The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-12-13
II.e POLICY orNou1hern Inactivity.

Mastery inactivity the policy Of
the South is the caption Of an article
in late number Of the New York
News II would have MS remain pas
aiyc--watch and wait until popular
opinion insists upon the vindication
Of the doctrines Of our form Of gov
eminent We were welded TO this
policy few months ago, bat the rule
Of a faction thatrccognizes no obliga.
ton unlayorable to their partizan as.
pirations, and which have been fully
revealed by the action Of Congress
during the past week, conynccs ms
that We should raise our voice against
the radical efforts 10 extort from Us
the surrender Of our principles TO
be lordcd over and acknowledge the
authority Of a master racc--to let our
tongues and brains remain tied or still
sink into a mental inactivity and in
dOlcncc which is uusuitcd TO our
tempcramcnts, and not in any way
likely to bring as any ultimate good,
while party in thcirmad zeal for pelr
and power are about to destroy
the temple Of liberty and bring
anarchy and revolution upon the
peoples entirely too much for us
to permit TO pass without pro-
test To do nothing, so far as po-
liticnl action Is cOncerned-to simply
watch and wait until time teaches the
masses Of the North the necessity Of
redecmng the rcpublicanism Of the
United States and instructs how to
work out the problem Of the interests
Of the South, is something we cannot
consent 10 DO We must assure our
friends Of the News 1--WE really think
them such) that we have outgrown
the principle Of "passive resistance"
The doctrine will not do for us now.
w G have discovered Il Fabian policy
does not suit the young Republic that
has wnrrcd with itself and applied the
torch and the brand to happy homes
and free affairs within its own limits.
because the fury Of n fanatic lew had
gullcd and over excited them. 1t is
true the masses will open their eyes
and find that they have been made
the tools and victims of designing
men; that party and party interests
were the considerations that produced
heir actiOn--that the masses were in
Iced the dupcs, and that the now pro-
dominant party are certainly the class
'fpoliticians Shakespeare says some
where, would circumvent God. |
Nnd this we believe can only be done
y a loud and constantly reiterated |
to the controlling party,
ma wnicn We frHr our Uld fiirud, the I
Jews, by innucndO, would have us bow
,, and go home on our plantations
I'd SOW the wind, and thus leave our
elves TO be drowned by the whirlwind
( misrule and unjust taxation. We
re disappointed in the advice of the
Jews We had, in the drcary days Of
ur struggle, been checred by the
opetul words sent us through the
ages of this journal; but we are now
,artled with advice which sounds TO
3 no better than the harsh clanking
I chains in a prison cell. With the
roceedings Of the radical caucus and
congress before it, we cannot believe
nc News was serious, when its editor
lyiscd us TO become erich aud pros l
crous, and that we should obtain fair
rms from those now endcavorinp
, secure the surrender of our prin- 4
pies. II we have the credit of
rength enough to endure. we Ger. I
Iinly have strength enough to raise
ur voices. "The Government of the
nited States is our only govern
cnt, and in its honor and glory
ust we find ours" With the policy
Congress laid bare before us, we 1
'nnot afford to remain passive. Mas
rly inactivity TO our mind is baleiul.
elton of an Independent yet steady &
Nurse is our best reliance. There is {
rtainly better fate in store for us {
an that of patching our rags, '
lgging our chains and living as t
ayes. We must make ourselves $
'ard if we would gain it. c