Richland beacon., 1874-08-15
FiCksburg.

The cieclon Tor Mayor, Aldermen
and other city officers in Nich,burg
attracted attention throughout the
United States The arrogance and
overbearins rule of the negroes and
carpct-ba ~gers had driven the whites
OF that city TO the necessity Of or
ganizin- for the protection OF their
livea and property; in other words.
negro rule in Nickshurg had forced
the whites into the same attitude that
negro rule has forced them into here,
and the radical party SET up the Old
howl of iniir. alton anC violence.
The whites organized and declared
they would no longer be outraged and
robbed. This used TO be treason to
tie Federal government, and 1t seems
that the negro Lieutenant Cove. or
and Governor Ames believed it was
still treason, Int they were mistaken.
; They asked. begged, prayed the Presi-
dent to send troops TO Nick,burg to
restrain the white -avageS and Gespera-
does of that city, who were about to
murder all the negroes and white re-
publicans 10 Warren county. Ames
and Davis literally filled the nation
with their wild howlings for troops.
But times are changed The Presi-
dent kncw Ames and Davis and their
bcnchmen were lying-lying Just rs
they and all their tribe had been lying
for eight years: be knew the white
people Of Nick,burg were civilized
and Christian pe"rl lie; that they were
no more murder =. desperadoes and
savages than IL white people o
Washington. or New Vow, or Massa
, chusetts: aud he hr wv they were moi
going TO abuse and murder the ne
= Toes unless the negroes attempted tC
e e'rage and butcher them, and he re
j insei the request of Ames, Davis 4
Z 20. t,use the Federal army to intimi
|" GATE tie citizens of Nicksburg ant
hand Ger their city government
:. again to ring of scoundrels.
The people of Nicksburg hav
shown the country that the Presiden
}. was right. The election took plac
= On the 4'h inst It was as orderl
and quiet, and US free from intimid;
l.. tioE as any election ever held i
Mississippi, and the Peoples ticke,
;. composed of honest, educated an
;. capable " lite men, was elected bv
large majority.
= Two very important facts a
b. established by the Vicksburg electio
I First it shows that the power of Il
: Federal government is no longer
t be exercised to Cypress the white pc
). pie of the South, and protect ii
D carpet-baggers and negro politician
in their plumber Of these States; thu
the Administration will hereafter
guided by the constitution. and WI
not interfere ia the local affairs of
State until all the civil powers of tn,
State have been in vain exhausted {
maintain peace and the supremacy (
the law; that the army is no long,
I a anibe at the call of every coward
: of MlssissipSSslp,s :! scoandrel like Anne
t lana. when he wants H''feSgs, . Of Lou ii
, election of brother rascal or rife II
pockets of the white people. Secon,
c The result of the Vicksburg electio
shows the power of the White Man
: party. The census of 1870 shows
: considerable excess of negroes ovt
wSHes in Nicksburg, and vet IL
whites on strict race-party issu
> carried the city by a large majorit
; and without striking blow of vi,
lence, or practicing intimidation. II
organization of intelligence an
property, in viDdication of law ALL
Justice and civilized society agaias
licensed political crime and anarch,
, triumphed in Vicksburg, as it ca
; triumph anywhere else, whateve
may be its disparity of numbers
Crime an wrong, however muc
they may riot and buster when uu
opposed, are the most cowardly in
F stincts of human nature, and vii
cover and yield to right and astice
when right and justice array them
selves against them. Let the peopl
of Louisiana ponder well the meanin.
of the Vicksburg election the secre
of the salvation of their State is en-
bodied in its philosophy; it was al
election in allcity for city officers
but its result is the first ray of ligh
in the dawn of the new era for The
South which we have been so anxious
iy awaiting, and the gaze of the whole
country is fixed upon it. To the lone
oppressed people of Louisiana it is q
revelation of greater import than was
Coggia's comet, and we read in its
strange light the promise of the re.
demption of our once magnificent
State.-Shreu port Times.