The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

quarters of our country. i have seen
!, proposed that in the next Democratic cor
Vention, to be held for the nomination of
candidate for the President of the Unite
States, the South should forbear to take an
o part whatever; that the South should de
: cline TO be represented, but should aceeE
a whatever candidate the Democrats of tn
North may see proper TO offer.
= L dissent entirely from that propositio
: lhearty applause.) l think may here en-
n ter the protest of every Democrat in TN
west and , orth (renewed applause). tn
triumph of theDemocratic party is the safet
OF the South. (Applause.) And who shout
| guard its safety hut Southern menY zap
e piause Ii they fail, why may not other
. My.fellow-eitizens, a triumph which viii
relieve you is the thing which the Soutl
looks to and looks to alone. They have n
| questions of personal favorites to be adj
Vanced. To them all are Democrats
, (Cheers.) Their voice will fail upon hin
VINO Is most likely to carry that banner t.
triumph. (Applause.) Ii the South fail
: TO give us the benefit of her wise counsel
II she fails to send her prudent and wis,
men, who Will 90 there with an eve singl,
20 success-lf they leave the Democracy o
the North the struggle of nomination
amidst the coniending factions of the as
pirants, she will withhold from us the be
neht OF the wisest and most i'm partial coun.
sci we can have. Immense applause.)
III she should abstain. even though it bt
I
distinguished gentlemen who advocate thi:
course, and who say that their presence in
the convention in 1868 was laid hold of and
used to the destruction of the Dem ocratiC
party. tell You their absence now will
De claimed as refusal TO 90 with the
Northern Democrats because they have
adopted the New Departure. Sensation >
:, IL VIII be claimed that the spirit of rebel
non sui fingers and burns under the mould
ering ashes, and it is lighted into a new
| name of Indignation because the Democrat
| &c party OF the North or a large portion of
them have assumed, Tor reasons that seem
goou 10 them, TO make ce:t tain concessions
IN their platform. 1t would be suicidal it
WouII be destructive To your very best in
| teresis.
Nov my fellow-eitizens, to my view, the
| future does not look gloomy even under the
| losses we have suffered this summer and
autumn. have not single feeling of des-
pondency. (Applause-) 1t is well under
| stood dlat the Republican party contains in
Itself seeds of discomfort, of bitterness, OF
rivalry, and of disaffection. and 1t is natural
IN these preliminary elections that those
VINO antagonlze the denomination of Cen
eral Grant shOald attempt to hold their po-
sltlon within their party in order that their
influence may be used TO defeat his 1mi-
| nation. L know very well that his nom-
| Datlon will not be defeated-at least that is
| my solemn conviction; that he is now the
dictator In the Republican party that he
! pres to be in the country at large. ZAP
Plause-) L believe that he will dictate his
| own nomination; but then, my fellow-citi
| Gems, know that some of the most conspic-
lous, able and courageous men who stand
highest IN the Radical party, will leave the
Republican party when Grant is nominated
and burn their ships, applause and laugh
ter.) When they fail to defeat him for the
nomination they will take good pains to
defeat his reelection. (Renewed applause.)
And again: instead of going for New
Departure, would prefer to go for man
who represents the New Departure; L
would prefer to give that guarantee 10 the
| dsatiected Republicans. Rather than to
60 back upon my own principles | would
prefer to make a choice OF Republicans, and
go for man who should be nominated by
the disaffected Republicans, or what would
be better, one who might be nominated by
the Democrats in their convention, and
thus draw to us by much stronger guaran-
tee than the mere words of a platform, the
support of those who are dissatisfied with
Grant and the Radical party. (Applause.)
In other words, do not see that we go back
on our principles in making a choice be-
tween candidates, neither of whom may
suit US exactly-we could all vote for Re
publican who was in favor of universal am
nesty, against the Ku Klux bills, (applause.)
and against the military laws prolonged
and enthusiastic applause) while the most
ancient Bourbon in Alabama could vote for
such Republican in preference to Ulysses
5. Grant, (renewed applause,) and hold all
the time to his very heart, all that there
would be of his BOurbouism. My fellow
citizens, the State of Virginia has adopted
this pOlicy-that State which furnished the
illustrious statesmen and the illustrious
warriors who were foremost in the struggle
for our independence, that State which gave
us. long line of illustrious Presidents
that State which in our unfortunate war,
after having guided the councils of the ma
ton for so many years, furnished the he
rOes and statesmen of the Southern Confed-
eracy enthusiastic cheering) that State
which not even Radical reconstruction
could subject to a Scalawag or a Carpet
bagger-(applause) THAT STATE which was
cleft in twain by the Radical Congress to
add to their power by duplicating its rep
resentation in the Senate in order to OPP
press the South and which the wise sons of
Virginia have erected into two fortresses
for the defence of the country. loud APP
plause.) Shall the Democracy of the South
hesitate to follow the counsel of the Old
Dominion! Why, we have taken heed of
her example in Missouri. Trammeled With
election laws and dsfranchised, we have
risen and rent the bonds which bound us
and believe that the State of Missouri will
at the next Presidential election give
large majority than any other State for the
candidate of the Democratic party. cloud
applause
politics to which / wish now briefly to adj
vert. The controversy in which we are
now engaged has subsisted for the last forty
years as a struggle between sections. For
years it has been fight between the North
and South-a war of words and war OF
swords-and that was a war of giants
(Applause)
The world stood still to look upon that
war; everything was involved in it, and the
com batants bore themselves in such wise,
as notwithstanding all the material wealth
lost to the country. it rose for the first time
in its history, at the close of the war, to the
4 60 oil afkla 4
During all this time down to the present,
our political controversy has been a contest
between sections. Do you not observe that
this contest has left its seeds THAT in the
minds of men born and reared in the North
there is pride in dominating over the ri
val section that they are willing that some
wrong may be done, if it done to the South.
1t is impossible to pluck from the hearts of
the people of the North this sentiment. No
matter how honest they may be---no mat
ter that they may have been brought up in
the teachings Of freedom and liberty, they
will still tolerate an injustice and outrage
committed upon that section which they
have unhappily been taught WAS the rival
and the enemy oftheir section. Applause
NY fellow-citizens The Fathers of this
government at its institution, planted in our
constitution some seeds OF noblest promise,
some excellent principles which have borne
and are going 10 bear good fruit hereafter
Among others was that one planted deeply
in the democratic heart of our country =
the invitation to men in all lands who love
liberty and wish to find homes to come as
citizens to this new Continent. Applause
Thousands and tens of thousands, aye, mil
lions Of men have been sheltered under this
provision They have come from the utter
most parts OF the world. The day has now
come when they can and will repay TO this
people---to this country, the great boon
which was then bestowed upon them. (Im-
mense applause.)
The men of foreign birth. who have come
here are either of the North nor of the
South. They are not identified with any
one part of our country in the sense in
fed with the particular section in which