Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-26
nEvELa, aENar8HIaL DEngE.

States Senator from this State. It
vas read from manuscript
As a literary, or statesmanlike,
effort there Is little TO say Of It
When we remember that 80 many
Congressional speeches are made
to hand and learned by heart, we
must be cautious about giving
credit in this regard.
| We have seen very wonderful
dogs that, apparently, could do
most anything but talk. We have
been astonished by seeing them
walk erect on their hind legs,
shake hands, laugh, climb q ladder,
etc. Now any man can walk erect,
shake hands, climb a ladder, laugh,
ETC.; but the wonder was that a
dog should do these things. We
suppose this kind Of reasoning will
account for Senator MOrtOn's ex-
traordinary compliment of Senator
Revels' speech, wherein the former
says, sin Revels, as the occupant
of the seat Of Jefferson Davis, the
country has lost nothing in intel
lect and gained much in loyalty
Great guns, that's a sumner! A
speech that would do sEall credit
to a white school boy might be
thought very excellent from a
negro man, and that race are very
certain to receive all the credit
they deserve for their intelligence
and literary abilities.
The major portion Of this speech
of Revels Is devoted tOa vindica-
ton of his race. He Is looked
upon Is a representative man Of
the negroes, and, IS the only repre-.
sentative Of their color in the ma.
tional councils, will undoubtedly
carry much influence among his
race. His vindication carries with
it much that lie reasonable. The
people Of the South make no at
tack upon the negroes. They gen
orally concede their faithfulness
and worthy behavior during thC
war, nor do the people Of the
South wish to abate one ioti
OF the rights pertaining to the col
ored race, or deprive them Of
single privilege, proper and neces
rary to them. II Revels is Of SUI
icient discernment he knows this
Perhaps the Southern people nigh
not have gone to work in the wa
| the Radicals have done. Perhap
they would not have thoughtit bes
to have placed the reins OfgOvern
ment and political representation
In the hands Of those whose Onl
interest in the States welfare n
a, pOsed within the clasps OF thel
: pocket. books. Perhaps. the SOut
might have thought intelligOnc
aud political experience deSiT
4 able in statesmen, legislators an,
4. public officers. Perhaps it nigh
Q have considered that q Stat
should be ruled by men take
z from among those who were th
i people of the State BY domicil'
inheritance and proprietorshiI
This might have all been so, bu
we insist that the South wOul
have done the negro justice. A
= It is the negro deserts the Soutl
y arrays himself against her pOlit
a cally, rules over those whom
knOvs to be his superiors BY ever,
IS thin. that goes TO make civilize
It and refined manhood, even holC
d within his hands power of life
: death, and, after all, cndeavors
o represent himself as the object e
the sympathy and fostering care
the country. Now for all this v
of the South, are not justified
!. holding the colored race Who'll
responsible, and we do not. v
i know they are but tools, williI
10 tools perhaps, Of Others.
.. The Radicals OF the South
h crafty, first, their thirst for gai
secondly, their ill will, and thir
le their ambition, have made use
% the negro to obtain these en-
!, and have unWillingly h;
:. to give a little share of I
= rewards to their dark tinted col
Al borers. This party cannot, in t
81 nature of things, have perpetu
rs power, and a day Of general rec
oning must come sooner or lat
lT Until then, our people must CO
n IL. -. aLs. aIs..- II ..