The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-10-14
To rHE PEOPLE OF MIss1ssnrr:

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To rHE PEOPLE or MIssIssnrr
Your State was struck down Ia the cras
of battle Having staked all on the wage
of war, she lost all. Once under the heel c
the victor. she spoke not of rights. The con
queror, with his sword at her breast. ofere'
her Terms. These terms you, on her par
accepted. They formed the basis OF con
tract. They opened before you vista @
hope. They dismissed from your broWs tn
sullenness of the ensiaved for the cheerful
ness of the free. The passive resistance
which othersise might have characterize
your action, they changed IL not into hearty
into at least willing acquicscence. The mag
nanimity OF the cOmmander-in-chief of tn
army and navy which had flung you 10 tn
earth. drew your hearts once more toward
the Government OF your fathers.
"a. s. TERMS NOT so -MAeSANIMoUs' AT
TEE ALL--EHE STATE ~DIsHoNoRED" b
THEM.
The terms of the compact of restoration
were not light. They demanded your con
seTt to the abolition of slavery. Herein
they subjected you, the people of Mississip
pi, to penalty of two hundred millions o
dollar They stipulated sor your repudia
ton of the debt of the State. incurred in tn.
struggle for the Confederacy. In this they
humbled you, in the agony of distress q
your own dishonor. They bargained tina
every man of you, old and young, rich ant
poor. should accept before tie world the
position of y condemned criminal! Mag
unanimous. though you held the terms grant
ed you by the President Ofthe United States
they were | repeat, if not grievous, certain
ly not light.
THEY WERE NEYERTHELESS FULFILLED II
GOOD FAITH.
All the conditions of the compact of re-
storation you have fulfilled. Your duties
under that contract having been all dis
charged. you counted on the enjoyment oil
the resulting rights. You sent, as you were
Invited to do, Representatives and Senators
to Congress As one of the Senators whom
you thus accredited, l hold it my duty, now
that Congress has adjourned, TO report t.
you that the right which you have purchased
so dearly-your right ofrepresentation-nas
been repudiated.
CONGRESS CHARGED WITH BAD PAITH AND
VIOLATING CONSTITUTION.
Your exclusion from Congress is an act OF
bad faith. AS violation of the Constitu-
ton, it may fairly be protested against by
those who held the war waged lcfthia the
powers and duties of the Union. To you
and me, who have been parties to a rerolu-
tion, this denial of our right of representa-
tion is. in its relation to the compact OF
restoration simply Reputation ofthe pub
lie honor. That act OF faithlessness is, how
ever, chargeable in fact TO but one depart
ment of the Federal Government. The
President sustains your cOntract-right. A
powerful body of men in the North supports
that assertion of the public faith. They in
sist on your right of representation. They
demand for the whole country political re-
pose. They protest that the North and the
South shall be allowed to settle down, as
formerly, to the condition of reciprocating
prosperity: Having determined on an ap-
peal from Congress to the people, those gen.
tlemen, men of all shades of political opin-
ion. have invited you to meet them at Phila-
delphia on the 14th proximo in q Grand
Inquest of the Nation.
ABOUT THE PHILADELPHIA CoNvESTI0N--REP-
RESERVATION IN CoHGRESS-THE GOLDEN
PLEECE-J. L. A. HAVING BEEN ELECTED
SENATOR, THOUGHT If IMPORTANT THAT he
SHOULD HAVE HIS SEAT.
The convention tn which you have been
invited brings the struggle of restoration to
a crisis. The business OF that assemblagt
concerns the people of the whole country
TO the extent of their industrial prosperity
if not also of their cival order. To you. my
fellow-citizens of Mississippi, the success OF
that informal Congress is one of especial i'm
portance. The restoration of the Union de-
ponds on that success. The representation.
which constitutes the prime condition of
that restoration, ia precious to you as the
condition of your political lib
erty. The Philadelphia Convention under
u.
child en- of the revolution of 1776. shall
stand within the government of your
fathers. erect and tree. or lie PROSTATE under
its heel, defrauded, in your impOverishment
and enslavement, into a surrender of your
of your pride, of your honor.
Liberty is infinitely more precious than
the golden fleece. Representation is not
more a necessity of your souls than it is of
your purses. If your Representatives and
Senators had not been denied their pla ,es in
Congress. do you suppose that, in addition
TO your full proportion of taxation common
in your poverty, condemned to pay special
tax on cotton? Assuredly not. The Phila-
delphia Convention. in Offering to assist in
the recognition of your right of representa-
ton. involves therefore question of mate
rial interest that, on the basis of your pro-
duction in $780, affects your pockets, men of
to the amount of thirteen millions
Of dollars per dnnuns!I
HE LAYS THE BLAME OF THE BAD FAITH OF
THE NORTH TO THE JEALOUS AND ''FACTIOCs
VIOLENCE" OF THE RADICALS.
The Democrats are regarded BY the party
in ascendancy throughout the North with
intense hatred. The passions OF faction
separate the two In eFen instances where
you would look for the philosophical temper
Of craftsmanship. To you this would be of
very little concern. If party blindness had
hate. The Republicans hare Jumped to the con-
clusion that, II they consent to your political
nights, then tcould be our0ted in the next con-
test for the Presidency. by the Democrats. This
unrterlies the fact OF your e1clu-
sion from representation. Factions violence
infiicts on you thus q grieVOps penalty on
the supposition that you are natural allies of
an opposition unknown to you, save as part
and parcel of a people whom you have for
four weary years associated with the red
graves and burning homesteads of your kith
and kin.
The Peace Democrats" are mere hand
full. So tar as their course during the strug-
gle of the sections 10 concerned. they are
known to you only as your enemies. Like
a!l other man of the North, they have fought
you in person, or by substitute. Theirtaxes
strengthened those sinews of war within
whose grasp you have been crushed. They
nay have given you sympathy; they oertain-
y gave your assailants men, money, and
passive obedience,
The war-wing of that party constitutes
he great majority of the Democrats. As
between them and the Republicans. sou can
ind in the history of the war no ground of
,hoice. Feeling, certainly cannot be held to
Issist you in the matter, If however, forced !
o choose, you might perhaps. be Influenced
~ the consideration that an open foe / , Ger |
ainly not worse than false friend.
he SOUTH SHOULD BE EQUALLY GRATEFUL |
TO NORTHERN DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVE
TIVE REPUBLICANS.
Party ties have fallen from your limbs |
haired! They have been consumed like |
lax in the flames of war. You came back !
nto the Union free from all restraints of
Darty friendships. You have come back |
lationalists. Your sworn feaIty as well as |
our interest pledges you to the Union.
four account with parties OF the North, |
from the day that gave to the |
ountry the Presidents policy of ''restara-
ion." To the great majority Of the Democrats |
oU feel grateful for their support Of your right |
4 representation TO the Conservative men |
mong the Republicans. you hold yourselves |
qually bound Tor their hearty assertion Of |
hat fundamental condition of your liberty. |
GUSHING SYMPATHY FOR ANDY JOHNSON
DEATH TO BEAST BUTLER co.