Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-12

! anafsondiiionn 10 MIHiaHippi and
Tsxa# tHo two Wiaainiug outside
afafea. Wilhia q few week. on
fthe ana furnla We expect they
win IS nainstaied II Congress aud
msored % the control Of their To-
81 -aaalrs. when he transition
auoeh OF Congressional edicts and
Southern military district com
manders will 10 ended, and The
new Union, under the thirteenth,
fourteenth aud fifteenth amend
ments Of the national constitution
win be Ia full operation.
We have IN these amendments q
greater revolution in the structure
OF the government than that which
transferred the American people
from the crown of England to their
own institutions under the Origi-
nal constitution OF the United
States The trainers OF that con-
stituiiOn founded Il upon tho sove-
reignty Of the people ; but In its de-
tails the government was shaped
upon the English model.
(EIere follows a review Of the
pro and anti-slavery contest OF the
past few years.
Hence the tremendous revolu-
-iion which has fOlIowed-a revOlu.
ton which has made the cOnstitu-
ton of the United States of 1870 as
widely different from that OF 1850
as that one differed from the colo.
'nial system Of England. Negro
slavery, which was the ruling ele-
ment, is extinct, and all its append
ages, including the slaveholding
~Oligarchy, State sovereignty and
the legally degraded caste oC color,
are swept away. By the thirteenth
amendment OF the constitution
slavery Is abolished aud lntcrdict-
ed ; by the fourteenth equal civil
rights to all cOlOrs are established
aud by the fifteenth, neither the
United States nor any State can
abridge the right of suffrage on
account Of race, color or previous
condition Of servitude. To make
sure these provisions Congress is
invested with the power TO enforce
them.
Such Is the condition OF things
under which all parties will have
10 fight the Presidential battle Of
1872. But the issues of the battle
will be new issues growing out of
tho money question in all its
branches, and out Of our foreign re-
latiOns and our foreign policy.
/ General Grant will doubtless be
! the Republican candidate, aud
upon the old issues Of 1868 and
1854 he would probably walk over
the course. But they arc settled,
aud he will have to stand upon the
measures Of his administration. So
far he has not exhibited that de.
cision Of character and tenacity Of
purpose in the Cabinet which he
displayed so effectively in the field.
He appears, indeed, singularly
changed to the policy OF taking
things quietly, trusting to luck and
Fisking nothing. The chances are
that this "easy-go.h happy" policy
viii result In q fusion Of dis .atis.
fed upon q popular Union Candi-
date to turn the tide of victory.
Here we anticipate a new South
err balance ofPOwer. How tits 10
take shape we have seen in the
new departure of the old liue dem
ocrats and ex.rebels of Virginia.
They accept the new order of things,
they f~raternize with and cultivate
the negro vote ; aud the same poll
oy generally by the Southern plan
ters and landowners will give them,
as opponents Of the dominant party,
the balance Of power, even in the
elections for the next Congress, the
balance OF power In every South.
ern State from Virginia to Texas.
This fOOthOld gained, this new
Southern party will DO able, as the
new Southern balance Of power,
to dictate its candidate aud its poll
cy TO the National Democratic
Convention.
The right candidate will be a
Southern man 10 high favor in the
North rs one Of the shining Union
lights of the war. Such a candi-
date will still be needed TO confront
the Military glory Of General
Grant and such a candidate IL OF
hand In that great and sterling
Southern Union soldier, General
George II. Thomas. Virginia may
well be proud Of him, and II may
be truly said Of him that his merits
are only equalled by his mOdesty.
Such q candidate, we say, Is the
man for the opposition elements
South and North. WedO not mean,
however, that he should be prema'
tuTely brought into the field; mol
that We stand committed to am
party OF any candidate. We meaI
that Virginia and the South, In be-
ing farther advanced under thl
new constitution than Tamman'
Hall, eau more effectively take thl
lead for the organization Of o new
opposition party for the succession
We mean that the ~anti-radical Gle
ments 0fthe South, by concillatiul
the negro, can secure his vote
that this, we expect, will be done
and that so we may look for q new
Southern balance of power in lS7.
competent to shape the Democrat
10 Convention 70 lie policy ant
competent 10 decide the election.
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