Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-04


led to triumph by James L. Alcorn
can take no step backwards with.
out destruction"
The eminent man who sways
the destinles Of the State" al
corn!)
"a Rcpublicanism racy of the
soil Of the SOUTH
IL hope to receive occasional
assistance in the labor Of love on
which l enter, from the vigorous
pen OF the Governor"
Choice extracts from the Pilot,
edited by NJ. Is. Hewson.
+Mighty men of Jasper do you
heary"
"why man he doth bestrlde the narrow
world
Like a co'us,us; and we petty men,
walk u'der his huge legs, and peep about
To Ind Ourselves dishOn0rable graves.
When went there BY an age, since tho great
food.
But wa, famed with more than with one
mans,
Now there T.. room enough,
When In the state Is only, but one man.
Men at .Cmc TINT arc masters OF their fates {:
The fault, dear rIend abide not In our stars
But 10 ourselves, that We are underlingS,
when lost We all the breed Of noble bloohsS
VI late vexed ! am with passions Of some
difference;
Conceptions proper only to myself,
Which give sone soil to my behayiorsi
But let MOI, therefore, my good friends be
Rrieve !,
Nor const rue any further my neglect,
Than that irsp!scd, !, with myself At war,
Forget the shows OF love to other men.
Indeed they say, the senators tomorrow
Mean to estab ism Alcorn p q king,
II l knew this, know all the word besides,
Tha; part OF tyranny that / DO bear,
can sha, c oh at pleasure. So can all.
So every boudman Ia his " hand bears
The power 10 cancel bis captivity.
Time hath my friends, q wallet at his back
Wherein h puts aims Tor obltvi0nS
A greAt.siZ"d monster Of in%gratttudes,
Those scraps are good deeds past, which are
devouTed
As fast as they ara made, forgot as soon
As done. 70 have done, Is 70 hang
quite Out oil fashion, like rusty nail,
IA monumental moekery."
What they do IN present,
Though lrss than yours in past, must
yOGTs o'e, top.
y. .eI n tvirtue seek
Remuneration Tor the thing IL was;
For beauty. VT,
High b rti. ' gor Of bone, desert in service,
Love. friendship, charity, are subjects all
10 enyiOu, ami CalumniAting time
Put not your faith In princes"
Does one man sway the desti-
MES Of the Statei 1t seems So
His organ, with the public print.
ing to sustain him, says so. The
mind / bear would sooner brook
the eternal Devil to keep his state
here than Il despot. had rather
be q villager than to repute my
self q son Of Mississippi, under
the hard conditions this time is
like to lay upon US.
Power is ever stealing from the
many to the few" Hamilton,
Madison, and George Washington,
were wise men, and patriots.
They feared and warned the coun.
try against executive power and
patronage. They never allowed
the bold suggestion that one man
"swayedthe destinies Of the State
If Alcorn sways them, in the event
of another unpleastantness, he
might, and doubtless, would carry
the State in the same direction in
which he went, when heAourished
at the head Of q Rebel brigade.
1t may be that q "change might
come over the spirit of his
dreams and then he would take
another tack. Much harm would
happen. Unhappy 10 the king
dom, whose destinies are sWayed
by the Whim, caprice or opinion of
one man. Only "a spoilt child Of
fortune" he becomes the great
Warwick, the setter up and paIler
down Of regulations. The best.
men are liable to excuses Of.