The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-09
Not an open Question.

declared belief that there Is not tran I,
ger in Mississippi who docs not stand by
the following resolution Of the Clai-
borne county Grange:
The supervision and regulation by the
authorized agents of the people, Of all
chartered institutions Of the state.
And the further declaration of the
Grange that to secure their support,
candidates for the Legislature must
pledge themselves to support a bill put
ting the doctrine into practice. We
have further asserted that men engaged
in trade and the various mechanical in
dustries and professions, are equally in
terested in the enforcement of the doc
trine, for all suffer more or less, when
they are oycrchargcd, or Disseminated
against, by common carriers. Our be-
lief was warranted by the admitted fact
that neither the Changers, nor the Dem
ocrats Of Mississippi, have ever spoken
in cquiyocal language in favor Of the
doctrine. If anything more than an
other has given distinction to the Grange,
is its Inauguration twelve years ago Of
the movement to restrict corporations
by State authority The "Grangcr'
decisions on account Of the Importance
Of tho principles they set forth are the
most celebrated in the annals Of Amcri-
can Jurisprudence.
We stated that Democrats, if true to
the platform Of their party, would
mot refuse to make the pledge. We
might have added that if imbucd with
the spirit of the doctrine, they would
60 forth with cyangelic sincerity and
fervor to uphold it with ready hands and
hearts. Our warrant for this opinion is
that Democratic State Conventions have
again and again passed the following
resolution unanimously;
Corporations supcrvisablc by the leg.
islRtiyc authority, within constitutional
limits, in the interest, and for the pro
lection Of, the People.
Also, that overwhelming majoritics Of
both branches of Democratic Legisla-
lures have again and again reafiirmed
the doctrine,in effect, though no practical
results have been accomplished owing
to unfortunate differences as to the
method Of enforcing it.
| We may be allowed to say with due
respect, that it is time for this triAing
with q matter Of supreme magnitude tC
stop. 1t can be stopped eIoctually il
the People, and the candidates who are
seeking to serve them, will understand
each other Enthusiastically, and if the
Democratic members Will meet in caucus
as they have done in other States anC
agree to act in unison. Adopt this pIat
and the question is settled
The Nicksburg Herald, apprehcnd
that if thcTesolution ia insisted on, i
viii split the party With the Ut
most respect for our able contemporary
we must say its language sounds factiou
and disorganizing. To borrow the word
Of our Supreme Court, the Herald su2
gcsts "a vain thing The objection
ought to have been urged long before
when 1t was on open question. Mssi.
; sippi can't afford to stand in the col
> ciinging to obsolete ideas when her sis
ter States North, South, East and Yves
+ are in the grand procession marchn
y with streaming banners to the music {
q Progress and Reform.
c Let ua reason together This is u hi
Z, question. 1t is not whether. Doodle an
T. his retinue, or Puffy and his clan, sha
c be on top, but whether Corporate Powc
g or the Sovereign People shall rule til
c Commonwealth.
Y As to the allegation that the Gran@
q is seeking to constitute itself politics
organization, or is interfering, or like
f to interfere with partizan politics, the
is not the slightest foundation for it,
is a strictly non-political institutio
which declares its creed and its poll,
on all questions, economic and industri:
" without reference to the effect ON pol
-, ical parties. There is nothing in
y, creed that we are aware of to restrain
=, from such expression. Nobody real