Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-15

For Eve years tie South has
been a auppliaat a he feet Of
Power For aTs years she has
realized what e Is 10 have prom
isss made 10 ne ear and broken
10 the hope. For I've years con-
cossion ailsr concession has been
asked and denied her. For Eve years
she has borne the military yoke.
For Eve years che has clamOred
70 get back into the Union she
never LEFT but would have done so
II che could. For FIVE years she
has practised The doubtful precept
"Ifye be smitten upon one check
turn ye the Othor." And ROIo the
great heart Of Mississippi pull
safes joyOusly because, Gorsooth,
the very act that will Consummate
the most gigantic failure Of the
age, is being performed.
We wish to see our State ire
constructed" That is, We wish
to see security for life and honor
and property prevail. We wish
to see peace, bona Gde peace,
and industry abound. We wish TO
feel and knO,V that "grim vlsaged
war; has actually "smOothed his
Wrinkled front"
We hope the assembling Of the
Legislature, the adoption Of the
essential tests-the amendments
the election Of United States SEN
ators, and the admission Of our
State into the grand sisterhOOd Of
States, will rapidly follow each
other. But We protest against
being too Sanguine Of the result
Of all this. Let the lessons Of the
past Eve years teach Us caution at
least. In order to endeavor to
express more clearly our views Of
this matter, and Of the reliance to
be placed upon the promises, and
prospects held out by the govern
mental party, we beg leave at the
risk Of being q little tedious, to
carry our reflections back into
the past, and therefFOm make our
deductions. We might make q
separate article out Of what we
may say, and call 1t, What Uas
said and tOhat tOas done!
Said Mr.. Lincoln to Mr.. Mallo-
ry, NJ. C. from Kentucky "If the
North were deceived in ascribing
a large Union sentiment as pre-.
vailing in the Southern States
then in rebellion, the war was not
only an error, 1t was a crime"
And yet no such sentiment exist.
ed there to any effective or pate.
rial extent as is we'll shown since
the war, and as must have been
exceedingly patent to a candid
observer during the war. Did
not Lincoln's, and his party's, &C.
ton belle his words?
Mr.. Seward, then Secretary Of
State, said in his instructions to
Mr.. Dayton, Minister to France,
that whether the rebellion sue.
ceeded or failed the condition of
slavery in the several States would
the same, and hat there
was no pretext for the complaint
that the disafCected States were to
be conquered il the revolution
We know non what all
that talk meant!
Mr.. Lincoln, in bis inaugural,
said he believed he had no right
to interfere with slavery. That he
had no purpose and no inclination
to do 50. That the right Of each
State to order and control its own
domestic institutions, is essential
to the balance Of power upon
which depends our political edi-
Gee. Very good; very good, in
deed but oh, wAat ; whppper!
After the defeat Of Bull Run, the
United States Congress passed
the following resolution, and Mr..
Lincoln sgreed to It IS President
Resolved, That this var lie not
Waged upon our part with any
purpose ofoverthrowing, or inter.
fering with the rights or the es
tablished institutions Of those
States, butte defend and maintain
the supremacy Ofthe Constitution
(misdbile dietG!) and to preserve
the Union with ell the dignity,
equality and rights Of the several
States ~unimpaired. That as soon
as these objects are accomplished