The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-10-14

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shadowing presence Of the army. The re-
y spohsEbility or the Southern people for law
and order. cannot he held In dispassionate
fairness, TO have commenced until they shall
have first been made It's absolute cust0dians
Factionists accuse you of being secession
Ists. This they charge while you sic weep
ing In des slatiOn. This they repeat 20 you
while the memory Of your slain sons Is still
green In your sOulel All my countrmen.
well they know that doctrine Of woe has
been washed from YOUR belief by tears and
blood!
In proof Of your condemnation OF seces-
sion, l may offer the fact that the men you
have honored with the high trust OF repre-
seniinR you in the present Congress have.
10 man. opposed il even while the passions
of War glared upon them as fercely a. the
flames Of the households which had been
given by that accursed doctrine to the torch.
HE Is GREAT ON PAYING THE PUBLIC DEBT =
TROUGH coNTR CrKD AT A COST or oUR
LIBEkTIhs AND e90N, coo, 600 OF PROP
ERTV. he SAYS: THE THOUGHT OF THE
soCTHs NOT PAYING IT, L. "-coLD-BLooED
INFAMY."
The National debt Is placed as a STUN
bling-block In the way OF your right of rep
resentarion. After all the humilfarions that
have been put upon you, you will perhaps
pardon me for dealing patiently with that
impeachment Of your honor. The caste OF
the southern character Is not that most like
" pLCecUB uutVGTHA4 bEC8CucTys 4 ne Cold
bLOoded i5lTaDsy which would swear fealty 10
a government with the intention of bringing
II 10 dishunOr, Is certainly not IN keeping
with the character of the Mississippian.
But you are not foolsl Your dwellings
have been torn down. Your gin houses
been burned. Your lands have been laid
waste Capitall Capital is your constant
cry TO save the remnants of your fortunes
and, in order to make capital abundant, you
Axr n f.lti
swOop, three thousand millions of dollars ;!
Need | say another word on this head p
show that you dare not, IL you could, de-
stroy the money you pay your laborers. the
balance At your bankers, the credit at your
merchantss Need say that you dare not.
il you could. make the cotton, by which you
hope 70 restore your fortunes drug upon
your hands, without medium of exchange
TO give it convertible value?
The charge of your design upon the pub
lie credit rises 10 the dimensions of the |
grand. The accusation that you contem- |
plate repeating the pensions of the Federal |
soldiers calls on you 70 clear yourselves from |
piece Of villainy somewhat paltry. Eve.I !
though that mean design were really enter |
tanned by you. you are, and will necessarily |
continue, powerless for its accomplishment. 1
More than one-third of the vote of the North /
would be required to swell the aggregate
strength of the South to the dimensions |
necessary 60 carry any question in Congress.
That any such vote will ever be given by
the representatives of the North, Is a propO-
sition whose absurdity Is declared by the
fact that the late soldiers OF the United
States represent million and a half OF uotes
SEVERAL Tories ToUcHED--THE STATE
COULD NOT ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS
(l4Tn INCLUDED) WITHOUT DlSIIONOR!
The National debt you would not repudi-
ate If you could. The debt to the soldiers
you could not repudiate IL you would. On
the plea OF guarding against these unsuppo-
sable dangers of your admission to repre-
sentation, Congress has submitted to the
States for adoption. q number of amend
ments to the Constitution. Even If unob-
jectionable in themselves, you could not be
expected TO support those amendments, see
ing that they are, virtually, so many direct
tnaputdtions upon your honor.
He SEVERELY ARRAIGNs THE RADICL Re-
PUBLICAN PARrY-LAUDs THE DEMOCRATS
AND CoRERvATIvE REPUBLIcAEs-AND
WARNS AGAINST LODGES AND LEAGUES!
The Republican party had become an
overshadowing power in the North. The
of the South precipitated it for
ward toward the end of its mission. DISCO
luton threatened 1t thus suddenly In the
springtide of its strength. The best politi-
cal minds of the party felt therefore the ne
cessity of enfusing into 1t general princi-
pie of life.
Secttonagisrn gldres IN front of the Repubit- ,
cdn party t1ith the eye Of Hedgsd. As the
passions OF war burn out. its life ia waning
Mr.. Seward. Mr.. Cowan, Mr. DoolittIe, Mr..
Raymond, appear to anticipate its death.
With statesmanlike foresight, they show an
anxiety TO place it on basis from which il
may be made national and therefore 1t may
be presumed that, apart from the prompt +
ings of their devotion TO the Union, the Re
publicans represented In the Philadelphia
will. as policy Of party, APP
preach you In a spirit of frank fraternity.
The political forethought of moderate Re-
Dublicans stives to cripple the opposition
Radicalism will, that foresight sees force
into the ranks of the Democraoy eleven
states. The moral and the material strength
Of that accession would make the oppOsi-
lion powerful. Determined not only TO OBJ
tain q new principle of life tor their own :
party, but to keep the Democracy where it
t-under their feet, many Of the guidings
ntellects among the Republicans will meet
you in the Philadelphia Convention with
broad and generous conservatism.
Make no alliances. Stand aloof from all
OF party. Let the Halls, and I
the Regeacies, and the Wigwams, and the
Lodges, and the Leagues, take care of them
selves. would not that you should become
pinned TO the skirt of any faction. Your ;
purpose in accepting the invit alton of the
friends of restoration to the Philadel phia
should be confined, in and out y
Of the Convention, In. public and IN private, l
sentation and that endorsements you can
not possibly accomplish, be the support of
the Democratic divisions ever so generous,
oithoHs the hearty corporation Of the CoHser-
rdtire Republicans.
PATHETIC CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, my fellow-citizens, I will
Dnly add that this address has been prompt
I'd ty a solemn sense of my duty to you. AS i
Tou cannot afford TO take q false step where 4
your liberties aud fortunes are at stake. so >
,annot affOrd to look on passively while you
propose to move under circumstances SO
At the present shall say no
more than have said. My conscience for
bids me to say less. At future time I
rope to have the opportunity Of coGnseling s
With you in person on the cdEnmon concerns
u our fortunes aud liberties, when perhaps
may be able to do so under circumstances
ess embarrassing than those under which
now address you.
have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant
j. l.. AICoRE,
Washington City, p G. July % 1885,