The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-08-11
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We are invited 10 the standard Of the |
PIunderers in order that we may influence |
the party, and control the destiny OF the
state. Yes, controliL as we see those con-
trolling 1t who have tried the experiment.
You may as well attempt to stem the rushing
waters of the Mississippi with the palm OF
your hand as to control or influence men
void Of pride, OF shame, or virtue and whose
only objects Of devotion are the twin Gods
Of Observation-Disclosures and Gold.
To what could you appeal? What argu-
ments could be urged that would withdraw
them from their idols and influence them to
aid in the restoration OF national pride and
public virtue, and the true principles Of ma
tional liberty? Nor is It possible for us to
purchase them by bribery, not that they
would refuse the bride, but we have moth
ing to offer, they being possessed of the
plumber Of the whole State. Being thus
powerless to influence; uniting with them
for the purpose of controlling events, Is
pretext too absurd to deceive, and those who
aatter themselves that the people are de-
ceived by IL, only furnish an evidence that
they are as destitute of common sense, as
their compatriots are of common honesty.
And from whom does the proposition
come? 1t only proceeds from the few, who
have shame and decency enough LEFT TO wish
for more respectable association, and sense
enough to foresee, that without such sup
port, they must soon become the loathesome
objects OF universal eXecrati on. IL they
are making the proposition In good faith,
and would really escape the disgust of man
kind, would 1t not be wiser for them to come
out of the house of prostitutionI They
seem to forget that while we might impart
to them portion of our respectability, we
might be tainted with some Of their corrup-
ton, and the world is harsh i'm its judgment,
preferring to judge us less by our motives
than by the company we keep.
No wing can believe that the proposition
is made in good faith, because it is virtually
an offer to surrender all their cherished dog
mas. TheUld Union wings controlling, what
would become of the agraranism of the
party of progress? What OF the temples of
their Gods on what altar would their dew
otees offer incense? Morgan, Gibbs, Shoup,
what say y0a TO the propositions How
would you like TO have the beauty of Mon.
grelsm blurred by the tints of whiggery,
and why is il that the proposition does not
excite your suspicious OF dsloyalty and
treasong Does Il not look as if the men
who had betrayed their former associates
and proven recreant to their kith and Kin,
| having reaped the benefits of your conf
dence, were now basely preparing for the
betrayal Of your cause? You cannot view
! their efforts without concern; without
alarm for the spoils, Unless you are innu-
enced by the conviction-that no respectable
man will forfeit his respectability by assist
! ing them to add decency to the party; that
no sensible man will undertake IL, for he
knows it to be an impOssibility, or that they
possess your entire confidence, and while at
tempting TO decoy US are only performing
their duties as commissioned pimps and
drummers to the grand establishment Of
Mongrelism.
But must not overlook the argument so
repeatedly and persuasively urged. that the
Governor ''has done the best he could under
the circumstances" Strumpets have doubt
less done the same, but who ever heard one
base upon it a claim To virtue? But His
Excellency 'has upon more than one occa-
sion defeated radicalism in its villainous
legislation" Yes, so lac has and will not
depreciate his services. buU will give him the
full benefit, the full measure of praise be-
longing to such uneXampled virtue. There
is not a convict in the State prison who could
not have shown upon his trial that he had
refrained from crimes greater than that Of
which he stood accused. There never was
a ring-leader Of a gang of cut-throats and
burglars who could not prove that upon
more than one occasion he had restrained
his crew from the preparation of their
villianies. The court would not admit such
evidence even in mitigation Of the offence;
but the feed attorney might argue to the
jury that u the court had permitted the
evidence he could establish not the inno-
cence, but the fact that his client Is not
wholly and altogether a william; that like
other men he has his moods aud did occa-
sionally prefer the pleasure of jest or n /
glass of wine to the cutting Of throat |
Unhappy client! The court would stop his /
counsel, and say cOnfine yourself TO the re- /
cord. Even this defence the law (Which Is 4
justice tempered with mercy would deny 1
him. We have heard of the forger COM /
planning of the hardship OF his case I'm hav- |
ing to suffer for one little line after writing |
so many thousand that were harmless and /
unoffensive but the world never before heard
him make claim to merit because his every
line was not a forgery.
Gentlemen, you have one aim, and one
aim only, in which the true Wing feels "A
lively interest and wishes you success. As
the men Of the ancient wisdom looked for
the highest happiness In the far of Hades 10
the waters Of the Lethe, so you look for the
full fruition of your joys TO the forgetful-
ness and Oblivion of your race merged.
bathed in that ofthe African. Your posteri-
ty will be none the less grateful because
you were white, for the record that bears
your memory down to them will attest that
yoa were white only in appearance while
your hearts were OF n beautiful radient
blackness resembling the reigning bellies Of
Congo and TimbuctOo.
OLD LINE WING.