The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-07
ITS NAME


You ask what should be It's name. cali It
the Liberal Democracy, that Will lead t' Ihr
free, uAselhsh government ot the people.
SUFFRAGE.
| And now as To It's doctrines or priuDIpI,r
| you ask in this connection bow mo question
| of negro suffrage should be- treated iu.I
question is no longer before as. Nrlr. -ut-
frage H. the bloody consumlnnti'u ul great
war, and nothing short OF war cam undo b.
in our day. IN my opinion DO viii endure
IA this government a. long a. general SUIT
| frage. ] comprehend the objection t1 I' H|.N
think IL was grated too soon tot %. p1fI
OF our population recently tmuurip posed.
All should make some preparation luI I..
We deuy suffrage 10 foreigner lUI Nur
an order that he may be prepared i"r Do tu|
have schools for all on the theory iHHI
III should prepare for 10. But 90 b. ErIut.Hr
and IL cannot be recalled; nor do lhuk B..
wise Ia such government ais this t1 keep
permanently so large part Of our people 300
an inferior aud degraded condition. 0It-
very was always danger. To hold tNIH
population, now free, In degraded coudi-
tion, would be'a greater danger ana always
trouble US. Say we have adopted doubt
ful policy. IL Is done. / accept it ana uu
all such questions admit 10 tO Dee 20 doubt
full expedieney. ! shall, for the remainder
of my life (if perchance / must err strive,
at least, TO be tolerant, generous, aud hu-
name. And, after all, rely, Tor good voting
as much upon the heart as upon thc hand.
OPPOSITION TO moNoroLY.
concur IN what else you suggest. The
new organization should oppose ull forms
Of monopoly. This Is TOO plain Go need cor.
gument. MonOpolics are an outrage and nu
ofiense against the people.
NO cENTRALIzAuoN.
The new organization should oppose ccu-
Il ii Ia
government In all local affairs, and tu thc
utmost extent that Is practicable. You cln-
not keep a people free, sturdy ana iuIrIII-
gent without home government. ID i- home
government that trains US teaches -rli-re-
lance and develOpes mauliness. Take DO
away aud the freeman disappears. Central
ze power at Washington, and we are trans
ferred To outside management no longer
governing ourselves we must be governed.
Depending upon Washington, We lose our
seli-dependence, and the free citizen soon
degenerates into a mere subject whose
whole duty Is 70 obey law, and whose only
desire Is To be amused in ldlencss.
so DETERMINATIONS, NO FAvoHuIshr, so
PARTIALITIEs.
You refer me also 70 the question of free
trade. The new organization should make
II one OF It's cardinal doctrine lhtre
should be no equivOcatiOn or double mean
ing about this. A prOhibitOry tarn ls iu
plain contradiction 10 the character OF UUI
government. We are all equal iu Rights,
privileges and immunities. There should
be no determinations, no mvorlti7m, uu
partIalities, personal or financial aud ar
commercial policy "A prOhlbltOTy thrN It
behind the age-almost a barbari-m-uuI
belongs 70 the times when nations were
walled and commerce without wing.
DELIBERATIONS ~ HEYoRM.
7 believe have substantially answered
your letter. The new organization mas
properly reOrganize the party now admin
iEtering our affairs 40 almost every point
While this Is SO IL should not undertake foo
do everything at once, or push reform
without some regard for immediate cOU-r-
quences. Changes that shock By their al-
ruptness are not always Just or fair we
should never forget sound principles aui
we should move toward them constantly,
surely and steadily, but some ~hat grldu-
ally. / don't believe Ia daily revolution.
or in sudden and violent derugcmrut ul
public affairs.
sTRIcT CONSTRUCTIONS or THE CONsIITUITOE
Let me suggest a doctrine 20 which you
have not reierred-I mean the doctrine of
strict construction OF the Constitution.
Have you considered what a certain prr-
ventive Of misguYcrnment may be- found boo
the faithful application Of the doctrine J
believe such an application OF it would COR
plain. 10 Is worth your while o. tr-t i.s
reach aud efficacy. And what sp eulII
doctrine for such n government 49, uur-'
How it exalts the individual man. HuI buW
il subOrdinaLes the government u mHy
fetter the government now ana then. but
never the citizen. He always remains up-
permost and master.
FROM An OLD ORGANIZATION INTo NFw
ONE.
/ am not a politician, or competent to ad-
wise but IL you should make such move
ment as Won propose, 10 should be conduct
ed so as 60 give the strongest assurance tHaL
IL sought reform and not place 7 am "a
Democrat, bat ! should be very glad to see
the Democracy march out Of its own organ
izatiOn into a new one. You will NOT suc-
coed unless they do Il. Maybe they will rec
fuse ard tarry where they are for the ball
ance OF the century, and until they can IN
the meaning OF the resolutions OF 49, NJ
so, suppose ] shall larry with them.
After ali, i like the old political homestead.
confess Il Is somewhat dilapidnted There
banners upon It's walls, aud victorious
shOutings are no longer heard within; but
IL l. q home atlll, and shall not leave 30 un-
I'll II Ia pulled down.
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