Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19

necessary loF ua to attempt 3 rafH.
taii0n Of thaeo false ehafae zaF
the beuellt e thoae Wbo ~ ssanIi-
iag with our people, hnt Il baeomas
necessary 70 view of tie faci tIIat
we have heaFtlcss enemies. aaseau-
pulJus "a statement, ever ready 70
misFepFesent ua for their 0Hn seI-
fish purposes. TITS only necessary
for us 20 suggest this feet, that We
desire above all other considers
tions, to have our country filled
with an industrious and thrifty
population, and. 70 pursue the
course charged upon us would
be the most consummatg folly
ever .perpetraled By 9 people
of the most Ordinary sagac-
ity. Il Is true we have crimes
In our midst, and it is true that
disorder is sometimes manifested,
but when we consider that
government is administered by
military authority and not by The
people Of the country, and when
we institute q comparison between
our locality ard other sections, we
will not be found the sufferers by
the comparison. The public jour
mails Of the country are the index Of
publlc'morals, aud portray the quiet
or disorder Of communities. BY
this standard we are willing TO be
judged, and upoh this basis we
court criticism. Law when
entrusted to our own citizens, is
observed and justice administered
here as evenly as in any other sec.
tiOn Of the country, and peFsonal
rights are guarded with as much
care as In the the more professedly
settled localities. In velw Of the
unsettled state Of government in
these States, II is q matter Of con
graduation, that there Is so little Of
Justice in the prejudicOd charges
that have been made.
We are emerging from a strange
and anomalous condition. From
military rule we are rapidly pass
Ing, and civil authority will be
speedily established. With this
new order Of things wilf come d
more satisfactory state Of public
feeling; confidence will DO restor-
cd, ana our citizens be relnvested
with the control of their State and
local alEairs; aud when this de-
sired end is achieved, we venture
the assertion, that no other State
will present communities more OBJ
servant Of the pFoprieties Of life, or
more disposed to quiet and order,
than Mississippi aud Louisiana.
We have said, we are Just emerging
from a strange and anomalous con-
dition, and we may say We are en-
tering on q new and, We trust, 0
brighter era. With the new order
Of things. we are sanguine of more
propitlOus times. The past Is rap
idly becoming, with us, a scaled
book; whatever may have been lie
imperfectiOns, or whatever may
have been linked with II Of real, or
supposed merit, we are willing to
let remain II with the things that
ara past. We enter up0na new ca
Feer with fresh hopes and bright
anticipatiOns. IN the new order
OF things, we wish TO reap tho ad-
vantages TO be derived from IA In
aux of hardy, industrious, enter.
prising aud thrifty immigration,
We are now as Il were verging
upon q new perlod--the present Is
but the germ Of amOre prosperous
futuye. To fully realize our Just
antlcipatiOns, our depOpuIated Sec
tiOn must be re-supplied, our waste
lands re-cullivated, and our work
shops filed with intelligent labor.
The nationalities Of the old
world have been for ages past the
centres Of population. They have
grown with the growth Of centu.
ries, and are now burthened with
the teeming millions that food
their mountains and plains. These
vast hives of human industry are
feeling the pressure Of their In
creasing density, and necessity ls
forcing an exodus from countries
overbuFdened with population. In
looking beyond the confines OF
homo and oo1Rtry, for q land In
which their fortunes may be bot.
tered, the American continent has
presented the greatest attraction,
to the oppressed and poverty bur
dened laborers Of the old
world. Across the bounding
pillows Of old Ocean, q song
rich In melody, has fallen
upon their ears, whose notes tell
them Of q land unsurpassed in fer
tility, sparse In population, pro
ducts rich In value, climate genial Ia
nature, and where they may secure
by honest industry homes for their
families, and future pregnant with
unfailing promises. Science aud
art have furnished ready channels
of intelligence and communication.
The electric current beneath aud the
capaciOus vessel above the surface
Of the sparkling Atlantic, furnishes
the means of information and exit.
An increasing stream OF immigra-
tion has for more than quarter Of
a century flowed In q Weslardly
channel. Ii is our highest interest
TO induce q free current southwark,
and constitute Mississippi aud Lou
isiana recepticals, In which TO ap-
propriate its fullest volume. We in
vite II from every land and every
clime-lnvite it by superior pecuni-
ary inducement-invite il BY OGer-
ing an interest in a soil that rivals
the richest in fertilily-inyilei il BY
offering a cline where tho early
spring breeze whispers a song
OF health, Of aOwers and beauty,
and where the aulumnal tides
are laden with the rich, ripe