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

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Reconstruction Act. There 10
scarcely one Of these political
bastards, begot through the incest !
of outrage and corruption, against
whom the most serious charges
Of venality Of every grade has
not been preferred. It would be
IN endless task to dlssect the
smaller fry; yet their pIecadIllOes
are in all probability more calling
and more serious than the more
prominent Of the freebooter broth
erhOOd. Look, but for one mo.
ment, ct Governor Reed, Of
Florida, charged with the most
outrageous offences, so horrible
in their character that he was i'm.
peached by his own venal and cor
rupt Legislature. Even the hard
ened and Indurated conscience Of
a stolid and plumber. seeking body,
such as that which Reconstruc.
ton has sickened at and spewed
into the Legislative halls of that
State to forever debauch and con
taminate them..has cried out
against his crimes and sought to
remove him. But it required q
two thirds vote to convict, and
from the result CT his massive
stealing, Gov. Reed was plenti.
fully supplied with the God which
Radicalism worships, and he
; found but little difficulty in buying
a sufficient number of the
/ Legislature to clear him. Corrupt
corporations, with unprecedented
Q subsidies, have been chartered by
s the Legislature of Florida, su0l-
s cient to bankrupt every citizen in
the State, and in all these grand
n swindles government officials arc
represented. II these transac'
tons continue, in less than SIX
months, II the whole State wal
y sold under the hammer enough
. would not be realized to meet thu
obligations created by this Legis
lature. This rottenness and cor
:, ruption is not confined alone Il
Florida. WicklifFe, the Radica
!. Auditor Of Louisiana, is charge'
y with the most tremendous frauds
and he is pursued most unrelent
"a ingly by Governor WarmOtl
70 whose own probity and honest
Is Of that character that 1t
,ss alleged he vent into the o
fee % Governor without 3 dolli
l. and that now he is worth half
million dollars. This is rather q
y, extensive saving from the SalaE
~ allowed him as Governor Of tn
State. As for the Legislature
20 Louisiana 1t has become 1
ara shamefully corrupt, that an IL
llv mense indignation meeting W
ac. recently held in New Orleans
I'M condemn in the stronge
q, terms the corruption of the mel
Ito bers of that body. The meetil
was one of the largest al
most unanimous in sentiment ev
held in that city, The corrupti
az in Arkansas has increased to So
an extent that ii has ceased to
This a subject Of comment. The q
tho erations of fraud there are
ter, such q character, that it has p
He fcctly supplied public sentime
tied In Tennessee the debt has be
pre- increased by corrupt legislati
his about $40, OOO, 900, and there see
ed to be, until the last election,
'" possible chance ofputtiDga che
on, to it. The Secretary of State
mar. charged with fraudulent practiC
dis. covering many thousand dolls
aud In Georgia the Governor, L
h to lock, has been interested in
his mense schemes, by which the 81
set has been defrauded out Of abol
half o million dollars, and Rad
influence in Congress was invo
to restore Georgia to military
,S- to prevent disclosure, which VIC
have forced him to disgorge,
8 an possibly afterwards occupy a
king ons cell. In all probab
uyial a large amount Of this
Ihese million was used in W
at ington City in the purcl
sick of members Of Congress to Sc
a'iSn the return of Georgia to mill
3 The rule. But just think Of the