Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

street HM polling g 3ftlnfe
rase yesterday. Il seethed and
bubhIed and spustered, with sur
pEislng energy and Ee would
1--we thought is wAs cooking a
most delightful and a~ppetzihg
morsel, bat when the vessel was
explored Il was found to contain
nothing, but bubbling fluid which
vas rapidly generating and disap-
pearing in steam.
We choose to call our neigh
bor the Political Monde
script, bscause from our stand
point We pronounce him q Radi-
cal This he Indignantly denies,
and aonnders about in a most
inellegantan and ungraCeful manner,
in q mud puddle OF uncertainty as
10 what he really is. lie says
that he is neither Democrat nor
Radical, but that he is q Republl-
can. AZ there happens to be
inst Il this time but two national
political parties, one of which is the
Democratic and the other Radical
Republican-upOn his earnest
representation We fail most sig.
sally in politically locating him.
In justice 10 him we are compel
ea, IL weacc6pt bis Own statement,
u declare him politically neither
"ash nor aesh, but exceedingly
you'd 'Ifhs PROCESSES 10 be a
msmbsr Of any political Organiza
ton, be must be either Of the Dem.
-ocratic or the Radical. He indig-
nantly dsniss that ho is Of the
Democratic, hence he must be Of
the Ben Batler a Charles sum.
ner Radical. Thlsis the party to
which General Alcorn belongs,
~
although chat gentleman pEOfsssed
10 Be q hat Rspublicanism
Aracy of ne soil OF the
South end what he means
b. thaa We admit %0ur,total inablli-
y % declare. The Republican
len which hes been tracy Of the
coll Of the South" for the past
icw yeaEs, has been q Republican
Ismofmout unmitgatsd sCOundrel-
ism vide, the history Of affairs
IL Loaisiana, Georgia, Alabama,
Arkansas, Tennessee, the Carroll
mes and our own pleasant and
agreeable pastime with these peO-
pie. God defend Us from such
disqualification raCy Of the soil Of.
the South"
The Times says we are angry
with Il beeauss e has announced
Is intention 10 go along with
General Ale0rn's @Old Line
Whig friends ii supporting his
fAlcorn's) administration" This
is 8 very decided error on the
part Of the Times. In the irst
place General AlcOrn has no sad
ministEaiion' 10 be supported.
When be has and we see what is
the character Of ii, It will be full
time 10 come out in support Of it,
Il Il should be commendable. In
The second place general AL.
cOrn's Old Line WING friends ARE
net bllndly pledging his adj
mInistratIon their support in adj
vance. They indignantly deny
the charge. They combatted
General Alcorn in the last cleo
ton upon principle and up TO
lhls time they have seen no reasOp
b chanee their opinion. Thus
the Iimea cannot screen itself by
The lnferentIal declaration that the
Old Wings als going over to the
General AIcorn-
which e notIfing more than to
The support 81 RadiCalism-fOr
10 saeA hing ! true. The Wings
are not gong over % aim. There
ara tEo men u The Stata Of some
promlnanca, protesting to be
s0ld Line HhIks Who have since
90 election exhibited q willing
sees % 80 Q that party. These
gentlemen are the editor Of the
Ragmond Gazssle and 3 writer for
ibis Journal The Times says Il.
ha been for fhe past az months
ga earnest adrocaso o. Republk
ean pIianipIass aa Il andsrsioads
81 last October and No
esHHes = understood hen 70 Be
Fatle opeossd % Governor
bus noH bsfofe Governor
shoes 81 al1g petite aet chat he