The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-28
Card of Col. CaihOOn.
CANTON, Miss, August %, 1873

| EDIroRs OF THE CLARION:
The Vicksburg Herald of the 10Th inst,
publishes communication of date the 18th
inst, from a correspondent at Jackson, who
! signs himself &" Mississippi" This commu-
nicatiOn, after stating that the fact had
| Leaked OUT that a proposition to disband
/ the party had been submitted to the DEM
| ocratic Executive Commi ttee of the State,
| at its last session, proceeds to intimate chat
! the senior editor of The CLARION originated
the measure, and that old politicians sigh
| ing for the :. flesh pots" OF office are the
style" of persons who wish the dislntegra-
ton of the party. l hope you will publish
the communication in full, in order to show
| that | have not misrepresented its spirit,
and that you win further do me the kind
ness to give these remarks, and the append
ed documents, to the readers of your paper.
The subjoined preamble and resolution
were offered by me TO the consideration OF
the Executive ComE!ittoe, and constitute
the proposition upon which the Herald
correspondent animadverts.
The questionable tactics of " Mississippi"
in publishing the deliberations of the agents
OF the party in secret council, prevent the
necessity of my considering the question of
prudence in giving the people the PROPOSE
tioa in full as it was presented.
What particularly desire to say IS, that
if odium or discredit is to be attached to
the preamble and resolution, / am unwilling
to share it with the senior editor of THE
CLARION, or any one else. They were pre-
pared by me On the morning. of the day the
any one, and when had not seen the Sc
Nor editor OF THE CLARION for, l think, at
least three months, and without any sort of
concert or correspondence with him or any
other person.
The document was prepared under earn
est conviction that the action it advised was
tor the best interests of the State and her
people. To this hour l am full of faith in
the wisdom of the course it suggests.
Though not now, never having been, and
never expecting to be politician, or the
occupant of political Office, nevertheless. as
a citizen OF Mississippi, shall assume the |
right pertaining to all, to advise my fellows |
whenever | see proper, being always will F!
ling to bear the undivided responsibility of
any suggestions 1 may see fit to make
Those who know me will never question |
my motive.
After the preparation of the PROPOSE /
ton called at your sanctum aud found /
there your senior editor and eight or ten OF I
the memb e~s of the committee, and read to |
them all the document, and l then under
stood your senior editor to advise against
its adoption by the committee.
1t is not my purpose to discuss the pro-
priety of the preamble aud resolution.
They are hereto appended, and, IN my opin-
ion, they contain the logic of the situation,
cannot be opposed by sound argument. and
will be endorsed by large majority of the
thinkers OF the State. Respectfully.
). 5. CALHooN.
TIE PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION.
Whereas, There is no essential difference
n the pronounced doctrines of the Republic
IAN party and the Democratic party OF the
state of MisSissippi; and
Whereas, The sole object of our party is
% introduce consciousness and capacity
nto the administration of public affairs of ,
he State in the stead of ignorance and
corruption; and
Whereas, The fact is that the two parties
n Mississippi are unfortunately arrayed bv
ace and color rather than by differences OF
ionest opinion on questions of public policy
nd economy, and it seems impossible to
orrect this deplorable conditio of things;
md
Whereas, The fact is, in our opinion, that ,
urther contest is hopeless and tends merely
0 cement and strengthen the power of the I
and rapaciouS Radical leaders /
f the Republican party; and
Whereas, We hold the general welfare of t
he State as of an Importance incomparably
uperior TO fealty 10 party, and that the
ublic good can reasonably be hoped to be t
dvanced only by the disarmament of our b
arty and the arrangement of any future $
arty lines on other bases than those of race n
nd color; therefore, be it "
Resolved by the Executive Committee of {,
lie Democratic party of the State of Mis- c,
ssippi, That Convention of the party be n
alled TO meet at Meridian. on the 18th day d