The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-07-09
For the Clarion.


For the Clarion
= Editor Clarion: We quiet people of
the country note with eager interest,
everything transporting at the Capitol.
We. were not astonished when we first
heard of the appointment of the Mill
tary Governor, to learn, that ne had
the propriety to assure the family of
the Governor Of their uninterrupted
occupancy Of the Executive Mansion.
1t was but decent regard for their
convenience and the rights of those
who as the owners Of the property,
had with a unanimnity never before
equaled in this country, placed them in
that position, and who have but so
recently repeated their desire for their
continuance in that occupancy; and
we may say it was fitting eonsidera-
ton of the sensibilities and feelings of
the almost entire population of Jack
son, who could only view with disgust
and scorn, unspeakable, any attempt
on the part of a temporary military
commander, to change, that proper oc.
cupancyl But we were very soon sur
prised to learn, of that sudden change
in his mind, that demanded the pos
session of the mansion-the election
of it's rightfuI occppant-for the use
we wont say Of the military appointee,
for he is a man without family, and
would not require it; but as time will
prove, for other tenants for consider
alton. SO we wait to see what we will
see when the bayonets shall have exc
cuted the will of the commander, and
the Governor and his family, in utter
disregard of the wishes of the whole
people of the State, shall have been
forcibly elected from their properly
appointed home.
1t would seem, however, that this
would be on their part fit continue
ton of other acts which before the
conclusion of the late war, deprived
him and his family of all the comforts
of a once elegant and comfortable
home-where rude soldiery took ma
licious pleasure in the utter destruc-
ton of every article of his furniture
and SO defacing and damaging his re-
sidence as to render it unfit for use
The scenes of that sacking will not
soon be forgotten The burning of
rich rosewood and mahogany for fuel
the happy satisfaction of entirely
defacing by the shot of musketry, old
family portraits Of his honored ances-
try-the ribald jest as the relics of the
most sacred character were scattered
to the winds, though earnestly en-
treated to be spared by the faithful old
domestic in charge-and the APPROX
ing presence in the very home itself, of
the "Great Ulysses during the most
of the time.
Thank God we can begin to feel
that these things can be but for a short
time longer Our time is fast APP
proaching.1 Each additional wrong if
it were possible, but makes old Ben.
Humphreys dearer to his people than
before, and he possesses, as no man ev-
er did, the love and confidence of the
entire people of his State, who only &C
knowledge him as their Governor,
though he may be forcibly elected
from the eXer Use of those duties they
have only appointed him to, and his
family again deprived of their proper
home-the home that the people own
and with peculiar pride put him and
his family in possession of. He is our
Governor and our only Governor, and
will live in the hearts and affections
of the people when those who now
take advantage to wrong him shall
have relapsed into their native insig-
nificance, or shall be remembered only
for their infamy, L..