The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-08-21

the future How unjust, how shoII siSn:
that the supposition ofyour sympat,hieS VII" VII
any faction or party OF the Nous from
subject You to the penalty OF exclusion i'0
your right of representation
Hostility to the "COpperheads is hliiue ~
fall heavily upon the people OF the oou'h
The riots which in a few cases have occurred
in the Southern Cities are used against you
unfairly to prejudice opinion IN
the North Those outbreaks are not charge
able to the people of the South. They are
natural consequences OF the circumstances
nv which YOU are surrounded Two author
tiles existing among you, men are LED 10 re-
Sard tbe weaker with more or less contempt
Tbe State is placed under cloud by the
a1-arSbadowinp presence of the army. The
rasnonsibility of the Southern people Tor law
nj order cannot be held III dlspasslonate
fairness to have commenced unti tieA sh''li
have first been made its absolute custoulal.S
Factionists accuse you OF being 'oecesS at,i
lists This they charge while you SIT W" to ro7
in desolation This they repeat 10 20! G;ni
while the memory of your slam sons Is sun
Green in your souls, All my eountrylneh'
| we'll they know that doctrine OF woe mas
| been washed from your belief by tears anu
| blood e -ooos-
! In proof of your condemnation Oh 49, -
/ sion i NAV offer the fact that the men 70"
have honored with the high trust OF repre-
| senting YOU in the present Congress nav.
| to a man, opposed it even wmle the pas -
of war glared upon them as hercelN a. ~
| flames of the households which h;'u -
| Given hv that accursed doctrine 10 the toiNr-
| The National debt is placed as a stunning
block in the way of your right OF reprSSeu-
tation After all the humiliatlonS that haNe
been nut upon you you will perhaps PARTON
me for dealing patiently with that ihil't't'-
ment of your honor The caste OF the South
| ern character is not that most hkeIE 10 pr
sent universal treachery. The cold-bloode"
| Oh
eminent with the intention of bringing II TO
dishonor, is certainly not IN keeping WIN INV
character of Mississippians.
| But Won are not fools Your dwellings
have been torn down. 1our gIn-houseS nav
been DESTROYED. Your fences have Deeh
burned. Your lands have heeH laid waste
Capital! Capital is yonr constant cry
| 10 save the remnants OF NUuT fortunes
and in order TO make capital abundant, You
are presumed ready to destroy al one fcsi
swoop, three thousand millions of dollars /.
Need | saw another word on this head (!
Need | show that You dare not, If
You could, destroy the money you
nav Your laborerS, the balance nj
YOUR bankers, the credit at your
merchants Need l say that You dare not
if YOU could, make the cotton, Ivy which you
hope to restore your fortunes. II drug upon
your hands, without a medium o. exchange
to give it convertible value
The charge of your design upon
the public credit rises to The di-
| menSiOns of the grand. The accu-
} SatiOn that you contemplate repeating
the pensions of the Federal soldiers calls on
YOU to clear yourselves from piece of VII
liany somewhat paltry. Even though that
mean design were really entertained by you
you are, and Will necessarily continue pow
erless for its accomplishment. More than
I one-third of the vote of the North would be
required to swell the aggregate strength OF
the South to the dimensions necessary 10
carry any question in Congress. That any
! such vote will ever be given by the repre-
J sentatives of the North, is a proposition
whose absurdity is declared by the fact that
, the late soldiers of the United States repre-
sent million and a half of roles.
7 The National debt you would not repudi
ate if YOU could The debt to the soldiers
! yOu could not repudiate if You would. On
l. the plea of guarding against these unSup
! possible dangers of your admission to repre-
sentation, Congress has submitted to the
States for adoption, number of amend
ments TO the Constitution. Even If unob
! jectionable in themselves, you could not he
/, expected to support those amendments, see
: ing that they are, virtually, so many direct
t imputatlOrs upon your honor.
: The Republican party had become AZ
> overshadOwing power in the North. The
surrender of the South precipitated it for
I ward toward the end of its mission DSso
u springtide of its strength The best politi
cal minds OF the party felt therefore the ne
cessity of intusing into it a general princi
pie of life.
Sectionalism glares in front of the Repub
hcan party with the eye of a MeduSa. As
= the passions of war burn out, its life is wan
i ing Mr.. Seward, Mr.. COwan, Mr.. Doolttle
Mr.. Raymond, appear to anticipate its death
: | With statesmanlike foresight, they show al
anxiety to place it on a basis from which il
/ may be made national; and therefore il NAV
! be presumed that, apart from the prompt
/ ings of their devotion to the Union, the Re
5 y I-nrI.rurl pms
Convention will, as a policy of party, an
preach You in spirit of frank fraternity
The political forethought of moderate Re
publicans strives to cripple the opposition
Radlcalism will, that foresight sees force
into the ranks of the Democracy eleven
: States. The moral and the material strength
OF that accession would make the opposition
powerful. Determined not only to obtain a
new principle of life for the& own party but
to keep the Democracy where it is-nnder
l Their feet, many of the guiding intellects
among the Republicans will meet Won in the
Philadelphia Convention with broad and
, generous conservatism.
/, Make no alliances Stand aloof from all
entanglements of party. Let the Halls. and
the Regencies, and the Wigwams. and the
Lodges, and the Leagues, take care of them
} selves. l would not that you should become
pinned TO the skirt of any faction. Your
purpose IN accepting the invitation of the
friends OF restoration TO the Philadelphia
Convention, should be confined in and ont
OF the Convention, i'll public and in Dyiratc.
TO an enforcement ofyour right of representa-
non ana That enforcement yOu cannot nos
slbly accomplish, be the support of tbe
Democratic divisions ever so generous, tritb-
ont the hearty cooperation Of lie Copee,.ro t;re
| Republicans
The considerations l have submitted
ABOVE are designed as an appeal to your
Judgment IN favor Of my advice Your own
reflections on the subject of this address
VIII justify me in reiterating the counsel
that, When you enter the Philadelphia Con-
| VentIon, although really in n position 70
urge the recognition of right, Won confne
yourself modestly to the attitude of n suitor
| be moderate be forbearing and outsida
the question of restoration be absoEvteIu Ue,,'
tFGt betaCeeH parties
history has been well said to be philoso
| phy teaching by example SPEAKING oe -
| does by authority, / employ its lessons in
| corroboratIon of my convictions of the du
| ties OF the present crisis. Macaulav. trea+
ing OF the restoration of the English Con
| StltutIon In the time of the Roundbeads adj
| ing words
on the use" says he, (which might be
made OF one auspiciOus moment. denended
the future destiny of the nation Our ances-
toIs USED that moment well. They FORGOT
oid injuries, waived petty scruples. adiouTn-
eu TO Il more convenient season all diSputes
ABOUT the reforms which our institutions
needed and stood together, Cavaliers and |
houndheads. Epscopalians and PrasL,-+o
fians, IN firm union for the old laws of the /
land against military despotisIn. The exact |
DIVISION OF power among kings, lords. and
commons might well be-" he adds. "post.
Pon pom MI IT had been decided whether Enc
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commons, or by cuirassiers and nil|enear'
Had the statesmen of the convention. y be
goes on to say, taken a different course had
they held long debates on the PRINCIPLES of
government, had they drawn up new con
o,l utioh ana sent II to Charles, had confer
enceS been opened had cour;ors 1