The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-02-28
The Press and Congressional Des-
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The Press and Congregational. Des
ROtisnl.
We find but few prints, even anon
the radicals that endorse the odiou
bill of Congress for converting til
/ Southern States into q military despot
ism. Yesterday we published an es
tract from the Cincinnati Commercial
which although q jealous. representa-
tive of the party in power, enters
monty protest against the attempt. Q
the revolutionists to supplant eivi
government with military despotism
or, TO useits own expressive term eth,
lBrigadiering policy of Congressp-
The New York Times another leading
republican journal, is no less emphatic
in its censure of. the action of Con
gress for its reckless legislation. I
has, Raymond declares, passed an act
which transcends, in reckless energy
and far reaching consequence, any
thing done by the American Legisla
fture for fifty years. A Brigadier Gen
eral is to be "absolute sovereign oi
each distric.-the source of law for all
its people-the sole Judge of rights,
the sole authority in all their social,
civil and political relations. Unless
human nature is very different in the
Southern States from what it is any
where else on the face of the earth,
such policy must produce results
1t will either ALLEVIATE the people from
the mild and paternal rule thus extend
ed over them, or it will Quicken their
devotion and strengthen their attach
ment to its. sway. We are not anxious
to predict which will be the result
the future will disclose it quite soon
enough" The Cincinnati Inquirer de-
clares the South is handed over bodily
to the caprice of any military tyrant
that can play the part of Nero. And
it continues "by this act they have con-
verified the South into a gigantic Ire
land, and an Ireland that will be more
troublesome in case Of any foreign
inabroglio than the screen Isle' is to
England, for it's hate will be solid,
compact and undivided. Here is a
precious finale to the "War for the
Union" as hypocritical a motto as
ever was invented by liars and sneaks."
The New York Evening Post has care
fully considered the new policy. It
thinks it mistake that the bill ex-
cludes whites engaged in the rebellion.
The Post believes it would have been
far more wise and effective to exclude
only the very prominent men. The
New York Journal of Commerce, pro
claims it new thing in history for
King to treat with contempt a con
quered province, and give it
laws of his own devising. But
the Journal goes on to say
it is a new thing for this country,
protesting to be the exponent of the
great principles of liberty and self
government, to attempt the same
thing, and thus give fiat denial to all
Fl
our professions. It is a death blow
to all .Americanpride and Boosting, for
it inaugurates the system of absolute
government by a rampant party of
professed liberals, over a conquered
and Inundated people.
The old experiment of democratic
self government must be tried over
again il some other and more favored
and and age, since it will here have
proved a lamentable failure.
The National Intelligencer declares
t to be the blacklist record ever made
oy an assembly of representatives of a
rec people. Never, says that old
ournal, in the most tyrannous hour of
he Long Parliament misrule /; never, |
mid the utmost subseryience to the |
oval mandate of an English king; |
lever, in the most blood thirsty epoch |
if French convention, did the rep. |
'esentatives of the people stamp them
selves with greater ignomy.5
The Columbus, (Ohio,) Crisis, pro-
lounces the bill such barbarious and
leathenish outrage upon the Constitu-
ion and people, that it can scarcely
Rump, degraded, fanatical
nd corrupt as it is, would challenge
he contempt and execration Of the
world by passing it.
The Indianapolis Herald AYERS that
few years ago, even the suggestion
f monstrous wrong would have
aused a revolution, but now, SO dead /
ned has become public sentiment in
egard to the usurpation Of power, so
ccustomed to its exercise and the i
verthrow of the rights and liberty of
ne citizen, that a bill wiping out, with