The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-12
Organising the MfIitia..sThe
Other Ok GOred.

The adventures who framed the Con-
stitution which was conceived in sin and
fastened by fraud and force on the State,
were especially mindful to require the or
ganizati,n of the militia; and the Legis-
lature, composed of majority of the
same material, was not slow to provide
means for carrying out the constitutional
requirement. The adventures quailed
before the clamor which was raised
against the ''Sedentary Militia" and
picked Cavalry" schemes; but the pro-
ject of putting an effective organization
in training has been revived and is being
carried into vigorous execution by the
present acting Governor. All at once,
we have heard great outcry against his
proceeding from an unexpected quarter.
The Vicksburg Times, leading Radical
paper, denounces it bitterly; and pOr-
trays in vived colors the evils which are
likely to spring from this measure of its
Administration. 1t reproduces all the
arguments to which we have been
accustomed in Democratic newspapers
against the warlike preparations in
g these piping times" "There are good
" citizens" quoth the Times, "who agree
"with US in saying that the movement
:" is fraught with danger to the peace,
prosperity and welfare of the people.
Strange utterance in regard to system
of which its own party, and to a measure
| of which its own administration, are the
originators and sole movers. 1t means
that Radical Legislature has organized
dangerous machinery which the wicked
hands of Radical Governor are putting
in motion. 1t means that the highest
authorities known to the laws are con-
spring against the ''peace" and "welfare
''of the people. F" The Times has heard
ominous' hints of collisions between tie
companies which are being organized.
| This company is calculating the force It
would require to "clean out" that; and
that company is coolly estimating tie
cost of wiping out the other. Indeed tie
Times draws frightful picture of discord
and bloodshed likely to ensue from these
proceedings of the present Radical Adj
| ministration. We have not heard these
surmises ourselves. We don't believe
that any such bloody thoughts are in the
minds of our white and colored fellow
citizens. But the Times may be correct.
1t may be wiser than we are. 1t GER
tainly does not blunder in arraigning
the Administration which Federal bayo-
nets, welded by Ames' corrupt hands.
placed in authority over the people of
this State, for a most extravagant and
needless piece of business at this particu-
lar juncture. 1t may be true, as the
Times intimates, that partisan cleo
pioneering motive, not in the interest Of
other aspirants, is at the bottom of his
(acting) Excellency's proceeding. AT
all events, since it has been resolved that
the Militia must be organized, armed and
equipped, we trust it will not be confined
to any particular race or party. We are
sure the blacks will not be slow to form
companies, and we would advise our
white fellow-citizens to keep step to the
music of the drum and fife, also. We
will vounh that no harm viii come " the
"peace" of the State, from that quarter.
For the Acting Governor we will say
that in carrying out reprehensible mea-
sure for which the bona fde people of the
State are in no measure responsible, and
whose authorship is solely attributable to
the carpet-bagger and scallawag class to
which he belongs, that he has thus far
displayed impartiality in the matter of
race, color, previous condition, &c.
Meantime, let us have peace!
The ERiohafmI Remedy