Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-01
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iOrial appeared in the New York
entitled "The Vendetta
In The South" It is from be-
ginning 10 q close, a vile and
SANDER; a cool, calcu-
lated, cunningly devised libel
originated for political effect. 1t
grew out Of that cursed spirit Of
and after danger
valor which has characterized the
sire side," craven hearted heroes
of the North, who only begun the
war for the suppression Of the
rebellion" after the armies of the
South had surrendered and we're
disarmed. Too cowardly and
dlstardly to risk themselves upon
the battle field, they remained
quiet spectators, Of the greatest
struggle ever known to earth, un.
til the struggle had ceased, and
then with blood thirstiness and
heroism unparalleled, they rushed
a solid phalanx upon the disarm-
ed and shattered South. 1t is a
glorious exploit! one in which
they have covered themselves ten
fathoms deep in honor and re.
nown, and for which they deserve
to be handed down to coming
generations in the smoothest and
most melting poetry. The nation
is greatly the debtor Of these vet
Grams Of the "bomb proof With
out their aid, the historian would
be entirely bereft of pleasing and
brilliant incident. 1t has been re.
served for this class Of martial he.
roes to paint the greatness, brave,
ry and heroism of the Federal sol.
diery, and the barbarism and
tiendishness Of the ignorant and
depraved Southerner. or this
class Of men, the New York
Times has a fair supply upon its
editorial staff, and they have given
to the world much evidence Of
their undying hate ofthe South, and
have ascribed to the people the
most atrocious Of crimes, of all
all which crime she is, however,
blissfully ignorant. OF this
order of editorial, there ap.
peared in the New York
Times recently, a SANDER, as we
have said, entitled "The Vendet.
ia in the South" This article we
find republished and fully en-.
dorsed in the Jackson Pilot, Of
the 26th inst. We are loath to
think that its appearance is attrib-
utable to the Editor of the Pilot.
We have thought him more hon.
est and truthful than his fellow
Radical editors, and cannot think
that he would endorse any such bit
ter and untruthful statements Of o
people with whom he lives and by
him well known. This, however,
is a matter solely for the con-
science of Stafford. If he can
reconcile it to himself to become
responsible for such atrocious
misstatements, let him acceptit to
the fullest.
But to the article itself. 1t is
one of a series Of a similar char
acter; all tending to portray the
depravity of the people of the
South and the crime perpetrated
here. We do not deny that there
is crime here, but we do deny that
it exists to the extent represented
by the many bitter and malignant
enemies Of the South. Nor does
it exist in a ratio at all proper.
tionate with the amount recorded
at the pure and moral, God fearing
and God loving North.
Now we have just opened the New
York Sun, ofthe 23d, and our eye
falls upon this paragraph: "TRe
city,(N New York )has been free from
rObberies and murders for the DaSt
four days. The police force haze
enjoyed a resting SPELL" This ap
pears upon the editorial page and
it is gratifying intelligence indeed.
1t is scarcely necessary that we
should look to find any record of
crime, with such declaration star.
ing us in the face, but curiosity
prompts and we do, and in CORES.
ponding lines upon the opposite
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