Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

over, ag not q man Was IN arms
and &c the Southern people had
faithfully kept their parole, he
should have said 90, and said TO
Congress and the people, that The
only way to insure harmony, was
to withdraw their armies
restore the States their full
rights, and deal justly, candidly
and kindly with all. This patEi-
OF President would have done.
This General Grant might have
done, and thereby have enshrined
himself in the hearts Of the peO-
pie, and placed his administration
upon a platform with Washington,
with Jefferson and Madison. The
slightest incidents in life control
at times the destinies Of States,
empires and individuals. General
Grant by failing to do what was
right, has lost the opportunity TO
make men in other days and times
compare his administration with
the golden rule Of Marcus Aureli-
US, or to hail his memory as that
of benefactor and patriotic Pre-
sident. By failing to do as he
might have done; by calling to
his Cabinet unknown men and ex-
treme partisans; by placing his
administration under the exclusive
guidance Of fanatics; by fostering
q system Of taxation which ex-
empts wealthy bondholders and
beggars the poor laboring men of
the country; by sustaining q tar
itf which plumbers the many that
the wealthy few may be enriched I;
by holding the Offices Of the coun-
try as the legitimate spoils of par
ty henchmen and kinsmen by
failing to adopt a policy calculated
to expand commerce and develop
our resources; by neglecting to
retrench unnecessary expenditures
that the debt of the country might
be paid; by refusing the only
sure course calculated to heal dis
sensions and restore harmony to
the people, General Grant and his
party have done much to destroy
confidence, still more to cast a
cloud over the prosperity Of the
future. With the South they have
exhibited an uninterrupted series
of wrongs, insults and deceptions.
They waged war, as they said, to
restore the revolving States to the
Union. When the armies under
Lee and Johnston surrendered and
} gave their parole, every man in
the South said, ave accept the
situation. We will 90 back into
the Union. We will do all that
we can to rebuild our shattered
fortunes and restore confidence,
} prosperity and fraternity to a
bleeding country" Restoring the
States to the Union was the
least Of their objects. The inqui.
sition, it is said, would not have
been so terrible if something else
than the souls of Jews and here.
! tics had not been hunted for; nor
would there have been any diff.
Guilty in restoring the States to
: the Union if that alone was sought.
} The sequel has proven they want
, ed something else. They wanted,
! ! above all things, to perpetuate
! their wretched party in power
, To do this, they desired to place
I over us Northern men, that they
, might monopolize all the offices,
: control the legislation, and feast
and fatten upon the spoils Of the
, South. To do these things it was
| necessary to exclude all the native
, citizens from voting or holding
| office, under the pretext that they
} were disloyal. To fill these places
! they sent out a horde of janisaries
; charged with the duty Of poison.
ing the minds and hearts of the
black race against the native
> whites, shoping by so doing that
they would obtain a lifelong lease
! of government, controlling and
; plundering the South. In this
: lies the secret of their reconstruc.
tion measures, their horrible oaths,
their infamous legislation, their
assaults upon johnson and the
! Constitution, and their base sian.
ders Of the Southern people. To
) consummate this, may be seen the
reason why some of the States are
still excluded. Can any man able
: to spell bake fail to see this p
In aid of this scheme, Gen. Grant
has been more than suppliant and
} out Heroded Herod. With him
! the Trogan horse is an ever exist.
ing reality. TImeo DAMAGES et
dOna .ferenteS. In these fifteen
Southern States we have many
thousand profound jurists, pure
and elevated men. Out of them
Gen. Grant has not been able to
find one single man whom he could
trust on the bench Of the Supreme
Court of the United States. In
these same States, which have
heretofore furnished to the Union
and to history, a Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Clay, Calhoun
and jackson. We have many
more thousand ripe schol.