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

affections of the whole people, and the Union
vould give greater assurance of perpetuity
| than AT any former period ofits existence.
Strange iSis, that if those who advocate
and adopt the punitive and unrelenting pol
| ;cv Il, which allnde, are really what they
N.s,fsss r., h.. friends of the Union and of the
| country, they do not profit by the teachings
| of ali history and learn that in the moral
| as we'll as the material world, like produces
| I;ta.--that whilst the exercise OF passion,
prejudice. and vindictive power never fall to
exasperate and ALLEVIATE, and to perpetuate
| eonfiict of opinion, rendering truth ana ~
nncence more resolute and uncompronls-
- falsebood and error more persistent and
da1garous: on the other hand, the exhlbl-
ton of mercy, moderation and magnlmlty
nroduce a corresponding gentleness IN the
subject of their action, and II they DO NOT
convince and convert, at least dlSarHi Oppose
ron and secure confidence and cooperation.
Were there not, IN the providence OF God,
a man placed at the head OF pubhc AFFAIRS
yvbo knows how TO appreciate the character
and prfessions of the Southern people Who
knows that although we may be HnpuIsiNe
and wrong in our opinions and action, We
arc az least. incapable of treachery and dis
stimulation; 3 man OF enlarged ana coihpfe-
hansive views who can rise above the pestl-
lantiaI atmosphere of party TO VindleaIe
principle; one OF that Int1exlblhty OF pur-
hose that is now required to stand unmoved
At the helm and hold the quiyerlng ship up-
on her course until she outrldes the storm,
we might wen despair, not only OF any
amelioTatiOD of our condition, but OF the
Republic itself, and of constitutional hOertY,
vvbicI, yould inevitably become the victim
of a suicidal and remorseleSs fanaticiSm
The manner in whick the Southern heart
has expauded and its respect and confidence
have been extended TO one who, when out
more than twelve months since he was IN
exnecredlv called to the position he now oc-
eunies. was ungueStioably the most obnoN-
ious of all men TO the great mass OF the
southern people, proves kincontestably what
have suggested as to the effect OF 3 like
conciiatory policy on the part of the legls-
Iative branch of the government.
l do not mean to say, that, as the result OF
that policy, social and sectional distinctions
would have been at once obHteratedi that
an immediate balm would have been applied
TO bleeding and broken hearts; thar we
would have been false to the memory of our
lamented dead, OF have ceased TO honor oar
yenerated 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
disaupear Nor is it neces' airy, that i'll
order 10 vindicate what is termed our
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, rs to make a COM
pliance with these unnatural demands a test
of our allegiance, or the evidence of our
fealty 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 | have shown,
given the most ample proof of the sincerity
of our professions: enough TO Justify the
conviction with every unbiased mind, that
had the poiicy 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 front unbroken and ivincible
Bur 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 rs 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 10 our present and future re-
latiOns toward that portion of our population
whose civil, and to come extent political, (
status has been changed by the results Of
the var.
To BE CONTINUED.