Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25


can neighbor OF ours was sorely
oppressed for . subject upor
which to write. He is not addict
ed to plagiarism outright; he is
not over fond Of indulging in
compliments to his brethren Of
the press, and to relieve himself
of the trouble into which he was
cast he seized upon an article Of
ours which appeared on last
Thursday. A reading Of his open.
ing paragraph led US to think that
in the column and 4 half which
lay spread out before us, we we're
beyond doubt utterly demolished.
With fear and trembling, however,
we cautiously advanced down the
column, not knowing at what mo.
ment we would be uncovered TO the
mercilsss discharge of some terri
BILE battery masked behind the long
lines Of words drawn up in such
beautiful and systematic array.
Our fears, however, gradually de-
creased as we progressed. At
one moment We felt assured he
had taken up the cudgel in good
earnest, in defense Of Congress.
We thought too that he proposed
to defend 1t in in its most indie.
fensible position, when it put this
query to US
"Now will the HERALD be good
enough to inform US whenever it
was that Congress pledged itself
to refrain from interference with
q State, even after its re.admission
into the Union, II that State
should at any time attempt to re.
pudlate its own pledges and undo
the very work Of reconstruction
under which it had obtained a res.
toration to federal relations, as in
the case of Georgia 2"
We were, however, terribly
frightened for our neighbor of the
whitewash when we read the next
paragraph, which is as follows.
"On the contrary, the deter.
mination of Congress, constantly
expressed, has been to the effect
that II would uphold and enforce
the terms Of reconstruction, even
to the extent of trampling upon
the Constitution and imperilling
the very life of the nation itself,
should it become necessary"
We were appalled, when we saw
that such q position Is this was to
be justified and sustained. But our
fears were allayed as we read, and
we we're not long in discovering
that our entire position had been
assumed and was supported by
our friend across the way. He
declared as we had, that Congress
had no right to interfere in the
local affairs Of q State in the I'm.
ion, and that was simply what we
had declared last Thursday. Our
neighbOr saw that we had made q
good point, but he could not
be induced to compliment us in
the reproduction Of our entire or.
ticls; but in lieu thereof, he assail-
it and then closed by endorsing
to the fullest extent the senti.
ments expressed in it.
But he did make inferentially an
important.point. He wrote of us as
"Our r0lapsed Democratic neigh.
Dor of the HNRALD." The HER
AID has never been other than
Democratic. Throughout the en-
tire canvass the HERALD constant.
ly declared that as q Democratic
organ, not compromised at all to
Republicanism, as a matter Of
policy it supported the nominees
OF the National Union Republi-
can party. It never ~professed to
be other than Democratic. Ger.
tain prominent men in the State
who protested ability to lead and
control the Democratic party of
the State had made a policy com.
binatlon with certain Republi.
cans Of the State. The terms of
the contract we're, "Giye us the use
of your names and your iniu.
ence at Washington and VIC will
give you the votes Of the Dem.
Ocratic party in the State
for this election and none other.
When this election Is over the
terms Of our contract expire by
Limitation. Perform your part
well and We win 90 the same.h III
WA an nmhOlx nligamAo mL-