The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-08-01
'.rHE METHODS OF 1875. .

The Vicksburg Herald notes the omis-
ion from our baftle-cries, the slogan
Of the methods Of 1875" Wen, what
about the methods Of 1875" any way? /
What has the Herald 10 say about them?
DO they suggest anything but what l.
fair and honorable in elections, 50 far
as the Democracy are concerned? II
they we're not wholly peaeeable"-f
here and there a disturbance occurred
Ehcse fault was Il? It was not the fault
Of the Democrats Their appeal was %
reason and 70 an expression Of popular
judgment through the ballot-box. If
the bullet did its deadly work, at times,
it was in self-defence by the white PEG
pie who we're insulted and sought 20 be
dominated By Caldwelrs negro militia
Organized BY Ames, who had been
elected Governor by the bayonet and
who openly proclaimed that the blood
Of negroes would be good for the Repub-
lean party, because it would mark the
/ Gag which would FIRE the Northern heart.
The Clinton riot-the massacre Of
white men who we're there assembled,
| by the drunken and brutal mob, and
the Just vengeance with which their
slaughter was repaid-was not one Of
"the methods Of 1876" but a conse-
lucnce Of the attempt Of the white peo-
pie, among whom are now to be classed
Democrats, Independents and Green
/ hackers, 70 throw OF the yoke Of oppres
sion aud 10 substitute honesty, intelli
zence and economy for robbery, igno
rance, and extravaganza in the Stat
, government
The methods Of 1875" were thorougl
organization, active individual and con
5ined effort 10 win back heritage {
freedom, dnd was inspired by oneuel
% If soul which banished every feelin
d. but the desire for success in a righteor
Re- cause The conditions Of 1875, do n,
now exist, except that if was proper an
n patriotic for good men to organize an
Re work together to establish good COVER
Dc ment, it is right for them to work I
IT gether to preserve it.
at We have no liberation for reproach
IL cast upon the methods of 1875"
is men calling themselves Democra
he The methods Of 1875" except in so
as appeals were compelled to be MAJ
HI, in exceptional cases, to the first law
=. nature self defence, were just a
"a ! pcaceable, and even holy, if withc
b, irreyerence, we may use the word
., describe the struggle of people to
IA, licye themselves from a rule rs rep
al 5ive and abhorrent to freemen as {
~, Imagination can depict.
~ We know that Ames and his mimic
H., and the political prosecutors of
-. South in the North who were still
famed Ay the unholy passions of
war, did, by every device that devil
. ingenuity could suggest, attempt
Us prove that "the methods of 1875" W
ay not the lawful and peaceable upris
ten Of an oppressed and insulted peol
al yearning to be free; but we know, I
IRE that they failed, chagrined and dis
I'M pointed. They sent a Senatorial CO
u'' mittee 70 Mississippi, composed of a
a'' publican majority, to investigate
Sc election, and their inquiries were c.
Ilsh prehensiye and searching, but they fa
to show that the democracy had b
lost guilty Of any act unbecoming an int
rior gent, peaceable and law-abiding PEG
rof. Let the Herald refresh its mem
&. with the triumphant report of Sena
e a. Joseph Z. Mcdonald and James F.
TO ard, before it again attempts by co
edi- inuendo or open assault to cast repro
axe, upon the methods Of 1875"
nom BY the way, what means this br
meek haste on the part of some ger
ran. men, who are regarded as shii
lights in the Democratic party to
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