Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-12


soon TO assemble, and that is the Ques-
tlon Of the tariff. I desire to say have
never been able 10 comprehend, and
don't think any man can give me a
reason for II, that tariff, beyond the
point Of revenue, Is q relief 10 the in
dustries Of the country. The tariff will
In ell probability be readjusted upon q
rational basis, designed not to foster
any one particular interest, but upon
the general principle Of acquiring for
the Government q revenue and allow
ing those engaged in such pursuits as
are taxed under the customs the bene-
fits which result from it. To do more
than that is to deny to labor the priv
ilege OF exchanging It where II can get
the most for Il. So far as II regards
resumption, believe that when the
great industries are relieved Of their
burden, and when they are supported,
as believe the Democratic party will
support them, then you can talk about
resumption. Oh! you need not talk
about It; for, when you build up these
great industries, resumption will come
by itself. Applause.
4 say, therefore, that don't believe,
that under the sun Of Heaven, there Is
a State in which protection 10 person
and property and obedience to law
prevails more than 1t does now since
Mississippi has gone under the control
of her really governing class. This
would have been the case long ago If
we had been permitted to send the rep
resentatives Of our own people TO COu-
gress. But we were compelled 10 send
a set OF strangers, foreigners. We had
a specimen Of 1t in a distinguished
Governor under the oppression in that
State. l a'lude TO Governor Ames.
He was se:, TO Congress after being
Military Governor Of the State. He
was electtd 10 January, 1870, four
months after c admitted that he had
determined TO settle in Mississippi, and
he stated that he had signed his cre-
denlials himself. One would have
supposed that he would have demeaned
himself according to the requirements
OF bis high position. But he said In
the Senate that he did not believe that
old masters Of the slaves ought TO have
any word 10 say with reference TO tho
negro, because they, as the slaves mas
terp, would have been ready TO have
chopped them up limb by limb on the
auction block if they could have made
any money by II. The man who
imagines that a Southern man could
have done that might possibly have
done 1t II be had been there himself.
But | thank God there was a Senator
from this State who had the maniness
10 stand up in the Senate and say,
"Give these people a Constitutional
Government, as they are entitled tO 1t,
and you will have law aid order In
that State" Applause. And that Sem
ator was your own distinguished AL
len G. Thurman. Renewed applause.
And hope that day is not far distant
when we shall be able TO find vindica-
tors of the people Of the United States,
whether they live in one portion Of 1t
or another; that we shall find in the
halls OF the national legislature men
with heart enough and soul enough to
feel that when they are legislating they
are legislating for the whole country,
whose grand aud great destiny cannot
be cramped down by legislation de-
signed 10 build up one section of the
land at the expense Of tearing down
another.