The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-27
RevfvinG the Sectional Agi-
GaGfOn.

when the head of the Government itself
deliberately embarks upon such an I'm
| dertaking. We are told that the Ad-
ministration has changed its policy"
for the reason that pledges ''made to
Mr. Hayes by the Southern leaders have
not been fulfilled, and that the people oe
the South have obstinately refused to
divide and quarrel among themselves and
will persist in being solid in their oPposi-
ton to the Republican party. What
e the policy" of the Administration has
been that is to be changed, we have
never had a definite idea of, unless it
was to conform to a situation which, in
the language Of the late Mr.. Morton, had
become inevitable" before Mr.. Hayes
was inaugurated. In spite of the bayo-
net which was kept perpetuaIly sus-
pended over them, they had, after long
effort and through much circulation, es-
tablished their local selfrule under the
What was Mr.. Hayes to do about it?
Nothing, except to recognize and conform
to the memorable fact; and that is all he
did do.
A change of policy" will simply
evince his departure froII this course and
the embarkation upon an experiment Of
despotism, at the contemplation of
which an imperial Caesar himself might
we'll pause and tremble. What the pre-
else "pledges" are that have been VIC
lated, and who are the Southern lead
ers" thai were the high contracting par
ties with Mr.. Hayes, we are not inform
ed. We don't believe a word of it, but
if they are net a myth, the facts would
convey the impression that they are to
be found among the THIRTY EIGHT Dem
ocrats who voted to proceed with the |
fraudulent count by the Electoral Com
mission, after it had shown by its acts |
that it was organized not to ascertain
who had received a majority of the legal |
votes for President, but to count |
in the defeated Republican candidate at
all hazards. Bad as it was, the act
creating the unconstitutional tribunal
placed it in the power of the House of
Representatives after the count had com
mCnced, to arrest it for sufficient cause.
The development of the conspiracy pend
ing the count, furnished the occasion for
stopping the proceeding. Three -fourths
of the Democrats voted 10 stop it as the
law empowered them to do but fac
tious minority of the Democratic mem
bers (thirty-eight in number), broke off
from their political associates and voted
with the entire body of the Republicans
to consummate the fraud, and it was
done. During this eventful struggle be
tween the Republicans, reinforced by their
Democratic allies, aud the Democratic +,
the "Wormly Hotel confer
ance," was held. At the same time Mr..
Foster, Republican member from Ohio,
the speech in the House which
was to hold the recalcitrant THIRTY !
EIGHT to their Republican allies, and the :,
National Republican newspaper publish =
ed a series of articles, designed to give ,
them backbone in their unfortunate atti- .
tude. We have said unfortunate, but it :
is a mild word for describing proceed >
ing which violated the fundamental prin- =
eiples of free government, the right of u
the people to rule; trampled under foot +
the Constitution; and threw away the OPP u
for placing the government l.
in the hands of the party of the -
which may not come 6
again for years If these "leaders" :
pledged that the Democratic party ;,
Of the South would abandon their :
if they "pledged' that :
they would rush pell NELL to the support !
Of the fraudulent President; if they +
pledged" that these people would cease
o be solid against party which is the
author of all their own and the country's Il
woes, and for party which has been the o
,nly breakwater against the encroach- f,
nents of higher law fanaticsm upon the a
section-then they have prom d
sed more than will be fulfilled. If they it
pledged" that the Southern Democratic II
would conform to the 81
avs of the Union, aud would dispense G
Justice to every class and race with al
hand--their promises have al
zen redeemed to the letter. The solid Il
south which is made pretext by .Radi- 81
al demagogues for preaching up 1t
vision of parties by sectional lines, I'll
leans no menace to the integrity of the Sc
Jniop or the welfare of any other sec al
on. 1t means defence against the Re Oh
ublican party which itself is standing Pl
lreat against the self-rule and the lib al
rites of the Southern States. They
i'll remain solid so long as the Republi- pc
IN organization, which was born of sec
onal hate, and has lived upon St
exists. None more than the Tn
outhern Democrats and Conserva- =.
yes have regretted that the Republican fir
aders of the North have again Haunted hi
e flag of the bloody shirt. They are in
carried with this ineessant agitation TO
ut the instinct of self-Preservation will an
ntinue to hold them together while the COZ
niger lasts. Fe
GENERAL RIrTTER boldly CHARGES that =