Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-02

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issue which the Radicals in con-
grese, Allotted BY the President, are.
prepared 10 force upon the south
and before the country. Alarmed
by Che certainty that the Southern
States, reconstructed or unFecon-
stTucled cannot further be relied on
to sustain the Republican party, and
convinced by unmistakable signs
that that party ~unsuccored from
the south, cannot overcome the
powers arrayed and rising against
Il In the North and West In season
for the next presidential election,
they are ready for the desperate
resort Of another civil war. There
legislation indicates this their acts
lead to ii nay, their leaders pro-
claim il here In the national capital.
II is their purpose to regain and
retain by military l6rcC, II possible,
the asCendancy they have lost In
the quarter where they vainly
thought to have constructed of me-
gro suffrage, and cemented with
carpet. baggism, a new political
stronghold.
In Georgia, Tennessee, and North
Carolina, the three southern states
where symptoms Of disgust at Radi-
calism aud its northern ENJOYS are
perhaps most saliently manifest,
the system Of repression resolved
upon is now surely destined to be
applied, IL the people of those state
can DO goaded into furnishing q
plausible excuse for It. In North
Carolina, Governor Holden has
called for federal troops, for sus-
pension Of the writ Of hdbedS cor
pas, and for military commissions,
with the object Of creating n reign
of terror and preventing the poo
pie from Overturning in August
the dynasty which has ruined the
finances of that state. In Tennes-
see the radicals, headed by their
delegation in congress who were
elected In November, 1868, by fraud
now propose q new reconstruction,
the Acknowledgement Of the pOpu-
lation, including the voters who
voted for them then upon fraudu-
lent certificates Ofregistration, but
have since turned against them, the
overthrow Of the present state
government and military rule.
In Georgia, Bullock seeks TO set
aside the regular election In No
vembef next, knowing well that the
people would, by an overwhelming
vote, expel him and his whole band
Of harpies. But even this policy is
deemed by the bitterest p~artlsans
Of the United States Senate less
prudent and secure than the estab-
lishment in Georgia Of q standing
army Of federal troops, eked out OF
negro militia, to be stationed In
democratic counties at the expense
Of the local population, with mill.
tary commissions organized to con.
vict. Such is literally the prOpo.
sition Introduced in the senate on
Friday by Mr.. Drake, OF Missouri,
and supported with rancorous VI
gOr by him and several other Re.
publican senator's on that day and
to-day.
But It Is not In these three states
alone that the radicals In congress
and President Grant perceive the
Signs OF q dissolution Of the repub'
IiCan party ascendanCy, and q mel
ting away Of their chances for the
control of the national govern.
ment. They are aware Of the prob
ability, which has long been patenI
to Democrats In Congress, particu
larry to such as have by their com
mittee relations been brought II
contact with delegates from th'
southern people, that there is hard
ly one, possibly not one, Of the
old slave states which, If left "a
itself even In conformity to the re-
construction laws, would fail Il
roll In a democratic majority at thu
very next state or national election
The negro vote, first trusted BY
Radicallsm to serve Its purposes
and those alone, Is TOO plastic to bt
relied on by a party not actually IL
strong, controlling power. Over
whelming evidence exlsts,not mere
" of the ability Of Southern white
leaders, given q fair field TO per.
suade the negroes away from The
support of Northern Radicals and
Southern apOstates now set In Of
fee among them, but Of the actua'
tendency Of the negro population
10 a political alliance with theil
old masters and friends for the
practical purposes of local tran.
guilty, industrial prosperity and
mutual protection.
Throughout the South 1t is GER
tain that, II let alone, the Stat'
elect no more carpet-bag Cover
errors, and send no more Carpet-bas
or Radical members, of whatever
ilk to Congress. Likewise in Ohio
Missouri, Indiana, and otheI
Northern and Western Common
wealths, the Radical party feels III
former vantage ground erumblins
under the weight of tariff and tax.
alton. From every side count
warnings 10 the party Of a fall.
The strait is the more desperate
by reason Of the monstrous COrrup.
tiOns in which some of the leader:
Of the party are implicated-cor'
ruptions which, In the event Of
change of the national administra.
ton and the Overhauling Of depart
ment records here, would at oncI
be exposed and fastened upon theil
authors. Motives the strongest
self-defense, of self-preservatior
even-inspire these men and theil
nnlttso,I oaunciotna IN rafain fhait