Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-08

q system projected out OF -"'
brains of such creatures as Sum
ncr, and the deiunct assassin and
horse thief of OssaWatomie.
And, what now have we to
show for the nine thousand mill
ions, or more properly nine hun
dred thousand millions, which
have been stolen from the pee
pie to carry on this internal party
Why, we have about three mill
ions OF idle, vagabond, negroes,
sliding back into their natural
barbaTism-a million Of graves Of
murdered white men-a debt of
four thousand millions on the neck
Of this generation-a military des'
potism in the place of the free
system OF self-government which
We enjoyed before the birth Of
this negro party-a fool and a
drunkard for President-a set OF
swindling vagabonds for Congress
and nearly one. halfo II the white
men Of the country ruled over by
negroes. These arc the net re,
suits of the war. No sane crca
ture but q devil can rejoice at
such results. Then look at the
starving, one.armed and One-leg
ged soldiers, who throng in every
street, and think Of the p%erishlng
thousands of their wives and chill
dren, aud add that to the ben
iicent fruits ofthe war. Add also,
the universal decentralization and
prostitution which have fallen up
on us like a cloud out Of hell, since
the war. Add our ruined con-
merce and the pauperism wliicl
is shutting down like q pail Of
death upon the whole land. To
the whole, add the universal kna
very which stamps all the bus
ness affairs of the country and,
even then, We shall get only some
faint glimpses of the incomputa.
bic misery which the war has
brought upon us, But Commits
sioner Wells and his crew of ia
rious imbecilcs arc dancing in the
midst of all this ruin. While
they dance, they fling back their
serpent Kisses at the "uniaithiul
ness of Washington and all the
noble band of patriots who found
ed this government. Theirs IS
the dance Of iiends. Their JOY is
more like the mad revclry Of dew
lis than like the happiness Of ra-
tional beings. And the people,
the deluded, the deceived, the di,
hcartcurd people, sit stupidity
dreaming of some sort Of deliver.
ancc byrand. by, without any gren!
effort on their part to throw Oft
the yoke they 50 passiyelyreccivc
upon their nccks. They seem tc
believe in redemption, but they
know not when, nor how. Alas!
poor dolts, redemption was never
born Of stupidity, nor OF populae
influence. The HIGH Priest Of
Negro Radicalism spits in the face
of your fathers, and you have not
vet smitten the foul mouth Of
the impudent wretch. His head is
on his shoulders. So are the
heads Of all the traitors &c
liberty and civilization on THEN
shoulders. All the conspirators
against the country are as full Of
life as they are of treason. Moth
ing makes them afraid, because
the Democratic party has neither
sagacity nor pluck in its manage
ment. 1t proposes to fight bay
onets with votes, when voting Is
not allowed. 1t proposes tc
overcome fraud and force by re.
solutions timidly drawn and hest
tatingly passed. 1t plainly says
10 the conspirators eve know
what you are doins-you are de
termlned to keep every man out
OF Congress who cannot be made
q tool of your treason. You are
even going to destroy the Su-
preme Court, so that it cannot i'm
pose any restraint upon your &C.
tons. You do not mean to allow
any voting in one.half Of the
States, which is not done precise.
~ as we order it. But, take care
now, for We give you good and
timely warning, that we shall new
er counsel the people to do any
thing but humbly TO try to vote.
Ii they are not allowed to do that,
We advise them to sit down pas.
siyely under the yoke of eternal
despotism. So take care, now,
how you carry yourselves This
is about the amount of the sagaci-
~ and pluck of the management
Of the Democratic party. And
that is the reason why such fel.
as Commissioner Wells dare
10 JiahcfSk'ilc about "the un-
faithlulncss Of those who founded
this nation 1t is all because Of
he 'unlaithtulncss' Of the lead.
ers Of The Democratic party.