Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10

dates before the people. The con-
test will be Waged with warmth
and energy. The nominees of the
Radical party were selected in
Selma q week or ten days since,
while those Of the Democratic
party we're selected in Montgomery
on the 1st inst. The Convention
which nominated the Democratic
ticket was more fully attended
than any political Convention
which has assembled in the State
since the war. The greatest en-
thusiasm prevailed. The people
Of the State-thorOughly sick
ened and disguised with Radical
rule-haye determined to make
one more united effort to throw
Of the foul political incubus
which has fastened upon the State
and which is sapping its very life.
The Democratic Executive
COMMITTEES issued an address to
the people, in which a partial re-
view Of q few Of the atrocities to
which the people have been sub
jected at the hands Of the Rad
ical party was made
This Committee charges that
Alabama has no Constitution in
force switch has ever received the
sanction of the State either in
person or through authorized rep
resentatives in Convention or in
Congress" 1t charges that the
Constitution In force "was framed
by pretended representatives o.
the people, who, in many in
stances, at the time we're stranger
and adventures in the State wa
submitted to q vote of the people
and under the terms of submis
sion, decidedly rejected. The in
strument thus rejected was sub
mitted to the Congress of thu
United States, ratified and adopted
as the Constitution of Alabama il
opposition to the negative vote o
the people, and such a proceeding
has been regarded as securing t
Alabama a Republican form o
government. This instrumen
creates Offices not intended for tn.
public good, but to provide plac
and official emoluments for car
pet-baggers and their kind and Il
enable them to Cypress the peopl
through the exercise Of the tax
ing powers. Not content wit
the usual Law. making powers com
posed Of the General Assembl
and Governor, this Congression'
Constitution for Alabama create
equality Of Legislative bodies b
providing q Board of Educatio
with power to organize and pas
laws upon all subjects connecte
with education. The office {
Commissioner Of Internal R
sources, has, among others, bee
created, with a high salary a
tached, and no services rendere
When the paper called the Const
tuition Of Alabama was put in o.
Grafton, strangers, having I
claims to citizenship, and Il
known residence in the Stat
carpet-bag in hand, swarmed
in every county where offices
profit were to be found, COZ
menced their inquiries for plac,
and lald their plans to secuI
them; they held meetings among
themselves and divided out Il
Offices Of the State, as if the
constituted property to whiC
they had succeeded by right {
inheritance; they assembled tn
freedmen in secret leagues, an
by false representation poisone
their minds against citizens of th
State who we're and are their be'
friends, and with the aid OF mil
tary power, obtained a frauduler
control Of the State government
and now hold it"
The Committees says that thel
are members Of the General A
aelhbly unable to read or write
incapable Of drafting a law or ii
derasandlng It's meaning after b.
ing enacted By their votes, and III
able perhaps to explain VII
measures they had voted for ,