The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-17

bren added to the COnIeueTate cauSS' -.
he fell, realized that our 1""NSs
had been broken. - -.
will not follow you through your long
oaraer of honorable service, or pause 70 eN
nIt with you over the battle nelds rehueleu
ilIustTious by your victories, out cahn ~
hear exnressing the nope that some com Pc
tent narson will give tC the world a tuli MS
torv of The Army of Tennessee. i et, De-
faro leaving the subject, | wish to mention
one of the many proofs saw OF Your t III
cheney and valor. On the helu % Ct'Sa
n,,u.ra where YOU achieved brilliant VIC
tory under that true patriot ana abte soi-
der. Gen Bragg, it was noticeable after
lilo conflict to Sre the side OF tue trees next
m the enemy riddled with balls ana shol :
from the ground TO very great hcISht
Will. on the Confederate side the trees were
hnt little marked. and the marks were near
Ia tie ground. The number OF the Alne1
sn6 wounded show how calmly you selected
the object, and how well your balls oDeyed
your wall. A.. Oa.,,t, o,,d
West. where the great problem was To Keep
control of the Mississippi river. Aiter
New Orleans and Island No. 10 had oeeh
captured, the problem was narrower 10
nreservinC the section between Port Hudson
and VIcksburg. While this was held, COM
munication was possible with :he Trans
Mississippi. up IN Which we much relied Tor
a supply of provisions. rms sectloh was
also requisite for cooperation between the
troops OF the east anu TIC "Os' 9'"NS " ~
river. -
Port Hudson maintain its position, ana tue
siege OF Vicksburg will ever be memofaoie
for the duration of the defense of an unior-
titied place against "A well appointed anu
numerically vastly superior army. The
heroic deeds of the defenders and the long
bumbardment and frequent assaults Oh their
hastily constructed entertainments VIII,
when better understood, shed lm perisllaDle
- Don hnrf a
army: nor less, in time To come, will the
untiinching devotion and Selt-denial OF the
citizens be gratefully remem bered. For a
long time after the siege sight-seers came
To gaZ at the caves which had been dug Tor
the projection of the women and children.
However, by such inspection little was TO
be learned of the privations and dangers
v untarily endured by the gentler but hero
ic sufferers Here, and every where, the I'M
animity of our people proved the thorough
ness of their conviction OF the recttude Of
oar cause. We have been accustomed, and
Justly, too. to give unmeasured praise for
the sacrifices made by our Revolutionary
ancestors for the cause of self government
aud the dependence which had been de-
cIared. But there was no such unanmity
among the colonists a was shown by our
people in their efforts to maintain the Itber-
ties their fathers had secured and trans
mitted to them. Then organized bodies Of
Tories com bated, with doubtful result, the
US there was 40 Orga lied re-is.ance and but
few cases of individual detection. This, at
least shows that our cause was not less dear
or less worthy Of IA peoples love than their.
Let no one suppose that in thus Vlndicat-
ing our cause, in paying due TRIBUNE to your
gallant deeds, and in commencing the heroic
fortItude of your mothers, your wives, your
sisters and your daughters, l am seeking to
disturb such peace as we have, or To aVoip
the logic OF events. You have done your
duty in the past, and l would ask no more
than that you should fulfil equally well the
duties of the present and the future. The
brAvest are, as IA rule, the genSlest and they
are also the truest to every obligation as
sumed by them. You struck for iudepend-
ence and were uns successful. You agreed
to return to the Union, and abide by the
and the laws made in confOT-
nifty with it. Thus far, no farther, do un
lerstand your promise to extend. It does
not require Won to accept fraud in the Ii
tie to office, nor, because man calls him
self a "statesmau,'' to admit his right to le
climate bribery and corruption. Wars of
conquest, like the convulsive heaVing of an
displace the proper order of
constituent elements, and bringing the dregs |
If society to the surface, check both mate
rial and moral progress. But this evil in a |
country where the people rule must have an |
remedy. Bad laws, badly admin |
stored, i'm pair the prosperity and happiness /
IF the masses, AMI their interest must teach |
,he few, but does so by pOverishng the /
many.
Ignorance and unbribled passion in leg |
Station may not enrich the few, but must |
make the many poor indeed. To which of |
hese causes is TO be referred the cXtraor-
linary legislation of the Congress which /
Olowed the war, it Is left to others to de- /
'idc. The tax payers know that an in-
creased burden was imposed on them by the /
changes made in the contracts with the /
l0n0hOInerG. nd
'wners know that we have lost the carving /
rade; and to what will they assign polfct
which prevents the Ie-registration OF an
american ship that had changed her flag
Turing the war, which imposes such duties
m raw material as to interfere with ship
'ullding, and prohibits the registration Of
foreign built ship, though it be by pur-
hase, the property of citizen of the United
tates.
Will the people, if worthiIy the source of
II power, allow a long continuance Of such
alpable wrongs to the masses-such ruin to
interests which have been equally our pride
nd means of prosperity?
a FORM OF government must CORES pOnd
the Character of the people for which it
appropriate. 1t is, therefore, that re-
ublics have failed whenever corruption en-
cred the body polite an rendered the peo-
le unworthy TO rule. Then they become
ne NJ SUBJECTS OF despotism, and despot is
ways at hand to respond to the call A
esar conld not subjugate people who are
{ To be free; nor could Brutus save them
they were fit for subjugation.
Inc iortltude with which our people have
orne the oppression imposed on them since
ne war was closed; the resolute will
nth which they have struggled against {
overly and official pillage, is their highest
lory am gives the best assurance of final
'iumph.
Well may we rejoice in the repained nos.
esslon OF local self-government, In the
over oil the people to choose their reDre-
'ntatlVes and to legislate uncontrolled bv ,
ayOnets. This is the great victory ana I
rolhlses ahokheF as the sequence to il, a to-
u non interference by the Federal 0ovar
.ent with the domestic affairs of the States ,
ne revival of the time hOnored doctrine az
late sovereignty and the supremacy oflaw
~ secure permar ent peace. freedom and !
rosperlty. The constitution Of the limited ,
5ates, interpreted as it was by those who
ade IL, Is the prophets rod to sweeten the !
Tier water from which flowed the strife J
e carnage, the misery and the shame Of I
e past, as well as the fOils of the nresent. Z
Every evil which has heiallen our insti- !
tlons Is directly traceable to The nervar !
on OF the compact of union and the usnr =
'Iloh Dy the Federal government of nm !
'legated powers. Let one memorable ex-- !
npie sufnce for illustration, When Mis- 4
uri asked for admission as a State into r. =
mon, To- which she had a two-fold rigbt | :
loer the constitution and usages Of fbe n
nlted States, and also under the terms ~ Il
: treaty Oy which the territory was ac- 4
lIred, her application was resisted. and
. admission was finally purchased by the Fl
CONSTITUTIONAL concession, miscallsd the II
dissouri compromise" When that "a p
oIlshmeat Of a politico-g geographical a
le Was announced to the apostle Of De- ii
ocracy, who full of years and honors. in !,
IjIaeinemet, watched with profound solicit d
dc the course of the 0overnmnnt ~ -
q SO mainly contributed TO inau0urate =
prophetic vision saw the end, of which e'
. was SIN, the beginning. The news fell uDon a,
,t ear IKE fire bell at night" /,
Men had differed and would differ oho,t
assures and public policy. aeeor,linS ~
Sit circumstances or manfoI oho-~-.r.s "