Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-08
EmE PROPBaEB uADlCAL our
nAGE ~ GEORGIA.

~ " hA~ 'NA NANH ENAAH 81 A
policy. The outrage proposed In
the message Of the Military Acct
dent, who i ever ready 10 do tho
dirlicst work Of bis party, is to all
appearance likely To DC carried into
execution. Georgia is evidently
becoming too prosperous, aud
threatens at no distant day to be be.
yOnd Radical control. Butler has
discovered 4 new ield for plumber,
and the harpies and cOrmCrant5 Oi
the party arc already preparing To
gorge themselves with the prom
iscd spOils. In word, Georgia Il
TO be once moro takrN in hlul, and
30 thoroughly rerOuslIu. tCd ,Aptl,
will be completely under Radical
control. This Is The policy, anGit
will b. applied TO every Southern
State. The purpose il too evident
10 admit Of "A doubt, and that pur-
pose is the subsection Of the whole
South TO the designs and interests
of the party in power. We never
imagined That anything les, would
satisfy the Washington Oligarchy,
aud had Mississippi and Texas gone
Conservative AZ The recent election,
the popular decision OF both those
States would have b1en Overrulcd
by Congress. From the first TO the
last, We never put faith in the
pledges of the Radical leaders, or
Radical majority convinced, IA VIC
have been, that they would be
bound by no obligations that might
in any way conflict with the inter.
ests or supremacy Of the party.
The case OF Georgia 10 4 practical
illustration Of their policy, which
from beginning to end il q record
of violated pledges, broken faith,
usurpalions, and outrsges on the
rights Of seli.gOvernment and every
Constitutional guarantee.
TO expect justice, fair plsy, or
magnaDimOus treatment at the
hands Of party that knows no
law and submits 10 no restraint is
the excess of folly. 1t openly de.
clared through its deceased leader
and acknowledged mOuthpiece, that
It was acting outside the COnstilu-
ton, and every act in the process
Of reconstruction confirms the truth
OF the declaration. Al the close OF
the war, the Southern States, hav-
ing failed to maintain their Jude.
pendencc, were Ia the Union, and
according 10 the conditions on
which the war was waged, they
were to be restored to their for
mer position with "all their rights
unimpared." This was the solemn
pledge made by the Radical Con.
g%resslOnal majority but the great
crime had been made in the viola
ton Of the Constitution, which con-
ierrGd no power on the general
government for the coercion OF the
rccalcitrant States. We merely re-
Ter to this subject NOW in evidence
of the laithlessnesr Ut the Radical
leaders, and to show how utterly
futile any action on the part Ut the
will prove towards ,alislyimg
their dem ,nds. The sooner the
Southern people accept the fact,
that nothing they can do will be
acceptable to Congress short VI ab.
submission, the better il vii!
be for their own interests, anh SOON
or the end Of Radical policy will DC
reached. We are glad TO see that
the people Of Georgia are at last
undeceivCd, and that IL determine.
ton Is manifested to no longer ac-
quiesce in the invasion OF their
rights, to no longer quietly sub.
nit to further cXaclions or imrO.i.
lions. On The. subject OF recon-
strnction, General Morgan, whO is
one Of the leading Democrat mem-
beers in the State Legislature, wrote
follows In reply to alcttcr:
The pr, sent / rei, 1t 10 never will re,oA,
Tut hegrOt'. mo- viii It pA.> The = il,rnth
~ABendm,nt. Tnvsr are ,rtllcl iuGs. Iui
myself, ! have cen q 'ubnis iuni.t o.. lons
a ini"ud to b., and gone ~ lar =, I inicpi
10 81 10 Crafty the g"uallOWOi MI AMI
lotniEeeiIn2 sr.rit 81 . 60 IuTt Ougr"-,.
That is the right spirit. There
must be some limit to the u-urpa.
lions OF the Radical Leaders, and
are glad TO see that it has been
reached In The case vi Georgia. Let
them but keep 10 The resolution cX-
pressed by General Morgan, and
such a check will be given to the
reconstruction policy a. viii event
nally lead 10 the overthrow Of
Radical power. Let them stand
firm and declare that further sub
mission Is acquicscenrc il usurpa.
ton ; let them fall back upon their
constitutional rights, aud resolve
that they will not be made the vii.
ling instruments in their own 10.
litical degradation, and The whole
Odlum Gsnd responsibility Of tic
proposed outrage OH their state
will b. thrown upon Congress. Il
cannot then be said that they we're
4 party 10 their own enslavement.
Let Every Georgian who cliqms 10
be - white man. follow the pxample
OF General Morgan, and should
Congress cary out lis threats, have
no part in the iniamou- work.
The time is coming when the
people Of the whole country will
be compelled to decide between the
principles Oi The men who estab.
lished the Government. and the
usnrpers who are conspiring and
working for its overthrow. The
question will be-must be-as TO
the choice between constitutional
government and a centralized des.
potism, and in this question the
people OF the North have an equal
interest with the people OF the
South. The cause of both sections
4 anal1.s s1--as