The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-10-25
Address to the Democracy of CIai-
borne.

Below, we submit an able addres:
from the pen of Hon. Stephen Thrash
er, Chairman Democratic Executive
Committee of Claiborne county, which
we earnestly commend to the eonsidera,
tion of the voters of the 7th District
We are in the midst of another impor-
| tant canvass. The election for members OF
| the lower House of the 18th Congress takes
place on Tuesday, November 7th, and it be-
| hooves the friends of good government to
be on the alert, and put none on guard but
those who can be safely trusted. Inc next
| Congress will be the most important which
has convened at Washington for many
years. Questions of Reform which vitality
affect the interests of the people will come
up for consideration, and not the least
among them will be the all important tariff
question as to whether ninety-six per cent.
of the population of the United States will
continue to bow in humble submission, and
be the slaves of the remaining four per
cent. whether m0nopolists and the money
lords of the land, or the people are to con-
troll and shape the destiny Of this country
Many other questions will be agitated in
which the very life of the government it
self will be involved.
1t is useless tc speak OF the sterling quail
ties of Major Barksdae, the standard bear
er of the Democracy, in this seventh Con-
gressional District, for they are well known
to you ALL He is capable, he Is honest,
good and faithful. He.is a profound states
man, and thoroughly understands the polit-
ca questions of the day. He is the true
friend of all, without regard to race or
color, and will see that exact justice is done
to every person. He is worthy to discharge
the grave duties of a member of Congress;
and will do credit to himself and be an
honor to his constituency.
James Hill, of Senegambian extraction,
the candidate whom the Republicans have.
placed in opposition to Maj Barksdale, will,
if he should happen to be elected, be a mere
puppet in the hands of the enemies of the
people. The party to which he belongs is
the parent of the present iniquitous tariff
system, and of the monopolies, and all other
expressions that enable the few to tyrranizs
over the many. He would be q mere stool
pigeon, and in all questions before Congress
he would vote just as the bosses in his
party, the oppressors of the people, would
tell him to vote. His friends who nomi-
mated him at Hazlehurst, boldly drew the
color line and boasted OF it. They treated
with marked discourtesy the propositions of
dependent-Democrats and GreenbacAers
who sought to avert the issue.
The colored people will do well to remem-
Der that the Caucasian race in all ages has |
been foremost in the law of government, in |
the arts and in the sciences, and will con- |
tinue to be SO to the end of time. 1t is the |
decree of fate, written by the hand of the |
Creator at the early dawn of the world |
They will do well to remember the further |
fact that in all race issues aud contests |
with the Caucasian, they will go down by |
the force of a law of nature as surely and |
as certainly as that which propels the falling |
leaf to the ground. These are stubborn |
facts over which they should ponder and |
reflect. The white people possess the |
wealth and intelligence of the country, and |
pay nineteen-twentieths of the taxes, and |
it is not in the nature of things for them to
be governed by their interiors. 1t is earn
estly insisted and urged upon the clubs in
the precincts of the county to organize at
once, and to be vigilant and watchtul. Let /
the president of the executive committee
know the time and place of our club meet
ings, and speakers will be promptly on
hand to advise with you. Let every man
put his shoulder to the wheel, and work |
from now until the election, and in common
with the people of the United States, make
one grand effort to drive the party from
power in the lower House of Congress, that
is now standing on the necks of the people. |
Fall in every one, without regard to race or
color and let US give Major Barksdale a
majority worthy of the grand old historic
county of Claiborne. Do this aud all will |
be well.
STEPHEN THRRsHER,
President Dem. Ex. Com.