The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-13
Miserable Crrature..

ne leaders OF thc kJdIcaI party II
the South are the most wreteded beings
on earth. They are as miserable as if
pursued by furies. They carry ser
penis in their bosom which sting them
Perpetually. They are happy only in
making themselves miserable, and an
moving others around them. They live
in hate. and calumny is their daily bread
Look at them here in Mississippi. Moth
ing Is more evident than that notwith-
standing the uncertainty of the outside
political situation, the state j. in a bet
ter condition than it has experienced
since the war. All the departments of
her State government, legislative, exec
utive and Judiciary, are administered by
capable men. Most of the abuses which
were practiced through the knavery and
ignorance Of the classes who ruled the
State for the six years succeeding recon-
struction, have been corrected All
around them they behold signs of an i'm
proved condition. The burdens of gov
eminent are lightened. People are bet
ter contented with their lot, and gloom
has taken the place of dependency.
The two races understand each other
better than they have done since the
blacks were emancipated, aud their rela-
tions have become more kind. The coll
ored people have learned by experience
that it was cunningly devised talsehood
that the Democrats intended if they OBJ
tanned power to legislate to their injury,
or 10 enact measures discriminating
against them; and have ascertained that
it is their true interest to trust them and
the Democrats have learned that the
alienation ofthe c9lored people and their
blind following of political adventures
and disreputable home politicians, was
due not so much to willful disposition
to Cypress and antagonize the whites as
to the apprehensions which the false
representations of base men had created
in their minds for the safety of their po-
litical and civil rights The conse.
quence is that peace and good will have
taken the place of strife and enmity :;
suspicion has been superseded by trust
fulness and darkness and gloom have
been dispelled by sunlight and cheerful
ness. The difficult race problem has
been solved.
But in proportion as others have
grown contented and happy the miseries
of the Radical leaders have increased
Nothing goes right with them. They
act as if the very winds of heaven were
blowing against Them as if the blessed
sunshine was sent to mock at their calam-
tiles. a peaceabIe election with no sign
of discord to disturb the harmony sub
sisting between the races, is construed
into an awful scene of terror and intimi-
datiom; and nothing affords them such
exquisite delight as to send off SANDER
Gus accusations against the people
amen g whom they are living, with no
motive except to give trouble and to
CRAFTY the laughing fend that turks
within them. EVIL be thou my good, :"
is their life maxim. They hug their
griefs and their venom with a tcnacity
which defies belief that they will ever
have relief. To this fixed fact they may
make up their minds. No matter
whether Tilden or Hayes is installed
President, Radica!ism is forever over
thrown in Mississippi. If the devils that
possess them are only to be driven OFT by
the resurrection Of the party Of infamies
whose downfall has pa, them out of HUI
NOR, they are irretrieyabIy doomed
They had as we'll cultivate spirit of res
ignation to what is as fixed as the ada
mantine DEGREES of fates or if unable
thus TO escape from their miseries. there
is one other recource left. Many a bur
thened conscience has found relief in it.
They can hang themselves.