The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-07
Resolutions Of tAc 1fssfssirri EcSisiafure
i'm Reference Co the President.


President and especially in reference to
his construction policy so far as the
same hes been developed.
We think this action was proper on
the part of the Legislature and will meet
with the approval of the great body of
their constituents. We do not mean to
say that every act of the President or his
administration has met our appreciation,
or has been what we would have desired,
but when we take into consideration the
circumstances that have surrounded him
the new and untried difficulties of his
position, we must admit that he has
used the influence of his Office to check
the radicalism of the Republicans, and
has manifested an honest purpose to re-
store the Union on the most favorable
terms to US that could be accepted by
the Northern people. For this he de-
serves our thanks and support.
He is condemned by all the abolition
radicals, and denounced as having betray-
ed the country into our hands. They
are indignant that he should have par
doned so many thousands of wealthy
Southerners and accuse him of rebuilding
the aristocracy of the South. But few
weeks since he was denounced by
prominent speaker in the Republican
camp, as ''the counsel for the rebel States.
and the upholder of secession" These
miserable fanatics take the ground that
our property belongs to them, that we
belong to them, and that President
johnson by proclaiming pardon and am
nestY. has deprived them of a lawful prey.
Hanging, confscation, and our absolute
exclusion for all time, from any participa-
ton in the Government, would have been
the platform of the Republicans but for
President johnson.
Ifhe had favored confscation and ne9
gro suffrage, the Republicans would have
sustained him and forced them on our
people. He has moderated the counsels
States, and we think beyond all question,
preserved us from these terrible calam,
tiles. And ifhe has, in other respects,
failed to come up to our expectations-ifI
he has approved the execution of Mrs
Suratt and Capt. Writ he has refused
to pardon Jefferson Davis and many
other distinguished citizens, to whom we
think he ought to grant amnesty-still,
for the thousands that have been par
doned, for the honest efforts he has
made to aid us in the work of restoration ,
he deserves our confidence and support. |
All the Northern democrats approve his !
course on restoration they endorsed
him in their party conventions, and the
only opposition he has met in the North |
has been from our enemies.
All moderate men there, approve, and !
nuotain tho President in his plan of re-
construction, because they believe he is
right and that his policy will succeed in !
restoring US to the Union. Such men as
Wendell Phillips, Thaddens, Stevens,
Sumner and Cheever denounce it, be-
cause they want coniscation of Southern :
lands, and negro equality.
1t becomes Mississippi then, speaking
through her Legislature, to sustain the
President in his efforts to secure their
rights in the Union. Let US unite in
is support with the the good and true
men of the North, and strengthen their
hands in crushing out the Radicals who
desire our degradation and destruction.
B6r The Legislature adjourned yester~
day after prolongued session of forty five
days. There was very respectable
amount of ability in both Houses, and no
we have ever seen, appeared
more anxious to discharge their duties or.
worked more assiduously at the business
before them. We would have wished
more unanimity on many important