The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-19

the President, if it be proper TO assume
that the President has any settled policy
Of his own. However. his amnesty Proc
lonation of the Sth of December, 1000
sneaks this emphatic language to the
masses of the population Lay down
your arms; renew your allegiance to your
eor.ntry. by solemn oath; submit your,
res 10 her laws, and be freemen AGAIN.
nMe is the language Uf lntelngen'
hanship; voise of wisdom SPEAK
n the experience of ages; voice
hanity which breathes compassion
u for such as have sinned, ard slnneo
pply: voice of hope to miserable ana
med men, and, altogether. the noolest
measure of justice which circumstances
allow 10 an insulted and outraged gov
ernment.
In this wise and liberal policy OF the
President, should he not be diverted from
it, there is more hope of restoration tnan
there is in millions OF bayonets without
it. Between the two policies, that OF the
President and that of his radical sup
porters, the nation is to choose. no"
much the nation depends upon 1t.
In bringing these remarks to a conclu-
sion, it is believed the writer cannot DO
the reader greater service than oy re-
rninding him OF the advice OF the great
Montesquieu, touching the case before US
He says: "Great punishments, ana
consequently great changes, cannot take
place without investing some citizens
with exorbitant power. 1t is, therefore,
more advisable ia this case to exceed IN
leuitv than severity; to Danish but few
rather than many, and to leave them
their estates, instead of making vast
number of conhscations. Under the
pretense of avenging the republic, the
aven gers would establish tyranny. Their
business is not to destroy the rebel, but
the rebellion. They ought to return as
quick as possible to the usual track o.
tue government, in which every one IS
protected by the laws and no one in
lured.
The Count de Gasparian, by tar the
ablest writer who has espOused our cause
in Europe, has, from the first, defended
the Union side with pen SO eloquent
and so profound as to enutle him to the
gratitude of every tue American. LIS
po sitlon, his talents, his knowledge, and
his virtues command for his opinions on
American questions the very greatest re-
spect As d Frenchman, ne had been
aole to add to the philosophical deduc-
tlons OF a great intellect, the benefits of
an actual experience amid scenes OF rev.
olutlon only recently known IN our own
country. 1t will be remarked how ac-
curateIy his views, anXIOusly promulga-
ted for our guidance in the present case,
accord with those above quoted from the
Spirit of Laws" He regarded the re
establishment" of the UnIon delicate,
but not unhopeiul task, and argued that
/ political liberty" would be found "a
powerful means therein" Speaking OF
the people of the United States, he says:
For nearly century, the sum told,
| they have lived together under the same
Constitution, with The same destlnies, by
no means devoid OF greatness. Such II
history is bond. More than one glori-
| Gus memory, more than one lllustrlous
name causes the hearts OF men to beat
| alike III the North and South. Far from
discovering there two people naturally
| hostile, L cannot help seeing a single peo-
| pie, W hose unity seems founded on in
destructable bases. Not only is there
unity of language, unity of origin, unity
of religion, but 1t would be uIfhcHlt to
find, apart from slavery, any cause of an
tagonlsm. The solldIty OF interest is
evident. There is no rivalry. The ag-
rfcultural South completes the manutac-
turing north. The rIcn cultures of the
South have need 10 prosper off the capi-
| tai OF the Nortn-uhe entire ports of lne
North, the vast commerce of the North ;"
II have spoken OF political liberty.
| 4 powerful means will also be found
therein Tor return to the Union. Af-
ter the defeat of the South there must
be neither victors nor vanquished. 1t Is
the admirable privilege OF free coun tries
that the words SuGjugation and conquest are
terms destitute OF meaning. A conquest
would leave deep wounds, (which it would
be difficult to heal. The suppression OF
rebellion leave no such traces. After, as
before it, the independence of the states
is maintained, their representatives sit
in Congl esq, parties contend tor their
votes, and their influence is exercised
over the general direction of affairs"
The first condition of the rc-es-
Enlistment of the Union is that the
North, victorious l suppose this hypoth.
esis), give proof of generosity. No re-
fusals, no recrimination, no inequalities,
even temporary. Think no more of the
past. Make haste to blot out those
measures of confiscation which griey G
Your friends. Do not say to yourselves
that the rebellious South has done the
same"
To re-esi ablish union is more difficult
} than to destroy it. 1t needs more forget
fulness of injuries, more magnanimity
and more virtue"
The America before Europe had not
) been issued from the press when the
Count De Gasparin had passed away
from earth. So that these solemn warn
ings may be said to speak to us from the
grave of the departed sage. Shall we
heed them? Possibly. Probably not
The time is one of evaporation. AL
feel, and few reflect. In two States E
msiority of the people has disfranchisec
the minority, expelled them from the
temple of liberty, and forbid their return
r. In the next Congress Mr.. Ashley may
have friends enough to pass his uneonsti
tutional eractments, and apply the sam'
measures of prescription to the million
, of Southern people. We shall see.
If the people of the United State
: shall deliberately commit themselves t.
such deed, the fact will do more thar
any event which has yet transpired t
: place definite value on all popular in
stitutions and to dispel an agreeable il
lusion which, for long while, has en-
gagged the imaginations of men.