The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-02
The I,rutIl of IIl.tery.

: reason that after seeding "the
formed new Union and adopted o
most word for word the Constitntio
2 Of the United States"
The World mighthave gone furthel
;; and said that the changes which the
made were great improvements on tn
old Constitution. They made plai
clauses which were Of doubtful intel
probation before; and expressly for
babe the fos tering of one class of in
. terests at the expense OF the other
under the underlined terms of promo
ting the general welfare.
The World comedies further tina
the South chad legal wrongs for which
there was no other means Of redress.
This is an admission due to the trutl
of history, and creditable to that abl'
journal. 1t is due to the Southern
people to say that previous to thu
civil conflict, they we're faithful to al
their obligations to the common Gov
eminent. They bore their part readi
ly in every war against other powers
and freely contributed their portion
to the national treasury. Meantime
the Constitution was persistently vic.
lated to their injury not only by the
failure of Northern States to carry out
conditions of the compact which were
regarded as indispensable by its franz
ers, but many, millions of dollars were
annually drawn from the pockets of
her people for the benefit of the man
ufacturing interests Of New England.
And finally all these wrongs culmina-
ted in the election Of sectional can
didate avowedly and VIGOROUSLY
committed to WELD the powers of the
Government in the interest of the
Northern section. So manifestly ag-
gressive were these measures that
Northern statesmen of the school of
Webster, Fillmore, Choate and others
of the old conservative Wing school,
to say nothing Of Northern Dem
ocratic statesmen who were almost
in the same opinion,
declared that they would cause
a disruption of the Union upon justif-
able grounds. In the volume
published, containing the
speeches and writings of Mr.. Stephens
IF Georgia, the public has been made
aware of a correspondence between
hat statesman and Mr.. Lincoln, in
which the same ground was occupied
~ him, and the course Of the Southern
people, in their contemplated action
# Withdrawing from Government
which had ceased to carry out the OBJ
ects of its creation, was triumphantly
indicated.
1t is true, therefore, as the World
newspaper frankly Comedies the
'outh had wrongs for which there was
10 remedy, except by withdrawing
rom the Federal Government, and
ccomplishing her destiny in another
f her own creation. This she sought
0 do with no design of hostility to
ny other people, and in no spirit of
pposition to the principles of the
constitution framed by Madison and
is compatriots. She revered it then,
nd venerates it's memory now, while
sleeps in the grave to which fanati-
SIN has consigned it; but she de-
gned to perpetuate those principles
government which we're dear to her
Id which she saw were fast disap
caring from the old Government,
,der the destroying influences of a
natical majority. 1t was under the
lidance of solemn convictions, such
these, that eleven of the Southern
ates framed new Government, for
e defence of which their "best and
avest gathered to the harvest home
death"
It is true that in petition recently
esented to the Supreme Court by 9
unset pretending to speak in the
me Of Mississippi, it was humbly
United that the act was wrongful Z
ID it is true that in this same petition ;
e Federal Government was charged ,
tn neglect of duty for not having :
duced her to subsection at one fell
ow; but it must be understood that, r
lille she has accepted the decision of s
e tribunal ofwar, to which appeal was I
while she will obey the =
mmands of the Governme nt, which
the the principles of Public Law S
s the right to govern her, and to f
escribe the terms of her restoration q
the Union-that while she has given
the right of secession-that while E
e will reconstruct her Constitution h
compliance with the acquisitions of
at Government-she repudiates the
clarations contained in that petition S
dishonoring to the memory of the a
cd and true, and loyal and brave, :, =
10 fought and fell in defence of her Il
use, and to the motives of her peo- a
who were influenced in all they did W
conscientious convictions of right n
d duty. =,
From the Memphis Bulletin. At
COOIie Labor. st
We regret that more attention has ri
t been attracted to Coolie labor in c,
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