The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-03

10 AooV' One OF them, inueeu, uS ni
: tional organization, had almost entire
~ passed away under the influence o
7 the sectional party which hat
. very nearly absorbed it in the North
II ern States. The other lost its prestige
a by divisions at. Charleston which were
:, due to the powerful influences of the
same sentiment that had broken up Its
antagonistic organization.
Passing over the interval of Confed-
: crate history history which bears
! record of nothing of which the South
ron need ever husband reaching the
present eventful times, we fnfa total
ly changed condition of circumstances
the Union completely revolution
lied in its form of Government-new
ideas in full development and changes
wrought so novel and startling that
they seem to be the growth of centuries
instead Of few feeting years. The
philosophy of these changes it is uune-
cessary to discuss. 1t is not worth
while to conjecture their results
: 1t is the part Of wisdom to &C
cept what we cannot control, without
INDUCING vain regrets, and to attempt
to make the best of the circumstances
in which for veal or for woe, we are
inevitably placed.
Manifestly it would not be the part
of wisdom for the people of the late
Confederate States, at this time to en-
barrass their movements by connec-
ton with any political organization
outside of their own limits. Their
combinations for the present, must be
formed directly with view to the
questions which are now presented for
their ewn deliberations and determine
ton.
To effect settlement of the section
al controversy-to reconstruct the
Union-to obtain relief from military
surveilance-to avert impending ca
lamities far more terrible than any
we have yet suffered-to get con-
troll of our State governments and to
gain ascendency for the principle of
local self-govcrnment as contradls-
tinguished from centralization-these
are the permanent ends to be accom-
plished, and the party which strives
for their attainment should unite all
good and honest citizens, all voters of
every color, class and condition, into
enc compact, solid and all-controll-
ing Organization. In the achievement
of this end, all political strifes will be
composed--all former differences of
opinion will be buried with the causes
which produced them-and it will be ,
observed as maxim not to be disre-
garded, that "What men haze been IS of ,
Infinitely less moment than What they
IRE" The question must not be were /
you a Democrat, or Wing, Seces-
sionist, or Unionist, in former times; |
out where do you stand now upon the !
vital issues involving the paciication t
IF the country and the escape of the :
South from the Reign of Terror. i
# you meet upon the common ground
If Reconstruction, it matters not what b
IRE your political antecedents; nor the I
Dad by which you have travelled to G
each it. This is the paramount issue, :,
which, like the rod of the Jewish High ?
'riest, must swallow up all ola politi- h h
al nature in the excluded States. r.
When it is settled, it will be time "
nough to seek utilization with outside a
arties. n
These observations have been sug- A
ested by the timely views which are n
resented in the following extracts "
'om the New York Times d
In their present position the Southern -,
sople cannot benefit themselves, while they ne
light complicate their embarrassments, by tr
ltering upon the old style of party warfare. OIL
,r all immediate political purposes they of
Q powerless, and they are most likely to 81,
omote their material interests, and hasten DC
Q restoration of national harmony by IT.
hitting their efforts to full and faithful re-
W, More than this could not be expected u! IN
their hands: and beyond this, we presume, Gl
e words of our New Orleans namesake are of
t designed to apply. They indicate simply
alliance for the purpose of giving effect on on
the law in a manner most conducive to to
9 future welfare and happiness of the op
uthern people. Gil
1t is eminently proper that rational,
'derate men, whatever their past party af- av
ations, should combine to prevent the sue WI
IS of the demagogues and fire brands who ne
,uld ALLEVIATE class from class, and under the as
1tence of extreme loyalty wouldlay the an
of future trouble. What men oe
We been is of infinitely less moment than
lat they are. That point which concerns th,
country relates to the present purposes of to
, people of the South. To heap upon the s Sl
sses disabilities because of the rebellion, III,
10 to render certain future discomfort and to
ticulty. To make sure that they are for an
Union noio-that they recognize the am
IRENE authority of the Federal Govern Sts
Mt noiU-.hat they accept the conditions
tated by Congress no,0-and that they are W. WI
pared in good faith to do all that the law ser ser
oins, is the one essential thing. And this tut
precisely what the proposed organization ad'
Louisiana will accomplish. II carried out Sta
the spirit of the article we have cited, it WI
insure the development of a healthy ole
al sentiment, will Illustrate the plans of ueI
tisan incendiaries, and will inspire con- I
nee in the mind of the North. for
What is talked Of in Louisiana will, we of