The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-17
False Premise-False Conclusion.

4 Washington special to the Gtobe-
)emocrat announces that Senator LAMAR g
Ias appointed EDGAR :. WILSON, editor o
f the Ne,e MississiPpian, his private z!
ecretary. 50 far. so good; and we con- u
Brother WILSON that he has u
,een so highly honored by our distin-
suished Senator, and we congratulate b
Col. LAMER that he has been able TO t
secure the services of Mississippi editor
- no will creditably fill the position but
recently So gracefully held by Brother
JoNAs Of the Eramjaer. But there are
statements in the special which are hard
IL ineligible to US who are not "unac-
quainted with the peculiar politics of
Mississippi"
IL is first stated that in making the
appointment Senator LAMAR sis proba-
bly, actuated by the desire to bind to-
gether the two elements in the party,
and then, that his appointment of VII
son, however, will give great encourage
ment to the faction thus recognized,
and it is highly probable that the
breach will grow wider instead of being
closed. a. the Senator doubtless intends"
| These two statements are contradictory,
| to say the least of them, and whether
! they mean this, that or the other, is not
| easy of ascertainment. But no matter
what they mean, they are false in assum-
/ ing that there are factions in tue Demo
cratic party in Mississippi. The truth
i. that there is as much harmony among
Democratic party leaders in Mississippi
a. in any State in the Union. There
are in the party, freetraders and protec-
tionists, neutrality-suspicious. and
anti railroad -supervisionists, prohibit
tionists and anti-prohibitionlsts, but
there are no factionists. Certain leaders
have their followings, bat among these
I may be found men of all shades of poit-
ical thought Our assertion In this re-
gard is amply proven by the vote which
Col. LAMAR received at the elections
when he was chosen Senator. On both
occasions he received the vote of every
Democrat in the Legislature. He was
not voted for as the leader of fac
ton, but as the choice of Mississippi,
for the exalted position to which he
aspired.
While we do not intend to involve
= ourselves In a controversy with the Neu
Ilssissippjaa about the propriety of its
policy concerning certain State matters,
recognizing as we do the right of any
journal to differ with us, we feel war
ranted in saying that no act of Senator
LAMAR's official life justiies the intima'
ZION that he endorses "a policy which
means a division of the whites, in Mis-
e sissippi at this or any other time. On
a the contrary. he believes, az does TIL
d CLABIoN, that the safety, honor and
l. welfare of the State depend upon the
qualification of the white vote. There
may be persons in Mississippi who nurse
+ the hope that the white people may
become divided so that the election may
/ be controlled. by the negro vote, bH
j Senator LAMAR is not one of them, no.
+ is he in sympathy with them, because
all such are either avowed Republican,
or Democrats IT. disguise.
Having said this much we append
the special:
WASHINGTON, d. C. December IL
, Senator Lamar has appointed Edgar
r Wilson, editor OF the New Mississippian
|. | his gciyafe secretary. There Is a signlfi
canoe aboui lris which will hardly be APP
preciated by tiose aspecGuainted with tn
peculiar politics Of Mississippi. lr, vii
= son belongs to the young aDd ptog4e4aig,
n Democracy of his State. He has been
r hard fighter against the old, conservative
| and ba5 l-9t been at all mild in the war
t fare he has easlied on through the columd
}, Of lis paper against t50nrbolism, ballot
G box stuiiing and all tbe methods which
gave the party bad name Ia the so4th
! He has vigorously opposed features o
Governor Lowry's administration and ha
q pursued policy which means division
Of the whites in that state as soon as tn
) race question loses its overshadowipg sig
l. nifcance. The Senator's action will b
= construed in Mississippi as a recognition
= Of the young and hard fighting element
and si-e more so in view of the fact tina
8 Mr.. Wii.av d really here as candidate
d for much more In. oEelnt position thar
private secretary, the latter bai8s : goo
stepping stone. He desires under Demo
cratic administration the place now hel,
d by Col, James Hill, the Internal Revenu
u Collectorship. That district includes tn
= State of Mississippi. fhe bead office
- at Jackson, and there are deputies ~ al
e the principal places OF the State 1t i
d recognized as probably the strongest pc
= litical office in Mississippi. Foote, th
colored man who was killed az Yazo
d City year ago, was one of Hill's deputie.
lie Print Matthews, the Copiah County victim
was another Senator Lamar is actuate
/ Icy the desire to bind together the two ele
.nenes in the party. His appointment c
st Wilson, hoa eyer, will give great encoul
II lgement to the tactio4 thEs recognized ar
. il il highly probable that the l.earh wi
grow wider instead of being closed, as III
= Senator doubtless intended.