Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-12

not my purpose lN MElHNM AAa &c
ticle which you do nc the honor %
publish, with extended comments,
IN your issue Of 30th nlt, to discuss
the record Of the Radical party 10
tho past the motives and PRINCE
pies which now control lie actions,
Oh its public policy for the future.
Since, however. you have 10 cour-
te0usly declined further discussion
Of the subject which my letter was
only calculated to explain, and have
thrown down the gauntlet upon the
policy and conduct Of the Radical
partS-its members and itsTecOTds,
an uncomfortable desire TO do JUS
tice to yOu aud to my OwH party As-
sociates, impels me to solicit space
in your columns for Il brief reply.
Please accept my thanks for the
compliment you intended paying
me, and be assured that | fully APP
preciate its value. / may be allow
cd TO regret, however, hat you
could not find II in your heart to
include a few at least Of my party
associates. That the pleasure / feel
at possessing so large o share Of
your respect for the Radical party,
your confidence in the purity Of
my Intentions, should be married
by the fact that | AIN almost inva-
riably" alone amongsta class Of mon
whose style Of defence OF them.
selves aud their party, Is 10 how TO
meet with recognition by "journal-
lists who possess any pride whit
ever
| agree with you fully that there
we're and are to-day men at the
North, and some OF whom have
come South ITO fatten on the
spoils" whose support of Republi-
capism was not, nor is 1t now,
dictated by any love for the nc
gro"
"These were the men who 0rigi-
mated negro suffrage, and II was
originated because II was thought
to be an engine of torture for the
South and her people, and never
through any love for the negro" .
Permit me to tell you, zen pas
SAINT" aud for your own private ear
and That of your readcrs-it must
not be told outside of the fam
ily-g little story connected with
my own history as a federal SOL
dicr, and Il Rcpulican IN Mississippi
politics
Three days after the surrender of
General II. +. Lees army at Apo.
mattox, II CHANGED TO be my lot to
conduct through, TO Blanck's and
Whites Station on the Lynch
burg Railroad, a portion of that
Generals captured train When
out about i've hours VIC were over
taken by horscman who solicited
the hOspitalities Of my ''mess." lie
was q noble looking specimen OF
the real Southern gentleman /; n
splendid rider, | imagined, as he
sat his horse MS perfectly aud with
as easy aud digniiieh withal, COM
handing an air rs could Apollo
i, Our conversation, AZ first general,
soon conferred upon the sll-absorb.
ing topic, "what would be the result
Of the great surrender" / young,
hopeful, and QUO Of the cunquerors,
pictured 4 future bright, prosper
GUS and happy for tbs 'chole ccun.
, try.
! Whom | had done, my guest OK.
! claimcd-"Young man, you know
| nothing Of the feelings of tbs
/ Southern p~coplc-their principles
-. their love for thcm-their zeal ant
' their fidelity to the cause which il
I now ccllpscd! Let me tell you
"the South will regain By superio.
slalesmanship and strategy, wba
, she has lost by the defeat Of heI
$ armies!' These words sunk dcel
, into my memory. Time will no.
L cilacc them. Tho more thar, as hI
e uttered them, he Strengthened him
! selfin his -uddlc-his eyes dilnicC
, aud n lire shone there whic!
burned them into my soul. True
as he rode away, which he did i'm
meliarcly in spite OF my protes
that be should remain aud shuru
my coffee with me, lie threw up
a "pOncho' which hung from hi
). shoulders, aud discovered u bright
y gay, gray uniform with the lnsignii
G Of a Brigadier General Of Infantry
could but observe a. he rod.
away that his frame had not bee
= hcnt by war, or his uniform soilel
or WIS his arm IN q sling. lie wa
il. evidently Il volunteer political gen
crnl. You Know there were suci
y | must proceed with my story
however, pardon this seeming di
erosion. lfhowever you shout
II discover the moral Ofmy tale froI
2 the preface, have intruded upo
your spacc, you may close you
ears against what follows:
le | had OCCASION u few days ago,
n pay your lourishing city I sho.
visit. believe YOU are talking
moving the Capital there. Viii
IS there ! bad the pie sure Of n wa
TO up and down that fashionable prOt
lo enade Of yours, known MS Cher
"a street. ] had often heard of Il
a., beauties of this favoriic promeHat
~ ana wondered why the "afher
" had given TIA name Of such porter
You know ! was u~uacquaintcd wi
49, the youth and beauty Of your SOC
- ETY., and it wa, therefore only mat
e. raj that | should look for the che
RIGS in the treeS supposed to shat
n. this 70 vOrite resort.
Id 1t was early morning on the O
70 casiom of which lam about to spej
and, ., such a morning. The VIC
y" atmosphere seemed pregnant wi
ly eternal youth, and Joy, aud pen