The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-03-20
- sI.n PRESS ON the
Situation.

h"SS, ~ "uIulLbcu lIlUO bne Union, VIZ
have negro suffrage and get rid Of thu
military, Pending the provisional
government the men prescribed by
the third clause Of the amendment
cannot vote; they can vote when The
State Is admitted Then this to be
considered; the quicker we get into
the Union the better; there We are 3
State, and we can control our own af.
fairs--changing our State Constitution il
necessary. There we are out Of The
way Of the beast that is ready to de,
your us.
Again: the quicker this State Con.
stitution Is formed, the greater will BIZ
the influence Of the whites in shaping
It, Postpone, and the Radicals will
organize the negroes against us. AND
lastly, If the Legislature does not cal
q Convention. Bolts aud the negroes
will by primary meetings.
\ The Richmond Examiner in refer.
\ ring to this bill says:
| with all its multiform abomina
\ tons, it contains one feature hitherto
unseen in any act Of the Thirty-nlnth
\ Congress. Upon the filillment Of
certain requirements, by a Southern
State, it declares:
Such State shall be eRtiaedto a repre-
sentatioa IN Congress-
i Those words, should they become
| the law Of the land, are q summons to
the representatives of the people Of
| Virginia which they cannot afford tc
disregard. They contemplate the res
surrection, at some time, of the State
now destroyed. And if there is no le-
Igal and peaceful means Of resisting
rhet destruction, we should consiae,
at once the question whether we shall
set about the work Of resurrection.
The radicals say that if the Southern
| States act harmoniously under the re
construction bill, the removal of the
President will be unnecessary, and i'm
parchment will be permitted to subside,
But if matters continue unsettled until
May, the Congress will be driven to
very strong measures, and to the exc
cution of these measures the President
might be an obstacle, and his removal
would therefore be regarded as a Hpo-
| litical necessity"
One thing may be taken for granted,
and that is this: the leaders of the
dominant party viii hesitate at moth
ing that is necessary to accomplish
their party purposes. Washington
Correspondent Of the N. O. Crescent.
From tho Wilmington IN. ca Dispatch
There is but little doubt that the
Southern States will make haste to full
fill the requirements of the Sherman
bill, in the event that it shall become
q law; and that they will do all they
can speedily to rid themselves of the
military surveillance to which they
will be reduced under the operation of
that scheme. This oaI be done NTH the
hope that many of tie disqaalyscations
sOhSch aciH be resultant may be d0oided,
and that the peace for which they
have SO ardently longed may be en-
joyed. But, whatever the motive,
there is left no room to doubt that
prompt action will be taken to avail
themselves of all the benefits to be de-
rived by surrender Of opposition to
the purposes of the radicals who WELD
the power Of the Federal government.
GEoRGIA.-The following resolutions
in favor Of acceptance of the terms
of reconstruction embraced in the
recent Congressional legislation, were
adopted by a meeting at Atlanta,
Georgia
Whereas, by the mysterious work
ings Of Providence our country has
been brought into it's present unhappy
and distressed condition, by means
and instrumentalities which it is un-
necessary to enumerate at this time, in
which condition the people of Georgia,
in consequence of the unsuccessful
warfare against the government of the
United States, stand in relation to that
government of participants in unsuc-
cessful rebellion, and, as a conse-
quence, in the relation of conquered
to conqueror; and
Whereas, it has become well es-
tablished and fundamental principle of
the government of the United States,
sustained overwhelmingly by the peo-
pie of the same, that by waging war
against that government the mighty
conflict which has sacrificed SO many
lives and SO much treasure, the people
of the insurrectionary States deprived
themselves of governments, and can
be legally re-invested with State gov
ernments alone by the law-making
power of the United States; and
Whereas, 1t has become an equally
well settled principle with the Ameri-
can people, that all men shall stand in
the same relation TO the Government,
and enjoy equal rights and privileges
under it, irrespective of the place or
of birth, color, race, or
former condition; and
Whereas, No one is rendered, by
the present legislation Of Congress,
Ineligible TO Office, or deprived of the
elective franchise, no matter how
prominent or efficient he may have
been in the recent rebellion, if he had
not held certain offices previous to the
war, and had not taken an oath of
office TO support the Constitution of
The United States; and
Whereas, The number of persons in
each county in the Southern States
who are made ineligible TO office by
virtue of said legislation, bears but
small proportion TO the number who,
though they were engaged in the re-
bellion, are nevertheless permitted to
continue in the enjoyment Of every
political and civil right therefore
Resolved l. That in the opinion of
his meeting the dearest and most
vital interest of each and every citizen
of Georgia requires that restoration
be no longer unnecessarily postponed.
Resolved 2. That indiscretiou has
llready delayed the work of restora.
ion until the interests of the entire
,oonle of Gaoroia arc blaedino nj av- |