Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-11

Cincinnati Gazette, one Of the
most intensely RadicaLsheots pub.
lished in the United STATES. We find
that the same sentiments are ex-
pressed by many other leading and
prominent Radicals 40 the North.
There Is o growing disgust at the
fruits of Radical Reconstruction.
The OfaeehOlding leaders Of that
party are beginning TO discover
that the old prejudiceS with which
the party was once cemented to-
gether are beginning TO lose their
influence, There istOo much Of
the siCkening and disgusting In
the results Of this scheme as APP
piled to the South. II has opened
too wide the door for corruption
and ignorance, and hence deCent
and conscientious men ofall classes
are beginning to cry out against il
Says the Gazette; ef - sts
But we are met by q picture Of
the Nervousness Of the crime Oere-
bellion, and are told that to grant
amnesty to rebels is to become &C.
cessorles after the fact to the mnr.
der Of our soldiers. And, further.
more, we are frightened with the
bugaboo that If the disabilities are
removed Jefferson Davis and John
c. BreCkinridgc viii be back In
the Senate. rt
| This Is q fearful anti-cllmax.
The gigantic crime of the rebel,
lion against the best Government
the sun ever shone On-a crime
which our much-strained orators
were wont to say Is the greatest
since the crucifixon--the mur-
der of q quarter Of million Of our
sOldiers-an taken. satisfactory
vengeance upon by excluding JEFF
fersOn Davis and John C. Breclzin-
J ridge from the Senate! It Is like
J the regime Of vengeance brought
in by Andrew Johnson, who for Q
month beloved to admiFihg dele
cations retribution upon traitors
! and then exhausted it ell in a ra
, quirement that Jefferson Davii
. should be tried by q jury, which
e must unavoidably be made up o
t his confederates.
1t seems to us that any scale o
? justice adequate to this view wal
, , abandoned when Lincoln ant
Grant granted terms Of eapitula
I ton to the rebel armies, which
! amnestied in terms all the fighting
|, men of the rebellion. To q
!. around after that, picking up civil
8 ians and stragglers to administe
justice upon, is rather q smaI
D business.
!. And besides, we find It impossi
= > BILE to be scared by the prospectiy,
: return Of Jefferson Davis and JohI
/ G. Breckenridge to the Senate
More than that, we say let then
r come. We would as lief have
. John c. Breckenridge as any
: other Kentucky Democrat. W,
believe him preferable to many
! who practiced Kentucky nedtraIi
ty, and who somehow fancied tha
they conquered, and are anxious
to continue the rebellion. Brecl
D inridge tried It thoroughly anC
! bravely, and has had enough and
we see nothing in his conduct tc
! indicate anything else than a do
I sire to repair the destruction
l caused by the war to his own for
tunes and those of the common
wealth. t....,s
True, he will probably contlnut
his relations with the Democratic
party. But if by fidelity to oul
slain soldiers we mean the exclu
sion of Democrats from Congress
let it be distinctly said. And IL WI
, do not mean this, let us recognize
the distinction. -
( So 1t Is probable that Jefferson
, Davis will continue his Democra
: tic partisanship. He could no
, be elected Senator from Missis
sippi unless a Democratic Legis
lature were elected. If there be &
charm in his name that would elect
, a Democratic Legislature, If his
disability were removed, 1t would
anyhow; for his disfranchisement
gives him even q stronger hold
upon the sympathies ofthe South.
ern people, If this be the case,
we must stand it; for there was no
way to prevent but by hanging
him. That could not be done
under any trial by civil law. We
enjoyed in song his hanging on q
sour apple.tfee; but in point OF
fact the terms granted BY Lincoln
and Grant at the rebel capitula-
ton gave immunity from punish.
ment to all the fighting men and
after that it would have been both
mean and unjust to impose severer
terms on non. combatants.
But If we are to have q Demo.
crat for Senator from Mississippi,
it is not morally certain that we
shall have ono who n,Ii,- a.v.,,,,s.