The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-09-01
For the Clarion
UNIVERSITY MATTERS.

NV E1EkAs VA n EA&S.
II.
Now THE CLARION says the Board O.
Trustees Of the State University has carpet
bIggers and sealawags on it. yet il has also
some good men. In so saying. TIE CLARI.
OK showed a disposition 10 be just and gen
erous. We believe we are. too. and we
agree with you in saying there are some
good men. bat viii you quarrel with Us
when We charge they are mostly good Rad
tieais: We believe You viii hot. wlIen We
say -. Sudge Niles ! a Republican for
whem We have a respect. because lie has
never sought to luiure az with his politics,
end he Il n Republican we believe from his
honest convictions ofthougIit. not from mo-
tives OF greed and gain We DO not dislike
Republicans simply because they differ from
us in politics, bat we have a feeling against
many OF them because they are our most
bitter enemies. and contempt for many
others, because. like Esau they sold their
birthright for a mess ofpotta-e. Well. now,
the man who sells himself for a mess Of pot
taZo at any time IS uuwise. and Is deserving
Of contempt. But what shan we think of
those men. in many late INSTANCES, mot in
al We cAeefulIy say.) tDho AGus sold on FER a
mass N pofage no bigger than an afice from A.
corn, which IS 70 last no longer than the
next general election at best. and which i
rs sure 20 mark the craven spirits of the fall
len rs the glorious sun Of freedom IS to burst
again upon people who have faltcrcd not.
Then where viii ye stand, We modern lictors
ard parasites and apostateS. no longer en-
jOyiug your thirty pieces of silver. the
irowns ofyour more honest ncighhors greet
ing your public Appearance, and your guilty
coHsciences making you shake like seeing
EeishaZZar's vision YerifedI
liaf "a ft'-tsnfc. EN-Gov. Clark is an old
cii:z y al!d "a i)rW' c:it. lie MAS - much u
Democrat thc :, nat rrfu.iiairt us rccag
milton ~ tliC Governor aId ~ iii-i Al tu cor
firm. II the TX Governor ttlt a. uEIus
OF us feel, he would look UFuu this - i.Cti 80,
a the most distinguished coutpiimcnt They
could have paid him. Ecing the oulN Dcin-
Ocrat in the crowd. we think the 1 ne t..t-
come when he i pOwerless 10 do good. and
the State would not suffer if that gentleman
should decline.
What would General Clarke'S opinions
amount to If l. G.. Peyton should decide in
the sittugs Of the Board that the matter
should 90 his way. not Clarke's! Not a
grOat. Clarke might respond that he was
au old member, sat with Sharkcy and T. f..
Wilkinson and perhaps COY. Quitmau, and
Therefore knew something about il. but that
would be inipertineuce. and would soon be
hushed BY the Cictation of \. NJ. W est.
oxford has two members. but in cOuSideTa-
ti0n ofa Sccrctarysnip at $500 per anBum
(Which has hitherto paid about one-third of
that -;m, or even lcsS.) to the one. and an
appointment on the Executive Committee
10 ghe other, which means things some peo
pie 90 NOT understand. il is supposed those
TWO viii hc content To let argument rest
with those who understand that business q
little better then themselves. Verify. it Is
hard 10 ride 4 fence and miss being gOred
b. the buii Ola the one side or the other.
and II Is harder still for community to be
deceived by little covert rustiing in the
grass. And : lU not astonishing with what
Facility Radicals can divide and apportion
cut offices, double and quadruple salaries,
aud create other avenues for men to get a
little pay rs they 20 along whether they
render mach service or not: Heretofore
we believe there existed the combined posi-
zion ofSerretary and Treasurer at salary
Of SSOUur lhcrelbOuts- Eot much Informed
on these matters. vet we think we are correct.
Now the thing is divided. and Mr. A. War
uer gets the Treasury box at salary how
HIGH we 90 not know. bat we are SAFE. in
Suying high one, whilst Mr.. 4. +. Il. Pc
CUES becomes the beneficiary ofthe other at
iitteeE' hundred dollars. We know how
RAIDS finger money. and if 4. Warmers SAL
airy isn't high enough nobody doubts he Will
see to that little question.
We hope we do not wound the feelings of
such good men ~ may happen 10 be on the
Board. Mr.. CLARION. bat the thing does
lock u-iittlc spotted. If we have done inius-
tice to amy one ia this branch OF our subject
we Will allow ourselves corrected. but we
doubt whether any official under the Gov
crnor pledged 10 the support of his admins
tr4tiou viii come forward TO explain, for
when men make trades Of their character
they abominate printers ink as much a they
shun the light of day.
Shame makes men cowardly, and they who
are the authors of their own shame will not
complain If their detection is assailed. For
ourselves. we are eternal opponents of Rad
icalism. whether il stalks boldly through the
land or cOyeTtly glides along pretending 10
virtue il never possessed. Aud we expect
to hold up 10 the gaze OF a discriminating
public the character of its new converts as
wei as 10 criticse its original advocates
Indeed Il we did not We would he as unjust
10 those born in that faith "a We would be
false to ourselves. Because man may have
no reason that in consideration OF that the
public should continue to be blinded 10 his
true character ofsycophant and traitor. The
pure Washington never doubted patriot
ism of Benedict Arnold until the traitor had
taken refuge in the cnemy's camp. And we
have not doubted the loyalty OF some men
until they have been found IN the army of
invasion-seeking the destruction Of the first
principles Of the Constitution. If their beds
be those Of torture. they have at least the
Internal evidence of their conscieHces that
they have made such c0uches for themselves
We viii not interrupt their repose any
longer now, but'wiIl resume the subject at
auleasly day and promise you further de-
N,lapH,-nt-. For l!lr present. then, we
leave thtn 10 lh,ir voluntary cHi'r.