The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28

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anything against contributing to the relief
of suffering humanit6 was new. She be-
gan, addressing herself to me, civilian, /
canot give anything to the relief of Boston
for two reasons. The first would safety
you, and trust the second may profit nv
young friends. The first is that | have
nothing to give. and thereon hangs a tale in
which Boston figures. The second reason
requires too many words, perhaps, and I'M
less my brother Smith (the MINISTRY con-
sent will not, to-day, say more.n Brother
Smith said he had great desire to hear the
second reason of Sister Cornelia for not
contributing to the Boston relief fund He
said he had premonition that he could
preach with more JUNCTION after the sister
finished.
Then will proceed" said Mrs. Cornelia
''and the first thing is to say to you, VIII
liam, that utterly detest the cheap local
notoriety that some people acquire by ma
king themselves very prominent in works
of benevolence, in public places, by at
| tempting to get contributions from others
when they never spend copper themselves.
This is too common. To call for a subscrip-
ton to assist the sufferers of Boston, located
and being in the midst of people,
fattened and bloated by the revenues the
| government and the tolls, sweat and blood
OF the South for half century, and to make
| that call here in East Mississippi, on the
verge OF Sherman's route to Meridian, and
in the presence of little boys and girls, with
naked and chapped feet, whose parents
must hold every available dime to pay taxes
by the first of December, and in my pres
cree, rendered desolate and poor by the
hand of a destroyer, whose every act was
trumpeJed by Boston to the world as right
| eousness is certainly sublime; and those of
you, girls, who have borrowed money to
contribute, are the poor relations of those,
whom Boston's favorite, Gen. e. f. Butler,
denounced in an official order, as ''women
of the town." and all the good people of
Boston, when they read the order entered
| into pious transports and gave public thanks
that the country possessed such hero. ~
Here told Mrs. Cornela that l consider
ed myself referred to in terms that are GER
tainly offensive, and asked TO be excused
from hearing her second reason tor not
contributing. / stated that l noticed in
many places in the South contributions had
been promptly gathered, and did not wish
our society to be left behind, that l sought
no notorety. l intended to be very sar-
castle, but the old lady commanded me to
sit down, and l dropped. She resumed
William, l am glad you begin to feel
ashamed of such susceptibility to benevo- |
lent objects, long way off. Any South
ern man who will advocate contributions |
in our midst for the relief of Boston, is al |
most persuaded to be Radical and when |
ever a Southern man turns Radical, God |
Almighty lays His hand upon him, and His |
hand is heavy-too heavy for poor mortal |
to bear. wish, poor old woman as am,
(for several years past three score and ten,) |
that all the men of Mississippi who are now |
in fellowship with the Radical party could |
hear me. | would say your time will come.
God is just. High position may dazzle |
men it affects not the living God. Charles
Fifth reigned over more people and more
territory than did any other man of his own
or previous times. All of his successful |
of his glory-all of his power and wealth
could not cover him from the hand of retri-
button and in the valley of Estramandura,
he tore his own flesh in the pious attempt
which he made for three years, to atone for
his great wrongs. He laid aside his crown
previous to his self-torture, but all availed
not to quiet the tumults of an outraged con-
science, long dormant but finally and fear
fully aroused. We have Congressman,
Judges. Sheriffs, Clerks, ETC., who will
shiver in old age, wanting one ray of SYM
pathy, human or divine, to warm them. as
they stagger down the bank of the cold
river of death.
will come plainly to my reason for not
giving. This late Boston fire discovers the
hand of God. The Chicago fire discovered
the hand OF God. His red, right hand is
made bare to the eye of faith, and common
sense. The pious folks of New England
Will not think as 1 do. Pharaoh did not see
the plaques sent upon Egypt for holding
the children of Israel in bondage, as any,
thing connected with his sins. God moved
on, however, and wrought the great deliv-
erance of His people, and overwhelmed the
Egyptians in a mighty sea of waters.
will not throw myself in the way of Gods
l will not attempt to stay a
work, divine in its origin, and designed for /
the punishment of past sins-and to open !
the eyes of the most cruel, intolerant and
Digoted people on the globe. They rejoiced
II the downfall of our prosperity. They !
shout for joy, when we cry out in distress. a
They imprisoned our glorious chief but !
feared him, unarmed, manacled and in : :
prison. They loosed him because they
we're afraid to try him; and now hound
him through the private walks of life and :.
latch every word he utters, in order that a
hey may torture and misconstrue. .'Ye 6
of vipers!'' a
The good God began His work with Lin n
oln. Then Stanton cut his throat. Thad.
stevens tottered and trembled, and fell u
3rownlow has been trembling and stagger-
ng towards the grave for three years, and
here are none to pity. Scott and Thomas.
wo Virginia renegade generals, are dead,
nd nobody cries. General Lee goes to his
athers and a wOrld is draped in mourning :
eward takes the wings OF the morning and O
lies to the uttermOst parts of the earth to 8
utrun pursuing demon, comes home and u
les, and the newspapers say be is dead! O
Vhiskey has done the work for the smaller :,
ry; and Chicago and Boston burn for the {:
ms of a whole people! These people fight v
gsinst God, and am not disposed to take :,
art against the Ruler Of the Universe" "
Thus spoke the venerable matron. I Ct
ould stand no more, but laid down the q
money had collected and left don't :;
now what the old lady said after left. I pl
M much wounded; but may not the old 81
Idy be rightg intended to write you of Al
ne cotton crop but must wait until another n
me. WILLIAM. th
p. s. A Georgia paper says Gen. Meade
dead. He was once satrap of Georpin. bE
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