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

Whigs shall now become Radicals.
This is the plain proposition. So
far ss We know It has been publicly
made by but two persons, not Of
the Radical party, In the State
One Of these 10 the editor Of the
Raymond Gazette; the other is an
anonymous writer for that paper
who publishes an article in Il over
the signature Of "Uid Line" In
this article be describes the elec-
ton Of AlcOrn Is Q great and glO-
rious victory Of the old Whig party
over the Democracy. He congrat-
ulates him upon his great achieve
ment, and lauds him for his mag
nanimity in graciously permitting
the old Wings to become, even ia
this late day, Radicals. After en-
deavoring to show that AlcOrn in-
Inmates in his letter that he will di-
vide the Offices Of the State with
such as come TO him, he appeals to
the Old Wing party to accept the
"magnanimOus" Pfoffer of Gov.
Alcorn iu the following pathetic,
stirring, and what he hopes con-
vincing language:
"The response of Gov. AlCOrn to
the advances Of his old associates
Is one of q magnanlmity that cannot
fail to kindle the enthusiasm of
every man who "had ever been IN
heart and soul a Wig" This blast
that has rung out through your
press from the bugle horn of that
old chieftain OF "the days of Clay"
is surely worth to him q thousand
men! As 1t goes ringing through
the vallies WHERE the heel Of the
Democratic despOtlsm Of the past
has trampled upon the nccks Of The
good and true 1t may we'll call out,
in a rush TO his standard, the old
Wing clans, ,with'flaehiug claymores
to do battle at the head of AlcorD's
cohorts against the common enemy,
under the banner OF a republican,
ism 'rdcy Of the soil oGthe Soatd.
| Up then, and at them, you hcrOe:
OF the old guard, who stood few
and faint the fearless stilP arOunt
Bell and Everett when the Demo
cratic hordes bore down as In I
vision of blood and ruin upon thu
standard OF The Union, the Consii
tuition and the Laws"
This article is based upon Al
Corn's letter to the editor of tn
Raymond Gazette, aud we have
therefore, but 10 look at this lette
to see what is the proposition
therein made, which "cannot fAl
to kindle the enthusiam Of ever
man who had ever been In heal
and soal a Whig." In the lette
AlcOrn says, that II the Wings com
over to him, they must do so /
. .pegect good faith as members
. tie great Republican party Of n
State and NdtiOn." Is that a proI
( Osition, Wings Of Mississippi
I which would kindle enthusiasm
your heartsI Is that q propOsitio
! to which you are anxious to accede
} This article is endorsed throughol
] by the editor Of the Raymond Gi
:. zette. Put him into the witness
l box aud ask him II but a short tin
since, he did not denounce this vel
Q Republican party as corrupt III
8 trustworthy, the enemy Of the Sta
I and people. Ask him il he couI
: then discover any good 10 1t wha
: ever. Ask him II he did n,
g denounce It In most uumeasurC
e terms. Ask him if he did not o.
r peal as urgently then to the o.
o Wings to combat this party as !
It now appeals to them become I"
0 good faith members of it." Al
d him what he has seen since Il
s' election in this party TO enam
= him oft. What public act AlcoI
+ has performed which has convincl
the people that the declaration
n made Of him before the election
n the editor Of the Gazette are u
10 true. Ask him what induceme
s. the Wings have to join the Radic
70 party now more than they hi
Is when they were urged by the CT
l. tor of the Gazette to combatit.
E. II not a shame Wings Of Missi
l. sippi that one who processes
l. have been once Of your par
10 should glory to know that the
y forts Of both Wings and Dem
i Gratis in an attempt to preser
l. the liberties Of the people, were d
= featet by the Radical party, a
Dr. that he should now claim II as
m victory to the Wing pOrty5 Re
'- Alcorn's letter and see If IL trei
u of principle once. Ia his startli
" stilted style he does nothing but
= innate, as "0ld Line. endeavors
- show, that so far as he is able,
will reward by gift of Office such
S come to him. "Qld Line says Il
u Alcorn makes "a plain intimati
= that he Intends 10 onan n door