The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-07
The bling of Congress What
the Country Needs.

After a holiday Of three weeks Con
press will resume its Iabors to-day.
During the first weeks Of the session
nothing was done. BY common consent
the serious work Of the session was
postponed until after the recess. 1t
must now begin in earnest; and The
country will look with deep solicituda
to its proceedings. Upon the represen-
tatives Of the Democracy great rezpon-
sibility is devolved They have major
tiles in both houses and viii
be held accountable for the measures
which they may adopt. First and fore
most, the minds Of the contryare made
up on one point No sectiosol discus
sions are acanted. The fight Of The sections
ought to haze been closed aciH, the 1ror.
Then ought to be closet Il, me forum as
aoeH as IN the fed. The Southern
members can well afford to ignore
the bloody shirt when it is shaken
in their faces, for they have matters Of
practical import to engage their atten-
ton. They have vast business inter
ests to foster and promote. The eur
rency question can be best treated 10y
being let alone But a it is one Of i'm
mediate concern, if the fight is forced,
the Democrats viii consult patriotism
as well as expediency, by opposing the
administration scheme 10 stop the
coinage of silver and to destroy tine
Greenback notes. Pledged to bring
back the government to first principles,
they will oppose the measures OF con
solidationists, and also strive to intro
dnce economy into the expenditure Of
public money. The necessary approFri-
alton bills, we trust, will be passed with
out obstructive or dilatory proceedings
but it does not follow that the dcmocra-
CIV should lower their standard in favor
of free elections as against the use Of
the army at the polls, and the employ
ment Of marshals and partiZan superyi-
sors to interfere with the freedom Of
the ballot The issue can best be made
by the in&~aductiou Of seperate bills.
Ifthey are defeated by the Executive
veto, the issue can then be taken up to
the highest tribunal for arbtranlent-
the tribunal Of the people-divested Of
the humbugging pretence that the Dem
Ocrats are endeavoring to starve the
government. The conservative senti-
ment of the country is alarmed by the
clamor for Grant and Third Term -
Grant and the Empire-and if the rep
resentatives of the Democracy in the
federal councils will meet the great re
sponsibiIity which has been put upon
them by the country, wisely and well,
a Democratic victory viii be assured in
the Presidential election.
The President of the 81. Louis Exc
dus Association has pettioned The
Mayor and City Council for aid, saying;
There are about two hundred and fifty
families in the city from the South. many
OF whom are scattered among the families of
the resident colored people. All of them
require assistance, some of them being en-
tirely helpless and in a condition Of great
suffering More than three hundred col
Ored persons are reported now on the
road by steamboat or rail, aHG there is good
reason to think that they Will be numbered
by Thousands between this time and the
early spring Nearly all of ,hem come in a
wretched condition, two thirds being women
and children without any definite plan of
action or place of destination. They mu st
evidently remain here for considerable
length of time after arrival, simply from
want of nAeans to get away.
Now the question arises, who per
suaded these people from the homes
where they were welIprovided with the
necessaries of life, and were comfortable
and would have been happy ifleft alone
into this wretched and suffering condi-
ton here described? And how long are
these hapless people to be hoodwinked
and imposed upon by designing dema-
gogues?
A Democratic Caucus--Who Should