The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-21
REFLECTIONS.


fashioning it into any shape and ma
nipulating it into any form necessary
to attain given end or object In the
stately march of Radicalism, a written
constitution forms no greater barrier
to progress, than does an attenuated
spiders web, in the pathway of giant
We have read somewhere of a won
derful magician of eastern chimes, who
was the possessor of a singular tent.
At his bidding, it could be snugly fold
ed and deposited in nutshell; but
his mere will could so expand it, that
it covered an immense space, under
which whole armies could repose.-
It's thus that the political magicians of
the radical school manage the Federal
Constitution.
So depraved are party practices, in
this respect, that it excites a smile to
hear people, whose minds dwell in
the past, talking about constitutional
safe guards and barriers. The truth is,
there are no such safeguards now a.
days.
The time was, when political parties
were governed, somewhat, by consider
atoms of justice and humanity, and
were not inclined to deny men the
great rights vouchsafed to them by
the Government In those days the
writ of ha6eaS corpus was considered
sacred, and the idea of taxation with
out representation was not adventured
upon, or even thought of, by the most
INSCRIPTIONS.
How different it is now The
liberties of millions are destroyed with
impunity; the constitution violated
every day; the writ of haJeas corpus
suspended at pleasure; and whole
States taxed enormously, without any
representation in the councils of the
nation Governments, established by
the will of the people, are over turned
at pleasure; and the signs of the
times create serious fears that the
work of u5urpation and encroachment
will ultimate in general coniscation
of the Southern property. All this
shows how party zeal and fanaticism
establish a complete dominion over
the minds of men, and lead them, step
by step, in the work of oppression.
For all this, there is really no
remedy. The policy has been fixed,
and we, of the South, are bound, by
memorable necessity, to submit We
have submitted, certainly with some
grace and dignity, having acquiesced
in every demand, as, indeed, we were
bound to do. We will reconstruct on
the basis dictated to us
We know that the voice of reason
and Justice cannot DO heard now,
amidst the bowling storm of Radical |
ism. 1t is avain thing to reason with
fanaticism. The time will come, how !
ever, sooner or latter, when men of all
parties will calmly retrospect the past
and fairly compile q record of the /
strange events of the last five or six |
years. Then, justice may be awarded |
to all parties, and the feelings, motives
and acts of all parties will be mar
shaded and subjected to the judgment /
of the enlightened nations of Christen-
dom. Let those who have been |
wronged, patiently await this great |
vindication. 1t will surely come.
In the above remarks, we, of course,
do not intend to countenance the idea
of resistance to the proposed recon
struction ofthe government under the
bill. 1t is our policy active
ly to engage in that work and carry it
out in good faith, peacefully and calm
". There is nothing else for us to do
we have no choice. We are van
pushed people, completely at the
mercy of our conquerors. The idea
is unpleasant, certainly; but the fact
is undeniable, and we must realize it
and act upon it. What changes the
future may produce, by peaceful means,
when fanaticism shall have run its
career of madness; when PROSTATE
reason once more resumes her throne;
and when paralized Justice once more
has power to hold aloft her unerring
scales, can only be seen and known in
the future of this once great and free
country. 1t seems to us, that coming
generations will reform the Republic
to its original glory, and restore the +:
wrecked work of the sages of the old t
Revolution. We have no hope that {
.he men ofthis generation will do so.