The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15
THE WEEKLY CLARION.
The EIecIion---1ve Mast hide eur
Time.

Time.
The.strean of political events
very unclean. Liberty regulated an
protected by law and founded upo
justice, has been unable to purify i,
and anarchy reveling in spoil
snatched from the majority withou
shadow of law or equity, will ,hay
additional inspiration, and may entai
upon the country ali the woes that rad
ical members and speakers have fore
Swallowed. We in iulged in the hop,
that the vote Of New York on Tues
day would put the radicals TO re.
necting upon the policy they have
been thrusting on the people, but /. n.
ty organization was too powerful, and
as sequence, radcalism has the reign
ofpower probably for the next three
years In New York the result must
have somewhat astonished even the
Republicans. In 1864, Fenton's ma
jority was 1907, and now instead or
addressing, as was expected, it in
slreased, according to some dispatches,
to about fifteen thousand. Hoffnan's
figures will hardly reach Seymours in
1864. Had this State gone for Hoff-
man, the President could have defed
the revolutionists, but now it remains
to be seen whether he will be able
to withstand the dangerous schemes
they have on foot
In Massachusetts, as If to add to
the revolutionary ambition of Stevens,
Butler and Forney, two negroes have
been elected to the Legislature. Chas.
j. Mitchell is selfeducated negro
and was nominated and elected by one
of the weathiest and most aristocratic
wards in Boston against an eminent
lawyer ofthat city The other success.
ful negro is Il. G. Walker, of Charles
town-a man reputed to be equal in
talent to many Of the white Legislators
of that State
Tuesday did not change the com
plexion of Congress materially, if we
are to credit the dispatches. Massa-
chusetts has ten radicals as before and
New York twenty. one against ten.
The Democrats loose one in Missouri
one in Wisconsin and one in New
Jersey, and only gain one in Maryland.
SO in the twelve States electing Rep
resentatives on Tuesday, the delega-
tons will stand about as followers
" Republicans 70; Democrats 10;
Democratic loss of two. Complete
! returns may vary this little, but we
doubt it. Still we must not give up
under this state of things and paralyze
ha manly efforts of the Conservative
party While we do not deem it pru.
: cent to take an active part in politics
gust now, still we must cheer and en-
courage those who are Iaboring in our
behalf The change is very percepti- !
BILE in public sentiment at the North,
and ifradicalism does not engulph us
before the close of Johnson's admins /
tration, conservatism will triumph 1t o
has much to contend with and was n
burdenedin the last election with some O.
+. unfortunate nominees. And then it y
has to carry along the anti-war men,
and combat the influence of holders of a,
paper and unadjusted claims, who fear N
the power of Southern Representation in
in Congress. Yet with these and na
. many other influences working against ri
them the conservatives have greatly eey
reduced the Republican MAORI st
ties in nearly all the States ar
Ohio falls short of the Repub- al
lican vote of 1864 some 10000; trl
Indiana about 10000, and several 9TH IN
er States have gone in proportion. u,
The vote shows our friends in the in
North are counted by millions, and as s sy
the passions and interests of men die yOl
away, the Conservative ranks are aug m n,
mented. So we say let us take cour- fur
age. If radicalism does not bring on at y
aelyil wtr before Che close Of the VIII
Presidential term the Conservative par viii viii
us bound triumph and reduce the Civ
flae fanatics Of New England to ut me-
4 doslnIetion. The course we should am
)ursue in the mear1fime il TINS very ~ ~
well stated by the Richmond Exami- owI
ner: 81 pre- pre-
Let us enforce an absolute unanimi 10
ty Gpurpose among ourselvcs-dis- Sta
lisg from decent recognition every con
one NO shows a willingness to en- 7
our Northern enemies, or to II.
discourage our reliable Northern J.
friends. Let us, by our department, lie tie
give present strength to our friends, usi
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