Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-18
REvTviNG OR ImmIGRATHON
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SCHEMES.
In the late election, there wa
no issue between the whites ant
blacks Of this State. The whit,
people accepted the situation 10
| good faith. They we're willing &c
accord to the black man his every
right under the law. The resi-.
dent whites Of the State went
even further than did the Radica.
party in their evidences of de
termination to secure to the blacks
every right to which they could
possibly lay claim under the sane
ton of the law. They led the van
in pledges to the black people and
these pledges were made in good
faith. They were no lip utter
ances. They came from a con-
viction Of duty and would have
been religiously adhered to. The
interest and the prejudice Of the
black people was consulted in
every way. The resident whites
desired to convince them beyond
doubt that the great purpose now
was to cement q friendship be-
tween the two races. The plat
form Of the National Union Re-
publican party, to which the
whites Of the State subscribed,
was full and explicit in its decla
raiiOns Of justice to the black
people. When this party mel in
Convention It gave a guarantee Of
Its honesty Of intention by nomi-
mating a cOlored man as q candi-
date for the third. highest Office in
in the gift Of the people. When
the Radical party met, and it was
composed almost exclusively Of
blacks, It did no moro for the
blacks than had been done by the
Conservatives. Notwithstanding
all these assurances, and more be.
sides, the blacks Of the State chose
to array themselves politically
against the whites.
They forget one thing, and that
is that white will go with and sup
port white, and black, black. The
result Of the action of the black
people in this State is that q new
impetus has been given to the in
PRODUCTION OF white immigrants.
We cannot pick up a paper in the
State that does not show signs Of
an effort in its locality to introduce
white immigrants. What is the
cause Of this? 1t is simply be-
cause the white people have dis
covered that the blacks refuse 10
be on friendly terms with them,
and they therefore propose to cut
loose from them and introduce a
class Of people with whom We can
live in harmony, and whose inter
ests are identical with ours. The
blacks are 'exultant over the
result Of the late political
canvass in this State. The
day is not far distant when
they will shed tears of blood in
regret for the course which they
have adopted. They forget that
the interest OF all white men are
the same, and that with our genial
our productive soil and the
many other advantages which we
possess, the South can draw
whites from all tho world, and the
blacks receive not one single re-
cruit. If the blacks insist on u
political war Of races, so let it be.
The whites have nothing to lose,
and the blacks everything. 1t is
simply a question of time as to
who shall go down.
Yesterday, we published state
ments of immigration movements
which have sprung up almost sim.
l~ltaneously all over the State.
We not only spoke of their con.
efforts for the in
PRODUCTION of white men in
the State, but we gave accounts
Of members who had already
arrived. In this city, but the day
before, about fifty had taken en-
In Okolona, an hun
dred or more had made their ap-
pearance. In Water Valley Gen.
West wrote that many were there,
and many others would come if
encouraged.
There is no difficulty whatever
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