The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-26
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1fn. BARksDALE, late editor Of The
CLARION, now q member of Congress
and who divides the honor 81 leading
the Mississippi Democracy with Mr..
Lamar, occupied the same rslative posi- 4
ton % the Democratic party nine years
ago that Cen Chalmers does today.
Dir. Barkstsle said IN The CLARioS
Jan. !, 1874:
FThe vietsburz Berald don't agree With
~ that the Dsmocrntis party has outlived
It's day, and that Il ought, after II yearS of
ignouinious failures and defeats, 70 give
place 10 a new organiEation better adsPted
y the necessities Of the times and the spirit
sad temper Of the masses, and better cal
eulated 70 achieve the reforms which the
country needs"
oMaryiand, Kenineky. Virginia, Georgia, |
Tennessee aud Texas have been secured
againsf rgdicalism By their own over
ahelming white maiSrifies and the opera
lions 81 influences that don't exist elsewhere.
Having these maj0rities az their back the
Democratic leaders drew the race line, and
thus established a precedent for Radical
imitation fatal u Democratic aseeudeney
10 the southern States where the blacks
have the number
Again, on the 22d Of January, 1874,
InE CLARIOS said.
"The Meridian Gazette Is very much mis-
taken in supposinE that the Republican
neWspapers and politicians look with favor
| on the idea which b pcrceptibly working
| itt way into The minds Of the masses that
The Democratic party has outlived it, use
! faluess, aud by reason Of it, loss Of public
4 al
ieats, ought 10 be laid on the shelf for =
newer, purer and more athletic party
through which IL principles could be pre-
served and put into practice"
That j. the substance Of what Cbal-
mcr- says nov but he may like Banks
dale change bis mind again and become
a sim0n-purc Democrat IN the years 70
como. While there j. life there i hope
While the lamp Of true democr acy
'hines % stc.-Aynlanchc.
These extracts arc the same a. those
which have appeared in recent mum
bers Of the yicksburg Herald, and have
been made the proteIt Of fierce assault,
upon 3lr. Barksdalc nearly ten year.
aitcf their fret appearance. The pub
licat.ou OF them las been made in bu
two CLASSES Of papers. those that wish {,
impose upon the uniniormel, and tho.
that ere themselves unacqusinted will
Mr. BaTkslsls'5 political career W,
chad.ably suppose our Memphis &C
a temporary belongs TO the second class.
(. There t. this great difference betwee
.c Chalmers and Barksdalc. Chalmers la
but one central idea, war 10 the knii
on Democracy; while the one great eaol
'' Of Barksdale's life has been the owe
10 throw Of Radicaliim. No ono can poiI
" 70 the time when Mr. Darksdale va
70 ever 10 any other attitude 10 the Demo-
y racy Of Mississippi than that Of con
8 pIe'e accord. The paragraph; quote
az were written al time when our oW
Jl. local and state grievances we're so Al
MT sorbing that we we're not expected
have much thought Of national polite,
and when we did the question was, no
eau We best cast OF the Radical yok,
This question forced itself upon evel
n patriotic citizen. In the South wei
y numbers Of Old Line Wings, who we
nevertheless as much and as hearth
opposed to Radical tyranny and &C
er- ruption as Democrats; in the Nor
We also, besides the Democrats were lar
'u- numbers Of Republicans who we
no disguised with the Grant Admin
we ration. The I.question then We
M naturally presented itself to t
thoughtful student of I. the polite
.er situation, how to unite into one sol
er mass these fragments of parties all be
,p upon a single purpose. Mr.. Barksda
not ia common with other promine
II. Mississippi Democrats, conceived t
ne plan of throwing away all old Rsn
and organizations and enlisting L
der a new name to which none cou
est object Ia this number are TO
ay placed nearly all those who play
I'll a prominent part in the political re'
* luton Of 1875. The Outstanding CC
l. yention' at Meridian in 1873, oN
I'll which Hon. r. o. Reynolds presid,
on and among whose members were &C
-picuous, Gov. Lowry, Judge Calho'
.x. Gen. Foatherston and many other d
Tho tinguishcd Democrats, was actuated
III. this same motive.
nm II was out of this willingness to q
,,d up the name for the substance, that
cm word Conservative came to
n.y.. adopted, and, when it was found Il
TOR We might still look with hope to
Democracy Of the North, the party v
called the Dcmocmtic.C onser,at
in party.
md The course Of Mr.. Bark,dalc led mp
the tbc taxpayer. meeting irrespective
his pafty) IN 1874, out Of which finally ca
OF the great movement which in 1875
lies our STATE OF the rule Of Adventures {
TO plunderers.
the Similar ideas and similar moveme
i've were taking place in other South
States.
49,. Every sdsgcstiou OF Mr.. Barksda
ior met the hearty approval OF Mr.. Ian
al Gen. George had such confidence in
=. sagacity, foresight and devotion 10
49, cause that by special request he '
~. appointed confidential adviser Of
h.. State Democratic-C CONSERVATIVE Exc
- tive Committee in 1915 In 1876 he :
H., unanimously chosen as elector for
NJ, State at large; aud when the electo
college assembled 10 cast the votes OF
State, be was chosen its President.
1m- So whatever may have been Mr.. Bar
Xss dale's course st the time referred
al any statement or insiuuation that
Tres was not in accord with the Home Ri
TIC Democratic-C Conservative party Of n
eN sissippi, or that he was not promin,
can among its leaders, aud did not enjoy I
'nu confidence of the party must be ms
OF in the face Of the facts, and Of the l
ell forgotten history Of the period.
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ATTENTION is called to the circu
The issued by the Executive Committee