Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22
ANOTHER TOUCH.

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screw and twist and turn in their
attempts 70 look at it.from all
points. One gets an undersij.
ed look at the monster, aud
of he goes in a double
loaded leader. Another sees
the upper side and 10 "slings ink
upon it. \ third narrowly scans
the sides thereof and instantcr he
mount, his Pegasus and, with his
profound juridical lore, scars
aloft 70 the moon. And thus the
matter has been viewed, reviewed
and re.reyiewed, unit! the subject
Of SO much handling mas really
acquired quite ! polish.
Bur OF what avail have been aii
the dire assaults made upon this
pet creation Of niggerdom Has
it shorn it Of a single iota Of its
responsiveness? Has it weaiicnened
the power Of the party who origi-
mated it? Has il made one sin
gle friend or enemy TO It's merits
or dement's? Like ninety-nine
out Of every hundred acts Of the
dominant party since the war
ms, Of the 18th Amendment, il it
does become plastercd upon the
the tail end OF what was once q
CONSTITUTION and the LAW of the
land, it will be impossible for even
the unscrupulous genius, power
and audacity OF the "Rlmp'' fac
ton to prevent the founding from
being s~tigmatizel with the bar
sinister.
Congress gave birth to this most
infamous thing under the shelter
OF that clause in the Constitution
which gives them authority 10
provide for, and see that each
State has, a Republican form Of
government.
Now if ire had started out with
the intention OF pouring ont more
of that murky glimmer, which has
already been shed upon this sub.
ject, we might begin at the begin
ming, and say that in o0r opinion
the Constitution does not give
Congress the power to make Re
publican governments for tine
States, but, on the contrary, e..
pressiy prohibits it from, in any
way, laying a sacriligious iingel
upon the sacred palladium OF STATE
laws. But that brief y ediIoria
Ofa few days ago entitled, kick
ing against the pricks,' illustrates
what we think of such acts ant
the ultimate results Of critisism
Here is a somewhat practical view
of the matter Of the 18th Amenl.
ment and all such matters.
The States ofthe South were in
sane and they escaped temporari
" from their keepers. They hav'
been brought back alter vioien
resistance and for safe keeping
be enclose din walls Of bristlinl
steel and also chained 10 a rim il
the wall which allows them a cir
cumscribed movement. In add
tion,a and TO make everything snrer
il is decided necessary 70 pN.
strait Jacket upon the poor mania
forms, and in spite Of protesta
tons, reproaches, cntreaties, ant
imprecatiOns, and even in spite .
, threaten ed resistance, on the jack
ct must 90 for have not the doc
tors ord cred it Tor the wretch
own good, and don't they kno'
best? We'll we reckon"
Republicanism in 1860 and Re
publicanism in 1870 is like whit
: growing red and by 1850 prOba
bly, it will be completely black
. Republican, SIN, like law in GeOI
gia before the establishment q
8 Supreme Courts, is u mere matte
OF personal opinion.
l Az broad an assertion as is thi:
5 not an unprecedented person, bT
will agree it is true. Outside 9
Of Justice the present power wi
: do anything(Oh yes !)fOr theSoutt
: But don't ask justice! With
! GrandFizzle at the head ofthe COY
!. eminent, and thieves, bigmaisti
adulterers andpimps for statesmen
!, we are drifting into a cOnditio
! when justice will not only i
' asked, but it will be dendnde'
; God, in his mercy, may avert til
. threatened disaster, and we,
Y Aln Cnuth NAV hanOma froamn