The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-01
Our Jackson Correspondent.

an InFesllEdtlOu OI tQe L4dItCLOuo aAO
unfounded charges preferred against him.
The parties pros cutting are no doubt
heartily ashamed of their bunglIng efforts
and signal failure in the premises.
In the case OF the occupation of Mr..
Carson's residence as hosp tai for "refh-
gees and INDECENT freedmen" the militia
~ authorities have seen proper to reverse
their action The negroes were removed
10 day, and Mr. Carson and family are In
The undi=tuFbei possession of their home,
The day is past in Mississippi when those
who, either ignorantly or wilfully miscon-
caive their instructions, can ride rough
shod over private rights. Thank God,
we have Governor who is such in fact
as we'll as in name, and better still, we
have President that manfully sustains
him Defeated, conquered, subjugated
as we are, there are rights which we never
have, nor never can YIELD
Ali of your readers will doubtless be
pleased to learn something of Gov
Clark. He is still at Fort Pulaski. He
declined making application for pardon
until the action of his State was made
known to him. Having learned that, he
has forwarded here for transmittal to the
President, his application. 1t covers
about five pages toolscap; and those who
have seen it say it does honor to the head
and heart of the noble old hero. That
he will be promptly released from con-
finement and restored to the people who
honor and revere him so well, there is
very little doubt.
Ply the way, l very often hear the ques-
ton asked, why is it that the press of
Mississippi, with a solitary exception !
believe, have declined to publish the
noble and eloquent appeal of the ladies
of the State in behalf of Jefferson Davis
and Charles Clark which appeal was
addressed to the convention, and so far
endorsed by that body as to request its
President 10 transmit it direct to Wash
ington. I have New York paper before
me in which the document is reproduced,
with more than column of editorial in
eulogy of the women of Mississippi for
their frank and fearless avowal of devo-
ton to lost C use and defeated leaders,"
| cannot forbear further extract:
"All honor to the women of the South
brave in the day of battle-true in the
houi of defeat-nobly proud of glorious
struggle-tenderly reverential to a lost
cause. The women of every land are
debtors to them.
mo tacit reproach, no implied censure
falls from the tongue or pen upon the
dead but hallowed cause, for which the
South took up arms not even to ootain
the object of their prayers will they throw
a sldr upon the cause that has been up
borne over seas of blood and pillows of
fire, that has called into existence
depth of devotion and heroism of self
ta2rifice more glorious than success
cluse illustrated by the brayery and vir
the of its defenders-that living was the
object of every hope and the burdern of
every prayer, and that now dead, lies
"Emblrned in the nnermost shrine of each heart
No, no, that would not be in unison
with true womau's nature. Need we
then wonder at its absence in an appeal
from the daughters OF Missis.
sippi-an appeal which we in common
with them believe President johnson will
not prove insensible to. addressed to him
as 1t Is, from the mothers, wives and sis
ters of his own native, loved South; yea,
from the heart of every true woman in
the land.
My dear Clarion, l am very sorry to see
that yourself and our paper-the Conven-
ton paper-the Presidents paper-the
jackson Daily News--are daily becoming
more hostile towards each other. You |
must be careful. TIE organ of the peo-
pie will swallow you up-demolish you. |
You must remember that it has been
Sustained" and that its utterances are
those of one having authority. 1t has
the inside track, aud, so far as the public /
printing is concerned, will make a tre- |
mendous effort to keep it. New let an
outsider, but close observer, give you a |
little confidential advice. In the first
place you must, in order to keep on equal |
Terms with others, commence putting all
The candidates for the Legislature that
are likely TO be elected in the several
,onties. Where they have no opposition,
and their elt ction is therefore certain.
you must pile on the adjectives and com
pliments in the strongest possible manner
you must congratulate the State that
such profound statesmen have been
selected, and that with thom in the conn.
ell chamber, "the country is safe" But
Why tell an editor how, and when. and
whom TO puff? That is his business and
he editors of certain journals not a
miles from the Capital, have
reduced i to q science
But seriously, | think it would be wei
'or the Legislature to let out the public
printing to the lowest and best bidder
A shrewd calculator has estimqted that
he printing for the next two wears which
will be required by the Legislature and
~ all the departments of the State GOV
will draw from the public treas
Try the snug little sum of seventy five or
me hundred Thousand dollars. Ouite