The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-12

: Taent, as stubling blocks in the wav {
, peaceful government. Now that the war ha
: afendcd and o1r civil Governor has bee
trecosnized by the President, we think tn
Q tlme las come, when the laws of the Ian
b should be upheld, rather than disregard
ea ny the strong arln Of military power.
!. IN tifa.. Fl war the laws = silent" surel
u Is but fair to presume that in time G
: Ie@ee tAelr authority is supreme.
ii -tsc widow orssonewaII Jackson.
! We recognize in the following article th
} gifted pen d. .col. L. J. Dupree, Editor of tn
! Memphis Bti1,etin
f1'en-g yeas viii not have elapsed befor
horn soldiers Lee, Johnston JaksoD
b4a@g, 3nQ their followers, viii be eulogizet
bT4oItheID orators and historians, with tht
t2r1l tlless now employed i'll detracting from
their worth. As the augmentation of {
misees heard stimulates the passion fol
fgaln, so ne fame, won by Grant Sherman
- SiIeridan, VIII excite in every american
-.,os2I.tae &lesire to appropriate, as National
the virtues. OF heroes as worthy of immortal
T nov.lrass hose more favored by power and
t71lune. Mankind may still insist that their
4 - ltlca t-e0ries wero false, but genius sand
4eroisHl c2a neYeE. be lecalized Waslline.
ton ) lrgiuian, was BOT the less a1 Ameri-
can. When passions, prejudices and ephe-
FcIhi ha have spent tier force when
st phcEs I0rZats the losses to which he was
su ected bp ,irs1and sword; when Sumner
sleep as aJa1dly IN Massachusetts, as Pres
Il 1 Brooks in South Carolina; " hen lie VI
/ taz4-y u 2 p21ty IL 10 longer denendant on
i local antIpatl3es end geographical facts !;
| tlen continent stall boast of men, whose
4 capacity as soldiers and skill as leaders were
i only defnedby the agencies of success plac-
\ ed aT
/ olaItated mainly IN the comprehension of
! M cchauStiesS resources; Lees, in the sue
| cess U;th r.ii Ii he resisted o1nnipotence.
Sherman's tT.unphs were no morew onder-
IfIan Joe JohnstoITs avoidance of battle
loo, not Johnston, was outgeneral
'IneH battle was no longer inevitable, John.
5ons leadership no lons inspired the con-
ldence ofan army nor oi.aled it with con-
clon5uess OF iIiyincibility. Sherman and
JoAlistoh were equally, great leaders, and
80 oI honor they have won was American
" hen that most wonderful of all chieftains
who posssssed among soldiers that inco1n-
pIc-eilsiDIc power OF magnetism, Which per
sltlls TO popular Gators we have known,
whose very pIosonCo made heroes OF towards
and diittlsed It's magical influence through
regiments and divisions, whose glance was
,+cstiny, and words and acts, inspiration
this nan StonewalI IJackson, an enthusiast, |
DoEh 10 victory, shall be deemed as worthy |
% ssttOlt tS tic AiOSt SUl(llGH
tic Union, Admit him wrong. that his love |
Ior Nlrg iniae was criminal inasmuch as it |
made HIM abhor New England, and then in !
lmlc&I 10 the Union, he was still marvellous
Z nips, hero, christian and patriot. He |
" tr5 hardly TESS admired by Northern than by I
Southern sOIdiery. The man was saperated l
from the caase he espoused, even when b.
ties were fought and mems passions swept /
away reason.
The widowof this soldier Still survives.
Next 10 the cause to which he devoted his
lie he loved her most. Her character, we
arc told, is that of the best Of her sex She
IS truthful, generous, kind, In relieving her
wants, and they are many, for she is home
ess and peunileSs, we do an act of unmixed
;haIIty ,and AT the same moment render hon.
lge TO the illtstroIs dead For this reason, ,
We suggest that our citizens and theater,
Ike as those of Mobile, give an entertain !
nent, the proceeds ofwhieh shall be devot- i
d TO the relief OF the widow of sStonewan {
Jackson.
There is, too, a perfect likeness Of Jackson, I
oiitsfefided as siien by participants in the i
valley .eamTaignss' painted by Mr.. Sanders c
thus city, which should be forwarded to ! 0
leXington. Let the" benefit ''sbe given and Y
be painting bought. Memphis will honor |,
sell III honoring the fallen hero and in ex- r
s22dins relief to the impoverished widow. t.
Tie metropolitan Record thus speaks of i
ne fiend Smith in command at Natchez: II
"t'ron,every Southern State an omino7ls b
0te lis heard, 1or tie negroes, dcmCyaIig5I a
: White Soopndrels, traitors to their own Ie
iood, have made use OF freedom to crafty o.
lelr Daruerous instincts and to wreak th4ir
a!ice on Individuals WHO have for some tC
@5on or other become obnoxious to them lc
hen we think of the encouracenent- tIav re
we rec vlyett from blaciheaFted whites. we | lc
= stii1Ss,r that greater atrocities have not IN
S@T;lced THIS era OF philanthropy mad
hae commanders of military post ezzilress OF
emSelYes ia language sHch as that used bv ce
'ionaI Smith, Commander of the post Of
ggchez, who, While in convention with a pa
lf1ie.nan, scgi1:
II the tEeclfs are removed from the State. n,
W.hlts Wi! 50 eNasperate the balcks. lal
tJ tAe latter viii rise and exterminate
s9n@ And Tor my part, 'copIa be glaa Of it." fo3
-&n we wonder atany atrocitTe committed | its
armed negroes Who is this Colonel |
liIilAyho unolushingly courts ilfaIny and tn,
10 = nediad scope and opportunity enough. ito
lId be damned TO everlasting fame y .Jo
u many anot i4er renegade OF whom history !
heS mention. lie would be glad that ,be st,.
-. ,,i, - 'is1icd imagine the eff the
t,ett sUcn hitialnatory and flagitious re- }
I-,S uIon an excitabie mob OF selaf-eiviIiz- 90
~ lt'. l5. 3lla tacn estimate, If YOU can ! Gas
4i9L-i 7llAt 81 this. man. A light ed : 4
l,sA HatlS iuIoa powder magazine would Tc,
DC .'ia!l sQyGalisseIous as ineendiary dis ~
Ises addressed to negroes With arms in 7
. 10 .i.s 'lti an uh5oI} t4lIst for blood cot
i--,sis't ~ the1f he;'rts@ No crime should bile
e ssyeIely aud 50 supmafily punished as Lii .,
te:lflng tf1c1r br word or deed to vi1Ielloe fies
hope Colonel Smith win he attended TO IF \
us super5oIs-tAe country can yoIy well mar
'ense with his services qG0'
1 sseN Proclamation. 90
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Jackcon Miss. Mid
, all 'ctOm 1t may coReaH-E -EreetiRo: TT
hersas, Section s, of An Act af the / ,egis- cou1
re nt the State of Mississippi. entitled for S
Aet authorizing the issuance of Treasp- and
otes as advance upon Gotten" "approv. 2 &C
d ahber 10, 1861" provides. "That quie
ley yer the present blockade of the ports St
e confederate States shall be removed ed al
Ieh shall be determine by the procla- pons
on OF the Governor declaring the fact TO 9s
'oyernor shall by said proclamation. re- CH
all persons to whom advances NAV &c. "
oceh nade' to deliver the number of Mess
OF cotton 4ll0O which 4box- 4 CrS-