The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-28

promises 10 pay with no fixed purpose, OF prob
able ability, to redeem, such promises at an
early Jay, or II must issue another batch o. IN
1erest bearing bonds to be redeemed in time by
another issue of irredeemable promises To pay
There was, years ago, IN TINS country,
prominent citizen who paid his debts in pronls
sorry notes When the notes were presented he
would say with the utmost nochalance That
good'note keep il, when 1t wears out bring
it back and l will give you new one" Is the
government of the United States 10 repeat that
grim joke its creditors
Now. don't jump the conclusion that | ann
opposed to contracting debts in all cases until
the government has on hand or III sight the
money with which 10 pay them Government
debts Judiciously contracted, ike the debts OF
I individuals, often strengthen rather than di-
nlinish the credit of the debtor. There i such
. thing pouring little water in pump 10
. wet the feathers, that YOU may draw good
deal more For instance, am decidedly III
favor Of voting subsidies TO steamship lines 10
South American ports. Yes, subsidies. am
not appalled, by the senseless elatter against
subsidies. Ii pour in million or two
dollars by way of subsidy, and draw to ourselves
| a commerce worth 10 Us hundreds OF millions OF
/ dollars, am for the subsidy That such an
/ achievement i within our grasp, Is not matter
/ Of speculation-it has already been demonstrs-
| ted. ana bitterly opposed 70 all jobs But L
/ do not propose To be frightened from the per
Torrance Of great duty 10 the public by the
| insane cry, I'll YOU do that the way will be
open for great frauds on the Treasury
! Are we 10 do nothing, IN the childish lear
!
/ example set them: AS well say must not
declare war proper proyocation.
While this subject | may well say that
am in favor Of substituting the Southern Paeihc
/ Railroad in both land and money. As an orig
/ nal proposition | may have hesitated to vote
either land or money TO aid i'll the construction
| OF such a road. But vast amounts IN both have
! been voted with the entire apparent concurrence
OF the people to build Northern Pacific Rail
road and | don't think We have got 10 the
/ proper stopping point If our constitutional
! scruples were disregarded when Congress was
voting land and money by the hundreds OF mil
! lions of dollars TO build Northern roads, we
should not consider il an atront if the same
| thing is done when it comes to voting like sub
sides for a Southern road
! Ii went outside of the Constitution TO
| build Northern Road, let stay out until we
| have built Southern Road.
While the subject OF internal improve
ments, permit me 10 say that while my views
have been expanded under the new regime,
have not got TO the point where can encourage
my Representative to vote money from the
National Treasury to deepen puddle holes, and
| improve the navigation OF spring branches.
In the days of Jackson, Van Buren,, Tom
Benton, Slas Wright, and men OF that sort,
| was taught and made TO believe that one nation
| al bank could have no constitutional existence.
| Now we have upward of three thousand. Then
! it was unconstitutional to improve the naviga-
| ton OF river unless, as Mr.. Calhoun expressed
it, it was Il great inland sea like the Mississippi
| Now the government is called upon To improve
| the navigation of every little stream where a
good sized cat fish can swim. We were then
told that protection for the sake OF protection
was unconstitutional and violative OF sound
Democratic Republican principles. Now, We
| are told that vast sums of money may be voted
TO improve the private property of private indi-
| viduals This may all be was not so
| taught when | sat at the feet OF Gamaliel.
These things are not Democracy according to
the teachings of the fathers.
| | am told that times have changed and men
must change with them. | thought principles
1 ift1Itaa t1l slt | n
this, who is TO declare the change and who is it
that has the right to declare me traitor to
| principle because ] do not follow the changes
| | am heartily tired caucus dictation.
The country is greatly III need OF sound
legislation on many subjects and especially on
the currency question. We have been told on
| ~ give the Democrats control in both houses of
| Congress and such beneficial changes will be
made as will electrfy the whole country. Well
| they have undisputed sway and what are they
doing? playing brag, the Presidency being the
stake Has any legislation been proposed, is
any promised, looking to the relief ola suffering
| country? No The politicians preparing
for distribution of the spoils aud the people
are left as usual 10 take care of themselves
| Have YOU, has the country, looked to the
| foundation of the pretended conflict going
! on in Congress on the so-called army bill? The
unwarv told 1t is mighty contest for vital
principles. 1t is Il contest for party ascendancy
| and that is about all there is in it Take the
| Presidential election for 1880 out of the way
and the whole question could and would be
| settled a daN as III q century.
| There is III politics of to-day not only too
much partyism, but by long odds too much sec
tionalsm, | never hear oil a solid South but
with feelings OF horror 1t rings in my ears
like a fire-beu at night solid South suggests
the idea OF a solid North. In the name of all
that is sensible, hav'nt we had enough of sec
tiona divisions, sectional strife, sectional wars,
sectional desolation? | appeal to YOU as pa
triots to set your faces sternly against this whole
business. If you not moved by the loftier
consideration of patriotism, then l appeal to
YOU Southern men, not to allow yourselves to
| be drawn a second time into a sectional conflict.
| warn YOU that you will be beaten second
time Just you the first.
Franklin Pierce not the greatest of our
Presidents, but he"was among the purest. His
solemn invocation was, let us have no North,
no South. no East, no West, nothing but a com
mon country and common brotherhood" Oh
if that advice had only been taken and faith
fully adhered to, what seas of blood what riv-
ers OF tears, what agonlZIng prayers, what des-
olated homes would have been avoided and yet
there are men, both North and South, who ii
they do not seek, certainly do not labor to avoid
sectional divisions.
Such divisions are disastrous to the whole
country, and especially to the South. We have
found ourselves unable to defend what we be
lieved tn be our rights with hullels- We shall
be equally unable TO defend them with ballots
if we array solid South against solid North.
And vet party on both sides, seem willing
TO intensity sectional animosities. If a North
ern agitator waves the metaphorical bloody
called upon to charge it instantly. This is not
patriotism either side. 1t is simply partyism.
What is the remedy? RAISE Up NATION
AL PARTY, which standing between these con.
tending forces shall repeat in tones of thunder
the advice of Franklin Pierce: No North
no South, no East, West, but country and
a common brotherhood" Surely there non
partisans enough In the country to lnaugurate
and finally carry out a movement like this.
Then, and not until then, shall l expect to see
the daRning Of shal season Of Prosperity which
all parties promise Us, but which no party has
brought us since the war.
The party slogan at the North with who
would keep alive sectional animosities for mean
and personal purposes, is that Government
must not be allowed to pass into the hands OF
Confederate Brigadiers.
The Shiboleth at the South is Democracy. In
its name must all stand together to keep the
Government out of the hands of the carpet-bag-
gers and niggers."
The party slogan at the North is sounded in
no fear that Confederate Krigadiers about
to sieze the Government and inaugurate anoth.
but to rally the elansmen to the defence OF
the spoils of office, which party leaders consid-
er their especial property.
Democracy Whoop up the Democracy! not
in reality to keep the Radicals out OF power
but to keep US in. That is what the office
holders and nine-tenths of the ofieeseekers
mean There is not man among them who
does net-feel IN his scorer heaEg and absolutely
know, that there is no more 70 be feared from
revival of the Radical party in Mississippi as il
existed under Ames and his crew, than there il
from the materialized spirits OF Egyptian mum
mics. That party is dead, very dead. But
much of the material which composed it still
exists. On the 9TH of May Convention was
held at Vicksburg to mobolise that material
Did the gentlemen who composed that meeting
mean what they said? IT so, let have no
more of this senseless cry that the Democracy
must stand together without regard to prinei
pie the material interests of the country foI
Fear the aegfqeSa viii get hack into power
Go read the resolutions of that Convention.
Ponder and inwardly digest them. Resolve t.
stand by them in good faith, and then in good
faith stand by your own resolutions, and risk
nothing in saying the future of the country Il
assured-and with it larger measure OF pros
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