The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-23

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In life there Is no slnmixed good. All
i'll plans are formed ON careful balaI-
eng Of the good and the evil SO we 90
nbt expect the ticket of the Union Repub-
l;cans to be free from objections, real or
imaginary, to everybody. Indeed we
have not expected il to be precisely as any
one man would have constituted 1t II the
management had been left TO him. And
vet We do say that all things considered,
Il Is a most fortunate combination; and
that II has been received by the public
with degree of enthusiasm which hope
fnl as we were, we did not anticipate
The calm, patriotic, right-thinking Peo-
pie have accepted it not so much for tine
sake of the names upon it which are IN
trinsicaIly meritorious-baa as a part @
the great Plan ofrelieff from military dd"'t''-
iiStration auhict holds their liUes, Liberties ana
fortunes, at the disposal Of ,ceak and SET
fsh ruler, and Of delicera''ce from the mas
rule, anarchy and spoliatiOn Of Bitter End
Radical reconstruction.
There may be some rigid partizans,
who consulting their hearts rather than
their heads, will say that they prefer
sraight-out Democratic ticket. But sup
nose their wishes were gratiied suppose
they had the choice of such ticket, and
thew could elect it, what would they gain!
The end of all their struggles would be
the continuation of therule of Ames with
its agencies of strife, tyranny and cor
ruption scattered broadcast over the State.
Suppose, in disappointment at not hay
ing such ticket in the field, they refuse
to take part in the election-refuse to
bear their share in the momentous strug-
gle which is to fix for years, probably for
generations, the destiny of the State for
veal or for woe-they will simply play
into the hands of Ames, of Gibbs, OF
Musgrove. Tarbell, Alcorn, Mckee and all
that class of Malignants who hope to profit
by the Inauguration of precisely such a
state of things as exist in Arkansas,
South Carolina, and other States where
enough people ''would have nothing to
do with it to succeed in turning their
countrymen and themselves over the most
hideous and loathsome governments that
ever existed. The impracticables in those
States are repeating at leisure the mad
ness and folly which brought on these
calamities, and are pining for the return
of the opportunity, once rejected to regain
their liberties.
The people of Mississippi, we mean the
conservative masses, have like passions
and weaknesses with other people it is
true, but they have the examples OF
South Carolina and Arkansas in chains,
and of Virginia and Tennessee redeemed,
to come to the aid of their own calm
Judgments and sturdy patriotism, and all
combined viii form current of convic-
ton and amightiness of purpose that will
bear them triumphantly over the break
ers into the harbor of safety. The vessel
to which they have trusted their fortunes
is made of good material but looking tC
the paramount object of deliverance from
tyrrany and Radical misrule and the res
toration of civil government based on the
consent of the governed, rather than tC
the appointed agencies for the accomplish
ment of this end, they will enter on the
canvass with zeal and determination
commensurate with the prizes at stake.