The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
Common Sense for those who OPP
pose RadIcaIIsm.

EDIToRs CLARION BY far the most inn
portant object in the ensuing election Is 10
restore the law-making power In this State
to the hands of men Of Mississippi. Judging
the future by the past one more Radical
Legislature will bankrupt the State.
National party platforms and national party
tactics are, Of course, interesting, but they
dwindle to the insignificance of mere alb
stractions, compared with the momentous
fact of carpet-bag rule ia Mississippi.
If the true issue r. kept constantly in view
there can be no dissensions In the Conser-
vative camp. That true issue, in our COM
ing local contest, Is this Shall the State
continue to be controlled by the sloughlngs
of Northern fanaticism. or shall the man
agement be given 10 home men whose hon
esty is tried and known. and whose interest
Is Identified with oursg Shall carpet-bag-
gers continue the work of destruction by
continued blood-sucking, or shall they be
defeated.
Let Us defeat the mongrels. and I'm the
accomplishments Of this main object it Is the
duty of every true Mississippian to-use his
best energies. The overwhelming ruinous
extravaganza OF Radical legislation must
be checked or all the property OF the people
will be mortgaged To the taN-gatherers
without possibility of redemption.
II the issue III the contest, the result OF
defeat, and the duty of good men are cor
reetly stated above IL follows that he who
sows the seeds Ofdissension In the opposition
to our present rulers Is guilty of a crime
against society and his State.
How shall the success of conservatism be
secured? If an active vigilance shall per-
wade our ranks; II we work with earnest
ness and continuous resolute effort, our
success Is certain-proVided we adopt a
liberal platform suited 10 the emergencies
a o Ia
ed from the beginning by those Who were
wont to lead in the politics of Mississippi.
We must accept the situation, recognize
existing facts, aequiesce in the constitutions
'honesty and economy" as the rallying
cry.
According to the present genius Of our
government the black man is entitled 10
equal rights before the lBw, and TO the right
of suffrage. lie enjoys them. Ae will con-
them in consistency with the prevailing
spirit of our present public constitutions
He needs no further guaranty of his rights
than he has, but the party OF conservatism
should assure him Of the safety of his posi-
ton and pledge itself TO his continued pro-
lection in aud enjoyment OF such rights.
Eliminate from the contest any question
Of hostility between the races-so persistent-
ly fostered by the incendiaries who now rule
us-and there can be no doubt but that both
races will heartily join on the platform that
homs-made men should rule In. Mississippi;
and that foreign adventures who have
foisted themselves upon us by force and
fraud, should be summarily elected from
the places they have usurped-kicked back
into that obscurity from which they have
emerged by effrontry aud scoundrelism In
order To plumber our people.
Let ms not forget the issue, the glorious
end TO be attained, the consequences Of de-
feat and our duty in the crisis. IL Is 20 be
hoped that the views of extremists will not
obtain and that when once they are au-
thoritatively overruled they will be silent.
VIXEN State or county conventions Of the
opposition shall be assembled IL j. 20 be
hoped that conservatism in its broad sense
will characterize their deliberations aud
their conclusions.
These views are respectfully submitted by
a lifelong Democrat who thinks lac realiz-
cs the situation. and who thinks he knows
that IL has become a matter Of life and
death TO eject political adventurers from
the public councils Of the State. Deprived
of tie right To hold Office under the law, the
writer, as taxpayer, and as a citizen who
desires 10 remain In Mississippi. Is never
theless anxious that that that policy should
prevail which alone, as he thinks, can as
sure the success OF Conservatism and bene-
fit the State.
MIggTgHTppTAN