Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21
THE "BRAIN OF THE REPUB-
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Mississippi's Senator, the Hon
OFable H. R. Revels, has beef
making some strange revelations
He is the great Numidian Lion o
society-Radical society, we mean
He is sought after everywher,
among that class, and his adorerl
and worshippers are frantic il
their efforts to touch the hem o.
his garments. Boston wanted him
and Boston got him. He lectureG
there. He said he desired ta
plant his foot upon the revered
soil Of abolition Massachusetts; be
wished to bask his dusty self in
the sunshine and moral and social
purity Of that land; to breathe
the same air, from off the same
hills which had fed the worship.
per of the "man and brother"
he wanted to talk with them ;
smoke the calumet Of endless
amity and brotherly accord. In
point of fact he wanted to 90 to
Massachusetts, and feast upon the
adulation Of that classic province,
He went and lie fed to surfeiture.
While there Of course be spoke.
How could he avoid it? He
went there, he said, to speak "to
the people, who are the brain Of
the Republic" That is he desired
to speak to people who had only
brain sufficient to retain in posi-.
ton such men as Wilson and
Sumner, whose morals are not
outraged by the unblushing thefts
Of Beast Butler, the man who was
only valiant when in his own Office
out of reach Of the enemy, he
could insult defenceless women,
The hero of the Dutch Gap, the
'bottled up warrior of Bumuda
Hundreds, and the brave and
chivalric robber Of churches and
The filcher Of spoons and table
silver. Yes, he wished to speak
10 the brains that were not alone
satisfied with, but delighted in
being represented by men Of such
voful lack of morals. This is the
brains Of the Republic" which It
lelights the Honorable Rev. II. r.
aevels to talk to. The adulation
which he received, should have
ihown him the character of the
people. When a portion ofa race
lake a pride and special pleasure
II doing homage to another race,
everywhere recognized as inferior
n position, intelligence and NOR.
is, to the one of which they are q
'art, 1t is clearly shown that they
re not entitled to respect in any
.uarter. These brazen, blatant
egro worshippers of Massachu.
etts, are Of that class, and as q
onsequence, if they ever possess.
d, have lost the confidence and
espect Of the white race, and |
eing so divested, certainly reflect
o honor upon the negro race
Tho associat with it.
But the Honorable Senator from
Mississippi, was not alone salts
ed with talking to the brains Of
lie Republic" he has also
onceiyed the idea, in his religi.
US enthusiasm Of "running the
hurches;" chief, among which is
lie suppression of the Episcopal
hurch. The telegraph gives this
ccount of the Honorable Sena.
'r's doings and appearance in the
Iub. On the evening Of May
IN, he entered fremont Temple,
'aning on the arm of Governor
latin. In his address it is report
1 as follows:
"Waxing warm as he proceeded
ith his subject, Mr.. Revels lost
ght of syntax, prosody, rhetoric
nd everything else which tends
} make up an orator, and indulged
imself in a frantic appeal to the
ldience TO revere the name of
harlcs Sumner. He continued
ith the assertion that the Epis-
opal Church was the one griev-
US evil which would precipitate
le nation"
Thus 1t will be seen he deifes
harles Sumner and yet .utters his
Iost potent, emphatic denuncia-
on of the Episcopal Church.
he negroes don't like the Epis-
opal Church, why we cannot tell,
i'd it is seen the leading man of