The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-09-20
Hon. Jacob Thompson.

We make the following extracts
from the letter of this distinguished
Mississippian, published few weeks
since in the Oxford Falcon. The let
ter was dated Aug. 11th, and directed
to friend in this State. 1t is unne-
cessary to say that no one in this
State for moment credited the foul
accusation made against Mr.. ThOmp
son, by suborned witnesses, that he
was implicated in the assassination OF
Abraham Lincoln. The President
must now be convinced of his inno-
cence, and justice requires that Mr..
Thompson should be allowed to return
to his home As a gentleman of I'M
blemished moral character, and as a
statesman whose patriotism and talents
are nquestioned, the people would
welcome Jacob Thompson to the State
whose destinies he desires to share,
and for whose interests, as a public
~-.------.t |, L. Isslu,l ou long ana faithfully.
Il assure you that, with all her faults
/ love my country. There is no other
such country in the world. l have
visited every kingdom and people
which have any position among the
nations of the earth, and with the IN
tention-if ever | could find an accep-
table place-tO settle down and gather
my little family around me, and there,
in quiet, spend the remnant of my
days, but | find no place in which |
am willing to leave my family. No,
for good or evil, the best country is
in the United States and if there
could only be security of person, prop
erty and reputation, it would be the
most desirable country on earth. At
all events, those dependent on me, l
want them to remain and abide the
fate and destiny of their country.
What shall become of me is of but lit
tie consequence my days of useful
ness are past. My sun is fast hasten
ing to its setting, but my will shall be
that when lifc's fitful fever is over,
my body shall be buried beneath the
soil which has been fattened with the
blood of my ancestors in the struggle
for its independence"
In reference to President johnson
he observes:
Mr. Johnson is or may be well dis
posed, but yielding to the suggestions
of deep designing malignancy on the
part of others, he has inflicted upon
me a gross injustice; he has done me
a grievous wrong in denouncmg me
as an escaped feLon. l believe he knows
and feels it, but ! fear he is like all
other men-the more groundless the
reasons for his injury, the more obsti-
nate he will be in refusing to make
reparatiOn. Moreover, the President
can not act for fear of the denuncia-
tons of the Radicals, if he were ever
so we'll disposed. would be unwill-
ing to embarrass him with any thing
on my account, for | honestly believe
if he succeeds there is some hope for
the country. If he fails, the Consti-
tuition is buried, civil rights will be-
come bywords, liberty is gone, and a
deep gloom of inevitable darkness
hangs over the destiny of the greatest
people in the world 1 weigh not my
own fate as a feather in the balance;
/ only hope to live until | shall have
power under the law to prosecute the
perjurer and infict punishment upon
those who have wronged me- And
although / have knelt at the tomb of
our Savior, yet 1 fear that punishment
that awaits the evil-doer in the next
world would be too long in its coming"