Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-02-05

have been pleased beyond meas
ure il all the Senators and the all
Congressmen were negroes.
JAcKsCs MISS, !
January q, 1905
EDITOR HERALD:
Sir-I notice in the HERALD, Of
the 25th inst, the following:
awe are informed that General
Ames, Notwithstanding his intense
Radicalism, does not feel at all com.
plimented in the election Of the
honorable colOred Senator from
a dams ASIA Senator in the United
States Senate at the same time with
himself. We think hG should Con-
gratulate himself upon being able
to say that under his rule the ex.
tremity of Radicalism has been
reached that under his administra-
tion the situation has been accept
ed, and as q test of il he is pledged
TO show TO the enlightened world
that all distinction on account OF
color in this land of the free and
home Of the brave has been entire.
~ Obliteratcd, and that now q white
man Is just as, good as u negro IL
the while man is loyal and intense
ly Radical +
lido not thihk your information
reliable. | do not undertake to de-
fend General Amas however, pre-
suming him capable Of defending
his own political status.
If your information PC correct,
allow me 10 ask what becomes of
the charge so generally circulated,
accepted and believed by news pa
pers Of the country, Of your politi-
csl persuasion. and by their read
ers, that General Ames has prosti-
tuted the Office Of Military Gov
bic purposes OF his own ambition,
and that lie had succeeded In elect
ing a Legislature the mere creature
of the military power and Of his
will.
4 critical reader Of the newspa-
per comments upon the election of
General Ames and Mr. Revels TO
the Senate of the United States
will certainly discoverthat there is
q screw loose somewhere; that the
press of the State at least is "out
Of joint
Ii, as you are informed, General
Ames does not feel at all cOmpli-
mentcd in the election Of tho hon.
orablc colored Senator" why did
he allow the Legislature to elect
him! 1t is charged that he die
talei his own election. II true, he
certainly possessed the power, had
he had the ,rW, to have prevented
the election Of RcYcls A l.egisla-
ture the creature OF his own will,
would hardly have paid him the dis
tinguished compliment of United
States Scnatorship and then turned
around aud have taken il all
back, that. too. before the cOmpi.
mcut was accepted.
Surely the Democratic press Of
the country will have TO withdraw
from one or the other u these po-
sitions, orwill certainly make them
selves appear ridiculous to the crit.
ical observer.
Without presuming TO advice so
ably conducted Il journal rs tic
HERALD, may be permitted to
suggest that as General Ames /. a.
representative of the Republican
party OF Mississippi, and q good
Radical according 10 your inlOr.
mant) bis colleague is also one, aud
chosen by Us complimentary vote
as was Gcheral Amcs, and is equal.
ly a. good q, Republican, Neither.
will consider himself disgraccd by
the choice OF the other, choice
which the party, in its wisdom has
teou iii to make.
On the contrary, | apprchcud
that Gen. Amcs will look back up
OH this event, when Il shall have
passed into history As tho proud
est triumph Of his life. Wien lie
shall be chilled upon to render a.
final accountto his God, 10 20 scss
the conciousuess thatit was under
bis administration Of the law, as
Military Governor Of the State of
Mississippi, q Representative Of iour'
million cmancipa,et slaves, was
chosen 10 represent in the Senate
the State which Withdrew Ills pred
ecessor from the halls Of the na.
tional Legislature, to make him the
chief of the great rebellion inau.
gurated 10 perpeluute the bondage
Of his race; and that hG bears in
his hand and In his heart a petition
10 the emancipator and conqueror
that al the people be restored 20
all their rights equally with the
eonqueror, the great forgotten or
forgiven standing then in OH tho
grandeur and sublimity Of tile
thought which the sentiment IN
spires and in the shadow Of The
centuries that have witnessed the
expressions 6fhis race, with nRught
10 ask for lt OF himselg will'h6 not
have lived dp 10 Che fulI coDcep-
lioh OF the p0Otand be prephrui2tO
,iYiap Dc dfaptFg II be coaeh about
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