The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-26

clearly The wishes, views and opinions OF
that neople. do unanimously and most to
respectfully present this memorial. in
The late civil war has ended. Mlssis oy
sjpui has returned 10 her loyslty ana al tn
leeiance to the government of the Unlteo in
Sstes Her Surviving sons have come M
hack to their homes and families. again a,
to mingle in the pursuits of peace. her
REPRESENTATIVES. have once more met In "
her executive, judicial and legislative Fl
halls. to counsel and act together for the a
peaceful interests of the State. g.
-TThose opposed eyes,
(Which. like the meteors of a troubled Heaven C
| "All of one nature, of one substance Bred O
! "Did lately meet in the intestine shock 8
"And furious close Of civil 2utehery. Le
| ,Shall no " il. mutual well bsseemlng RANKS I.
| March all one way.
Thanks to the generosity and magma
nimity that has so far accompanied tno
victor's triumph in this great struggle
hut few forms are missed, save those
| thousands who lie in the silent grave;
where the call of much loved State anu
the honest convictions OF duty, have sen.
: them untimely, to seek that PARDON 'hA'
| earthly King Is not asked TOT, Dor
our President bestow. But among those
few forms still absent, there Is one known |
tbrouohout the State, familiar TO the
y thoughts of every household, an honoreo
:. form. without whose presence In our
: midst the sorrows of the conquered can
= not he lessened, nor the triumph OF the
victor in civic struggle be made glorl-
a Gus and enduring.
- The Legislature respectfully alludes TO
to Jefferson Davis, now confined by your
40 order IN a military prison. Emphatlcally
tha SON of the State endeared to her
ID bv his Younger days of promise, ana by
his maturer years of honor her Repre-
sentative in Congress and her Senator
Sc in those noble halls rife with the ell
oonence and patriotism of Clay, q Gal
Sc houn, and q Webster, IN whose starry
c;rcIe of brilliant influence over the
ouinions Of men, he shone forth with h0
reflected lustre her gallant represents,
re. tive upon those well remembered neloS
n. of Mexico, where his sword lea the was
. tn the triumph of our arms and the glor)
%. of our flag the Secretary OF War Tor tn
notion and whose administration OF I'M
b;gb and responsible duties OF that once
y was without one blemish or o slngl
,. stain-a son, whose integrity ana purlt,
of character. devotion to principle, LOT
titude when suffering, and generosll
when successful, have endeared MIN :
tvo) every heart whose name ID househoA
ously word the accents OF whose voice are
sd n,' remembrance upon our ears, ana VI
Break glance
serve tion-that son is still away, not sharll
zee Ss in our present toll and labor IN reorga
izinp the social structure nor. sharll
# and aither as he and we should Wlsh' u
~, snp ,ad nr;vations. the suffering and the pc
hurch sonal calamities, that the fortune OF
'ss, as as have so amply entailed upon our Peep
muslin Between us and him, there Is a Gee
vide spread, and neVerto-oe1orgo''
IN sympathy and association.
| rloca mere
Misses that prompted the people OF MlssisSll
visited 10 their course during the late contes'
e yarn They commended not ''for power, or pr
Skirts dor or extended rule" but as they h
he COW ostlv believed, "for their hearths,
6 down their affairs and their homes" Inc
S''A' tempted revolution was the peoples Q
Tapes, work and Jefferson Davis was their G
9 TO the sen instrument. Called to the promln
sirable, position he occup1eu' no ""o
> OF the ctotes His sin, if it be a sin, was our
His failure. which want OF success
,ty, and made a crime, was our crime; and II
! Indies thought of bitter polgnancy 10 US
ing Skirt onr q ,onle. whsn the dark clouds
: & Z. ,.ivil war are vanishing. and the suns
11DE of constitutional freedom IS again
breathed, that our destiny Is not sh
n nv him: that we are free, and ne In DC
w. that our families are STRIVING 10 WIPE
ERs sno sx@ in ~ sorrow over an abseut
nTisoned husband and father that
dark cloud passing away from US,
overshadows him the sunlight WI
lUORS heoinnipg to see, visits not his p
nor is the atmosphere OF freedom
breathe, invigorating his person.
The liberation OF efferson Davis
5 Is \ hia return to the State of Mississippi
work no danger to the great natlon
..-..-4S whose councils you have, In the
dence of God, been called to pres
His arm is powerless Tor injury MS
lect too great and noble, 10 lnsPir'
IS as A0 with .::a gle thought of renewed g
- MA heart In too much sympathy W.
oeon,e. not to compel him TO 1--we
- "a loyal citizen henceforth.
Ven0eance cannot be proper rig
of anv people OF earthly power.
Nc 1aarce il mine, and | will repay IL,
Ihe Lord. Vindication of natlona
or ia not needed, when the sWoro
terribly accomplished that Wor
are further examples necessary 10
.,.st With q recurrence of the late civil ST.
my care at land Redeemed with blood homes
ped to any lated and desoIated; cities ana
ton. with little left bu: blackened,
and empty walls fields, once RI
ltute. b bsrren, are n1 So oentIy eloquent
n p r purpose. And if vengeance or
" ~ = vindication, is needed tor future
lr bSSs on our people should 1t be visi
IN. should they be vigorously punlsl
y, VIII s.n,n fair The people of Mississippi, w1
l a1 additional Jefferson Davis well, know tha
term. il such thing as moral IMP
tits morally impossible that his
be Justly chargeable with assas
with cruelty or with crime.
$, address 0Oy never entertained, his hand ne
help to any such atrocity. IL G. 9.
-, .hs dsl.v crease the glory of the nlted ?!
dr., ,dr. and TWEEN promote the safety and staoil'
Feb. LIST. ls66 General Government, that the
pay 1877 5. |.de or the scaod, or the gallows
sept 27dtf made the cure alls" for poiitic
- ces nor can it harmonic ana
N, people, if jefferson DAVIS P
place OF exile. or grave, Is to DC
every hour in thought, and eve