Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-11
Grand Radical Indignation
Meeting and POw-W Wow

Last night The faithful we're ont
IN full force. All the great lights
Of the Radical party Of the county
and city were IN attendance. We
beheld there the Attorney General,
his Honor the Mayor (sO-called),
Judge Leas, the gentleman who
spells GOd with 9 little "g;" the
editor Of the Times, Prince Packard,
Col. John w. Wood, Capt Brown,
collector Of taxes for Madison par
ish, La, and q host Of others. The
meeting had been called to express
indignation at the action Of Gov.
Alcorn in removing Col. Furlong,
and the appointment of Mr.. John
d. Raymond, Sheriff Of the county.
Peter Crosby and A. W. Ross
tcolOred) were called 10 the chair.
W. L. Garvis and Prince Packard
were appointed secretaries.
About this time, the ever ire.
pressible Mike Donovan, who seems
to be q new convert, arose and re-
quested the chairman TO state the
object Of the meeting. From
some causes, to us, entirely unac.
c%Ountable, he failed TO elicit atten-
ton, and was finally compelled u
sit down without securing either
attention or information.
Mr.. VIM. Brown, Collector oil
Taxes for the Parish OF Madison.
Louisiana, with Con. Russell, Bur.
ton, BENZ. LeaS and Jno. Friend
were now appointed committee Ia
draft resolutions expressive Of the
object Of the meeting.
During the absence Of this CON-
mittee, King Ryan, a ponderous
colored orator, got possession of the
floor, and INDUCED in a Scathlng re-
view Of the manner in which things
are conducted In Jackson, conclu.
ding with the declaration that in
his opinion Mr.. JnO. D. Raymond
had bought his appointment. Id
was delighted to know that thil
was not solely Q " Niger meeting
since he saw quite q number Of
white men present.
Col. Jno. w. Wood succeeded the
burly believer.
The Colonel lie a sort Of political
sooth.sayer, and INDUCED in certain
predictions and prophecies not OF
all complimentary 10 the Radical
party. Comparisons, 1t is said, are
always odious; yet Colonel Wood
seemed last night TO be possessed
with q peculiar penchant for this
style Of oratory. His object evi.
IDENTIFY was to establish the fact that
the Radical party is the most cor.
rupt which has ever had an exist
ence. He was not content with the
mere declaration, but would insist
in presenting the proof. as If such
thing was at all necessary before an
intelligent audience. He went on
to say that he wanted his hearers to
know why the Radical party In
Tennessee had become demoralized,
disrupted and destroyed. 1t was
be~cause--as declared in the national
Senate by Senator F~oster--of a
want Of integrity and virtue in the
Radical party. He then re-
viewed The history of cor.
ruption made by the Radical
Legislature of Tennessee showed
how members had been bribed to
do the most outrageous aud cor.
rupt things; took a peep into the
plan by which S275,0OO of the
school fund was stolen; showed
how Barbour Lewis, Governor
Brownlow and others were inter-
ested in these schemes; adverted
slightly to the thefts admitted by
Radical Office holders in Louis.
lana; made specially reference to
the operations of Auditor Wick
life Of that State. Then drew as
a natural deduction from the facts,
the overthrow and destruction OF
the Radical party In this State IN
the dishonest portion was not held
up to the public gaze /; spoke of the
corruption of members in the Leg.
islature from Warren said Strin-
ger was not satisfied with being a
member Of the Senate but wanted
to be County Treasurer; this even
did not satisfy him, he was inter.
ested with Mygatt and Albert
johnson in the V~icksburg Ferry
scheme which Is worth mil
lions. Mygatt has not enough to
supply him he wants to be made
Wharf and Harbor Master, and
If he should be appointed and
happen TO be in the condition
which the speaker had seen him
q short time since, he would be
liable some day TO tumble in the
river and get drowned, Query {:
Does Mygatt ever get drunk y he
said Head wanted to be made keep.
er Of the poor house, and as he Is
too lazy TO work, TO put him in the
poor house would be the best thing
for him Landon wanted half Of
everything he saw, and was not sat
listed with that; Governor AlcOrn
did not dare to go against the PEG.
pie when they commanded him,
and he defied him 10 attempt it
Jno. Raymond had got the appoint.
ment through the influence of the
thousand dollars which he had paid
for stock in the Pilot he announced
that he intended to preach against
known corruption in his party from
every hilltop and valley in the
State. (big job we think. After
giving o pathetic account of his
escape through the rebel lines in
1868, he sat down covered with
perspiration, and hoarser than a
ten year old mill pond frog. After
which the following resolutions
were passed:
We, your committee, beg leave