Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22
SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 1870.
THE BEST GOVERNMENT THE
WORLD EVER SAW.


THE BEST GOVERNMENT THE
WORLD EVER SAW.
There is probably not a man in
the United States, we care not
whether he be Democrat or Radi-
cal, whether he was born in the
North or beneath the bright sun
of the South, who did not feel his
cheek tingle with shame when he
read the kilograms of yesterday,
and saw that Mr.. Secretary Bout
we'll had declined to allow the
memory Of General Lee to be re.
spected by the custom-house Of
fcers in Savannah by lowering
the flag in their building to half
mast. The government which Mr..
Boutwell, represents, and which
speaks through him in the pres
ent instance, compelled Southern
men and women, whom the des-
TIMES Of war had placed within
its lines, to wear mourning for
the "late lamented," but the same
government which boasts Of free
dom and an unprecedented mag
nanimity in its treatment of cap.
tives, declines to render unto
"Cesar Ithe things that are
Cesar's. 1t declines to allow
its officers to raise their hats as
the cold corpse of the immortal
Lee passes along to the grave
1t declines to permit its flag, which
has trailed in defeat before him
on an hundred well fought fields,
to be touched in recognition Of
his death. 1t declines to honor
in death the man whom it feared
in life, and whose strong arm has
more than an hundred times struck
terror to its hearts. Is this mag.
nanimity? Is this the courtesy
which the strong should show,
not to the weak, but to the
deadP God pity the poor
wretch who declines to recognize
worth, and is ashamed of right.
We pity Boutwell, who fears Gen.
eral Lee dead, just as the English
did Napoleon l. We spurn the
bastard efforts which he and his
government may make to throttle
the expression Of Southern grief
occasioned by the death of our
greatest hero. The dust of the
valley of virginia will lie softly
upon the breast Of its greatest Off
spring, the daises will blossom
and bloom above his beloved form
and the Southern people will
nourish with unabated ardor its
love for him who has fallen, to the
latest hour Of time, and naught
that the Government, or Boutwell,
or Grant can do can ever tarnisl
be fame Of him whom we ere
yered in life and will cherish in
DEATH" Poor Boutwell,, youl
name will be forgotten; will bC
covered with the dust of decay ant
with the curses Of people who
loathe your meanness long before
poets, historians and biographer'
will have ceased their efforts tC
sing the praises, record the glory
or tell of the deeds accomplished
by General Lee.
The United States Government
with all its power and with all itl
miserable political mercenarie,
who are justly ashamed of the re
peated defeats they have sustained
at the hands of the invincible ar
mics which were led by that more
invincible chicltain, who has jus
gone to his rewards, can never dc
tract from the admiration which
the civilized world is anxious I,
pay to the memory Of Genera
Lee. He needs no assistance t
secure his niche in the heights 0
immortality, nor can the blatan
financial Secretary OF the nation re
tard the flight oItho illustrious dea,
to the beautiful oasises Of mcmor,
where the people Of the South vii
ever delight TO wander to pay t,
his greatness The tribute to whicl
it is justly entitled.
a-t------
Mr.. FoLKEs, our efficient Asses
sOr, who is taking the census of tn
county, desires us to request al
those who have not been seen b,
himself or one of his agents on thi
subject, to call at an carly day a