The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-04

:" the gentleman preceding me calls THIS AHA
n Melancholy. indeed aud thcso wurls co
lVcy but feeble idea of the horrible dee
e which calls us together. strong as they ar
q The assassination Of Col Moody u anon
the hlarknst deeds ever recorded on n
y pages Of historic crime few days ago n
s ono was ~ Cledulous as 10 suppose the con
/, munity held monster who could have thu
y inhrucd his hands IN the blood ~ y huma
! being No man feels his life a. secure, q
the peace of society A. well protected, as b
did a week ago. Night comes with Il
I brooding shadows, aud the thought steal
over ms that they shroild some dOslerat
} spirit at war with the highest and HOLES
| interests of social life-and with life itself
Such deed is the maddest extreme OF mo
hocracy; the essence of the highest erimi
naliiy In law abiding land. The laws o
God and men are alike doficd, and the rcpc
} tition OF snch deeds wonld soon precipitat,
society into q barbaric chaos. Hence, whilt
we dcplorc this sad calamity, rs good citiz
ems. we are called upon 10 use the most eli
cient measures for the detection and punish
ment Of the diabolical murderer. Anything
short Of the highest efforts III that direction
will be unworthy of the good citizenship OF
this people. No palms. no expenses no self.
denial should be left unoonsecrated to the
pursuit the discovery, and the sacred and
| Heaven-ordaincd Arrangement Of this tragi-
| cal Outrage. We may not, we will not, sit
| down in silence, and by our silence offer
premium for assassination, and so hid the
wretched slayer of his fellow man God
speed"
| Let us turn, however. from these reilec.
| tions 10 the character of the deceased We
should regard the death of sneh man nj
any time, and in the qnietest manner, a
great public loss But lutte past iiftv wears
of age, his training had been varied, and in
the school of adversely had disciplined him
MS an object of peculiar care. Such rough
experience is essential 10 the full disclosure
of the talents, and capabilities Of all great,
good and useful men. Our friend was pos
sessed of large, active, intellectual faculties
--all marked, strong, distinctive. Few mcu
were characterized by higher moral and re.
ligious susceptibilites, And, withal, he was |
studious, growing, aud kept abreast with |
the cultivated minds of the times which |
his early education fitted him TO do. He |
knew how to mako the best use Of, as he |
relished the best books. Some of them lie /
ON ms table half read to-day. Law, liter
allure, science, theology, politics, govern
mont, all received a share of his studies, and |
with their vast treasures he enriched his
mind
The great temptation of the learned pro-
tessions-Law Medicine; Theology, is 10
shNSs' -hal. u youlip Icicnef OF great
early promise, has after few years, ceased
to study, and fallen into the repetition of
stale, insipid, spiritless commonplace inani.
ties grieying his friends, wronging the
church, disappointing the expectations of
MS kinsmen, and betraying the highest trust
with which a man can be invested
How small per eeDtage of the host of
Young medical practitioners, on whom the
hopes of Science and Sorrow have been fond
y hXed, ever allow those generous hopes to
DC realizedi Everywhere may be fonnd .
physicians whose minds have not advanced
! degree on amy dial of progress for many /
iears. Science pushes its researches, and /
ENVELOPES its discoveries In right lines and "
inward movements; but these drones of :
Escnlapian failure creep round in narrow.
ng circles without increase of skill, or I
rowth of medical or general knowledge, and !
lie forgotten.
Law Schools, annually pour out like
bees, their hundreds Of dipl0maed
radiiates; the future attorneys, counsel0rs
nd orators of or country. They are also 7
he prospective Judges, eonsorvators OF y
liberty, politicians and statesmen What .
ecomes of them all! Where goes that logi- =
al power! Where the hye OF the great an- I
lors! Where the purpose to rise, TO excel, =
, gain alike, as is manly, just and becon-
", the honest loaf and the imperishabe U
u
ave turned a mill, sweep over cliff and de- u
,end in powerless spray. SO have / seen ,
lese streams of professional promise and "
al power, and superior worth and splendid y
respects, swept out of sight, out Of fame, y
OnOr and usefulness, and only a noble few ?.
the silvery threads utilized, and made to !,
less the world 81
Our dead citizen belonged not to this !.
ass. While many, from year to year, wear - -
tNnaw a II 4
Iring jnries with the meagerest and most "
onotonOus Tepetitions Of empty phraseol0- re
es, m0uldy fancies and ineOnsequential ~
Iapsody, intended for reasoning, lac came TO T.
e investigation of his cause so fresh so ~
alive, with such enthusiasm, without p
hich is no greatness or success-that Court Z.
Try, Bar, and spectators alike, bestowed on 20
IN the need of profound attention, which a,
minis and merit can alone command ~ ~
Occupy till come" So God commands W
0 man has a right to be a dr0ne in society i lr
e must improve. "No man livetlI unto
mselE" No man may claim exemption pe
ON the requirement, TO make the world ~
'tter than lac found it. My friend saw, felt, y,
nfessed, and acted on the supremacy of ~,
is great truth. Men may act quite dissiIn- y. y.
lrly with equal sincerity, and honor the ~
&c of which they are a part, each in his =.
w special way, and all alike render valn- -, y,
lie services; and to his own master he =
andeth or falleth." Who dissents when sk
G say the death Of such man is a great iul
ss--a public calamity! Such man could =.
i be wanting in the great virtue Of public 81,
iritedness. He felt the force Of the new ~, /,
nditi0n Of our country. IL was with him =.
great patriotic desire 10 see the crushed W
nth rehabilifated. lie rei0ieed ia what ~
er gave promise Of improvement in agri- ~
lture, mechanism, transportation, general y ys
ucation, aud social happiness lie was ~
selfish. None could know how really un- ~ ~.
fish, and how many noble traits were well ",
folded in his nature. till they had bivou- ~
ked with him IN the Indictment winter, y.
IN him in the trials Of campaigning as a ~
ldier, witnessed his gushing Kindness 10 -
} sick, OF weary men, or known him in the ~ i
rrible prison life Of many months Of "i
Onising privatiOn-where his foes learned ~
love aud honor him, and where he minis n i
red TO his fell0w-snderers with true mag 90
nimity-Of what lie possessed. Ia the ~
fe war he felt that the south was entitled ~
her Independence. For the purpose Of Sc ~. r.
ring that object he laid aside every other ", NJ,
~ and engagement. raised an artillery ~
mpany, and right calamity aud brarely -
lgllt ON many a well contested field, and 1e
owed his manly faith By his heroic deeds li
seemed born 20 command, and had the y. -
" lasted few more year, great promo ~ ~
IN. and great fame awaited him No HE !,
y Of our contest no volume on orr home ~
4 state atiairs, viii be complete, hereafter, ~
} shining page does not preserve the mem ~ ~,
} q the soldierly virtues Of tie gallant ~