The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

The Conservative masses OF the state
must be organized. Butthree moons VIII
have come and gone before the clash of
arms in the impending strife viii have
been heard 1t viii then be too late; the
work Of organization must be done before
that time comes.
Every county, every township, and
every precinct should have its organiza-
ton. This work has commenced in some
of the counties, but that Is not sufficient.
1t should begin, and begin immediately, in
all. We hear good reports from some,
but from other counties we have no infOr-
nation. We trust that we viii soon be
able to chronicle the fact that active and
working organizations have been formed
in each county In the State.
All agree that carpet-bagism and seal
awagery must be driven in disgrace from
our State. There is no difference of
opinion as to that. All are determined
to defeat Radicalism again, as we did last
year. To accomplish this great end we
must organize. If we expect victory to
perch upon our banners, we must prepare
for battle.
Secretly and in silence the enemies of
free government in this State are busily
at work While they are protesting
through their papers that the millennium
has come, and that the lamb may now lie
down in safety with the lion, while they
proclaim that their platform expresses
Justice for all and malice towards none,
and while they assert that universal suf-
frage and universal amnesty" is inscribed
upon their banners, their emissaries are
Installing into the mind of the uneducated
and credulous negro that his rights are in
danger. They are telling him that all
the professions made by us during the
canvass last year are false They are
seeking him at his home when the mantle
of night has been thrown upon nature, to
impress him with dread of the very
persons upon whose property he resides.
They are going further than this: they do
not hesitate to prostitute the houses that
have been dedicated and consecrated to
the worship of God, that they may ac-
cOmplish their unholy ends.
The same men who in Convention in
November last, and as agents of the Com.
mittee of Five, attempted to carry out its
iniquitous scheme, are at this work. The
same men who went before the Recon
struction Committee of Congress last fall
and placed their impious hands upon the
Holy Word of God, and swore that vio-
lence and fraud were used by the people
of Mississippi in the last election, are
doing this. The houseless and homeless
adventures that Gen. Ames has collected
from all parts of the Union and foisted
in the various county and State offices, |
are busily at this, for they were brought
here to do the dirty work of the Radical
party, and if their inclinations led them
to do otherwise, their living depends upon
their doing it, and they dare not refuse.
All US W NC upOu Jul
guard, and at our posts. We all feel and
know that we should be training for the |
fight. Why then stand we idle?
Above all things let there be no strife
within our own ranks. If our friends in
other portions of the State feel that they
can defeat the Radicals without the aid
of the Conservative Republicans, they are
fortunate indeed. We rejoice as much
as they over the fact Confident in their |
own strength, they should not frown up
on their less fortunate brothers who wish |
to use for the same purpose such means
as are left in their power. We have the
same holy cause at heart-the same |
great end to accomplish. If we fail, the
same degradation awaits us. And if we |
succeed, we will rejoice together over the
fact that Mississippi has been disenthrall-
ed, that she is saved from the pollution
which inevitably awaits should Radical
ism triumph.
Then let us 60 to work earnestly, man.
fully, vigorously, and together.
Organize. Not day is to be lost