The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-10

II mississippi has ever Deem N4h OF Inc
Union, it must now H. conceded on nli
hands that she ispat iast fully restored =
Congress, in its malignity and want of
craftsmanship, unable to devise plan to
effect reconstruction through lawful and
constitutional means, called in the aid of
the bayonet, and accomplished the job
We hope it is thoroughly done-that our
loyalty is now fully recognized and estab-
lished, and that hence-forward we are to
be constituent part of 1.-THE best govern
ment the world ever saw" After all, it
may be better to be even mis-represented
in the Senate by Revels and Ames, and
in the House by Mckee. Barry d Co.,
than not to be represented at all. If
Congress can endure them, the people of
Mississippi will be content with their rid
dance. They shodld actively strut their
brief hour upon tie stage, for in due time
they will be heard and seen no more.
We are really glad that the State has
been admitted, that military rule and one
man power is departing, and that the
bhghting presence of such satraps as
Ames no longer AOllutes our atmosphere.
We feel relieved We breathe freer, at
even the semblance of a return to the
old-fashioned order of things. What if
the late election was carried by frauds the
most glaring, and man elected as Gov
ernor, by some twelve thousand less
than majority of even the registered
voters of the State, and seven-tenths of
those never before vested with the fran
chise; what if property and intelligence
qualifications are, as a rule, below par,
and ignorance and brute force the pillars
of the temple in which so many are now
seeking to worship-nOtwithstanding these,
and all the other unpleasant phases of the
present political situation, we are disposed
to accept them all as "a thing of beauty
and JOY forever" contrasted with the OPP
preston and tyranny under which our
people have groaned for the past five
years.
Mississippi has now fairly entered upon
q new career, and we believe she pos
sesses the inherent force and power to
overcome every obstacle to her advance
ment. These are many and serious, and
new ones will obtrude at every step. But
those who are now in authority, no mat
ter how placed there, or to what agency
they owe their elevation, are responsible
to the people and ifambitious to receive
the plaudit which is the award of the
good and faithful servant, they will apply
themselves diligently to the great interests
of the State rather than TO the promotion
of party or partizan projects. We con-
TESS to expect but little that is generous or
wise at their hands. We look rather for
such excuses in legislation as will keep
PROSTATE the energies of the people-for
the Inauguration of such wild and fanci-
full schemes as can benefit onl y their pro-
jectors. We do not hope otherwise, but
shall be gladly disappointed if a different
spirit gains the ascendency, and if the
rulers and lawmakers of the hour shall
rise above self, and consider only what is
best for the State None will be more
prompt than we TO recognize any good that
may come from such political Nazareth.
Perhaps Gov. Alcorn is the man provided
by certainly mysterious Providence to
bring about our political redemption. Let
us see what miracles he can perform, be-
fore we lose faith in him altogether If
he has the ability to so mould the incon-
gruous and conflicting elements, and so
to control the "black spirits and white"
that now surround him, and so distribute
the loaves and fishes as that the appetites
for place of all shall be appeased, a most
marvellous man will he be-the hero of
the nineteenth century, we shall pro-
nounce him. Let us charitably anticipate
that, his intentions being good, he may
be successful in accomplishing the hercu-
lean task before him. Never did an Ex-
ecutive of a State have an opportunity
more ample for the display of statesman
ship. A brief period will determine
whether he is equal to the occasion, and
whether our people are ''fools for luck"
in his accidental elevation