The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-03-21

An eminent writer on foilticat
Economy (Mc0ullochJ has said that,
.,sec1rity OF property is the principal
element in every properly constructed
governments. When maintained in-'
violate, q country can support without
much difficulty very heavy load OF
taxes; but where there is no secu,
rity-whe2e properly ID q prey to
rapine and spoilatiop, to the attacks
Of the needy, the powerful or the
profigate--the smallest burdens are
justly regarded as oppressive, and uni
formly exceed the means Of the inn
poverished and spiritless inhabitants
Security is indispensably necessary to
the successful exerting Of the powers
OF industry. Where it is wanting it
is idle to expect either riches, prosper.
ity, or even prolonged civilization
.Itis the security of property says
another writer, '.:that has overcome
the national aversion Of man to labor,
that has given him the empire Of the
earth, that has given him q fixed and
permanent residence, that has i'm
planted in his breast a. love of his
country and posterity. To enjoy i'm
mediately, to enjoy without labor, is
the natural inclination of every man.
The law which restraints this (savage)
inclination, and which secures to the
humblest individual the quiet enjoy
ment of the fruits Of his industry, is
the most splendid achievement of leg
islative wisdom, the noblest triumph
of which humanity has to boast. !"
And it was a remark of Cicero that
s.civil, government was chiefly or
ganized for theprotection of property
that it was the foundation on which
all the institutions of civil society
rests" 49, -. 5ss;s go,
The truth of these reflections are
brought forcibly home to the Southern
people at this juncture. tits the In
security that is known to exist as to
property, which presses as mountain
Of lead upon their energies, paralyzing
industry, destroying confidence, over
throwing credit and forbidding immi-
grafton. The war left. them with but
a wreck Of their former possessions;
their industrial system demolished,
and their. capital lost with the cause Of
the Confederacy. To repair these.
losses, under circumstances the most
propitious, would have been the work
of many years of patient industry,
aided by the most enterprising spirit,
and supported by the fostering care of
government. But in the case of these
people, when they might have INDUCED
hope of the revival Of prosperity by
the industry which it was in their ma
ture to exhibit, they have been over
loaded with grievous taxation and
haunted by the spectre of sweeping
confscations, which their cold, calcu-.
lating, malignant and ungenerous foes
have constantly held before their gaze.
Taxation impairs the powers ofpro-
duction, as they are impaired by bar
reness of soil, or inclemency of
season; and when to this insuperable
obstacle to prosperity is added the in
security of property which is felt by.
our people, faint conception may be
formed of the depth Of misfortune
into which they have been plunged. 4
The opportunity of perpetuating
their industrial system by an indepen-
ent government having been lost.
their chief aim should be to build
up another system upon basis, which
can be accomplished alone under the
auspices of stable government
Their great need is q final settlement
of the sectional difficulty. The United
States government by the decision of
war has acquired the power to dictate,
a government for them From the
decision of this stern tribunal, there is
no appeal; and for the first time, since
the surrender of our armies, the law
making Department of that Govern
ment has offered terms of accommoda-
ton. They are harsh, it is true, but
they are preferable to the alternative
of Military rule, with confscation, and
the destruction of the safeguards Of
political and civil liberty, which were
erected upon the overthrow Of tyran-
ny by our English ancestry centuries
ago. .sefs. sasll .s.i5se
iEUeENIE, OR VIRTuE REwARDED. -
"A singular ceremony took place at
the Tuileries recently, = says Paris
correspondent othing else than the |
to the Empress by the |
National Society for ReWarding Yir-
5ue, Of q gold medal Of honor, for her
noble conduct In Visiting the cholera
patients in the hospitals Of Paris and /
Amiens., 81, Is not. said the president /
IF the society, in the course of his
address to the Empress, 81 sentiment |
Of fiatterV that prOmtlfa ,ns hO offer Won \