Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-17


Other, be finally anchored in q bu-
sine55 point Of view, at Meridian,
as a partner Of an honorable
Southern gentleman Of that place.
The firm, however, was too extern
sive for the pigmy limits of Nerd
ian, and hence General Leib, the
senior member took up again his
residence in his old homestead,
Chicago, from whence he fulmi-
mates through the press.
Had he confined himself to the
legitimate object Of his ostensible
visit to the South, the people
would have been content, for 1t is
a matter of indifference to them,
whether he is Radical or not, and
they would have forgiven aud
forgotten all the vile ISLANDERS
of them which he has
published in his Chicago journal.
But this was something more than
the valiant General was quite will
ling to do. From having COM
manded a regiment Of ignorant me-
groes in o city where there was no
danger from his enemy, he began
to think himself one of the lords
of.the land, and empowered to
dictate to its people in any man
ner that he chose. In fact, he ev-
identity thinks that he holds tue
destinies Of the whole South in the
hollow of his lordly hand. There
is no kind of doubt that he Is
fully impressed with this opinion
so far as the puny little State OF
Mississippi IS concerned. His
business firm has, as We under.
stand, the monopoly of the sale of
lands belonging to the Vicksburg
& Meridian railroad. This he ev.
identity imagipes gives him full
right to yillify the present citizens
OF the State just SO much as he
pleases, since he intends to domo,
ciliate upon these railroad lands
people fully indOctrinated with bis
own peculiar political views.
There are certain papers in this
State kept alive by public patron.
age who are imbHed with the be.
lief that it is their bounden duty
to abuse, SANDER and outrage IN
every manner possible, the people
Of the State, One OF these papers
is the Pilot, of Jackson. Genera
Lieb has the Pilot mailed to hin
in Chicago, and whenever an ar
ticlc more bitter and denunciatorl
than usual appears in it, the jour
T nalistic General straightway has
tens to write a congratulatory let
ter to the editor and fully endors
isg the article in every particular
. Another paper of this class is tn,
Times of this city. To it til.
, General is also q subscriber
and often in its columns Cal
be found an article headed al
y. Interesting Letter from Genera
d, Lieb." One of these illusions ap
peared last Tuesday, In this arti
| Gle General Lieb endorses and de
a clares to be true untruthful decla
rations made by a partisan jour
nalist, purely for political effect
The people of the South do no
expect Radical journals to tell til
truth of them. Since We know
that by Justification and corrur
ton are they and the party whic
d they represent kept alive, but W
g do think that land owners coul
II effect just as good sales Of thei
!, lands through men not so bitterl
partisan as this man has show
n himself to be. Better by far hay
the lands lie idle for ever tina
# have them peopled by me
thoroughly imbued with the sent
!. ments WHICH General Lieb has d,
If clared it his intention to instil int
1t them.
IL Such venomous creatures as Gel
T. Lieb should be taught that tn
n. matter is n two edged sword whiC
/. can be made to cut both ways.
IA he expects to make a fortune
% the sale Of land belonging
10 Southern people, to purchase
70 whom he teaches to believe tn
ne the people with whom they are
ID live are a set of escaped convict
m villains for whom instant dea
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