Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-27
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editorial with this caption and in
It took to task quite severely those
who advocate the policy Of or
ganizing a white mans party. The
editor of that journal was shock
ed in the extreme to think that
good, patriotic citizens should
adopt q method which would d.
vide and antagonize the people.
He seems to be utterly forgetfgl
that he, q white man, has no par
ty in this State but negroes. He
forgets that he bends all his en-
ergies to separating the races |;
of antagonising the blacks against
the whites. He is lamentably ig-
norant of the fact that weekly
and nightly there we're meetings
Of the loyal league in which were
scores Of negroes, who were rem
dered frantic and inaamed by in
Gammatory speeches made by the
few white adventurers in attend
ance. He unaccountably forgets
that the whole effort Of his party
is to seperate politically as far as
possible the two races. This,
however, is excusable ignorance.
He was simply writing for effect.
The very article to which we refer
the editor knew was an additional
means of pushing further assunder
the two races. 1t is patent on the
face that this is a shrewd dodge
to accomplish the very purposes
which he charges as q political
crime against the white people of
the State. He opens a very weak
battery against the suggested or
ganization. So far as we know
there 10 no white mans party in
the State. It is true there is q
little organization Of thirty or
forty persons known as the Belle
fontaine Club. This Club has no
clearly established set of princi-
pies, and, its existence has never
been heard Of in nine-tenths Of the
State. Therefore, there is no
white mans party in the State.
Some Of the journals have advo-
Gated the policy Of creating such
an organization, but nothing has
as vet been done. In fact as the
time for elections are so far of
there seems to be but little neces-
sity for the subject.
We are free to admit that we are
in favor Of a White Mans PGEty.
The negro was fully tested last
year in the campaign of Dent aud
Alcorn. In that campaign the
white people were willing to sacri-
fee principle to policy.
The white people in the South
have never admitted that the, negro
has the right Of suffrage as a righL
He has it simply as the result of
outrage and wrong 1t is q priUi-
lege given him by the bayOnet,
but it is not q right. All who
know the history Of the ratification
of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments in the South, are
aware that it was the result of CO.
ercion and not of choice. Even
worse than that, in the majority
Of the States, the votes upon the
ratification was the action of men
who were not legal representatives
Unpopular will.
But negro suffrage is an accom-
plished fact. 1t is useless to dis.
cuss that. Yet the dear experience
bought in the last election in
this State is that the more honest
promises which are made by the
white people of the State to the
negroes, the more distrust is
aroused IN the bosoms OF the ne
groes, and the more estranged
they become. The negroes have
determinedly placed themselves
in the hands of Northern adven-
turers, and refuse to be believe in
and to be gorverned or influenced
by Southern whites. Therefore
it is clear that nothing can be ac-
Complished by concession and
compromise.
If such be true, why not then
take an erect and immovable stand
upon the platform of principles,
and instead Of going to the negroes
make them come to US. We know
that the negro has no resnect for