The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-05-19

Neither do we come as those who follow
blindly in the wake OF precedent. who think
not for themselves, neither act for themselves
tut are like 1.-THE dumb driven cattle" But
we come, reverencing the maxiss and in
>titutiOns Of our fathers, honoring the dig
uity which age lends them, but we stand out
in the light OF Truth, unshackled by prece-
Gent, and unfettered by prejudice!
Ii we are true to ourselves we will rather
be than seem TO Be This tendency to de-
ception TO the bediZZened gaudiness of su-
perfciality In society, and in education,-
age this Humbuggery that stalks barefaced
III ali the walks OF life. and sets its shameful
seal upon this age. must be checked. We
must check this monomaniacal thirst for
money-money that makes men cOntempti-
BILE sycophants,-that makes them sell their
dignity. sell their honor, sell their country
and their birthright for the emoluments of
office.
We must stand aloof from the cerruptions
and pollutions of the times Xix
Mount Atlas
While storms and tempest thunder on its
brows,
And Oceans break their pillows at it feet
1t stands unmoved, and glorics in its height"
And freed from the spirit of intolerance
we must prepare to meet the Coming Issues.
as honest men, seeking truth and right, In the
eyes Of God ana our country!
The thunders of the Vatican are heard in
the distance, Two hundred colored Priests
III EOOH Icdbt TIE OF UOf1c 10 Ia
tholicise the freedmen of the South. Its
iced have been sown thick and fast by zeal
Gus hands i'll the Institutions of this coun-
try. 1t has taken deep root in the soil of
America and ere long it will rise, a giant
tree. If lt be the precious Olive we must
recline beneath i3s genial shade; but if it
be the deadly Upas we must cut it down.
We must prepare to meet Catholicism, we
must prepare to meet anti Repu blicanism.
We must prepare TO meet--I had almost said,
trout led times, "Woman's Rights
But as the memories of the noble, heroic,
and self-sacriticing conduct of the christian
women of the South, i'll the late unhappy
contest, crowd upon us, Raphael would
fail to paint the forms and scenes that pass
before our mental canvass
We behold woman as an Angel of Mercy.
with the olive branch of peace and the
balm of Gilead." dispensing her blessings
all along the rugged pathway of life; min
istering TO the sick and sorrowfuI, attending
the dying and the wounded. And ever aud
anon, like sweet symphonies from the harp
of Caryl, her golden words come echoing
through the corridors of time and rest i'm
the hearts of the great and good. like gentle
moOnbeams that rest upon the waters. And
her gentle voice ascends, like the fragrance
of thousand valleys, teaching lisping in
fancy its early prayer, and childhood les
sons of morality, and principles of Repub
lican freedom.
When the Son of God wrought His mira
cles upon the earth. He chose as His EN-
blems,-not the tall cedars of Lebanon. but
the humble creeping vine mot the giant Oak
OF the forest but the unpretendiug bush
not the mighty Lion, but the gentle Lamb
not the glorious Eagle-the proud bird that
careers high in heaven, but He chose the
meek and quiet Dove. So He has chosen
Woman to accomplish divine mission upon
the earth, ana He has made her heart the
repository of virtue and the refuge of reli
gion. That same God who makes the gen
tie, the powerful, and the tender, the great
who gives Aot 'the battle to the strong nor
the race to the swift" has elevated woman
by the light of letters and morals TO become
the sceptred Queen DER the hearts of men.
and the guardian Angel of Society. Heav-
en- has assigned to her charge the sacred
trust of fostering, of elevating and refining
its standard.
In the dim twilight of History we find
woman bright star of hope,-the brightest
luminary in the darkest hour that revolves
in harmony and beauty in her sphere. but
when she leaves that sphere. she falls like
a bright eXhalation. and as 4 meteor swift
she sinks in darkness
But thank God. we find no such female
fanatic, no such pitiable deluded anomalies,
among our bonnie Southern girls as doctor
Mary Walker!
No, we apprehend no such trouble among
the coming issues as "Woman'S Rights. -
We fear not that the noble matrons and gem
tie maidens of the South will burst asunder
the silken chords which bind in strength
and harmony all the good mechanism of our
social fabric, and spurn and destroy the very
instrumentality which has elevated them
aud by which alone they can maintain their
positions of honor and happiness.
Far otherwise, we welcome You fair la
dies as co-operators in the great work OF re-
upon the basis OF learning and
virtue. the foundations of our country. in
more than her pristine grandeur and glory.
You who have ever been the first at the
post of duty and the last TO leave it; you
who were the first at the feet Jesus and the
last to leave His tomb, we need not remind
you that you have grand part in this
mighty drama to perform; we need not re-
mind yOu that the state of our morals, aud
therefore, the security of our liberties, the
state of our society. and therefore. our hap
piness, depends in an eminent degree. upon
the direction you give TO your Influence
Welcome, then, fair daughters of the South
in the name of my gallant companions.
thrice welcome, with your sunny smiles, and
My young countrymen, you have been
told that
when evil men bear sway
The post of honor is the private station"
Great God, sirs! Have you the blood of
the AnylO-SaXonS in your veins, and can
you stand dumb and motionless while vul-
lures in a thousand forms are holding high
Shall we, as foul and creeping worms, cringe
and fawn beneath the heel OF tyrants. aud
peep about to find dishonorable graves,
amid the wreck and ruins of our OWN for
mer grandeur? Shall we stOop to rod
welded by an arm less brave, and be gov
erned By minds less enlightened?
Nay, sirs Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty" Mind shall sway the sceptre
over matter. The virtuOus and intelligent
people of the South will and shall rule this
their rightful country
While the very elements of nature are
toiling with ceaseless labor to work out a
glorious future for us, while the never
ceasing progress of advancement opens the
the way for our own Improvement, while
Science illumines the way for us; while the
eternal wears of God are developing the
mysteries of Providence for our elevation.
while the Angels and Sacramental hosts of
heaven beckon us onward, aud the spirits of
our fore fathers are Watching over us. and
the voices of the dead are calling TO us, and
the eyes of the living are resting upon US,
shall we stand ingloriously silent and be-
come a rotten link in the chain of time,
while Anarchy and i-Republicanism,
and Infidelity, Humbuggery and
Utilitarianism erect the huge columns and
black walls of a second Pandemonium upon
the wreck of the beautiful South!
Shall the Press be the foul vehicle for
venting party malice, hatred and envy =
Shall American Literature, Gods chosen
naIladium of elevated thought, and noble
polished instrument for con,
veying. with power and sublimity,. grand
ana principles,-shall this become
nerverted and serve as the foul channel tor
the advocacy of falsehood and error
through which loathsome passions and mis-
guided ambition shall find an outlet for cor
rnptions and denominations! Shall the OBJ
iect of learning be no longer the search OF
truth, but the establishment OF creeos' no
Ionger the dissemination of light. but the
of dogmas!
Shall education cease TO soar in the bright
empvrean OF celestial realms in search OF
s.tbe true. the beautiful and the good" and