The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-01

money, they would realize by war with
Great Britain, but he presumed to speak
Of the feeling which exists towards that
government in the hearts of those who
wore the gray during the war. Below we
give the telegraphic report.
We would be glad to know who author
lied him to say that the men of the
South wish war with anybody about any
thing. Grant that they would be as
ready 70 defend the South from an armed
invasion, under the starry folds of the
old flag as they were to meet invaders
when they stood shoulder to shoulder un-
der the stars and bars, it does not follow
that they are impatient for fight. They
want no war, and they would not give
their aid to one concocted by the Beast
in the interest of Massachusetts, and the
Radical party-particularly if the war is
to be made against England because she
permitted the Confederates to purchase
and man the Alabama in one of her
ports. Probably his particular friends
the scalawags would be ready to accept
paying Offices, and probably Longstreet
would be found among them. But the
rank and file would be wanting.
They are needed at home to build up
the waste places made during the war, by
the vandals of whom the Beast was
shining light They realize this need,
and they will obey its promptings. If he
intends to provoke such war, with the
expectation that the South would take
part in it he will find himself mistaken
They enter their protest against war.
They are already overburdened with
taxesp put upon them by the minions that
Butler and his party have foisted over
them, and they want no addition to these
burdens. They want no such reunion
as blood and treason alone can purchase
They only ask to be permitted to live in
peace, and to select their own officers
If General Butler really wishes frater-
nal feeling to exist between the North
and the South let him remove the bayo-
nets which until now have controlled
them. Keep such despOts as his son-in-
law Ames away from us. Give to the
Southern people an opportunity to fill
their local offices with such men as they
seeft. Let him have the test oath re-
pealed so that they may send
the men they wish to honor to repre-
sent them in Congress, and then the re-
union of which he speaks will be brought
about. 1t can be secured by no other
means. They would not have it at the
price he places upon it. They will not
purchase it, however glorious it may be,
with the blood of their fathers and their
brothers. They would not again fill
their beloved South with homeless wild
ows and orphans if they never had the
reunion without this great sacrifice. If
this war is begun the Radicals need not
count upon assistance from the men of
the South. They are not hirelings; they
will not fight in any cause in which their
hearts are not enlisted.
RosToN Nov. 24.-General Butler, in his
recent speech. said: | cannot but recall the
truth that our Southern brethren-ma:y of
the best and brapest among them-whO
fought against the Government in vain at
tempt TO rid themselves of the glorious mem
DRY of its history. are impatiently longing
once more 20 ii ght under the starry folds OF
the old flag. Give the privilege TO the brave
sons of the South TO defend their country
again in a foreign war. and especially one
with Great Britain-not loved any more
by them than by us-and it would bring US
altogether again. uniting us with one flag
one country and one destiny. In so much
Is this reunion the hope OF the patriot, that
one feels a doubt whether to achieve il
would not be worth all the loss of blood and
treasure in such a war.
Mai. Barksdale will bear witness as a
member OF the Democratic Convention. and
tons, that there was not a man On that COM
mittee except one from a hOpelessly Radical
New England State, who was willing that
National Democracy should declare against
negro suffrage, and that too when 1t was
living issue.
But if the Northern Democracy is really
opposed 10 Radicalism and we can find out
in what it Is, most cordially and earnestly
will we applaud it, and will also say, If two
wears hence, when the National contest
comes on, if the Democracy be the party
OPP osed to Radicalisnl. we are for swelling
its ranks and fighting under its banner
Mississippi Central.
If the editor of the Central adhere to
the pledge contained in the latter para
graph, we cannot imagine that there will
be cause of difference between us in the
election two years hence.
In reference to the fact to which we are
called to bear witness, we will state, that
the entire Committee on Resolutions in
the last National Democratic Convention,
with the single exception referred to, did
oppose proposition to insert in the plat
form resolution on the subject of negro
suffrage; but it ought also to be stated
that their action was taken without refer
ence to the intrinsic merits or dement's of
the measure stself, but upon the principle
that the question of suffrage being purely
local, was one which under the Constitu-
ton, belongsto the people of the States
exclusively. The Committee did, fur
thermore, unanimously report the plat
form which was in like manner adopted
by the Convention, denying the power
that had been usurped by the federal
government Radical control, to NEEDLE
with the question.
Trouble I'm Alabama.
The Radical leeches, wherever they
have been fastened upon the public trea-
ury, by federal agency, invariably sur
render their hold only after exhausting