The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-03-21
The eau OF the NIississippl Legls.
lature upon Congress tor

q Finaiity.i 81 IS
We publish belowshe conclusion of
Report made by tie House Commit /
| tee on State and Federal relations, of
the Mississippi Legislature, At its late
session. The Report passed 3 the
House |. and Resolutions of assimilar
tenor also passed the Senate. It is
therefore the expressed will Of that
body. fstssrf ista ft.8ef 1si % ~ =
tt wiz be seen that the Legislature.
4.invited the attention of Congress- to.
the anamelous condition of affairs in,
AIississippf' and pledged that t'the
| fLegisIature ma people would give the
most earnest and deliberate considera5
ton to propositions which Congress
may offer in the fern Of constitutional
amendments OF otherwise, embracing
and concluding all the matters that may
stand in the way of tranquility AN and q
more perfect concord and unionH
will also be seen that Congress
was expressly requested to declare
/ and submit to the state q final plan for
| the adjustment Of State and Federal
] relations, BY the terms whereof repre-
sentation in Congress will be restored
| and other Constitutional benefits as,
i sured y 'fr9 ;5..:.. b.sa i 946,rf a5s..
4 Since the expression of this wish.
/ and the declaration of this invitation
1 to Congress for fnality, that body
/ has passed a law establishing military
4 rule over our State, and coupled with
! it terms by which said rule may
ibe dispensed with, and repre-
4 sentationI q in Congress secured
j to ! the Is people, I'm the event
4 Congress does not pass q supplement
4 tai bill providing for the holding of a
4 Convention, it viii clearly devolve
/ upon the Legislature to- make such
provision as will afford the people an
opportunity of declaring their viii.
4 It is no argument against the calling
of a Convention to say that the terms
I submitted by Congress are harsh. BY
a the decision Of the tribunal Of war,
: the United States government, unfor-
tunately for our people, acquired the
3 power to dictate and enforce upon us
4 its own terms; and in the. exercise OF
this power, it has submitted to them
Il the alternatives of living under the
rule of a military dictator, with a GER
tain prospect of having our State gov
ernments reconstructed ere long by
the negro population and the loyalists
| ] of the Jack Hamilton school, with
: wholesale confscation and sweeping
disfranchisement of all other classes,
or of accepting the proposed Constitu
ftional Amendment Nor will it be al
q. argument to say that the Legislature
, has once rejected the Amendment. I
. was never before coupled with the al
tentative Of the abrogation of our civi
: governments and the establishments o.
Martial Law; nor was it coupled will
pledge from Congress that its adop
ton would secure representation anf
a final settlement of the sectional tron
bles. ..%ta 1fl .ia iir 9l' ~ ~. .s,..
BY the act of the conquerorhimself
and by every principle of justice, th'
u people have a right to choose between
these evils in the new phase Of af
u fairs !; and we are. sure the Legislator,
will not deny them the privilege 9
o doing SO. ;aa .,s,5l's5e Ja7t4se sfe
d We are not advised Of the course
{ our Governor will pursue; nor do w
s suppose that any one is authorized tx
n speak for him. We presume he viii
Il await the. Development Of the spurposl
! of Congresses; and then, without, re
ta gard to his own opinion as to ith'
> choice our people should make in th'
Il light Of their own intetests, honor AM
! safety. that he will take such measure
q as win give them an opportunity t
! declare their wishes. 10 g eaa s''. ~ '
Il But to the Report::sai!.si, haI,tud q
Il Every considerations present fnateria
? interest, every hope ofthe future. urge her
: q solntionbf present Difficult ties, wiich WI
/ be for the best interests of Constitutions
liberty and government and she pefpetus
unionspf people and States, under q Const
q tutiou dispensing equal blessings TO al.
y 'It cannot be for the apermanent good g
n | any State, North or South --surely must b
{ 4 detrimental to agriculture, 1nanufaeture au
commerce, in every section, that thing
fshould continue in uncertainty 500 9N3
II ssThis Legislature would respectfully II
ri vite the attention of Congress TO the anon
Z laleus condition of Affairs, /, and declares tina
= Fit will, as will the people lofs the state, g
Fl what is in its and their power to bring exls
I'll ing complicati0 TO q Just, safe aud hnai 9
sr lufionI 81 e .s1aisaIt iIIs..sah. -. 80.
{, 1--WE appeal to the public political Acts =
- thepeople since May 1865, to ,vinaieafe sgn
p truth of tl1estatement that they are not q
4 floyalh tonfhe government .of the onlee
81 Statesy TINT they arc disposed 70 lell
g submit that they have, D theirs constitusle
= and laws itpadnptatio the new g or9el' le
III ssWe declare, representing as 80 pelles
fthe seutiIhentshaof the lIegaslature .an
people, that both will give the most 6atne'
81 and deliherate consideration TO- proposlt tlo.
y which Congress may oiter, - tne iqfm lls =