The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-09

placemen, who have so long preyed upon
the industries of the country.
Nor do we doubt that the voice OF
Mississippi will be in accord with that
of her sister Democratic States of the
Union. The power of the enemy has
been broken, the charm Of ingincibitity
no longer exists. Nor will the threat
e1ed Intervention Of the military be Ga
any avail, for there is no law by which a
de>polic Pres dent can employ the army
in co0trolliug elections. Troops Indeed
may be sent to the State, but they will
be- utterly powerless for evil, unless our
friends, under a mistaken view of the
military power, shall be discouraged and
disheartened.
If it were at all necessary, we should
urge Won TO peace and good ORDER
resort TO law for the redress of wrongs,
rather than violence but the patient
submission with which you bore insult
and wrong in adversely, admonsh Us
that the like moderation and fOrbearance
will characterize your conduct now.
Let every friend of honest government
90 to work; see that all register, and
that ell vo.e Let no man, either NrOm
ovef confidence or Indifference, fail TO
contribute his full share to this second
redemption of Mississippi from that
| 8 reaiest o. all earthly misfortunes, the
restoration of Radical rule.
Mississippi has now for the first time
s:nce the war, the opportunity of doing
great service to the whole country, by
contributing patriotically and unseitishly
TO that reform, now go sadly needed
| everywhere. In taking this action, she
remembers nothing of the past, in anger
or disappointment. She recognizes that
she IS a member of an indissoluble
| Union and shat this association imposes
Gu tec Ugh duties 20 her sister common
wealtbs These duties she proposes to
discharge for the good of the entire
! country, in no selfish or sectional spirit,
aud seeking no other advantage to her
self, than such as may result from the
blessings Of a government, just to all ami
equal IN its benefactions and in its bur
| dens. She asks no controlling voice iii
the government for herself or her sec
ion, no conspicuous place for her sons,
no bOunties from the national treasury.
she claims only that her children may
not be treated as aliens in the land of
their birth, and that when commissioned
to represent her interests and her asplra-
lions in the common council OF the Ma
ton, they may be allowed with modesty
and moderation to cooperate III the add
vancement of the Nations welfare. If
there be those, within, or outside her
borders, who shall falsely attribute to her
other motives, who shall challenge her
patriotism, or charge her with an ambi-
zion to dominate through partisan agen-
ces and party alliances, and thus rekin-
| die against us the fires of sectional hate,
she will make no other answer, than refer
| to her history Of the olden time, when in
the halls of Congress, on the plains of
Chalmette, and on bloody fields in Mex
leo, she honestly endeavOred, as now,
to contribute her full share to the good
Of the common Union.
j. Il. GEORGE, Chm.
+. LABAUVE,
JoHN A. BINFoRD,
T.. G.. WALTHALL,
GEO. L. Potter,
A T. RoANE,
l.. w. MAGkUDER,
j. d. VERTNER,
II. NJ. STREET,
w. A. Percy,
w. II. FL. TlsoN,
THos. b. SYKES,
THos. w. HARPrs,
JOHN w. SMITH,
l.. A. CAMPBELL,
h. RICHARDSON,
j. B. CHRIsMAN,
L. V. NoLAND.