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

slant use for the prayer, Lead me
mot into temptation" Thrice
every day, with Bis face 10 the
East, on Bonded knees, the holy
prophet prayed to his God "Giys
me q clean heart and renew fright
spirit within me-" How often 8
man "swaying the destinies of the
State, prays for grace and heavenly
HnCtion, cannot be known. The
cares Of State, are not apt to leave
much time for prayer. Ambition
Is exacting, eats up the SOUL"
You remembeF the story Of the
man, Of whom the prophet fore
told the commission of great
crimes, and sins, and who replied
to the man Of God: as thy ser.
want n dog, that he should do
these things" The prophet re-
piled, THE Lord hath shown me
in a vision, that thou shall be King
over Israel"
No worse state Of things can
exist than that recorded in sacred
writ and confirmed (if the word
of God can be confirmed) by the
history of all nations. Justin
tells the whole story in few words
in enumerating the source of
Roman Laws and the downfall of
Roman liberty: lst. The voice of
the people then, because it was in
convenient to have popular votes,
the consultum oftbe Senate then
the decree of the Tribunes, and
last the edict Of the Emperor.
What pleases the Governor has
the force Of Law. The prophet
uses this strong language, any
people love to have it so and what
will We see in the end thereof
The people, wearied of self-gov-
eminent, seek master. The steps
of all free nations tend to the
cavern, the dark cavern of abso-
lutte despotism. Few once en-.
tered have ever returned, and
they, scortched by the fires OF
revolution, and SCARED by the
chains Of their servitude. Read
what the word Of God instructs us
on the subject of q king: one who
"sways the destinies Of State
which even the Queen Of England
does not presume to do. The
passage is too long for quotation,
See / Samuel, Capter VII, Verses
IL to -.
How extremes meet?
"LoWllness Is young ambitions ladder.
"Whoreto the climber upward turns his face
"But when he once attalns the upm0,t round
"He then unto the ladder turns his back,
"Looks In the clouds, scOrning the bas'
degree,
J "By which he did ascend"
Al men must vote. That gas III,
lOWly part Of the game, But am
bition, the desire TO climb, Il
swell into Importance, couple,
this seeming concession with a de
NAL of the right to the people t,
elect any Of the important officers
, say judges, chancellors, &c. Tn,
people once had this power. The,
exercised 1t well. The exampl,
, Of this State has been followed b,
nearly all the States Of the Union
| Why this changer The old pla,
worked well. 1t gave US SharkeJ
8 Smith, Clayton, two Yergeri
Handy, Elicit, Fisher, and man
others eminent for legal ability
and in despite Of party feelings.
4 All! but say some, land this ]
the only argument advanced 70
the change, the negroes have tn
ballot now, and they are not quail
, flied to elect Judges, DC, DC
This right of voting for high Stat
: officers is too good for niggers
This is simply an insult, which tn
black people ought to resent
When white people only voted
they were fit to govern themselves
but now a low, bad element /
: brought in to vote, the right mus
be taken away. This is keeping
the word of promise to the ear
E and breaking it to the sense will
a double vengeance.
Oh but say some, we have sucl
a good Governor, so mild, so con
ciliating, so full Of kindness, s,
forgiving, so good ajudge of man
so unselfish, without one spark o
ambition, one who has no friend
to reward and no enemies to pun
i, ISL, who is such a jewel Of consis
tency, so removed from all siniste
influences, that we may trust al
the power of the State in hi
hands. Oh! yes let him 'swal
t the d~estinies." And there is tn,
Senate9 I'VE never had such
Senate before. 1t Is true tina
some very good men are not il
the Senate. Tongue cannot ex
press, the sweet comfort and peac,
that the lovers of liberty deriv,
from their view of the Senate
The Senate as now composed
stands, an impregnable bulwark t.
defend the liberties Of the people
If the Governor, should make ,
: slip, the brave and true Senators
who know so much, will see to it
that the Republic sustains no dam
age.
But there is a heavy per. contra
to this account. We may not al.
ways have such a Governor and