Daily Mississippi clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-08-04

affections Of the whole people, and the Union
xvonld rive greater assurance of perpetulty
than NJ any former period ofits existence.
'-- STRANGE itis. that If those who advocate
II aJo5t the uunitive and unrelenting pol
;cv ~ which allude, are really what they
nrofass TO be,fIiends of the Union ana OF the
country, they do not profit by the teachings
of ali history, and learn that IN Tine moran
as we'll as the material world, ike produces
like that whilst the exercise Vi Pa sa;i e.
..ra;,d;ce and yindictive power never fall TO
r. Generate and ALLEVIATE, and TO PerpetuaIe
oonAyct of opinlOn renderieg truth ana lh-
n"cance more resolute and uncompromls,
;po falsehood and error more persistent anu
llS ,,arons ON the other hand, the exhibi-
go of mercy. moderation and magnlmlty
nroduce a corresponding gentlenesS IN the
subiect of their action, and IL thcy no hou
convince and convert, at least dlsarm opposi-
tion and secure confidence ana co-opeI6Ilon;
Were there not, in the providence OF God,
mon niaced at the head of public affairs
Who knows how to appreciate the character
and nrfessions of the Southern people who
knows that although we may be lmpulslNc
and wrong in our opinions ana ACTON, VIC
arc at least, incapable of treacheTy ana as
stimulation; a man OF enlarged ana colhpIe-
bensiye views, who can rise above the pestl-
lential atmosphere of party TO NlhdlcaUe d
nrinciple; one OF that ntexlDlnty OF puI-
nose that is now required to stand unmoVed
at the helm, and hold the qulveflng SNIP up
IN her course until she outrldeS the storm,
we might well despair, not only oil ans
confederation of our condition, but Of the
Repnblic itself, and of constitutional hDcrtN,
which wouId inevitably become the yictn
of a suicidal and remorseless tanaticism.
The manner in which the Southern heart
has expanded, and its respect and confidence
have been extended to one who, when bnJ
more than twelve months since he was I'M
exneetedIv called to the position he now oc-
cupies, was unquestioably the most obnoX-
ions of all men to the great mass OF the
Southern people, proves kincontestably what
I have suggested as to the effect OF IKE
! conciliatory policy on the part of the legis-
! Iative branch of the government.
do not mean to say, that, as the result OF
| that policy social and sectional distinctions
would have been at once Obliterated; that
an immediate balm would have been applied
TO bleeding and broken hearts; that we
would have been false to the memory Of our
! lamepted dead. OF have ceased to honor our
yeperated living; or that the oppressive
sense of a great public sorrow would have
| been at once removed; nor do l mean that
| the natural antipathieS Of race, transmitted
/ from the deludge down. would speedily
disannear. Nor is il neces, airy, that in
!
| LOYALTY" we should become social monsters,
! sitting the instincts of our natures,
| ignoring the claims of friendship and
| the ties of blood, and degrading our
| selves to the level of an inferior race. those
| who are So swayed by passion, and so dead
! to every generous emotion, as to make a COM
! pliance with these unnatural demands test
Of our allegiance, or the evidence of our
| fsaltv to the government, would be satisfied
! with no sacrifice We could make, however
great, nor with any suffering we might en-
| dure. We have already, as l have shown,
| given the most ample proof of the sincerity
of our professions: enough 10 Justify the
| conviction with every unbiased mind, that
| had the policy of the Executive been the
| policy of the government, we would to-day be,
| practically and politically, reunited people,
| working earnestly together for the common
good of the country, and presenting 10 the
| world d front unbroken and ihvincible.
! But whatever has beed or may be the ac-
| ton of the Federal government with refer
/ ence TO the Southern States, it cannot release
/ the people of those States from the duty and
| the necessity of gathering up, as far as prac-
/ ticable, and applying to the best advantage,
! the fragments that remain of our former
prosperity, and of prosecuting vigorously
/ the great work of social and economical re-
generation npon which We have entered.
At the very threshold of this work we are
confronted by problem of momentous i'm
/ port upon the solution of which depends
! very greatly the welfare of ourselves and OF
/ posterity,-as To our present and future re-
/ lations toward that portion of our population
/ whose civil, and to some extent political,
status has been changed by the results Of
/ the war.
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