The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-28
THE SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI.
What We Must BIO TO he saved
BLACK HAWK, MISSISSIPPI
April 3 1879

BLACK HAWK, MISSISSIPPI.
T. April 3, 1875.
n. FROM the Winona Advanced
y DEAR MONEY: In vour issna of y
'. 18th uIt., you call for an exnressiar :
oPlnloh u regard to the proposed O
< ganizatiOn Ct the Democratic. (,ooser,,
E tive party OF this State for the comir
G contest. o. particularly request tn
J. OF citizens of Attala, Carroll. Holme
! and other counties mentioned. as the
9 are not represented upon the Commute
On Organization appointed at meeting {
Conservative members of I'll
r. Legislature, and certain citizens at n
Capitol, on the Sd ult. In this YOU bav
/ eVlnced the proper spirit, and embrace
me correct policy, for if ever there was
!" ume IN our history that mature delibera
: IIQh, wise counsel and united action q
all the Conservative elements oftbe Stat
: were required, it certainly is the pres
ent
Then fully appreciating and approving
, your action in the premises, as a either
OF carroll county and native Missis
sIppian deeply interested in the success O
any party, call it by whatever name yor
please, whose objects are the political
ana pecuniary relief of the depressed
down trodden people Of my own and her
sister States, or such of them, at least.
who, ike herself have felt so severely the
results OF Executive spite and Radical
misrule, ask the privilege of contribu-
ing few thoughts, neither new nor far
fetched, but old and familiar, that you
aid l and others have CLEANED from the
rugged field of experience; and of init
mating a line of policy approved at least
! by those whose age and experience should
make them better judges than myself
In doing this, | feel that by a certain
class Of politicians | shall be considered
as either too timid or wanting in proper
sympathy in the proposed movement.
In regard to the former, let me saw.
that while diversity has taught me wis
dom in my private affairs, the painful
experience of the past ten years has
taught me prudence and circumspection
in my political action. Were l more in
different to the results, might indicate
bolder though | shall not say a wiser
one. In regard to the latter, [ take great
pleasure in saying that l was Wing,
ever proud Of the name, ever true to the
principles of that party, from that Period
when my young thoughts first took cog
nlzance of the fact that | had country,
to It's final defeat and dissolution. / vet
entertain no bitterness of feeling for the
Democratic party or its followers. Judg-
ing them by myself attributed to them
honesty of purpose, and happily claimed
many OF them among my warmest per-
sonal friends, and since the war have |
co-operated with them in every election, !
both State and national, from the fact |
that 1 thought / saw in them the only |
hope Of redemption. Notwithstanding |
this true allegiance | have rendered, ] |
yet have not followed so blindly that / /
have failed to discover those which / con-
sidered grave blunderers, both in party
management and the individual conduct
of its members, contributing greatly, as /
conceived, to the reverses we have had
and ! must here express my apprehen-
sions in regard to their future manage
ment, particularly as to the present pro-
posed organization: The name, the plat
form, and the conduct of the Individual
members of the party. AS to the name,
let me premise by stating that our condi-
ton is too painfully important to make
one false step, as | regard we are now on
the turning point, and We cannot afford
to go backward, or even hang on the cen
ire; and single unwise move on the po-
litical board might check-mate our hopes,
and place Us beyond the reach of re-
hand Then, the interest,
yes, the very salvation of our families,
and our country, demands of
is great moderation, prudence and
wisdom, both in political and personal
action, for the most unObserving must be
we'll aware of the fact that success de-
bends entirely upon uniting all Of the
elements of the State, of ,
very race, color or previous condi- ,
ion.
We must call from the hills and hoi
ows those who have set with wanton in
Inference or sullen despair, and witnessed !
he desolation they might have prevented !
lad they come to the rescue; and whether I
hey be friends or strangers, L must say I
hey Justly deserve a rebuke from their =
for their indifference and 9
neglect which has so visibly tended to the 2
destruction of the best interests of them |
elves, their friends, and their country. q
We must bring to a common interest /
nose of our native and adopted citizens 4
Who have thought proper, whether from a
Individual interests, prejudice, or an hon I
st conviction of right, to cooperate with
he party which is proven a common V
nemy. We must conciliate and counsel c
With such men as Bennett and Everett, f
1urlong. Sessions and Tnttle of the a
senate. Chandler and Mackey, Ford and n
1eemster, Richards and Shattuck of the ;
of whom are already under
!
emnation. because they had the patri- \
tism and manliness to resist party plum D
er and the rapid strides it was taking t
owards Capitalization, in attempting to Il
rrest from the people their most sacred y
lights. There are others, both in public c
nd private life who have sickened at the \
distress and desolation that the party Y
nth whom they have been acting has +,
ntailed upon the people and the country a
they too must be copciliated and I
rought into the fold. f,
Then, we must satisfy the colored man Q
hat we are not his enemies, as he has s.
cen induced by designing politicians to Il
eleve; but that we are his friends, with 81
common country to redeem and a COM n
ION interest to protect. We need them "
II. We must have their assistance or n
II of our hopes will fall to the ground
II of our organizations prove worse than f
seless. Whatever expedients, there Al
ore, can be adopted to arouse the indif- q
erent to a proper sense of our condi- e,
ion. quiet the fears of the timid, allay IL
hose animosities, overcome the preJudi- Y,
es that divide US, can but be necessary "
D our success, and the accomplishment Z
f our much desired object. Then, sir, Z