The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-03-07

Under the lead of those to whom
by general consent the direction .
Southern affairs has been committe'
since the sufrender Of the Confsderat
arInies, the people Of the South hay'
Followed with undertaking precision
the course marked out for them 3.
President Johnson.
Their faith has been implicit II tn
promises which be, and they who hav'
spoken by his authority, have made
When the children OF Israel Wert
lied nom the house Of bondage i
search Of the land Of milk and honey
st times they gave vent e loud ex
ipressions of discomfort OF their leaders
and even abandoned themselves te
the worship Of . golden calf More
trusting has been the faith Of ths
ISouthern people in the promises
which have been held out TO them, By
their leaders in this emergency It Is
true that they have not seen the wa
tiers overwheIm the chariotss and che
horsemen, and ell the hosts Of the
Radicals. 1T is true that when they
have thirsted, the rock has not been
smitten and made to yield up its re-
Ifreshing fountains. It Il trne that
when they have hungered, they have
not been fed with mama. The PM
ADEIPHIA CoNvENT1oN, it was fondly
hoped, would prove the cloudy pillar
by day. and the fiery pillar by night
to light up their way in the darkness
Of the valley through which they were
wandering, but alas! it soon went
from before their faces and stood be-
hind them. But still our people have
not exhibited signs of disloyalty to
their chosenleaders. Still they have
listened to their counsels-and still
they have followed on-and still they
have not murmured, and still they
have hoped against hope, to see the
salvation which was promised them;
but in vain, S.. 81,
And now a new leaf has been
turned in the chapter of events. The
President has vetoed the military bin
when he well knew that its present
defeatwould have been an assured fact
Il he had retained It untilsthe adjourn
ment of Congress; and its opposers
in that body have refused to defeat its
final passage, as they could have done
by resort to parliamentary expe-
dients.
These are virtual confessions Of the
President and his supporters that
having done their utmost, further re-
sistance would have been fruitful only
Of evilthat their efforts were ex-
hausted-and that q new era Of sre-
construction was inevitable. Like
the bafied physician, they have re-
signed the sick man to his fate.
The future cannot be undone. The /
ACTORS in the great drama have doubt
less performed their parts to the best
Of their ability. The President and
he instruments who we're selected TO
execute the policy he had moulded,
10 doubt have been guided by the
unrest motives !; but they have all
allied, and the South isIike a vessel In |
storm at sea, with q pilot who con-
esses that the breakers and the oppo-
ing winds are TOO STRONG for the hand
hat holds the helm. What must be
one nowa Shall she be abandoned
j despair, rsha1 we cast over the
for another sounding-take
new reckoning and trim her sails
Il another trial It is a question
II of doubts and perplexities; but
lis aquestion that must
9 considered. S.
The GoTToN WoRM.-The New
ork Mercantile journal, in an article /
n the cotton worm, and the means of /
reventing its rayages, says
:" A Louisiana French paper suggests
method, commonly adopted IN
rance, to protect the cabbage plants
ON insects. The larv@ are destror.