Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-24

Nth falsehoods of us. How can
We ever be fully reunited when you
md your kind so villify and belle
IS?
The Kinds County Gazette
comes out squarely against Radi-
calism, and wishes to join q party
that will everlastingly annihilate
it. This, we suppose, will Salty
the VIcKsBURG HERALD; it satisfies
us. We have no quarrel with
anti. Radicals. But then, if the
Gazette is sincere, and we have
not the least doubt Of it, why have
that "old line whig' convention?
If "old issues" existing before
the war, are dead, they must, by
this time, be very dead, and we
suppose they we're decently inter-
red. Then there Is no need to
resurrect them either for the pur-
pose Of resuscitation or RENTER
ment. But let US write on living
issues, the issues existing between
the free government loving De-
mocracy, now recognized all over
the union, and the (anatical, law
numbering, Radical oligarchy,
hated and despised wherever
known, by decent and respectable
white and black men. Let US then
instead of an "old line whig'' con-
vention, have one Of the anti
Radical party of the State, COM
posed of all patriots, no matter
whether Wings or Democrats, for
merly-and well all have a talk
-[Iuka Gazette.
We do not desire to be consid-
cred captious and hard to please
yet we cannot say we are satisfied
with the course pursued by the
Raymond Gazette. We are de-
lighted however, to know that il
has declared in favor Of war on
Radicalism, but we much fear its
declarations will go for naught be-
side its acts. We have never
questioned the honesty Of inten-
ton Of the Gazette it has simply
been the policy with which we
warred. There was a time when
the Gazette was in favor of a pas
sive policy; a plan Of acquies-
cence; it proposed to sit with
bated breath, accepting whatever
fate befel US, and if by chance
Governor Alcorn should toss US q
loaf instead Of a crumb, then to
pat him gently and slyly on the
back, softly whispering our thanks
and profound gratitude, the while,
10 his ~capacious official ear. Now
that was a magnificent policy for
the halt, the lame, the blind, the
knave, the coward, women and
children, but it was most dastardly
and disgustingly %cowardly, fol
men, jealous Of their rights and
their honor. In time, this concep.
ton percolated into the brain Of
the editor of the Raymond Ga
zette, and be saw with dismay, tina.
he had been preaching a doctrine
which was loathsome in the high
est degree to the honest, proud
people Of the State. Then the Ga
zette tioundered about for some
time in doubt what to do. Even
tually it was struck, as if by light
ening, with the project Of a reor
ganization of the Old Wing party
We waited patiently to see in whar
respect this new party with an old
name, was to differ from the
Democratic, the fearless foe o.
Radicalism, and after patient
watching and waiting we were al
last rewarded by the discovery
that the only difference was in the
name Then we said this is al
childish and foolish. There car
no good come from it. Yet We
desired to know what influence:
would be invoked to create thi:
new party, and investigation soor
taught US that it was to be accom-.
plished by prejudiees that existed
before and died during and with
the war. No principle whatever
was involved. The whole basis,
of the political superstructure was
prejudice, and a prejudice which
the people we're willing and per
fectly anxious should remain where
It was shrouded and dead. Yei
there would be excuse for reviving
this prejudice il the ranks of the