The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
From the ". n. Herald.
VIcKsBURG Miss. June l2 1871.

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Governor TO Mississippi in October, 1865.
and was removed from Office. by order OF
General Mcdowell, IN 1865 He Is spoken
| of as one OF the ''unrepentant rebels !" and
being one OF the best known and most
prominent men in the State / wished 10 get
/ his views upon 1.-THE situation and present
| them To the readers of the Herald.
/ Yesterday l met the Governor--a broad
| shouldered, staid, Southern-looking gentle
/ man, whose years are beginning 10 count
upon him. L said of the Governor that
wherever travelled in the South l availed
myself of every opportunity 20 gather in
/ formation of the true sentiments OF the
southern people on the situation of the
South. Ana as l found the opinions and
statements OF carpet baggers" pal pable In
! conflict and inconsistent with what every
day saw in the conduct of the people, soon
discovered that il became necessary To APP
| ply 10 those who know their sentiments
/ from intimate association and free and un-
1 then added that, IL his time and inclination
! did not forbid, would be gratifed 10 hear
his views on that SUBJECT.
The Governor replied that since his ex-
| pulsion from office he had been purposely
Teticent on public affairs. sour words" he
said, "are distorted and given far-fetched
meanings. We are constantly and persist
emily misrepresented, and have thought
it best TO keep silence. and | am sorry to see
others breaking their reticence."
"But, Governor the present Is an import
ant time for the future of the South. The
democrats of the North and those who are
hating between two opinions would like TO
know the sentiments of the people of this
section, and especially of those who took an
active and deep interest in the rebellion"
well. sir, l have no views to conceal, but
| do not want them distorted and twisted
into meanings that are foreign to them
Since my expulsion from office by federal
bayonets ] have felt disinclined 10 publish
pnmnlaint2 fOr done fn no
Southern people. L contented myself then
with appealing TO the Supreme Court of the
United States for their protection, but that
Court having admitted, by Diminishing my
suit for want of jurisdiction, that there was
one man superior to the constitution. and he
having plant and powerful army and
navy AT his command. could trample with
IMMUNITY upon the rights of States and the
people so long as a.corrupt minority ofone-
third of the United States Senate bowed to
his power, my confidence i'm the long con-
tinuance Of our republican form Of govern
ment has been greatly shaken and have
since abided in silence the Development OF
the ISSUE
''Che late speeches of Mr.. Davis, | see,
Governor, have caused some very harsh crit
icisms; do you think he meant To convey
the idea that he hoped for a revival of the
lost causeY"
"No, sir. The peculiar form of govern
meDt the people of the South attempted To
establish has gone down forever
"But what about the principles of which
Mr.. Davis is so hopefulT'
constitutional freedom? The South
fought for that, and it is q cause that will
never die so long as Anglo-SaNon blood
flows through our veins, pure and unmixed
with that of the inferior races of the earth.
Slavery was the excitidg and proXimate
cause of the civil war that resulted in its
abolition, and that result the South has long
since accepted in good faith aud forever
Rnf Vlp white npnnlp fhp Sanfh
have and never VIII accept the loss of lib
erty and the loss of the right of local self
government as the result OF the arbitrament
of arms. They abide the loss as the result
of the eXigigencies and necessities of the
radical'party in perpetuating their power,
and hold themselves ready To affiliate at the
ballot box with all patriots, whether of the
North, Feast o. West, for the expulsion OF
that party from power, and for the restora-
tion-not 'reconstruction'-of the rights Of
the States and the people.
There are many people at the North,
Governor, who would be better friends TO
the South, but they fear the embers of the
rebellion have not been quenched."
We'll, sir, have no doubt there is vast
n altitude of good people at the North who
never designed any wrong to the Southland
who have, from the hour we laid down our
arms, our honestly and earnestly labored TO
restore State governments and our people TO
equal rights in the Union; but there is a
mightier multitude who hate us, and. those
who holdthe powers ofgovernmentk know but
too well how to lash that hatred into wrath
and revenge.and prevent any friendly aid to
the South. How can the people of the North
expect that 'embers of the rebellion will
ever be quenched so long as they pile ;hatfoul
mass of 'driftwood from the North, known
rs carpet-baggers on these embers? With
draw that .drifUwood' and restore local self
government 10 the people of the South is
all that is needed to quench the eIibers Of
rebellion forever"
you speak, Governor of the hatred of
Northern men toward the South. Is there
not an intensified hatred still existing with
the Southern people for the people of the
North 2"
THE Southern people, sir, hate the carpet
bag official because he is mean, corrupt.
low he comes here to fatten on the spells
of his office, and not TO live among and be
one Of US. They hate mcanness, whether OF
native or Northern growth; but that they
despise and spurn the man Of y orthern birth
is known to be false and untrue. If he comes
as the wooden nutmeg vender comes-as
the hummer comes-to plumber and pillage;
| if he comes as the horde of camp-followers
and professional office-seekers come--to
gather the spoils of victory and rob the
treasures of our people, then he always has
and always will receive the scorn, contempt
and hatred of all classes In the South. But
| if he comes as the peerless Prentiss came; II
| he comes as the grand old knickerbocker,
| John Anthony QuItman. came; IL he comes
as that noble Roman, Charles Clark, and
/ as thousands of our oldest and best citizens
came. to make our sunny land their home,
| to develop the resources and build up the
material wealth of the country, TO share our
| burdens as well as our prosperity and glory,
then they have and ever will receive the
right hand OF fellowship, be int@oduced 20
our hospitable homes. and cordially promo
ted to the highest of social and political
| places of honor and trust"
swell, Governor, what do you think Of
what Is now becoming pretty generally
known as
THE NEW DEPARTURE
that is, upon the acceptance by the demo-
cratic party of the constitutional amend
ments as enumerated in the Dayton plat
form z"
Il am glad TO see the democratic party re-
turning 10 the old WING doctrine and plat
| fOrm-the Union. the constitution and the
enforcement of the laws. In the Presiden-
tial election of 1S60 all other parties adop-
| ted platforms of conditional submission TO
the constitutional Union, and it was omin-
GUS for the Union under the constitution
when the wing candidate received less than
one sixth of the entire vote Of the people
| Many radicals considered the constitution
as covenant of death and league with
hell;' others were ready to let it slide.'-
The departure of the party from the con-
| stitution dragged with il many of all par
ties. until by force, frauds. strategy and
| wrong the thirteenth, fourteenth and fif-
/ teenth amendments were adopted, to the
| great disgust of portions Of all parties
/ But hostility to them can result in no good
in Presidential contest, and this departure
| Is ominous OF good, If not Of success. Does
any one expect or wish the President elect
70 make a mental reservation as TO any sec
| ton or amendment to the constitution as
written? viii he not find these amendments
in the constitution? Whether the are there
l.