Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-18
WEEKLY HERALD.
CONGREssuOTAL ACTION.

keeping with the old adage, "LikC
pie crust, made TO be broken
That body experiences a total
disregard OF law and promise. Il
establishes a system of proceed
ing, "Outside of the Constitution
to which 1t restricts itself, and then
in the most shlmeless manner, at
the dictation of interest, recedes
from it, or. goes far beyond it. II
passes and causes to be enforced
erpost JactO laws. 1t brides,
brow beats and suborns the Su.
preme Court. 1t cracks a merci-
less lash over the heads Of every
official and a Il, from the Great
American Hippophagist down,
bow in meek and sublime humility.
1t is a grand drunken, immoral,
law defying mob, held together
by schemes of mutual plumber.
The members of it 60 into it poor
as church mice and in six months
build palatial mansions line their
pockets with Z 80 bonds ; rcvel in
all the luxury and dissipation OF
this most immoral age. The
greatest dunderheads and the
most foul mouthed Of the class are
those who succeed. The Presi-
dent is like blind horse attached
to the lever of q treadmill. He
walks the course methOdically
without seeing or cOmprehending
what he is doing. He simply
knows that hO is in harness
and that his drivers are ply
ing the lash behind him In the
most r. merclless manner. He
makes nOIuefort to kick out
Of the traces, but in an obedient
|. .H Z|aI. b.. EHNH. #H-.. L-.
aud docile manner, leans to his
labor. What horrible state OF
affairs exist when law is disre-
garded, and when an envenomei
and violent body such as the Con-.
gress Of the United States con-.
trolls such an Obedient animal as.
the present PFesident. i.,.a r.'
GeOrgla is one Of the recon
structed States. She early CON-
piled with the demands Of this
mendacious Congress and was re;
ceived into the Union. She sup
posed after this that she was fully
entitled to and would be permitted
to conduct her affairs as other
States OF the Union are permitted
to do. Congress, however, in out
rageOus disregard Of the pledge
given in the reconstruction acts,
proposes to reconstruct anew this
reconstructed State. The plant
tool Of this unhOly combination,
U. s. Grant, under the lash, rec
ommends that Congressional &C.
ton be taken to regulate affairs,
after the peculiar plans of Con-
gress, in the State Of Georgia.
Whereupoa a useful member is
found who presentsa bill TO au-
thorize national interference. The
bill provides that upon application
Of the. Express Agent Bullock, by
accident Governor of Georgia,the
President ID authorized to employ
the army and navy to enforce the
act. What right, we ask in the
name Of Justice, has the Congress
Of the United States to. interfere
In the local affair of Georgia? II
there is q sanction OF law for 1t to
be found anywhere, Why is \ not
just as applicable To- New York Or
any ofthe other Northern States
The people must certainly bb
asleep TO- tamely submit to these
aggFesiops5 II Congress is per
mittsa to outrage the rights ofone
state In one locality, itiwIll be en-
b6Ideied to attempt with any other
Or all others. IT is i stroke at the
clearly reserved rights Or he state,
and should be jealousy guarded
by al in common. But, IGOrsooth,
because it happens to be one Of
the States lately in rebellion
nothing very wrong is seen in it.
A pair Of twins were recently
born on a Pennsylvania railroad
train. Their mother said, Il ALWAYS