The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-17
tErOm the Washington Spectator. |

lErom the Washington Spectator
The wise man tells MS there is NOTHING
new under the sun" But if there is nothin9
absolutely new, there are certainly some
thlhgs remarkably strange-things, we sup-
/ pose, Which are to be seen only once in a lif.
time. Not few examples of this sort are
now exhibited i'll the events of the day and
| IN the circumstances by which we are sur
/ rounded Let us proceed to enumerate some
| of them:
| j. We have waged sanguinary war for
four years to keep the Southern States in the
Union; and now that the war is over we pro-
claim that they are ont of the Union; and
look about for modes of restoration and re-
construction We have consequently sacri-
need three billions of dollars and half n mil
lion OF human beings for nought!
=. We proclaim that we have cououercd
the South, but alas, it seems the South has
conquered u.s. They have, at least achiev-
ed their purposes, while ours has failed and
miscarried
D. We have proclaimed that the doctrine
OF secession was false in theory and impos
slble in practice But what do we behold
We see this very doctrine fulfilled, accom-
plIShed, demonstrated. 1t is no longer an
fact.
A. We proclaim Tennessee out of the
Union, and that she has forfeited all right to
representation in the councils of the nation
Yet we behold one of her citizens filing the
executive chair and welding the sceptre of
authority over the entire country
,. We deny the Representatives of Ten
nessee seat III the Senate. But we behold
the same individual dOmciled in the White
House and his wife doing the honurs of re-
ception to the nations guests!
+. We profess to love the Union, and pride
ourselves upon the sacrifices we have made
IN its behalf, and yet we throw every OBJ
m ha Of
and permanent establishment
Z. We proclaim eleven States out of the
UnlOni and yet, when we would amend the
Constitution, we called upon those very
states to say yea or nay, and we count their
vote as II they were integral parts and CO.
equal members of the Confederacy!
3. We proclaim the doctrine that taxation
without representation is tyranny and des- |
potlsm, even Justifying revolutionary resist |
ance; and yet we practice the very tyranny
thus repudiated by imposing taxes upon the |
people of this District
.. We profess to believe that the majority |
should rule, and that the will of the people |
should rule, and the people is the supreme
law; yet we contradict that belief by forcing
negro suffrage upon people who have unan-
imously voted against it,
10. We profess to be actuated by the
great principles of right and justice in legis-
lating day after day, and week after week
SCpASJ y
violence to those principles upon almost
avery subject.
IL, We denOunce disunionists as rebels
md traitors; and yet we are guilty ourselves
II dlsunlon IN rejecting all Overtures for a
prompt and Constitutional amendment
IL. We proclaim that the elective fran
hlse is an essential right of manhood, black
II white, and yet we deny that essential
light to foreigners for several years at least
10 We proclaim that the privilege of
citing for those who make our laws is es-
entail to selt-protection and yet we deny
hat privilege to the citizens of this District
nd to women throughout the entire
Ountryi
IA. We refuse to concede the elective
'anchlse to the negro in the States where it
.ould be a reality, and yet we grant it to
I'M in this District, where it would be a
lrce and a mockery!
These are a few of the inconsistencies and /
of the day. Others could be \
lded, but the list is long enough for one I
aiding We let it go as chapter the first. $