The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-05

/ "uCu OpcnCO man gNSN~i"-Nff
| found enclosed, in a letter from friend,
/ the following:
To WILLIAM, Correspondent OF THE CLA-
RON from East Mississippi:
! | have read .yonr letters to THE CLARION,
/ rs occasion has offered itself for three years
and have frequently been entertained by
4 them. / have met you frequently Il think
/ know you) and esteem you personally
Please answer through yonr chosen medl-
um the following questions. Answer them
pcandidly. without any effort to meet them
| by ridicua or appeal to passion:
lst. Did it ever occur to you that you may
/ be mistaken in the estimate you place upon
/ the Republican parG OF this State? Did
YOU compare the zeal you manifest for It's
/ overthrow. with the apathy exhibited Dy
| the other old and young men OF the coun-
| try? Is not the want of unity and commu-
| nity among the people an indication of a
! willing liberation of Republican rule! May
/ you not be wrong in denouncing and rldl-
culing leading Republicans and State ofil-
| cials
/ ID. Did it ever occur TO you, when you
attempt to make people believe that Divine
Providence is visiting displeasure upon the
country, and that this is evidenced by the
death of distinguished men of the Repuoll-
can party, that Lee and Maury nave dleu
| since the war?
In order that you may demonstrate the
exact state of feeling among the white peo-
Pile, suppose you nominate next fall Tor
/
man Barksdale or any other of your cher
| ished friends, for instance. Mr.. Wharton,
| and see what per cent. of the White vote ne
will receive. Suppose you try small eN-
pertinent yourself in your county, district,
| or State.
enclose this in letter to Mr.. --, at
- Z. o. Ii it reaches you, treat 1t as
you choose. REPUBLIcAN.
We have read the above carefully, and
although the questions are put with great
caution and evidently seek to avoid what at
first view seemed to be desired, l will
answer them "candidly."
The estimate which place upon ''the Re-
publican party of this State" is the legiti-
mate result of its own action and history.
Its organization was suggested by cupdity.
1t was born of violence and fraud. Its eX-
istence has been fruitful of discomfort, con-
! fusion, oppression, and blOodshed. 1t lives
and fattens on the worst passions aroused
in the breast of ignorant persons, who are
the instruments of wrong, unconscious of
the nefarious chare cter of the designs of
! their masters.
The leaders of the party are conspicuous
only as they violate the laws of nature, de-
cency and truth. One of the catch words
of the party, flippantly used by the editor
| OF 1llOC, whip.
The Legislature elected for U. S. Senator
a man who did not claim to be a citizen of
| the State, but whose only record or recon-
mendation was the outrageous frauds and
violence he had been able to inflict upon a
helpless people.
The Republican party of the State en-
braces the ignorance and Expresses the in
| telligence OF the community. Its legisla-
ton has been marked by recklessness and a
| spirit of moderation of prosperity.
! All the acts of the party look to the
humiliation of the white and the enlarge
ment of the black race, thus working up n
! conflict of the two races. All these decla-
rations can be established by evidence of
record and to the point. | conclude this
portion of my reply, therefore, by saying
that it has never occurred to me that / am
mistaken in my estimate of the Republic
can party of this State.' | am panied to
say that the apparent apathy of our people
is in contrast with the zeal have exhibit
ed in my letters to THE CLARION, but the
apathy is apparent only. The people have
felt discouraged. Powerless to resist the
bayonets of the Federal army, they have
learned that any zeal manifested in an elec
JlO1 WOulO luNliG IuS lHlcI DOSlIlOl vi the
military, and what they accomplished by
their votes would be lost by their zeal. Did
you ever think of that?
This is the way l explain what you call
apathy. Ku-klux and Enforcement Acts
and Northern Penitentiaries are enough to
calm almost any enthusiasm, especially
when people know the officers and animus
of the courts that are Charged with the ex-
ecution of these laws. So far as the tolera-
ton of Republication rule is concerned, the
prisoner tolerates his chains and the ass his
burdens. Neither the criminal nor the ass !
say much about it, still we must not con-
clude that they are willing to tolerate
They are forced to submit. Our people are
casting about for some way to rid the
country of Radicalism, and owing to rea-
sons already stated, are divided as to the |
best method. ALL aim at the same consum-
nation. They wish well to the country in
which they were born, for which the pride |
of their households have died, and whose |
soil is consecrated ground. They desire no /
harm to come to the most humble. native !
or stranger, white or black, but that all |
may be blessed by laws that are wise and /
wholesome.
Your second question refers to the death |
of Gen. Lee and Commodore Maury. The |
South was proud of them in life-is proud |
of them in death. One died after founding
great University, over which he presided;
the other, the Great High Priest of Science,
died ministering at her affairs; both died
quietly, sweetly, at home; fortified by the
Christians faith, and entered upon the
fruition OF the Christians hope, leaving be-
mind them a world in mourning.
/ have written of the suicide of Stanton.
the death of Thomas, the solitary and
gloomy exit of Scott, the wild and terrible
end of Candy, the paralysis of Brownlow,
the insanity of Greeley, the taking off of
Thad. Stevens, the melancholy close of the
life of Seward, and now l may add that of
Chief Justice Chase. Both these last were
forsaken by the party of their own max
ing-slain in the house of their friends. To
these l will add, in conclusion, the tragic
murder of President Lincoln. That God
desires to teach men something in these
these things, have believed. About this.
it has occurred TO me may be mistaken.
Icannot determine. Has it never occurred
you' that may not be mistaken?
"God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform" :
You wish me to determine the exact
state of feeling among the white people nv
nominating one of three distinguished citi-
zens of the State for Governor. L have no
power to nominate, and the gentlemen
named have no desire to be nominated. so
far as 1 know. 1t is barely probable that
either could be induced TO aDcpnt sucb q !