Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-17

effort 70 secure the German vote,
since Il isa very large one, but it
viii be exceedingly strange indeed
II the Germans, with their good
sound sense can be led away from
reason by the gross flattery which
is just now so disgustingIy show
cred upon them. They have but
to look at the treatment which the
negroes have received at the hands
ofthe Radicals; have but to remem-
Der how utterly hollow and un
meaning have been all the protes-
tations made by the Radical party
to their negro dupes. But drowning
men catch at straws. The Radi.
Gals, conscious that upon every
vital question concerning the in
terests, the hopes, or the honor of
the American people they have all
title to the confidence of the ma
ton, made haste, upon the out
break of the dreadful war which
now desOlates Europe, to clutch at
the chance Of buoying themselves
up yet a little longer above the
waves of the deluge by proclaim
ing a sudden and passionate
sympathy with one of the two
great nationalities involved in that
war. 1t was a monstrous procla-
nation from lips yet warm with
denouncing all that the Germans
Of the United States hold dearest
or most sacred. The liberal Ger
mans of America have been denied
by these Radicals all the social
rights which they so highly prize.
They have been subjected by q
fanatical majority to most tyranni-
cal restrictions upon the personal
habits.
When these same Radicals an.
nounced themselves to be more
Teutonic than the Teutons, and
began in their journals and party
caucuses to halloo for the armies
of King William, it must have
been tolerably plain to the Ger.
man that his personal services at
the polls were more clearly in the
vision Of these extemporized low,
ers Of his land than either the
honor Of the Teutonic arms or the
hopes of German nationality.
What the folly Of the Radicals
have thus revealed of the true ma
ture and meaning Of their Ger
man sympathies, the good sense
and the reticense of the Demo
cratic party have BY mere force of
contrast made tenfold palmer.
The Democratic party has taken
no sides in this European war
nor will it take any sides until
high above the tumult of battle
and the roar of cannon, and the
lamentable outcry Of strong men
stricken to death, and the wall of
the countless poor in desolated
homes, there shall arise that one
only clarion note which rouses
the Democratic heart-the note
of freedom summoning the people
to possess their own.
The sympathy" which the Rad
icals Of America offer in pawn for
their votes to our German fellow
citizens, is a sympathy in the pas
sions and hates which make a peo.
pie tyrants abroad by making
them slaves Of home. The sym.
pathy which the Democrats of
America give not to Germany
alone but to France, Is q love Of
liberty and Of justice which makes
a people honored abroad by max
ing them free at home.
Then it was with the Radical
party all for the love of the Ger.
man without regard to the princi-
pies. Now, however, the attitude
which has been assumed, places
the Radicals in q somewhat awk-
ward p~redicament. With the
same utter lack of principle which
led them to decry the French
people and unqualifedly extol the
Prussian monarchy, they are now
preparing to shout Vive la repuJ-
hque and hold King William up
to the. e~xecration of mankind.
The following excerpts, hastily
culled from a single handful of
republican exchanges, will illus