Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-07-13

separate eft those in power to mark
their will as it had been manifested
when they first got control of the
government. The events are too re-
cent to require recapitulation, and
the ruin they have developed re
quire no other memorial than the
material and moral wreck which the
country presents. The speaker re-
asserted his mistaken belief III the
right Of secession and the duties Of
citizens to battle for the cause of
States after secession +; reviewed the
campaigns from Fort Henry to Shi-
lob, and speaking Of Albert Sydney
Johnson said was it that his grand
presence inspired you with unmeas-
ured confidence and the hope of hap
pier days when the opportunity
should offer, or was it that your judg
ment told you that you followed, as
| verify believe you did, the greatest
soldier, the ablest man, civil or mill
tary, confederate or Federal" Mr.
Duv,s then reviewed the operations
about Vicksburg and Port Hudson,
and spoke in glowing terms of Their
defenders. He said, Let no one
suppose that in thus indicating oar
cause. in paying due tribute to your
gallant deeds, / am seeking to dis
turb such peace as we have, or to a
void the logic Of events You have
done your duty in the past. and !
would ask no more than that. IoG
should fulfil equally well the duties
Of the pres nj and futtre ; The bra
vest are, as q rule, the gentlest, and
they are also the trucst TO cyery OBJ
legation assumed ; you struck Tor in
dependence and were unsuccessful
you agree to return to the Union
and abide by the Constitution and
lass made IN conformity with IT.
t4us far, not farther, do i under
stand your promise to extend" Re
terriug to losisl. TN Of the COngre6.
which ol3Tad the war, he said the
tax pas er5 k2e ~. i,.<-ya.-d ~
den was imposed on them by con
chanss and and NsG itA b. bSA asl @er,
NC have lost the carrying t-a 80.
American ship that hd&St G6d "a aaggal #.
flag during war which imposes sucl
duties On raw material us to inter.
fere with shi ullding and prohib-
its the registration Of a foreign-built
ship, though it be by purchase The
property Of a citizen Of the United
States? VIII the people, ii worthy
the source Of all power, allow a long
continuance OF such paipable wrongs
to the masses, such ruin to interests
which have been equally our pride
and means of prosperity; a form OF
government must correspond to the
character OF the people Tor which it
is appropriate it is, therefore, that
Republics have failed Whenever cor
ruption enters the body polite, and
rendered the people unworthy to
rule them, they becJme the fit sub
jects of despotism, and q despot is
always at hand to respond to the
call a Caesar could not subjugute a
people who were fit to be free, nor
could a Brutus save them if they
were fit for subjugation. The iorti-
tude with which our people have
borne oppression imposed on them
since the IA was closed, the reso.
lutte will with which they have strug-
gled against poverty and official pill
lage, is their highest glory, and give
the best assurance of final triumph.
Well mag we rejoice in the regaineu
possession Of local self government,
in the power Of the people to choose
their own representatives and to leg
islate uncontrolled by bayouets. II S
is the great victory, and promise
another as the sequence 10 ia to-
tai non-interference by the Fedora.
government with the domestic affairs
Of the States. The renewal Of the
time-honored doctrine of State sove-
reignty and supremacy of law will
secure permanent freedom, peace
and prosperity. The Constitution of
the United States, Interpreted as it
was by those who made it, Is the pro-
phet's rcd to sweeten the bitter wa,
ter from which flowed the strife, the
misery and the shame Of the past as
well as the foils of the present, Ey-
ery evil which has befallen our insti-
tutions is directly traceabic h the
~perversion of the compa; Of the T.
Mon, and the u~surpation by the Fed
eral government of I'M delegated pow
ers. Let one mem rabie example
suffice for illustration (: When Mis-
souri, asked for admission as a State
into the Union, to which she had q
two-fold right under the Constitu-
ton and usagesof the United States,
and also under the treaty by which
the territory was acquired, her appli-
cation was resisted, and her admi3-
sion was finally purchased by the I'M
constitutional conc ssion miscalled
Missouri Compromise. When the
establishment Of a polite geograph-
ical line was announced to the Apos-
tie of Democracy who, full Of years
and honors, in retirement watched
profound solicitude the course
Of the government he had so mainly
contributed to inaugurate, his pro
ghetto vision saw the end of this
which was the beginning /; the news
upon his ear like a fre-bell at
hight ; men had differed about meas
Tres and public policy according to :
heir circumstances or mental char I
.cteristics ; such differences tended !
o the calculation Of truth AMI the r
Of reason over error par :
les 70 founded would not be see i
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