The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-01-10


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ranfs md soIic,tcrs<
IA eviflanflv confas<
ueations world hoslaf$
east In s., {, - s ANT fb IS,
atihle with tha sob;al ~ -. 81 - "a 49,
rms granted arclue;, 49, soIlb lS1S
eat az Govarn,na,t W1ia sla s'ls oser the
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nn,ad hv al;so,, 81, .a y WIS S
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lul,es far afrst on Inelf OVID
am assan,Iia5 - 'f5ns =,
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e yesseu pN iiis S4lss.z
satIoal II WIG q bhe enlseu
snoula. Do fIhnhetiately exercised h.iu no
askeu Ihei 20 CONSIDER Y rs the q E
great nation advancing VAIN uheAanp io9
progress ~ arts, IN commerce ~ wealth. ana !
II populatlon, ana possessing Ml.nln l.seA
those resources sWnlcn, y Ivy sl.lVMn amsy
or misalrecteu $500 ~ y 3
course = 1, "a, .resS
lhree yeals .. Ana
was caileo Upon ~ r9..iasI
q Fe-b.oceulns c4 fl,ar
Tue =. IA IL tba sscvar-
nad n yvss ySToad ~
leil. ~ InO 4bat inrsdi ction was
sne -, ,sefni to the royernment
noo . tba ;nhah;tanfs az the Dis
tn;at &c tbe;r nol;t;eal riohts: that much Of
t te t;n,e Of CONGRESS- was consumed in legis-
i Ini nertaining to it; that its government
, ,uas axnensiyeT: that Congress was not COM
,,afant fo legislafe for the District. because
the members were strangers to it's local
concerns and that it was an example of
yovarnment without CONGRATULATIONS ex-
55er;ment dangerous to the liberties of the
States.
On the other hand. il was. among other
reasons. successfully claimed that by the
Constitution, The acts of cession of Vir-
oinia and MARYLAND, and the aat of Con
Sress accounting the grant, all contemplated
the exercise of exclusive legislation by Con
gress, and that it's usefulness, if not its ne
cessity, was inferred from the inconvenience
which was felt for want of it by the Con-
gress of the Confederation !; that the people
themselves who, it was said, had been de
priyed of their political rights, had not
complained and did not desire retroces'
sion: that the evil might be remediea by
giving them a representative in Congress
when the District should become sufficiently
populous, and in the meantime local Leg
islature; that if the inhabitants had not pc
Iitical rights thew had great political in.
finenee !: That the trouble and expense OF
Iegislating for the District would not he
Great. but would diminish, and might in q
y T.
fnre and that CONGRESS- could noteretrocede
the inhabitants without their consent--con
timing to live substantially under the laws
that eSisted at the time of the cession: and
sueh changes only having been made as
we're SUGGESTED Inv themselves. the people Of
the District have not sought by q local leg
islatnre that which has generally been vii
linolv Concerted by the Congress- of tho,
tiof,.
AS general e,7l3e.- sannd nolicv requires
,thqf the leoislature should weld to the wish
es of a people when not Inconsistent with
The, constellation and the laws. The measure
snited to- one community might not be well
adanted TO the condition of another: and the
versions hest Qualified to determine such
puastions are those whose interests are to be
directly affaeted NV arv nronosed law. In
Massacbnsatfa far Instance. Iaale nersons
ara olloyed TO vote without regard TO color.
.rov;dad thew nossess q certain dooree of
intall;oanca Tn q Donulation in that State
If / o3f mss there were. nv the oensns of
1aeo onlv q 900 nersoIfs of celorx and of the
los over 81 Years of aoe there were ::,39 086
white to 26fl2 colored.
Rv the same Official enumeration there were
!, y+ha D;str;ct of Columbia ia. GA whites to
~ a1f narsons of the colored raees-since
tban showayar the nonnlation If tbe-Dis.
trust has iaroelv increased. and II ia estima-
teil that at the present time there are nearly
= Lrp.lrad tbousand whites To thirty tbouS-
aYd naaroas The caIse of the augmented
,.,,,,,L ars Of tho hitter cIass naads no avnlo-
,,at;a,, Gont;onors tn MARYLAND and V;r-
a.;,s;o tl,a nistT;c t Jnr;nor tho war baca mo
e sio saf,o.e Co. 4hnsa VII oSa,,,aS f.,
p,ao an3 y 10 vat tbe oI;d;n~ ,,Jana Of
= eanS;darabla nronorfion of those who
srI,t within it's limits a shelter from bond,
J era Until them held in slaverv and denied
I'll onnortnnities for mental cultnre, their
3 80 i,p,o,yIa1s,a Of tho Coya,nmant Voc On.
l.,,;raa ,yban 10 CON farr;ng ,no,, tben, frao-
- 49,, - to ha,,afaeter IF tho;r raoo
M test af their oonab;I;t,, for ;,,,,rosJe.
1, au heoo,, when for the first time tba 90
.l.a,. sc fIaa ;,,,st,,y ond tho Sya,,,1es - in
Ill; oanoe yvara onaoad tn them poSSass;no
pIasS aSoo,,4.,rro5 MT . Tr;ta5 +;n,a +I,e
o r,oatar ,,nrobaS nerbans HAVING entered the
Il;str;ot of Columhia during tlSe later wars
e The war or since it's termination ,ve NAV
vol ,,ansa To innnire WHETHER after 90 hr;ef
|, nrnl,ation thew are not as q class canahle
# an intelligent exercise of the RIGHT of
,nffraee and qualified to discharge the duties
e efs7o;al ras;tion Tho rao,sia. M nc
3a;1y ,.;t,,oases of their mdJa IF l;v;n@ o on,
laIIy WITNESSES ~ .ne muae =. iias anu
e = nu nas5 rnssa5 IL HsDlss
u tnoushb naVo oAPIeSSou CHo ConvIcGioh