The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-03-25

counsel, and if the case is not gained
il will not be for the want of able law
z yers and lucid arguments.
E The Rage of n Fanatic.
T Wendell Phillips Cries for Vengeance
|, He IodRtS the South to Drink the Bloc,
E OF the hu-hit6.
{ From the Anti-SlaveIy Standard.l
We have felt ana said that the cours,
of General Grant waI open to grave
criticism. But we have always judged
him by his actions; always allowing
that he meant all he said, and would
do all he promised.
We propose to do the same in time
to come. We shall take his words fol
earnestly meant; and we shall wait
for action before we criticise him in
his new office.
Thus far zee hare only thanks to qirt
him For three things in his inaugur-
al we desire to give him credit. With
full heart and most earnestly, We thank
him for his frank, prompt and hearty
endorsement of the Constitutional
Amendment. The words in which he
refers to it show that his heart is in
the right place, and that he cordially
accepts the lesson of the war. Ii
emancipation made Lincoln the slave
President. the precious and statesman
like words made Grant the Negroes
| President.
We hail with similar feelings his as
sertion that his policy looks to the
citizenship" of the Indian. Let him
cover the Indian with this shield, and
| give him. for the present at least, a
Department in the Cabinet which shall
watch his rights. and President Grant
will have met thesetwO great problems
| of race with a brave and wise, as well
as Just. craftsmanship.
The third pledge of his inaugural
We hail is that which promises a Wig
OIous aud rigorous execution of law.
/ We trust that here his words mean
| literally all they say; and only wish
/ they had been more decisive and un-
I equ,vocal. Our complaint of Grant
/ hitherto has been that he held power
/ without using it; that lie has sat and
seen Union men murdered unavenged
Some of his friends excused him on
! the ground that President Johnson
crippled the General. At last the ku-
kluX have left the White House
Those midnight towards need only
half dozen summary executions in
as many States to disappear forever
II we were i'm the Senate we would
confirm no man foTs any office from any
Southern State, kentucky included, (aot
euen Holt.) till life was as safe there rs
in Vermont. Shoot and hang. first; ROnat-
nate and confirm dfteT7rdTd.
We say amen, most heartily. to all
the inaugural contains about the pub
lie credit and payment in gold But
there Is 4 debt just as sacred as the
bonds. the debt we owe to the South
ern lOyalist, black and white. This
debt is their immediate and perfect
protection. If either debt is entitled
TO precedence this comes first in obli-
CATION aud Importance. This is to be
paid in blood long before the other is
paid in coin.
The bOndhOlder only gains by wait
ing. For these other creditors every
hour of danger and agony cut short Is
an indescribable gain The Govern
ment's faith with the bondhOlder has
never been broken. Toward this
other creditor the Government has
been peTjured and faithless for four
bitter wears. We 6eSeech Grant to send
men South lCh0Se rery names shall mean
vengeance, deep, terrible. and most effect
ice vengeance. Put aside sham Gov
ernors and paltering officials, and give |
us the peace which is sure t. follow
tile uTdMn SWORN Ill tic DdllNlS VI d |
prompt, honest man.
The bondholder paid will give us |
credit to borrow in case of another |
rebellion. This debt promptly paid |
will render another impossible. 1t will |
flood the South with capital and |
brains. the two enemies against which /
she rebelled, ard which her madness /
and JohnsOn's have been striving to /
get along without.
Congress cannot reconstruct the /
South-law can. Safety for money |
and men will. Such a man us Butler In
Neto Orleans IS leorth llOlc more than a
mule load Of ta1cS. Hang tlrehty dSSSdS-
sins in ereTy Southern capitol six hours
after they are arrested, and you will /
empty half the bank vaults of Chris
tandom into the South, you will light
up all its FORCES and crowd its eX-
changes with business men. This is
the way. Soldier of the Wilderness, to
.hammer" the rebellion to pieces
Adke yOur vengeance so tcift, sure and
terrible, that the mere name of
Union man" may be as ample pro-
lection even on the Del NOrte as that
ola Roman citizen was to st. Paul
at Jerusalem.
The Cabinet gives no indication to
the Presidents plan. It rather shows
ing. Massachusetts furnishes all the
first-rate brains it contains
Thomas Campbell made a selection
from the English Poets on the plan of
excluding every piece any other pre-
vious compiler had taken. OF course,
they, the first corners, had taken the
best, and accordingly all Campbell's
pieces are second-rate. Grants Cabi-
net follows this copy. He excludes
every one that anybody ever thought
of OfcOurSe he takes the leavings.
But this only means that the people
are. as hitherto. to do the work.
Press the Constitutional Amend
ment. Push the Executive for
strong arm of resolute law throughout
the South. II the South lores blood, let
her sup tltH Of IL. only let IL be the blood
OF dssassins. Sheath no sword until
honest Union men. black and white
native and foreign, alone and in COM
panies. on lonely prairies and in city
streets, sit, each under his own vine
and fig tree-the Stars and Stripes
with none to modest or make them
afraid. WENDELL PHILLIPS.