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

Through the cowardiceand truck
ling manifested in the late election,
BY certain white men, and through
the prostitution ofOthers, The stae
Of Mississippi lie in the hands Of
the negroes, or Of those who, for
Office, suppliantly bend the knee
to them. Thereis not an office in
the State which is not filed to suit
the caprice, within or interests Of
the negro, save in some rare in
stances, where, by extraordinary
genuaOctions some white knave-
whose back is Of WhAle.b bone, and
Constantlybentin humiliatingcur,e
TO the august negro-has succeed
ed in fawning and begging his way
into some profitable position. 1t
is sickening and disgusting to
witness the sycophancy Of the
white Office seekers, and almost as
disgusting to behold the airs as.
sUmed by the negroes in conse.
quence OF these extraordinary
marks Of attention shown them.
Pride and self respect on the part
ofthe majority Of the white office
seekers in the State, seem to
have been entirely obliterated.
They stoop to the most nauseating
acts Of subserviency to the ne.
groes, and fawn and fondle about
and latter them until the blood OF
the decent man Is chilled at the ex.
hibition. The negroes know their
power and are determined to ex'
ercise it. And with this view
have passed acts requiring that
there shall be no distinction on
account Of race, color or previous
condition Of servitude In churches
hotels, places Of amusements, or
steamboats,, railway trains, &c.
and more than this, in the revenue
bill, BARRIERS are not permitted t
make any distinction. Soon
at the present rate, they viii
enact that no individual shall
refuse to entertain them wher
in their supreme pleasure
they shall decide to visit him.
This negro government is motto.
riously corrupt and profigate.--
The finances Of the State arr
squandered in the most profigat'
and outrageous manner. A mos
stupendous system Of taxation
is contemplated. Property viii
scarce he able TO bear the system
of taxation which will be heapeC
upon it. The negroes and theii
white political slaves in the Legis
lature have decided to pile on tax
alton until every want of all til.
cormorants is fully satisfied. The.
do this with IMMUNITY because tn
burdens of taxation do not faI
upon them. They pay no taxes
yet they make. all the laws regu
lating taxation. Can anything b,
more ubiquitous than this? Tht
negroes, by the right Of suffrage,
control the destinies Of the State
yet aid none in defraying the ex.
penses Of government. In thu
whole State ten thousand dollar
o ftaxes have not been, cannot, anC
will not be collected from the ne
groes. In this county there ore
six thousand negro voters to lesi
than three thousand white voters,
and yet Of the vast amount o.
taxes here collected, Of the siS
thousand negroes only aty-two
paid a dollar towards the expenses
Of the country. Such is true Of
the whole State. The negroes have
the voting majority, control tbs
State, and they and their white
political prostitutes squander the
money in the State Treasury, yet
put nothing in 1t. Is this honestf
Is it justY Is it rightp Is Il
not an outrage? And can il
be corrected? 1t can be.
and if there are honest blacks
and white negroes enough to unite
with the Democrats upon one
measure alone, 1t can be done. Il
the Republican party sufficiently
honest to demand this of the rep.
resentatives of that party in the
Legislature? The plan proposed
is one which will force every voter
to pay his proportiOnate share o.
taxation, or deprive him Of the
right to vote, and thus turn the
State over to the tax paying Dem.