Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-04

day Of ab0mlnati0h, Is mIv o1ma
Come it will. Il may be IA nv
ehildren's day, Il not 10 mine.
But there IL another and fearful
item. The people are incorfubtI.
bic. No man can bFibe eli, ora
large number Of the voters. Hhe
attempta it be will be detected and
punished, Too many Fill be IA.
the secret aud some Way Or Other
the thing will leak out. Who ever
heard Ofthe people having 3 back
stair or kitchen cabinet influence?
Who ever heard Of influences
brought to bear on the sound
mass. If the people can Be btibea
for the small pittanoe, nat would.
be doled out to each, and AstoF's
fortune could give each but little,
then we ought not to have the
dead carcass of a Republic, it'd
spirit having gone "where the
woodbine climeth." In the name
of candour and honesty let Us
abandon the form, and pretence OF
Republicanism ; elect a desp0t,
hug our chains and be relieved,
NOW and then, by having a good
man at the head Of affairs, "sway.
ing the destinies of the State from
all the cares and expenses, which
now VIC undergo for the mere sha-
dow offreedom. A good despotism
would govern better, and more
economically, than any form Of
government that could be devised.
A despot would be as hot as gin
ger and as still as steel, and offend
ers, defaulters Of every grade,
would be punished. A good
man "swaying the destines,"
would come right up to pray.
err book standard, "punishing
wlckedness and vice and promot.
ing true religion and virtue"
J, When were charges Of fraud,
corruption, and influence ever so
rife as they are nowP $50 much
smoke must have some fire.
The reason Is plain enough. Men
T are not brought to the bar Of pub
} lie opinion and tried openly
| They do not swing themselves Out
on their merits before the people,
, Calumny, lex parte trial and CON
; domination Of some, and promo
ton Of others: disregard OF the
e settled rules and customs Of ser
i. vice, having all the sanctity, II no
5 the force of law. Malice, envy
the qualification Of the most hell
ish passion, all follow, as neees
sarily in the wake of Executive
patronage, enlarged and made
. giant monster, as the shadow i
Q produced by the substance.
OF course we are safe Just now
g The present Governor viii not ap
point any except honest, capable
and tetotal men to office, and W
d may rely on the present Senate
if he should slip up now and ther
o The present Governor was electe
!, for four years. We all know tina
be yielded to q soft persuasion
and abandons the position 0
Thane of Glamis, and is nov
v in ~reversion Thane also q
Cawdor. If he "sways the destlniC
N while he is Thane OF Glamis, wit
Y, the ~reversion Of Cawdor, what ms
we not expect when he is Thar
" Of Cawdor and comes to his fu
'. height, and rouses himself Lii
the lion from his lair? Let us q
Is join the wizards in their cry
II "All hal! Alcorni that shall be king her
AFTER"
l.. There is a remedy, an easy one
There Is q sure defence for liberty
q There is but one. The price Z
: liberty Is vigilance. We have tn
q corrective in our own hands. Fac
I man may secure himself and hi
/ children after him, and his chi
:. dren's children to the remotel
4 time from bondage, corrupt il
It luence, calumny, kitchen an
a backstair influences.
Republicans be true to you
principles. We extended th
right of suffrage. Let us not tax
away, the subjects on which
ought to be exercised. Let u
o not give the people, white an
, black, an apple Of the dead SCI
# beautiful to the sight, but a
d ashes within.
Amend the constitution ressoT
the rights Of the people; cut o
r executive patronage. In this an
il in this alone is safety. The bent
q fits would be great, The peopl
would be alive to the dignit
q Of their position. Publ
a virtue would again bless our LAND
II the gentle dew would descen
n again upon the parched field {
our politics. Men would be n
o warded by the people, as the.
have ever been for their mind
!, II am a public man and mus
draw to me allies from those 0
the adverse faction" which i
plain terms means, I must brib
men with office to my support. Al
these evils, which threaten the yer,
existence of free Government. vii