Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
A Senatorial aagEesslon.


Several prominent citizens have been
proposed BY their friends, orhave pro-
posed themselves, as material Of which
to make 9 new State Senator, at the
coming election. Without intending
to detract from any Of them, there are q
large number Of US who propose to keep
our present Senator another term In
the seat which he has so faithfully oc.
Cupied for the last four years. He has
served this city, this county and this
State, during elk Of the most stormy
and most difficult legislative sessions in
the history Of the State. And It is but
simple justice to say that no Senator or
Representative has been more watchful,
more faithful, or more true to the hon
or or to the wishes of his constituents,
than Gen. Charles E. Furleng. Let 1t
not be forgotten, how, when he was
declared nominated for Senator
in 1873, o. G. French, John B, Ray
mond and others of that ilk,
were Immediately sent here by
Ames and his State Executive Com
mittee to get this County Executive
Committee to choke Furlong Of the
ticket; aud how that gentleman had
them all sent back In q hurry, and
glad to get away on dry land instead
of being thrown into the Mississippi
river, as would have been their fate
had they persisted In their object. The
objection OF Ames & 60. to Gen. Fur
long, was his supposed liberallty to-
wards the white people, and by urg'
ing this against him, they drew to his
support large majority Of the Demo-
Gratis Of this county, and he led bis
own ticket more than fifteen hundred
votes. And Gen. FurlOng has not
been unmindful nor ungrateful. At
the first session Of the Senate Q res0lu.
ton was brought up to invite Jas. L.
Alcorn 10 resign his seat in the United
States Senate. Gen. Furlong had no
partiality for that gentleman but he
knew that Alcorn's ofense, like his
own, was merely the liberal spirit
which he cherished for the white
people Of the State OF MiSsissip-
pI, aud the demand for Alcorn's
resignation proceeded from the same
men who hsd tried to choke Gen. Fur
long of the ticket at Vicksburg. He,
therefore, made q full exposure Of their
authors and their object and the reso-
lutious,and though they had passed the
House almost unanimously, they were
defeated In the Senate. This was the
beginning Of the war between Gen.
Furong and the base followers of
Ames. which, for awhile, was con.
Quoted in the Senate, by Gen. Furlong
almost alone aud single-handed. He
bravely maintained his ground until
the formation of that powerful coali.
ton between a few decent Republicans
and the Democrats Of the State, which
has resulted in the complete, and we
hope fnal, overthrow OF the Republican
party in Mississippi. 1t 10 no Aattery
and no exaggeration to say that 1t waI
that fierce, keen and brilliant attack o.
the young and inexperienced Senator
from Warren, upon the character anC
administration of Ames, delivered IL
the Senate in December 1874, that frs
drove the spear deeply into the vital
of Radical rascality In this State. Marl
il! That speech was made at = specia
session of the Legislature which haC
been called together by Ames' procla'
nation for the ackno wledged purpose
OF obtaining troops; for passing thC
infamous Metropolitan Bill; and fol-
obtaining general and specific revenge
upnn the people Of this city and county
to- the killing Of few negroes by the
white people IN resisting the raid of thI
negroes upon Vicksburg on the III
December, 1874. The Mississippi Sen
ate Chamber never resounded to al
abler or more disinterested exposure
of vlllainy or a nobler defense a,! win
dication Of the right. The troop, werI
not obtsined, aud the metropolitan
Police Bill was defeated. But this wa
not all. That overwhelming exposure
aud arragnment Of Ames and his tool
was the basis for his subsequent i'm
peachmenL Indeed the speech con
J tanned every article aud charge upon
which he was afierward degraded anC
driven from the State; and thu
triumphant defense aud vindication o
the people OF Warren county was ex
tenslvely printed, copied and quoted
, by leading journals aud statesmen @
, the North aud West. II was the testi
mony of a prominent Northern soldier
aud as such had much greater effec
than the same statements would havt
had emanating from any other source
II was not only explicit, specific aut
powerful, bu, 1t fel! on Northern ear
as the testimony OF au intelligen
r Northern man, aud gallant Northern
soldier. Ten came his speeches
. sgainsi the resolutions complimsntin.
I Gen. Sheridan for his military expul
sion of Capt Flanagan from the Vicks
I burg Sheritl's office; against the Metro
T poliian Police bill, which waslntendet
1 to cost the people Of this county no
less than one hundred thousand del
= lars; upon the Printing Bill, eic. Ii
t all those instances, and in oil Others
Senator Furlong was true, faithful
Jealous and eloquent for the peopl
4 among whom lie lived. Iu fOu
years, running through six ses
4 sions, Senator Furlong never missed
: a rol. call, aud never BY any word o.
:, deed, received a word Of censure
: save from the "birds OF prey who arr