The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-16

For the Claricnl .,;4 nc an II
I am much pleased with the spirit q an :
article in your Sunday mornings lsAue, gu Of
,;tlea The Wiser Course" 1t has pi0lnp'eo Il
me to put into immediate execution f1- q q
1,oso have for some time entertainer u =
writing few plain comment ''7' j.
70 nonnlar comprehension, upon poiIion' :
- CONSTITUTION of the United States, anu
-, ~. pature, powers and duties oil INC
! .l,..-,,r,ant which it created. As u! ~ /
-. viii be based upon the instrumeh. u
1If ard pnon iudiciaI and other autnoIl'a-
| o,-nositiops of it. I shall be at no 'Ao'iO-0
70 harmonic them with the oPiii'D--
theories Of any existing class OF men - -,
..ction of the country l am very ''-l
t,.;r,, one Of those who look upon .N.-.
b -, ..ae an instrument which died III 'L'
,ae,u On the contrary, / regard ~ -
d -, ,c,r all the vital force 1t ever h'''''
D. - Inns to our respect and Obedience
80 .,,osa which influenced Washl-a-
I.fT.rson. and the other "Eathei9 u ''-o
nl-,.,11ic ,, and the duties which 1t ihPoS''
-, the citizen have been the Sd'i'o
- e.. that era; the same IN Sli99-9-
z "a I ouisiana as in Maine and mass
6 a'PP' M doubt it has been often an"
= i.t,I1,. violated, but what law, Dl''N'
y ,r human, has not Surely no one y" - 80
rioosIy argue that the violation oI ( -.
. any kind impairs its validity OF -
hc obIioation resting upon every 0"
o. render obedience to it. - u;,c.
TO I1,.,.c sc.u little to he pleased Win 7''''
l.. .t.o ,.,r,ination Of hostilities, ana I'io -
- ii elm, TO which all looked ioI"a'' :.
7,,-ar,1,- = gradually fading away INTO '.'
~ ~. r,-,,ro I, this entirely the t'ul' ol 'i'
nor ,l-n,1,a5 Radical party of the North nav
2 i go nor a radicalism amongst CURSE
ff2 - unconstitutional and destFuc",'
IA. .4.+,,dopcies as ever existed any "i0'
IA mo we in n position ctfectuaHy 10 y y
ei'' -. +i,.,+ vice in Others! Let us caIelu'i
-me ,,,r own sins and set our oN
by .l,,..i IN order. When we have o"n7 .
era -hen. if there Is n conseiN"'>o
h.. md, real love of Constitutions li'''''
..r II, the land, we may hope TO IN" ~
..t;,, with Ms, but not till then l. ~ '''
me" ..,,i,nent and no such love be ioah" "
,ath, ...,+. tl,. majority of our countrymeh'
men. experiment of popular GoVerh'n'','
.ficp ,rnved failure, the hopes OF tA' P"',
.-, have been blasted, and the eou"''$' "
Rome in the time of julius Cesar iS an
'''' in need Of q master. ..-..
Gov H..f,re closing this brief Introductory
with ~. and because the subject would hoI
., ~ .,,..,,,ri.,fa1v fall under any particular
!, th. discussions propose to enter u
J,.ro il prudent to say few "oi"' "
ma" a.. I;tr.r,,ca between acts when ate
e 90 .t.+utional and those winch are -,
look ,,, in their character. To the well liiio1
,oadi- r.,dar It may seem supertuouS 10 III"
,:.4i,,cti,r between things so widely o'
> i'' ~, tJ,air nature and in the con9equ'
onciu- ..-,,,i,,., +i,er,; and vet l am satISiIe"
" the .,,.,,, o,,,fi,sion exists in the popular
oftI,n c.rc. to the matter. Nothing Is l
, -, +l,,,, to hear men who claim
.;,,r,t of y State to sccede from the C"I'
Il constitutional, at the @same time "elei
spirits ,,,,,,-,c.,dino as if it were revolution
would M; :; Inconsistent: for if constitution
vcu 1, M defense, and if TevolutlohI
,....s- oruooe If it was constitution
,,.,s q, oraat crime on the part OF the go
.-. r,en+ OF the United States to lhte'lSl' .
if. iGrsvolutiouary, that government Il
be''S option but TO put it down at Wha'eFo'
no EN- rifce Of blood and treasure. SI''h /
from Il this time, express an OPINION ol my o",
to the viii simply remark that d t's' a,,a
mpHces the people ol ',o ,,,rficnIar sect
y mp ,,,r5 snch Il proceeding as revolnti
IS dodge ,,I oil the States which had con
ovtradi- - t,o secession movement, hay
ooainst their recent conventions, so pfoho"h
When say that revolutionary II
e W dHfenggd id 295peSsf5n H9 n3s H5fH
only that, as between the governme
those who have attempted its destr
which we there can be no discussion as to the
to which of the controversy Were it othcrwE
,nce call should a government consent to II:
lprudent any defence. that defence-to amo
which ar. anything-could be only condemna
# certain itself such as would render it unfit tc
orr midst noverat all. 1t would, in short, rev'
e. These attitude of parties, by making the
ljury to mcnt the accused instead Of the pros
nefted by party.
gy which You speak in your article above
ring with to, "of the errors and injustice OF t
are aware ouerors, in their treatment of the c
ah thinks ed" | apprehcnd you did not wei
hcation OF language with due deliberation. )
ol''n 'ne expression would be consistent ana
eellnSS IN pirate in the mouth of Sumner or
ndeaN'reo who claim to have conquered the ;
Ice against fact; but surely You do not wish
en- VIII nov Yourself in the same category wit
II persons radicals you so resolutely denoun
'ty unsafe one I deny the doctrine in toto dc
,eople who +hara has been conquest or anything
Set''e III lingit. 1t is true that an armed It
me become to the laws of the land has been pr
aeilhG anu but the effect was simply to restore
ou cl''Ac"S ernment of the United States to t
ut through ,;.,,,,r i+s ,,don1tel constitutional
&c I4ct I""t leaving the rights of the States
re I'"'Hiui where they stood before, and thos
whose IA citizen. also, except in 50 far as he il
III cIlihe.- compromised them by his own cond
aoug us 10
g, to be of >@->
They come We learn from gentleman who
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