The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-09-13
ID rre.ldenllnI ION.


monstrotious of popular enthusiasm.
At nost Of the important places visit
cd by the President. there deems 10
have been spontaneous ou'ponriug of
the masses, all eager to welcome and
honor the great Defender Of the Con
sltution Many Of the receptions
given 10 the President were splcndidly
arranged, aud conducted on scale OF
magniGcencc rarely cqualle1 in the
United States. An this is indeed graf
flying 30 those who approve the pc
liucnl policy Of his EXccllcncy-
Banners, transparicnccs, Examinations
the shouts Of assembled thousands,
aud the booming Of cannon, although
exciting mud grand, Of themselves
amount 10 but little, under many cir
cumstanccs In reference to the Pres.
idcnt, however, such demonstrations
become 30 the nation n sim and gym
bOl Of political redemption, and are
bat so many types indicative popu-
lar sentiment This grand pageant is
but nm outward demonstration OF the
voice Of the people, ms the same will
ere long, be uttered from the ballot
box, and encourages us 20 believe that
the people of the nation are resolved
to reconstruct the dismcmbcrcd Union
ON the old foundation Of Constitution
nj Liberty, and utterly aDuihlatc that
corrupt Radical faction who seek 10
subycrt the true principles Of the GOV
eminent and firmly inauguralo rGgh
Of lawless dcspotism and social degra
dation, throughout the extended Dor
dcrs of the Republic The events of
the last twenty or thirty years have
tended, We admit, momcntnrily to
shake the faith Of the most hopeful
advocates Of republican liberty, in the
capacity Of the masses for self GOV
crnmcnt, and to create fears that the
experiment IN the science Of govern
mcnt made by the great men of l77G,
would ultimate in disastrous failure.
Recurring, however, to the cheering
signs Of the present and feeling the
hcnlthfuI pulse Of the people Of all
sections, throbbing with newly awak
cncd aspirations Tor Constitutional
Liberty, the hopes Of the most lie
spondont are revived, and all of u4I
may well believe that tire day of ma
tional redemption * not far distant
that there is enough virtue and wisdom
in the land to lead the government
back to its original position; aud that
future generations, admonishcd and
by the disastrous past,
will give pcrmanencc and glory TO the
political institutions founded by our
wise and brave ancestors.
During four terrible years Of blood
and dcsolation the people of the United
States have suffered and languishcd !
from the strange and unnec
ossNry struggle, we found ourselves
stripped of wcalth--crppIcd in all our
resources with dismcmhcrcd Union
and, worse than all, an absolute
loss of all the guarantees provided for
the security of Liberty, As nation,
we dwell in the midst of darkness aud
gloom. We hope, however, that the
crisis which is upon us viii eycntuate
in thcrcturn of light Even now, we
see in the popular demonstrations
above referred to, the golden dawn Of
that approaching day of redemption,
when our whole political sky shall
once more become radicnt with the
beams OF real liberty; when the pros
rato columns and melancholy ruins
OF our once glorious Republic shall
be raised from the dust, and recon
stuctcd into temple of freedom,
beautiful as the structure built hy our
fathers and far moro enduring; and
when prosperity and happiness, in
vokcd from dcsolatiou and sorrow by
the magic poecr et tie people, shall
once moro bless the land of WAslnNa.
TON.