Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27
THE WEEKLY HERALD
TUEsDAY, AUGUST %. ls7O.
OLD LIME WHO'S BEWARE.

elected to be President of the
United States, and in his election
the Republican party of this gov
eminent came into power, and
since the hour in which that "saint-
ed martyr delivered his inaugural
address, it has continued to exer.
else and control every department
Of the general government IN a
manner characteristic of the most
perfect abandonment of principle.
Mr.. Lincoln, as the head and cen
ter Of the Republican party, &C.
complished a great deal, if we may
credit the blatant assertions of the
Radical press and others who have
reaped a rich harvest from the
spoils of a great government but
when we come to consider the
means at his command, and the in.
exhaustable resources OF men and
material upon which he was at
liberty to draw without limit for
the purpose Of carrying on the
great interest ofhis administration,
it must be admitted that no result
could have been reasonably expect
ed other than such as what
actually followed. Through his
perseverance, supported from
contributions Of men from
the entire civilized world, he
was finally enabled to put down
the Southern States, which, with
one tenth the number Of men, and
with no resources from which to
draw, either money or material for
the subsistence Of its armies, for
four long years baflled and beat his
well organized and finely equipped
legions, and whose ultimate sue.
cess even the Yankee nation at
tribute to numbers and not to the
prowess which is'alone welded by
the dauntlnss and brave, but on the
establishment of a free and liberal
government. But the war, ended
and Lincoln, whose edicts were
with the party which had placed
him in power absolute, dead, the
South one vast encampment Of
Federal soldiery, its people despoil.
ed and demoralized by the ravages
Of the most ruthless war ever
waged in a civilized land, with
every material interest crushed be.
meath the tread ofignorant negroes
eagerly marching to the ballot box.
es, blazing out for themselves and
race pathways to official prefer
ment and fame p; cursed by the
influx of a tremendous carpet bag
element, whose coming had the
same effect upon our progress and
development as the locusts upon
the crops of Egypt, the only thing
left to our people to do was tc
"labor and to wait" How vel
our part was performed we all re
member. Encouraged by Andrew
johnson to organize our STATE
Governments, we went 10 worl
with a spirit truly commendable
annulled every vestige left of thu
sovereign rights we had proclaim
ed in our secession ordinances o
1851, sent Governor Sharkey ant
Gen. Alcorn on to Washington q,
our federal representatives, asking
and %imploring admission into tn,
sisterhood Of Union, only to b.
spurned and condemned, denoun
ced as rebels and arch traitor
possessed of no rights which th0
government in Congress were dis
disposed to respect. That Con
gress then commenced its unhol,
and inglorious Legislation com
monty known in this country a
the Reconstruction acts" Tha
Congress was radical. 1t arroyo
ted to itself the most wonderful
honors, Through its sagaciou
legislation the entire north, DIES
pite the gigantic war which wa
being waged, had risen in the seal
of progressive development to a
extent almost alarming. 1t ha
placed the shores of the Atlanti
and the strand of the Pacific il
direct communication both b,
rail and the electric telegraph
Bombastic orators, Radical dema
gogues, and carpet-bag declaim