The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-09
To the People of nIi.sis.IppI.

no At s3rf n 1;ees a.,
se.uiation of senfiments caleuiafed to n,<.
l<7c.. barxz<<v and good failing betvu.sz,s ty,ss
|{5berated s. We and his l6rmer masffr in 3
state wbzrsztbey can i've t6gethersss,d raav
fbe;r nosfs,.;tv after thzsx6. isPnot 3&sa a 1,a
Eff5o t;c d,.t<. than fhe ardent wish *,fl ayx
I1r,, q NH XssxI ropisf The Soufhern 81 ssoci..
Il ffon ii ms ali rms chfevemef1f and III homes
1 nv the removed of the ureiuffiees of- eithar-
| and Tho observation-disclosures IF conf ;dence in hotb
/ tn aslv ance the sSriefItural .5ros1ritv of the
| Stata IN fact ali her material interests
Fberf Il ana .;it1sf be IN this country as
/ in ali othars laudbolders. nj talists and L.
/ horars The HACK man here is the lai,orers
and he is the hest laborer that can be found
for this climate. 1T is this fact. and no other.
that has excluded white labor from our soil.
| The neonle of the Northern States attributed
il to the institution of slavery, and the toll
inc millions Of that section hoped from the
| dast5ru on IF the ;nstitrifion TO omen new
f;elds IF iinrfInsstrv for tbemseIyes to the ex-
Eclusion az the NEGRO and the conseouent de-
ction If his raee They are doomed to
rl;sanno;n fmant n these exneetaf tons. The
freedmen are every day Incoming more and
more convinced of the folly of looking to the
lhouutv ofroover,1mant. and athes charity of
| friends for sunn,rt, and are beginning. to
ize the fact that from, their own indus
trv alone can they ohope for subsistence. -
| This ln,nst necessarilvthe follawedi by those
L. hal Ia tcin Of farath.sunRf. nd lnlt
Il inhustrv. which cbaraeterizes the thriving
neasantrv af Enrope and when he attains to
| this. he becomes. bv reason of his superior
| nbysical adaptation to our climate the most
| usefiIl and profitable laberer ever known 10
exist in ,anv country III ia tberefors nm it,.s
| terest to- establish aud maintain, by every
means in our power, the utmost good will
and confidence between the races, = anu pre-
went the blacks from being starved and
fad hair tro n
labor. Nor should we cease our efforts to
bring about this harmony and confidence
because of the present seeming hopelessness
of the task. The causes which operate to
hinder andprevent success, are at most but
Temporary, and must yield to that unl versaI
law OF self-lnterest, which actuates every
people. The estFangement, which at pres
emit exists, will coon give way to self-inter-
est, if wesadOptia course of conduct benevo-
| lent, just and humane towards them, sexer-
cisipg at the same time that power and in
fuence, iThichibel0ngs to us as the landlords
| and capitalists 70 do this the more speedl-
| ly, it is necessary to have general concur.
renee as to a line of policy, faithfulness in
observing it, and in iorderto secure the lat
ter, association Is indispensable. ihrsni ~ Z.
Inc OBJECT itself might be safely lett 10
the accomplishments of time, but 1t wouldbe
slow IN Its progress, and disasters, such as
are horrible TO contemplate may intervene
Disasters, such as would never enter the
waking thoughts zorl the dreams of the
Southern man, white or black. but for the
| agency OF linen, who have crept into the
State with, the purpose of forming the black
pmeng into q party, and stimulating his hatred
against the whites llnoa hHc .sai4oi 9ssi1
| AS people we have not yet a cause to in
kaulge the slightest feeling of ill will to-
| wards the colored race. We are Iourselv yes
to blaaneiand not them for the errors into
| which they have fallen. As plant and
docile as children, it was but natural that
| they shonld become the tools and instrn-
llments OF those who should hrst step forward
to direct and use them.. We stood IDLY by
and permitted their minds TO be directed
by those who are no less their enemy than
| ours, and eyennow when every motive of
patriotism, self4lnterest and humanity for
them shoald urgeens to actIon, we still res
main Silent anu inactlve.. w make known
20 tnein ana aSsafi Win oio'erness the poney
OF our enemies, but have we as regards the
freedmen. anyswe dehned policy Which we
can ask them TO approve and endorse L:
not, let us az once adopt such an one as VIII
eonlnend user 10, thenn anu 'hus secure
their commence ana -support. itsa. o34o ga
Where there are prejndiees to overcome,
arguments, however conc lusive, will not
con vince Nor will more enlightened meu
| than the negro be always influenced in their
actions by the convictions of reason They
must be made OF our poilcy not only to
know but to feel that harmony and conf
dence between us will promote their we'll
fare. In other words. they must be taught
by logic which Is felt as well as heard, TO
understand and appreciate the 'vaiue of
friendship, the relations of men in society,
and the mutual dependence there is one up
| on another. These truths the colored man
| must learn in order to fit him for his duties
| as a free and independent member of socie-
| ty. = -'---.
This is work which n,neyer be accom-
plished without concert of action and organ.
| ization for that purpose. The staguation of
trade the general prostration of business.
| and the langnishing agricultural interest of
| the State ali demand that this mat ter should
be taken in hand before the barriers which
| are now being reared between us becomes
| fixed and immovable. With the former
slave a free. happy woman, devoted to the
| prosperity of his race and filed with patri-
otto impulses for the best Interest of his
State we. may hope, unmolested by low
| fiung intruders. to witness a degree of hap
piness hitherto UNPARALLELED in tie State.
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