The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1865-12-10
The Recenssrsctisn Peliey e she hs.
publfcsn Persy.

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The great majority Of the hepuon0an
party North, assume that the President
has failed in his plan OF reconstruc'ine
the southern States. The most moderate
assert that to ensure ito success.
] the States lately lin hostility 70 tne
Union should, through. their conventions,
and Legislatures, establish free State con
lstitutions, declare the ordinances OF se>
cession null and void, repudiate the war
debt, adopt the constitutional amends
ment, and give the negro the same
protection for person and property that
the non.voting white population receive.
It seems to US that If President johnson
intended to insist on all these Is essenti-
al conditions to restoration, he should
have SO stated in official communications
to she Provisional Governors. The great
mass of the people believed that If slavery
was once given up, and free State Con.
stitution adopted we would without fur,
ther trouble be admitted to an equal par
ticipation in the affairs of the Govern
ment. Representatives to Congress and
Senators have been elected in all the
Southern States except Texas, and they
are now at Washington seeking admis--
sion.
So far as we know, . majority OF the
members elect, are moderate conserva-
tive men, and as unobjectionable to the
Northern people, as any who could be
selected. The constitutions of the States
they represent are free, and all require
the persons and properly of the freedmen
to be protected. Solar as the constitutions
are concerned, they are certainly as fa>
yorable to the freedmen, as those of q
majority of Northern States, Yet, if the
speeches of leading Republicans in and
out of Congress are to be credited, if the
influential papers of that party indicate
the popular feeling, our representatives
will be excluded. It will be assigned as
reason for this, that the Southern States
failed to support the Presidents policy,
and that on account of this failure, a
new plan of reconstruction must be in
augurated by (ongaess.
In pursuance of this programme, the
Washington Republican, one of the
mouth>pieces of Radicalism, publishes in
late number, bill which has been
drafted, and presented to several Sena-
tors and Representatives, now in Wash
ington for their approval, and states that
it will be introduced into Congress inn
mediately after the organization of that
body. It provides for the appointment
by the President, with the consent o. the
Senate, of Provisional Governors for all
the States lately in rebellion, the salary
to be that fixed by the law of each State.
The Governor is to appoint all the
Judges, State and County officers, who
are to be governed by the. laws Of the
State except such acts as were passed
after the secession of each State. The
proclamations and public orders Of the
Governor are to have the force and effect
uisaz> ssr1es Tor voting are to be
opened in each county, and before reg
istration, the voter is required to swear
that he has never held civil or military
Office under the Confederate Government
that, as q member of the Legislature
or Convention, he has never voted for
any ordinance of secession he
denies the right of secession, and declares
that no will support the acts of Congress
and the proclamations of the President
on the subject Of slaves. 1t also provides
for the election of delegates to new con-
ventions, whose acts are to be submitted |
to the people tor ratification. When the |
Constitutions are ratified, Congress is to
decide as to whether they rerepublican |
and represent the desire of the mass of the |
people of each State. II Congress Is sat
sfed,' an act is passed admitting |
he State; when it becomes, in all re-
Ipects, similar to the other States of the
Union.
As yet, we have NO intelligence Of what
occurred on yesterday at Washington.
70 our next issue, we may be able to
i've our readers some information of the
of Congress. We are not
anguine OF the admission of our del.
gates, but no such bill as the Republican
can pass without long and
discussion.
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