Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13

ySAaAst ~ athAuu4uh " 4e AAg oNAINt-
ship Of the few grammatical editorials
which appear in Vicksburg papers, 1t 10
no fault of mine. But In the name OF
ell the Gods at once, and especially In
the honOred name and memory Of
Lindley Murray, protest against haV-
ing to father any Of the recent articles
In our city press upon the subject ofthe
Democratic nomination for Governor.
| am not guilty, and appeal to the in
dignAtion Of mankind aud 10 the hu-
manity Of the gentle and fascinating
bull.dozers throughout Mississippi to
vlndlcate me against the atrocity OF my
accusers.
Aud yet the suspicion has gone
abroad upon buzzsrd's wings to the re-
mOtest corners Of the State, and l have
been arraigned and belabored (in bad
for many weeks upon the
charge of having written or inspired
the expression, through a Vicksburg
paper, of come slight preference for
ex.GOV. Humphreys rather than for
Gen. Lowry. ABd thereupon the
worthy and venerable Ex-Governor hiss
been made the victim Of fierce, vim.
dictive and unrelenting persecution,
and Lowry elevated to cOmpanionship
with the Gods; while at myself has
been aimed several small sluices Of
Characteristic billingsgate, and sour
rihty. The idea is that 1t now
becomes the business OF all the
people of the State to lay aside the
several estimates which any Of them
may have formed of Governor Hum
phreys or of General Lowry, give up all
right TO any Independent judgment
upon either, and blindly oppose the one
becOuse | favor him, and blindly favor
the other because | oppose him.
Itis only the Democratic mind, as it
Is found to flourish in certain parts Of
that is capable of such
wise, logical and patriotic deductions,
and | now begin to see why 1t was that
Lowry and some other Dem
Ocratic members of the Legislature
five years ago, united with 0. C..
French, A. Warner, and other Radical
members, In voting for and re-elecling
the Pilot Ring as State Public Printers,
upon the understanding that tho Jack
son Clarion should be allowed 10 share
the enormous spoils Of which that
Ring was at that lime plundering tho
State Treasury. (See Major BarEs.
dale's testimony before the Senate
Committee last Winter) That Ring
was reelected and the division OF spoils
accomplished, because it was we'll.
known that | ,cds opposed to Il, and
the public need not be surprised II
French, Raymond, Warner and even
Ames should any day oe invited to
return from their exile aud accept
places on the Democratic state ticket,
in company with General Lowry, as
Dent once did /; and all for the sole rea-
sonthat | have long been as much
to French, Raymond,
Warner and Ames as | ever was to
Gen. Lowry, and exactly for the same
reason, tO.wit: that they all belonged
to and we're active participants in the
same trading and intriguing combina-
lion, composed Of about equal numbers
Of Democrats and Republicans.
But with q view to allaylng the ex.
element upon this subject, which has
been rapidly increasing In the Demo-
'ratlo camp for many weeks past, and
% preventing, If possible, any further
between the respective
friends Of Humphreys ard Lowry, |
beg to say that | have never till now
expressed, or entertained or authorized
he expression, on my behalf OF any
,hoice or preference between the gen-
.lemen above named.
The only arguments | have yet
leard In favor Of Gov. Humphreys are
irst, his honesty, and secondly, his
fOrctbie remOral from office By the
military IN 1868.
Upon the first OF these propositions
lave only 10 say that the quality thus
attributed 10 Gov. Humphrey. wonld
De q recommendation to bin in any
other party except the one with which
10 is associated; but history, in all ils
round, makes mention OF no other par.
y in which honesty is 30 rare a virtue,
md so much under par A. in the Mis-
iissippi Democracy. We have already
ieen that only one honest mans ru-
nored preference for Gov. Hum
,hreys has already injured the old
gentemans chances with uis party
rery seriously. II he FCaily possesses
he virtue OF honesty himself, and that
act should become generally known,
I will insure his certain aud inevita.
Die defeat But the assertion that Hum.
lLrers was removed from Office by
he United States military power, is a
firsi-rate Democratic argument far
above the average. But like all other
Democratic arguments ii rests upon a
gross mistake and perversion o; his
torical facts. Gov. Humphreys never
was removed by United States militia.
ry power from the Chief Magistracy
Of Mississippi and the noisy fellows
who call themselves "friends Of Bob
Lowry or II their Chief himself had
possessed half as much of iHtell'V"r9o
as they do OF scurriIlty. they would
have exposed tue failacy Of thi- pi,iiul
appeai long ago. The fact Is, Gov.
Humphreys served out his full term OF
Office, under the Constitution and laws
OF Mississippi That term expired on
the lst Monday Of Januar; 1865. The