Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

Hen. a. 6. Brow A's Letter.
This document, although It 10 a cum
1iDgly devised attack on the Demo.
cratic party Of Mississippi, is so word.
Cd that no one knows what Mr., Brown
is driving it. Mr.. Lamar has been
foolishly blamed for attending one Of
The most important Conventions ever
held In this State, and 1t is now in or
der for the press to wisely blame the
distinguished Ex-Governor for not at.
lending It, for by his own lips he utterS
mis- condemnation, He says the Demo-
cratic party In 1867 committed grave
errors Notwithstanding his protests,
and fearing that the party would repeat
the folly Of ten years ago he sulked
away at Terry, and the first thing we
lear OF him, is through the Jackson
Times, suggesting him for Governor.
This support of the Bloody-shirt.
Grant Hayes.negro.anythi g.Lord-to-
5eAt-the.D emocratic-party journal, Of
course was not calculated TO do
him much good, but notwith.
standing this dead weight, the
influential papers in the State referred
10 him kindly, and n Of the editors
took the trouble to write to him and
ask his views" Instead Of giving
The public his We've, he, apparently in
very bad humor, dishes out some
mournful prophecies. We would care
very little for his foretelling political
events, If 1t was not for his left-handed
blow at q party that we know con-
ferred upon him (perhapS 1t committed
$ grave error them ell the honors he
ever enjoyed in this State, and that we
know has conferred after years OF war
fare against iguoramuses and thieves
aided and abetted by many of the
white people, the blessing Of good and
economical government on this State.
We have listened to this %gentleman's
prophecies before to-day, and we have
never known him 10 f~orecaste the fu-
ture correctly. Before the war be and
extremists like he was at that time,
could not support Douglass for the
Presidency, and this very political
prophet told US in eloquent speeches
that il would ell come out right,
when time made it sill come
out wrong, and the South was
set back fifty years by q five years
war that these men brought about by
driving away from Us our friends in
the North. Bill Ysncy and that clasI
OF men could not stomach Douglass
aud to-day the burden Of 8 mournfu
prophecy by one Of these very men il
that q dire future awaits us, because
we do not pull him out and shape on
course by his advice. II he though
we were going wrong, why did he no
meet Lamar, George, Singleton, Hook
er, Barksdale, Lowry, Stone and thu
rest of our talented leaders, and con
suit with them, and try and avert tn
evil that his fine political prescience en-
abled him to eco aiar of? His reasol
why he did not do this is because b
feared nc would DO DETAINED, at leas
he gives this reason in his letter. w
will not comment on this Aimsy ex
cuse as II deserves. 1t smacks to,
much Of the whining stuff "
read Of in the Radical sheet
Of the rotten concern once know
as the Southern Republican party
These Radical saints would have u
believe that they cannot serve US o
comment on Southern affairs for thei
benefit, because they are defaime
beyond endurance. Governor Brow
Gays very nearly the same thing, an
our only comment is that II he csnnC
agree that the Democratic party hI