The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-24

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the destruction of their civil government
with its guarantees of protection to life,
liberty, and property, and the erection of
a despotisn on its ruins, executed in ac-
cordance With the will of military COM
manders. They have been denied the
benefit of the protection which the con-
stitution of the United States was de-
signed to establish, and virtually outlaw
ed blythe Government which exacted
their allegiance. How many thousands
have been arrested and loaded with
chains without warrant, and punished
without trial They have been onerous-
ly taxed to support Government which
denied them the right of participating in
the election of those who were to make
the laws to which their obedience has
been claimed. Aliens, deemed unwor-
thy of consideration at home, if not
branded felons, have been sent to lord it
over them, to rob them of their hard
earnings, and to fill their highest offices.
And when they were permitted to 90
through the form of an election, twenty
thousand of the citizens who had been es-
teemed worthy of their confidence, repre-
senting all political parties, Democratic,
Wing, American, and Union, were de-
MED the right of voice. And now after
long series of expressions and cruelties
over which humanity weeps, the right of
the people to fill the offices which are
elective, with men of their own choice, is
withheld from them. Though the Gov
eminent of the State is claimed to be Re
publican, not single Office within all It's
borders has been filled by the choice of
the people The Legislature, itself the
creature of fraud and violence, withheld
from them the right to elect the various
offices which the thing called constitu-
ton provides shall be filled by popular
election. The incumbents of these places
were appointed without reference to the
will of the people, and are holding them
by sutfeRnce of the spoilsmen who were
breathed into official existence through
the nostrils of the late military command
er. VIGOROUSLY, qualification and hon
esty are the exception, and incapacity
and dishonesty are the rule in the cases of
these incumbents.
Under such circumstances it is not to
be wondered that the people have no re-
spect for their rulers, nor for those who
have been chosen to execute the laws.
Where corruption and imbecility reign,
legal protection is mockery. Where
the lawmakers themselves set the exam
pie of outraging justice and of trappling
on the rights of the governed, are we to
be amazed that the latter are tempted to
protect themselves and to redress wrongs
for which no legal remedy can be found !?
In recent speech, John Quincy Adams,
of Massachusetts, one of the foremost
| statesmen Of the times, referring to the
stereotyped charges of g outrages which
the authors of these wrongs on the people
of the South make it their daily business
to herald, truly said:
This cry is mostly false, but supposing il
true, what them What does it prove I?
Only this, that if you will violate the law of
free government, you must take the conse-
quences. If you will trample on mems
pride and sentiment-yes, or even on their
cherished prejudice, to say nothing OF their
rights-yOu may look for ''Outrages.' Why
gentlemen, have read ofthese outrages be-
fore now; and where do You think they oc-
cur? Why, Ireland has been famous for
"outrages" for centuries. Poland has been
land of outrages. Hungary was for many
years a very nest and hot-bed of outrages.
No wonder there are outrages. | wonder
there are not more. | am sure we should not
be as quiet if the cases were reversed. 1
know we were not at all quiet one hundred
years ago when he it was tried here fear
if you should put the Asiatics to rule over
US, as we haYe put the African to rule over
d@em, there would be some trifling out
RACES goi2g on.
Thanks to the orator who, feeling his
bosom burn with the spirit of his great
ancestor a century ago, for these brave
utterances in the very hot-bed of Puritan
intolerance; and for his acute PERCEPTION
of the situation in the South, even from his
standpoint
Nevertheless, let conservatives remem-
Der, that to err on the side OF patience
and forbearance, is better than to endanger
thepeace of communities, and to jeopordize
the ultimate success of their cause, by
following the example of lawlessness set
before them by the men who are appoint
ed to administer the laws. Let them
obey the laws, so long as they remain on
the statute book; mete out equal justice
to all the members of the community, and
cooperate for the punishment of evil
doors. And when the time comes, as
come it must, the effectual method of re-
lieving themselves from the evils they
are suffering will be amply afforded at the
ballot-box. The example of their long
suffering, but at last redeemed and olsen
thralled brethren of other States, is as
full of encouragement as their righteous
cause is of inspiration.
Taxation.
The taxes have been qaintupled by
the present Republican rulers, with the
object of enriching themselves and rob-