The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-09-25
himself at Springfield, Ohio. on or about
the.24th II .Auaalst last, AzioIIows:

himself afssprIA&reld, Ohio on or about
thp24th 5EAuaalst last, AstoIIows:
4 Ksmattets bel DER the co.'s sIindorss
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While he was beslavere.I with praise from
the Southern Democracy they seemed 70 be
/ laying broad and deenshe ouHdatLDp. for "a
/ solid South. Upon The attempt through the
| Potter resolutions to uns-at the President,
4 trey WITH -esIo Z SEEpff6Gg v6sEd
| Tor. it. They declined even. ~ give
/ an oI1portunity TO vote upon the Hale
amendment, which would have perInit t.
ted an investigation into Democratic
| frauds. JEFF Davis makes as reasonable
| speeches rs in ls6L, and he receives the i'm
| dorSement and approval OF q large proper
| ton of the press and people. Out OF one
| hundred Hewspa pers in Mississippi, ninety
| five indor5e aiih applaud Jrff Davis rse.ifl
I BY the adoption of the Fitteentil amend
1 ment the political power OF the Sou ia the
! u EeeioFat College, and in the Houte or Rep
l,Fesentat1Ves,f was Increased aban5 40 per
| cegi. The Republican party to-day can
| poll. if permitted 10 do 50. 80 per cent OF
tfthe vote of the South. Yet, IN the cotBin e
leleetlon~, do not believe that we'cati carry
lone in five o hs distticts that We know TO
be reliably Republicans. Bgtfaree aaid fraua
the pollcal power, Of 40 per gent. of their
people is exercised solely by the Gu per cent.
! thus III aking a solid Democratic South. The
right OF the ciriZeIsstof several States en-
y
states Is not res =, ctTd in' any localities.
Now, my fellow citizens, there can
be no lasting peace until the anIend1
ments To the Constitution are executed
10 good faith, both in Iette- and spirit
IA solid South Is a constant menace To the
the peace OF the country. It means that
the Constitution al amendm ehts shall be Ab-'
rOgabed and repealed in spirit; it means the
dsprpaton by the majority of all the pollti-
cal power OF one section of the country, and
-
ables the sold SOUTH INSPIRED as tt ia by the
spirit and the men who sought the over
throw Iof the country 10 nov rllle and
control IL. and yet they may be in large mi
nority IN the whole country. Such success, If
1t is su omitted to, means the pay nent of the
rebel claims, the peEsioning of.Eebel soldiers,
the paymeD Tor slaXes lost in rebellion. Ifeel
it my especial duty to say that as long
the menace Of the solid South threatens the
peacesof the country, it Is the duty OF the
North to be united against it,. l am de
slrous as any man can he that we shall get
AWAY from sectional politics, but | cannot
close my eyes to the danger of a solid South.
The advice give Is simply that ordinary
prudence and care be eXeI cisad. | repeat
that so long as the menace of solid South
exists it is the duty of the North TO. continue
to meet 1t with 1.-The most hreeks." T
There is too much in these pregnant
/ q5FEn lt 4ey to be commented upon in de
tail. What will not estt ;.,cs5ae the notice of
the reader is the difference in the tone
and temper of this speech and the utter
ances of the same individual when he
and others were Matching the Presidential
conspiracy. 1t is a threat that because
the South has not dissolved and repudi-
ated the political organization through
which she was reclaimed from chaos and
misrule-has adhered to the party in the
North that opposed the yindietive rule of
| the Republicans--has not eaten her own
words and turned against her own chosen
agents in her struggle for independence
has not consented to be silent and permit
false history of her motives and conduct
to be written-has exercised the right of
self government (but with due regard to
her obligations to the Federal Union-)
she is to. be met with ''the most Greeks, !"
meaning the brute numbers of the nu-
merically dominant section, and punished
by such proscripti~e and vindictive legis-
lation as the Republican party, by long
practice, knows so well how to originate
and enforce. ~"t' s'"'@
|, We might, too, have mentioned that all
these Republican leaders, with Mr.. Hayes
at their head, speak but one language
upon the financial issues, They all cham
pion the measures that have brought
ruin and disaster upon the country at
large, for the benefit of the privileged
classes. .at-u q.ae-
The moral is that the South will be
compelled to remain solid for, her own
safety as well as for the protection of the
interests of the whole eountry-at least
for time. =. ''l'@1 ''..' go '' .-'