The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-24

The Southern Democrats will consti
tute nearly one-half of the dominant
party in the House of Representatives.
1t will thus be seen how much depends
upon their wisdom and craftsmanship IN
avoiding mistakes which will give the
Republicans the advantage in the Presi-
dental election.
Their first object should be to put the
mind of the country to rest on the Sec
tional issues and avoid furnishing capital
to the demagogues who will strive to keep
them alive. Fools claiming to represent
the South viii be out Of place in the next
Congress. If the people of any district
have been SO unfortunate as to have had a
Representative of that sort foisted upon it
by the tidal wave, let them pray to God
to put it into the head of the foolkiller
to take him out of the way as speedily as
possible. A single remark lightly spoken
may serve to kindle a fame which will
consume the prospects and hopes of the
country for deliverance from Radical
misrule.
In the matter of " claims" for clam
orous "loyal constituents, the Southern
members must be especially wary. They
must not be touched with a tortY-foot
pole. Such paltry considerations formed
no part of the motives which have in
spired the people of the South with su-
perhuman effort to throw off the accursed
yoke which has CALLED them for the past
| ten years. The scheme to refund the
cotton tax must be disavowed by the
Representatives who are fresh from the
people of this section. The producers
who paid the tax no longer hold the re-
ceipts, and il the tax is ever refunded
they will have to contribute their share
! to it, without any corresponding benefit
to themselves, but with immense damage
to their own section and people.
| The Southern members must stand
aloof from jobs and corruption schemes
devised ostensibly to rebuild their waste
places, but really to put money in the
pockets of sharPers and contractors.
There are but two enterprises in which
the South is particularly interested, aud
they are so wide-reaching and general in
their character as to invest them
with national importance, viz: a
road to the Pacific on the 32d parallel.
and the leveeing of the Mississippi river,
and improvement of the navigation at
| the mouths of that stream, which Mr..
Calhoun called - an inland sea.
The Currency question is the rock on
| which it is feared on the one side, and
hoped on the other, the Democratic party
will be wrecked in the approaching Pres
| idential election But if the men to
whom the leadership Of the party has
been contided are not as blind as moles,
they cannot fail to interpret the meaning
of the recent Northern elections. The
Democracy Of New York, on b" hard
money" platform, notwithstanding the
local dissensions in New York City, won
the fight. The Democracy of California
won it on the same ground. The De-
mocracy of Maine, on the same platform,
made large gains. But in Ohio and
Pennsylvania, they took different posi-
ton, and lost in 1875 what they had tri-
umphantly gained in 1874. In the South,
the question of the Currency is a subor-
dinate issue; and if her Representatives
do not use their influence to compose the
differences which exist in the Democratic
party of other sections on that question,
they will prove themselves remiss in the
performance of high duty which is de-
manded at their hands.
The Southern Representatives have a
great mission to fulfill Will they be
equal to it