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Editorial
July 11, 1867
The Daily Clarion
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
The Southern Opinion newspaper, edited by H. R. Pollard, advocates for Southern compliance with Congressional laws on registration and organization to secure re-admission to the Union and replace military government, emphasizing acceptance without bitterness or approval of past injustices.
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The Southern Opinion, H. R. Pollard's paper, is a strong advocate of registration and of doing the best possible in behalf of organization under the laws of Congress. It says: "We can have no substantial prosperity until the State is re-admitted into the Union and the military government is superceded," and argues that "our concessions to the inevitable by no means commit us to an approval of the injustice perpetrated upon us." As to the military government, "we must obey it with cheerful fortitude, and not with bitterness or ill-feeling of a people smarting under indignity. "Not sullenly, but sorrowfully; not in dissimulation, but in good faith, we accept what we dare not resist."
What sub-type of article is it?
Constitutional
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Reconstruction
Southern Opinion
Registration
Military Government
Re Admission
Congressional Laws
What entities or persons were involved?
The Southern Opinion
H. R. Pollard
Congress
Union
Military Government
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Southern Compliance With Reconstruction Laws
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Cheerful Acceptance Of Federal Authority
Key Figures
The Southern Opinion
H. R. Pollard
Congress
Union
Military Government
Key Arguments
No Substantial Prosperity Until Re Admission To The Union And End Of Military Government
Concessions To Inevitable Do Not Approve Of Injustices
Obey Military Government With Cheerful Fortitude, Not Bitterness
Accept Sorrowfully And In Good Faith What Cannot Be Resisted