like the
elf lady, unconscious back, though unlike
her in having a whole, sound, and perpen.
dicular back. Hunts Remedy has A
has back of the stiffest kind, for its mis-.
sion is to support the weak, and heal the
ailing, and this it is doing all over the land,
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a Fine ThIng fOr be Teeth.

Fragrant sozoDoNT is composition Of
the purest end choicest ingredients Of the
Oriental and Vegetable kingdom. Every
ingredient Is well known to have a bene-
icial effect on the teeth and gums. Its EN-
balming Or antiseptic property and aromatic
fragrance makes Il q toilet luxury. Sozo-
DON'T removes all disagreeable OdoTs from
the breath caused BY catarr1a, bad teeth. etc.
e Is entirely free from the injurious and
acrid properties Of tooth pastes and powders
which destroy the enamel. One bottle viii
last ak months.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.

Gen. J. z. George will address his fellow
'itizens at the following times and places:
Corintb, Thursday, October 5.
Ripley, Friday, October6.
Ashland Saturday, October Z.
Holly Springs, Monday, October 9.
Oxford, Tuesday, October 10.
Water Valley, Wednesday, October IL.
Batesville, Thursday, October II.
Sardis, Friday, October IL.
Senatobia, Saturday. 0ctoberl4.
Durant, Monday, October, 16.
Kosciusko, Tuesday, October IL.
Canton, Wednesday, October Is.
Raymond, Monday, OCTOBER %.
Utica. Tuesday, October "a.
Port Gibson, Wednesday, October %.
Fayette, Thursday, October 26.
hatcher, Friday, October q.
Woodville, Saturday, October q.
Liberty, Monday, October 80.
Meadville, Tuesday, October 81.
Summit, Wednesday, November l.
Brookhaven, Thursday, November 2.
HaElehurst, Friday, November 3.
Vicksburg, Saturday, November 4.
w. L. HEMINGWAY, Chmn
D. :. Pos snIrH' Secretaries.
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THE CANVASS.
jefferson County.
r4YErrE BAnKsDALr DEMOCRATIC CLUB.

FAYETTE BARKsDALE DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
FAYETrE, Sept 26, 1882.
The club met pursuant to call, for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for the recep-
ton of Maj. Barksdale and Gov. Lowry.
A committee of three representing the
They came for the purpose cfOfering their as
sistance in making preparations for the basket
dinner. Their proposition was heartily re-
ceiyed by the Fayette club. 1t was
ResOtUed, That everybody be most cordially
invited to attend on the 7thEo hear the addresses
Of Maj. Barksdale and Gov. Lowry, and to
partake of dinner which will be prepared for
the occasion.
On motion the Chronicle was requested to
publish.
Club adjourned subject to call OF the Presi-
dent. ]. B. MCCORMICK, Pres't pro tenn.
C. D. BUTLER, Sec'y.
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GreenVille Club.

Club met pursuant to adjournment. In the
absence Of President Powell, Vice-President
Thos. McPhate took the chair. e. r. Jones
read a letter from Major Barksdale announc-
ing thathe had designated Fayette as the place
and October the 7th as the day for addressing
the Greenville and other Clubs in the county.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That q committee of three be APP
pointed by this club to confer with like COM
mittee from the Fayette Club as to the recep-
ton to be given Maj. Barksdale on the 7th
inst
The chair appointed E. r. Jones, J. 7. Brown,
I. F. Barker on said committee on motion,
Thos McPhate was added to the committee.
Club adjourned to meet next Saturday at
2 clock Pm. TH0s. McPHATE, Pres't.
THos. r. BARKER, Sec'y.
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Grand Rally at Canton.

There will be grand rally of the
Madison county democracy at Canton
on the night before the election, the 9th
November Maj. Barksdale, Gov.
Lowry, Judge Harris, Col. Nugent,
Judge Calhoon, Hon. 7. A. Melville,
Hon. W. L. Hemingway and others will
speak on that occasion.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-10-04

In another column we publish list
of Maj. Barksdale's appointments fol
Kinds county. He speaks in every
Supervisors District and at most of the
precincts. At all the appointments
other speakers viii join him. The can
vass from the first appointment will be
pushed vigorously. In the meantime
it would be well for the various Demo
cratic clubs in the county to perfect
their organization.
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THE last of the bonds voted by Kinds
county to the n, ]. & O. Railroad will be
issued next week-s26 .7OO-making $780,
900. The bonds bear !. per cent. interest,
are non-taxable, and have been promptly
purchased.
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The Iron CITY.

Read the following and insure with The iron
City Marriage Association, Birmingham, Ala.
bama:
On the lst Of September / telegraphed two
parties into The Iron City Marriage Associa.
uon' and on the 10th the parties married and
took out $l080O. HEARTILY recommend The
Iron City for prompt payments
P. B. BRIDGES
BRANDON, Mss, Sept 10, I882.-It
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.

o. R. Singleton, candidate for Congress
will address the citizens of the 5th Congress
sional District at the following times and
places, viz:
Buckatunna, Wayne county, Friday, 0ctO
Der 6.
WaynesborO, Wayne county, Saturday,
October T.
Carthage, Leake county, Saturday, October
a.
Philadelphia, NeshOba county, Monday,
October 10.
KOsciusko Alfalfa county, Wednesday, o.
tober Is.
Lexington, Holmes county, Saturday, OctO-
Der u.
Yazoo City, Yazoo county, Monday, October
Papers in District please copy notices for
their counties.
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A RIDICULOUS report is in circulation
that the Hill meeting in Canton was
bulldozed and disturbed by the Demo.
cracy There is not syllable of truth
in the report. The meeting was entire.
ly peaceable and good humored. Hill
and Alcorn spoke their pieces, and reso-
buttons were then passed endorsing
Maj. Barksdale. The writer was pres
ent and knows whereof he speaks.
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Major Barksdale Endorsed at a Hill
Meeting.
Special to the Times-Democrat. !

Special to the Times-Democrat.
CANTON, MISS, September 30.-At
the Jim Hill meeting here to-day 700
voters of both races were present. Res
olutions indorsing Major Barksdale and
condemning Hill were unanimously
adopted. The utmost quiet prevailed.
Madison county viii give Barksdale
l 900 majority. The town is alive with
enthusiasm.
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JIM HILL is outraged that The CLAIR
TON thinks it is an objection to candi-
date for him to be in accord with the
Administration. He confuses the gov
eminent with the administration of the
governments.
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MAJ. BARKsDALE is doing his whole
duty to the party, speaking every day
and frequently both night and day.
His canvass closes not until the last
moment. He is aequitting himself no
bly,, and if the people will stand to him
as he deserves he will be triumphantly
elected.
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THE American Citizen desires to
know what THE CLARION means by
"that venal journal" referring to the
Citizen. We meant purchaseable and
purchased sheet, one bought for pal
try price to do dirty work.
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THERE are reasonable grounds for
belief that Jim Hin viii Be beaten il.
this District, but the voters who are
opposed q his election must not Be-
100 confident. OyercOnfdence beeetn
apathy, ana apathy leads to defeat.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.
E. BARKsDALE,
KINDS COUNTY:

tmocratie-Conservative candidate for Con-
gress, win speak at the following places and
lines in
KINDS COUNTY:
Brownsville, Saturday, 21st October.
Bolton. Saturday might, Dist October.
Utica, Tuesday, oath October.
Adams, IN. and J. R. R.) Wednesday, 18th
October.
Raymond, Thursday, 26'h 0stober
Terry, Friday, 9th October.
Edwards, Saturday, 18th October.
Dry Grove, Tuesday, 3lst October.
Liberty Grove, Wednesday, lst November.
JACKSON, Thursday (nightl, I'd November.
Other speakers will join in the above sp-
continents. GEo. w. HARPER,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com.
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JIM HILL paid three hundred dollars
for the American Citizen, and engaged,
it is stated, number of gentlemen to
conduct it. Now, all the advertised
editors have Withdrawn but one, and he
is ashamed to advocate him openly.
Verify, the way of the transgressor is
hard.
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DoNT pile adjective upon adjective in
profuse and promiscous accumulation.
Judge Alcorn's advice to the colored
youth and young men.
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IT is rumored that Ham Carter will
speak at Canton before the canvass is
over. The people of Madison doubtless
remember the speech he made there on
a former occasion.
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The color-line organs are pitching
into The CLARION at a lively rate.
That's right, gentlemen-pile it on.
We don't chunk into barren trees.
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GIN. FITZGERALD failed to put in an
appearance at Canton as advertised. 1t
il not probable he will take the stump
against Maj. Barksdale
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BRUCE's return will remind the peo-
pie of Mississippi of the melancholy
days of Ames.
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A BIG demonstration at Fayette on
the 18th inst Gov. Lowry and Maj.
Barksdale will be royalty received.
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EVERY Democrat in the District
should register. Register in the Super
visor's District in which you live. You
can vote in no other.
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WASN'T Mr.. Yellowly advertised to
speak at Canton? Was he there?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-10-04

THE Governor win Be absent after to-
morrow. filing some appointments that
have been made for him, until the lat
ter part Of next week.
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WILL the color-line organ give us a
little light on the full vote question.
Its candidate maintains an awkward
silence.
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The hand writing is ON the wall and
no one except fool or knave but what
can see it.
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JUDGE ALCoRN draws out the thread
Of his verbosity finer than the staple of
his argument
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JUDGE Downs is left alone in his
his glory-so he remarks in the last
issue.
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SPECIAL NOTION COLUMN.

>N~N~@N~~~~N~NON~-~~~~~ ~N~N~~-N-N-~-~-~-o.~1
1ss- Special Notices ia this column al l5e
per hne first insertion; each additional inser-
tion, 10e per1tas
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THE good people OF Madison couldn't
endorse Jim Hills views on the tariff
question.
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Mayor McGmL requests general meet
ing Of citizens at the City Hall on Friday
night, 70 consider lundry matters Of very
special imporienee 70 this community.
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BRUCE is drawing his pay from the
public treasury, but he comes into the
State to oversee the election all the
same.
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THE color-line candidate didn't discuss
the fair ballot question at Canton very
deliberately.
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IT is rumored that Ham Carter will
speak at Canton before the canvass is
over. He spoke there once before.