Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-12

rounding, In the Heavens, the
Cross Of our Salvation, that they
must abandon their political theo-
rulings for the wiser statemanship,
which devotes itself, in the iirst
place, to the fOsterage OF material
interests.
The old constitutional parties Of
the country are dead. The Dem
Oeracy retains, 1t Is true, q sem
blance Of life, but can never become
a living power again until il shall
have entered on an existence total
ly distinct from that of the past.
The propriety OF this occasion does
not. therefore, forbid my dealing
with the two old parties of the
South, as freely as / might with
Egyptian mumies-
The Democratic party inherited
the theories which have been pro-
nOunced by the war a system ofbril-
liant follies. Like the gift Of the
gcnii, those shining treasures have
turned in our hands to wiihered
leaves! The existence Of that par
ty as it now lauguishes out Of life,
is q fact tied up in the dazzling ah.
stractiODs which the war has de-
clarOd to be utterly impotent
because utterly unwisc The De-
mOcracy of the South is thus seen,
on general grounds, to stand drawn
up across the true road of South
crn progress. Thus, it is seen, that
the Democratic leaders occupy q
position in the way Ofeyery South
crn mans interests, inasmuch as
their thinking has directed, and,
while its nature remains UNI
changed, ever must continue to di-
rect the whole energies Of our peo-
pie to the accomplishment of the
unreal. The final dissolution of The
dying Democracy Of Mississippi,
ought 10 become, therefore, q con-
summation most devoutiy to be
wished for, by all those indepen-
dent thinkers who though acting
with it, fall not behind that capaci-
~ for instruction which has raised
the people Of Austria, in a few
short years, from the depth of
crushing defeat to the height Of po-
litical and material grandeur.
Who are the natural successors
In this State, of the men whose
craftsmanship has been stamped
by the condemnation of the war?
What class ofthinkers OF the South
rcprcsen that of the North? Is it
not the class which battlcd against
southern theorizings? What poo
litical school of the South was
always in accord with the states
manship which the lessons OF the
war command us 10 euthrono on
reconstruction? Is 1t not the set
Of minds that cOncurrcd here with
tee minds Of the other section, in
insisting on the polity of Internal
improvement by the General Gov
crnmrnt! The polity which is
about to be inaugurated here to-
day, IL, in fact, the Old pOlity of
twenty-five thousand whites of
Mississippi, who are impcllcd by
moral g%rayitation to rush to action
at the blast of the bugle! Tho
hercsy Of secession dead, the revo-
embodied IN the iundamrnt-
a law, the passions which winked
at violence passed away, the incom-
ing authority in the State of Mis-
slssippi enters on It's functions at a
time when 1t may claim the unan-
imous support of all men who
stand ready TO rally to-day, as
they did in the past, for "the
Union, the Constitution, and the
enforcement OF the Laws"
The attention that ] have bestow-
cd here on the great practical uucs-
ions before me, has but siillcd for
the time the emotions awoke in
my mind by the greatness of this
occasion. Standing as | do. in the
position am about to assume in
The interest Of law and order. ON
the very threshold OF revolution
ana violence, ! nm profoundly sen-
s'oic That stand here to-day, an
humble instrument in the hands of
Providence. Hoping earnestly that
my heart may be kept. aid nv
mind may be guided, by the Ruler
oil the Universe, | am prepared
now, In his name, 10 pledge the
Righteousness of my purp ose 10 tho
people Of Mississippi in the solemn
oath prescribed by Law.
j. l. ALCORN.
SPECIAL TO HEHRWALD.
JACKSON, Miss, March 10th.
SENATE-Prayer by the Rev. Mr..
Senators Bennett, Hardy aud
Rushing, appeared and took their
seats, ut 20 minutes to Il IN.
The Senators proceeded in A
body TO the House of Representa-.
After the inaugural, the Sena.
tors returned to tileir chamber.
when Mr.. Morgan offered the fol-
resolution which was