The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-09-05

people and ruin the South. and with those
less patriotic and honorable, might have
proved most disastrous. Fortunately We
had seen too much 81 Republican per
idy and inhumanity to take the bait. and
whon the impartial historian shall have
made up the record of our eventfuI history
for the last twelve years, the brightest page
viii be that which records the
fact that our People, though sub
iugateC, mpoycTi-hed and oppressed with
rare exceptions, scorned alike the oppres
sO-. his threats and his brides, and came out
OF the ordeal without the faint of dishonOr,
and the few who did yield To these seduc-
tive Influences, for power and place. aud
who still adhere to the party. are regarded
by all honorable men. a political pariahs,
tor whom there i no political Regeneration.
Nevertheless. through their carpet ba z
emmis.aries. and the aid of these men of
the loayes aad fishes, constantly playing
upon the fears and prejudices OF the cOlored
people, the Republican party held on 10
power in the South, through many long.
weary years OF sorrow. humiliation and
disaster. Nor can We ever forget how they
held high carnival in the capital Of the ma
ton How they made the civil subordinate
TO the military power. How they made aud
unmade Governors of states aud dispersed
legislatures 1T the point of the bayonet-
How they robbed the treasury, corrupted
Congress. sold offices. defrauded the people
Of their ballots by organizing false return
ing boards and finally, by use OF partisan
Supreme Court Judges, carried out the last
act of the grand drama, by forcing into the
Presidential Office a man whom the people
had rejected.
THE REACTION AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
But in time the inevitable began to assert
itself. White men were stirred by the di-
yiuity within them; coiored me1 being
undrceived came 10 know their friends; in
telligence refused longer TO pay court y IL r.
nOrauce. or virtue TO vice; right and Justice
claimed the seats which had been usurped by
wrong and oppression; truCh crushed to
earth rose IA its giant strength and the
whole Radical temple has tumbled, iuyOlY-
ing i'm one common ruin its founders, priest
hood and worshippers. The color2d Dagou
which they set up for worship has fallen
upon it, face before the ark OF democracy
and broken to pieces
\ certain sect Ot political philosophers
charge this terrible disaster TO President
HAYES, whom they say. Sam pson like, laid
hold of the ri. lars OF the temple and
brought il down with ruin to himself and his
party.
We know that causes lying far back Of Mr..
Hayes administration operated this over
throw, but we are wiling % leave this
question 10 political ct-ui>tS, AID the wise
men of the East-Blaine, Boutwell,. Butler,
and Chamberlain, while We rejoice over the
grand result.
And yer. NV fellow citizens, notyith-
standing this mighty revolution, this tidal
wave which has swept over the country.
We stand confronted lO-daY, by state OF
things 50 anomalous in character, as to be
wilder the most experienced and iar-sighted
statesmen. With twenty out of thirty
eight States presided over bV DemOcr
Governors with the popular branch oil
/ Congress Democratic by ma ority of fiji
I teen or twenty with a Senate almost equal
/ ty divided, and which would be Democratic
/ f the Legislatures of States could vote to-
/ day; with the electoral votes Of twenty
/ States cast for the Democratic nominee for
/ Presidcnt-giving him a majority of nine
| teen in the electoral college, and "A maj orty
! of 100000 of the popular vote, yet we have
/ a man of no special mark, Republican II
/ faith, Republican in name, Republican by
/ affiIiltion. surrounded by a Republican
! Cabinet, upheld by no military cortege
/ swaying the destinies of this nation, as it,
/ President.
Does history afford a parallel to this ease
/ Would not such state of thiugs, unde
any other Government, convuise it To il
| very center? Would not military reVolu-
ton press upon the heels of such an event
I in any other land Why is it then, that on
/ people rest so quietly under this stupendon
/ fraud Are they less patriotic. less jealou
of their rights. than the citizens of othe
Governments? Have they forgotten tn
/ sacrifices of their fathers, or the tradition
OF their early history
| answer, no. But while our peoele were
! engaged in their honest pursuits, band o
/ desperate political adventures, backed a.
j bY capitalists, who made their money out o
/ shoddy clothing, worm eaten ships, an
J worthless guns furnished the gOYernme Ell
during the war, have laid violent hands upo
the nations bjrthright, which they propos
to hold and enjoy until the next Presidents
election comes round. Our people. in thi
crisis oftheir affairs, have not thought prope
To meet fraud with force, or to substitute tn
bullet for the ballot; but are patientlI
awaiting the time, when by the thunders o
their indignant protest, expressed at tn
ballot-boN, they may sweep these conspira
tors into political nOncntity.
In the meantime, what are the duties Q
/ every American citizen, and more especial
what are the duties of every Southern man
f From my standpoint l answer. First, t
: develop our physical and material resour
ces educating. as far as possible, our Who'll
? people. Secondly, by legal enactments an
such other means As we may be able to de
= wise, place such guards and protection
around labor, as to screen 1t from the rapd
cious demands of capital. And thirdly, [
preserve our political unity, rs a means
4 accomplishing the ends above named, bu
; more especially as 4 means of sclf-preseI
2 walton.
I DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PHYSICAL AND Ma
TERIAL RESOURCES
1 Perhaps there Is no fact which can carr
I to the minds of our people so distinct an ide
of the possibilities OF the South, as an ep
tome of her physical and material resource
; Broken in fortune, depressed in spirits, w
have come to undervalue our climate, on
soil. and even our civilization, aud are read
( to exchange our old associations, and on
t old homes for new and untried ones. Herei
lies fatal mistake, and time will demon
strate it to those who give up their Soutl
c ern homes for citizenship elsewhere.
To- day we stand in the center OF cotto
! belt, commencing on the Texas border
west, and running 10 the Carolina coast
, east. a distance of about 1900 miles, and be-
ginning at Memphis, Tennessee, north, al
extending to New Orleans, south, a diStan(
D Of about 400 miles, embracing an area
c 500 600 square miles. npOn which is grow
: annually. about 1000 900 bales of eotto
r worth $2O9 100000, contributed from Il
o worlds treasury, to reward the Industry
r our people.
= Ills the Judgment of mankind, after fu
and fair experiment in every country whe
= soil aud climate are at all favorable to Il
c growth of COttoG. that in its culture We CO
I have no rival. The great Humboldt. the mo
i renowned explorer of the world, when ask
: bv certain English manufacturers If the
/ was to be found any other country whe
: cotton could be raised AS successfully as
h our Southern States, answered. unhesit
: tingly, there was not. For, said he. thel
e Is no part of the world where alterna
e showers and sunshine so favor the grow
: OF cotton, as in the Southern States OF \ or
;, America In India, in Egypt, in Algeri
: ! in Central and South America, cotton
X raised, but mostly of an inferior grade, al
: in limited quantities.
: 1t is clear, then, that as the earth sha
;. TEEN with its increasing millions of populi
: ton, In the same ratio will increase the dt
n ! mand fer our staple. Temporary eauS'
: NAV produce temporary fluctuations IN tn
/ demand and in prices, but as the nat
n netic needle, when disturbed by force
: violence. quivers snd tremoles upon
pivot, as ifuncertsin Gifts work, will ueve
: theless adjust itself after the law OF Its n
= ture the disturbing cause being remove
e so wars and financial crises may affect u
i favorahly, the cotton market, but with q
Il return OF peace and the resumption of pro
= er business relations, the necessities OF q
G ! u-Orld will Dojnt aS u9errin civ to our cOtti