The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-29
The Approaching CaRvn~~-Ehe
Necessity OF Organization.
Cnlnm hns Independent.l

Cai0m bus Independent
II has been the policy of 1.own3 10 whip
her fights before they were mace. A
strategy which can force submission is
grander than a victory won by blows
" hich leaves mutilation and death as rec
ords OF success Taught BY the past aud en-
couragei bv lis teachings We advocate a
prompt organization of the Democratic par
ty for the coming election. Let tie roll lie
called aud every man who intends TO en-
list for the fight be II arked present fer duty,
ard him " ho has no heart for the contest be
ordered from the ranks. Ii is not too soon.
There are those now at work who would
destroy the party's organization. Hopeless
and Disconnected themselves they hiss their
venom into un-uspecting ears, and the pois-
on has diseased before the victim realizes
thst he i patient.
TIE Democratic party must be united and
it, Union solidified
Outside the party We accord privileges
TO no man. TIE action OF the party must
be supreme. He " bo will not bow down
to 1t must be made to bow.
Coliahan.I
Here in Copiah all the offices are filled
by Democrats, and it is ex pected of the
Democracy OF the county that they will
hold the fort AZ the next election. II it is
decided at the right time, to have a nomi-
mating convention, let the masses partici-
pate freely in the primary or precinct
me tings, give an honest expression OF their
choice for candidates for tie q fferent offices
and then, after the nominations are fairly
made, let every man put his shoulder to
the wheel, and make another solid and
clean sweep OF old Copiah county. What
Kinds County Gazette
We may be too cautious, but il occurs to
US that the Democratic Cons ervaIive party
of Mississippi would exhibit a sound judq-
ment to husband its resources. A fearful
battle for mastery is ahead of US. 1t will
come on in 1850. The man on horseback
will be the leader of the opposition, aud tie
money power of the country will exert
itself TO the utmost in his behalf. IL is our
judgment that we shall then nee the sup
port of every maE--the vote of every man
who acted with us in the great contest of
10. Such being the outlook, We cannot
ocratic Conserv ative ship any element that
acted with us in the fearful contest that re-
Ieved the State of Radical rule We can
not spare the ConseI natives of lS75-nor
the ''IndependAn's" of lS77--nor the Green
hackers of 1873. There will be work for
them all in 1880. in the ranks of the Demo-
cratic party. 20 save the country from d
second inf1jctioh OF the Grant Dynasty
with multiplied woes not hitherto known.
The people, the country, and free govern
throughout the world, is TO com blue and
splidity the ID emOcrdtic and Conservative
party, and by no means to waste its strength
and render it incapable of good by driving
off men who are thoroughly with it IN every
essential particular, but who may, at times.
prefer to be called Conservatives, or Inde-
pendenrs, or Groenbacks.
The foregoing from our very esteemed
the Kinds County GA
zette, is published under the significant
title ''Shall we solidify, or shall we
scatter" "Solidify" by all means
But this can only be done by a strict
conformity to the usages of the party.
The man who is sincerely in favor of the
principles and purposes of the Democrat
ic- Conservative party cannot object to
the name, nor to the organization neces
sary to carry them into effect. Without
it there can be no concert of action, aud
without concert of action there can be
no victory. The language of the
State Executive Committee is, that she
who sets at defiance the decision of its
makes war upon the accep-
ed means of carrying its measures into
effect, and is an enemy of the party the
'ame as if he openly denou nced its prin
:iples and objects" And the Democratic
State Convention of Au
;ust End, 1877, by unanimous vote
-dopted the following resolution:
Resolved. That unity and harmony are |
>sential to victory; that all independent |
movements are dangerous to the integrity |
f party organization; that all independent |
andidates are inspired solely by a lust for |
iii &c that they shall be treated as COM |
non enemies to the welfare of the people. |
nd the avowed enemies of tile Democratic |
Conservative party of the State of MissIssip- |
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