Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-11

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70 rust, and In lieu Of lie
pOrtentiOuS presence, we are told
that the stem tof the Calumet Of
Peace Is ready 10 be kissed By the
lips Of all. The Dead Past has
buried it, dead, and the present
and future alone engrOss the minds
Of the present generation. Con-
gress and the Administration have
heretofore appeared to labor I'M
der the impression that there was
no loyalty save in the party known
in this State as the Radical. II
such is yet the opinion, Mississip.
pl can without trouble establish q
record Of loyalty second to none
in the South. Last year the Dem
ocratic or disloyal party, as our
Radical friends choose to term it.,
polled a majority Of nearly eight
thousand. This year loyalty-as
personifed in the person of q
Confederate Gcneral-makes an
exhibit Of the Lord only knows
what majority. 1t would puzzle
the genius of Tammany Hall,
New York, to arrive at an approx.
imatiOn Of the Radical or 'loyal"
majority in this State. 1t is any
where between one and one hun
drcd thousand. But let it be what
it may. The greater the better in
this instance. The voters
Of Mississippi have estab.
beyond doubt or
cavil that this State is the most in.
tensely "loyal'' Of all the Southern
States. That is a big feather, a
feather, in the cap Of Mis-.
sissippi. A feather somewhat
similar to that worn at an impor.
tant period in the history of Mis-
siSsippl by the Confederate Gene.
Governor Of Mississippi. 1t
in hue the flag sad to have
been raised by the aforesaid blood.
thirsty and war disposed General.
The object in this article so far has
simply been to establish the fact
hat Mississippi is, beyond doubt,
he most loyal State in the Union.
Az On evidence Of that fact, she
las elected q Confederate General
BY the largest majority,
ever polled in this State
Now, then, Mississippi being
loyal" she must, as q conse.
luence, be eminently national.
And, as no one presumes to deny
hat Yicksburg is the queen
the great loyal and national
State of Mississippi, what affects
.icksburg affects the loyal Union.
In Vicksburg is a Marine Hos
'ital. V~icksburg is a port ofentry.
should be q Customhousc,
)ui there is none, as yet. How
'ver, as loyalty will be rewarded
We do not doubt, one will be built
Don. 1t is in point of historic
interest one Of the most impor.
ant city in the whole country.
Iere is the celebrated "Pemberton
donument'' which among 'loyal"
has done so much to
endear the Fourth Of July.
Iere is an important Military
'ost, one specially created to
hastise "Ku Klux' and keep the
ountry in general in a healthy
Loyalty could not posi-
ly exist withou mill tary and since
'icksburg is the cream Of the
BIKE this will remain q military
.ost until the end of time and
ossibly a year or two afterwards.
there is yet a more important
which makes Vicksburg
pecially attractive in the national
ye, and that is the National Gem
terry, In which repose the bones
{ many Of the Union soldiers,
hose bravery has made them re-
pected without regard to the
for which they COntended,
r the side upon which they were
rrayed. They were brave and
rue men to their own cause, and in
,stimony Of 1t they now are life
.ss in earth, but living brilliant
:, through their heroism and
ravery upon the brightest pages
f history. They were the enemies
( the South and her people, and
'ere met as enemies as should,