Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-12

liH MAGta HuiN Jew HII4H MluHtAi
ago. tbs agoHiB Of tbs G0FaFnmaui
70 which the people Of tho State
had sworn allegiance, and Of which
they received exemption from The
penalties Of treason aud rebellion,
rs real, as earnest as nfe.like-as
natural q child Of iis father IS Sin
Is Of the Devil.
Yes, there stood the drummer
beating time for the maFchiag col
umns, IN drill, Of children and
youths. The head center - the
President Of this infant eOnfederacy
was not Of the years Of him who
presided over the parentage Of this
child. He was q young man, toll,
intellectual looking, aud wore a
fnll-dross Confederate grey suit.
> The columns were divided OF, so
that the oldest boys were in The
Van--the youngest brought mp the
rear. This reminded me how that
other, in lie mad career, had "Fob.
bed the cradle and the grave" In
pursuit Of that ignis iatuus which
was the growth OF the brain Of.
John g. Calhoun, and which ended
in the reconstruction OF the South,
with a representative OF the race Of
slaves, IN whom this spirit had
taken Judgment for defense in the
halls OF the national Legislature to
aid In framing laws for your and
my government. oh, that ! never
had looked! for / saw more than
this l saw the growth Of an idea,
from a mere spark, n sciniilla, until
It developed into the fame which
covered Vicksbnrg 10 sixty-three (;
which swallowed up twenty thou
sand of Americas brayest and Ibest
-sckO tDeFe not responsible, at
Gettysburg, at Chickamauga, at
Charlottesville, at the Wilderness,
at Petersburg and Richmond, and
made Of our country one vast
burial ground; | saw rising from
these ashes, out Of the wreck of The
past, OIL the ruins OF the dead Con-
federaCy, from out OF the lullness
Of your stiaed breath you were
breathing into the children, the
youth Of our country, and this idea,
made more intense and hateful by
a desire for revenge, "yengeance j.
mine, saith tho Lord, / will repay
Ny friends informed me that this
was q school for boys aud Youths
that the instructors inhibited all
matter which might have a tenden.
cy TO awaken = love for the old
UniOn-the stars and stripes. L
your cause was a just one, God vii.
aVonge IL:
Truth crushed 20 earth wall Use aga'ni
Tho immortal wears ~ cod are here:
but ERROR, bundled, writhes ia pain,
And dies am ING her %wor,hipers
You cannot rear = generation .
soldiers who can successfully wa.
against the Union unless God !
with you. l. not Hevels' election
one Of the greatest rcyengcs of al
history? l. God on your side
Tank! When you shall be in you
graves, these children will have be
come mGn men with these idea
cngrailcd with their years. Wi
they he responsible Tor their cdu
cation ! Reflect on the past. VIVA
shame arc YOU not preparing. q
fathers, TO have hclpcd upon you
children, when lhey shall ha"
become by the growth, the prosper
i,y, the glory OF orr united cou'l
try u mere drop In the bucket
sand upon The sea shore.
, The Coufcdcrncy Is dead, fulOr
| years will leave no trace IN "happ
proud America" OF It's trail.
This IS what | thought. when
+ walked away and reflected, whe
/ Tor Que moment my conscience con
dcmncd mo for my part ia nskln
for, and going bond for ihe pardo.
of The men who would thus rea
their children. Wien / saw, to'
, how your streets were alive vii
the toll, the energy, the auimus {
! freedom, | kReW that tho crisis w1
passed, the Union wa, whole Cd
These are but the faint wailiug,
the storm OF passion aad hate willie
swepluver ourcoOutry 80 LATELY,
! It's retreat from before the dawnil
: Of the new civilization that II
, cludcs within lis protecting en-
brace, the rights-the liberties
p. oil the people.
n You say, in effect, that negro 81
lrage is the fruit OF The haired OF
3 certain class Of eleventh hOur V
%yorer.,r toward the south. !
not agrre with you. Is ii not raj
or the legitimate fruit Of the pee
liar nature OF our Institutions
d when freed, the negro become
II free man. "A such ho at once b
n came entitled Of right to the san
If rights as citizens which other m.
enjoyed
y, Eleventh hour vaporers' in l
NJ North, seeing this great ruth 81
ia feeling that is recognition won
n follow their freedom, ~ the bro
~. sun light the dawn, seized upon
80 and advocated it in the zane ma
ner ind from similar motives Il
10 prompted them 10 60 into the ".
- and aflerward yapor OIL into III
4 pitfalls, commi-siarlts invalid cor.
IN bomb-proO,s, etc ,elc. They w
- not advocates Of the freedr
n. of the -INyc nor now Of the rigl
~ of the freed man because their &C
10 yiclions Of duty prompt, nor 1
they then nor do they now sta
up and fight for the principles
&C. volved in the Issue. Their natur
ok arc constitutioually inadequate
ry the task, had they comprehend
III II. and aYcrses to having any CT
- - al - rphn,y opn oluss