Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13

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special Correspondence " the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
! FAR EAST, July ), ls;77.
Slowly James 6. Blaine moves to-
ward the fate and status of SCHUYLER
Colfax. They were as ulike as two
ears on the Fourth OF July. When
Henry {. Bowen obtains q man that
man is recorded, Bowen began on
Beecher, trotted out Tilton, annexed
Colfax, and abetted Jay Cooke. His
last-found political corpse had been
Blaine. At Woodstock he keeps q
cemetery, which, under the name Of a
park, he has presented TO lhe town
There he seals his victims TO him by
tripartite alliance beginning with the
words: We three, Henry, Theodore
and Henry Does Blaine believe IN
condolences! Has lie no dread Of as.
trology! Is il not as clear as the
Forty Thieves and Ali Baba 10 have
been Bowen's star contributor:
Chamberlain led of. He RANKS
among public men like Gen. Walker,
the tillibuster, amongst kiugs. Or not
80 high; for Walker had courage and
remained to be shot, while Chamber
lain ran away. South Carolina people
now here express the belief tha. Cham
berlain IS the only man OF the whole
band OF pet-baggers q; Columbia
who got away with his .wag. He
must be comfortable 10 precipitste him
self into politics again with such con.
idence, There is no confidence like
fair bank account. This cod-Oooded
Carpet-bagger, whose rhetoric glit;ers
like ice, aud which alone saves him
from contempt above his contemporary
gypsies, has undertaken 10 continue his
publicity in the North by harranguing
at the President In Henri {. Bowen's |
burial lot. Blaine covered near by, |.
abetting the sdventurer, and toward /
evening Blaine brsvey attacked MCxi.
co. That was al ingenious case Of
moral courage.
Perhaps he thought Of Pordrio Diaz
and Chamberlain together, and they
recalled to him the bandit chiefs Of .
Mexico, who return from the robbery .
OF travellers and remote haciendas, 10 /
take spells of contriion on the Church .
steps. II we have no right to annex a
part of Mexico by military force, per-
haps We have no right TO maintain
Chamberlain and Packard in the South |
by military power. 1t will not do, Mr..
Blaine, TO steal any Of the thunder OF |
he deceased Tom Corwini Mexico is |
not a policy Kamtschstka is not TO the
point; don't point TO q far quarter,
like q jeck-ass's care, and say: "Thats |
an alarming phenomenon The speck !
is on your eye, not on Mexico. There
are some kinds of cunning worse than
the ostrich's when she pOkes her head
in the sand and has her photograph
taken from the other end. The selec-
tion of q 4th OF July in Bowen's grave.
} ard 10 precipitate speech on Mexico
before l. few Yankee rustics was one
OF those resources of despair aud stu.
pidity which makes Us remark Time
was that when the brains were out the
man would die
Equally impertinent were Chamber
lain, assuming to be on the level of the
Presidents opponent, and Blaine, as.
suming 10 be our counselor in discreet
things. Chamberlain is nobody,
without citizenship Ia eny State, aud
be merely figured as one Of q caDal to
operate the negro voting machine of
South Carolina. Mr.. Pike, one of
Baine's constituents, and Republican,
said OF 1.-THE PROSTATE State' Chamter.
lain controlled: 1T Is the dregs of the
hsbilitated in the robes Of
their intelligent predecessors, and as.
serling over them the rule Of ignorance
and corruption. The blacks in the Leg.
islature outnumber the whole body Of !
whites lnere three TO one. II is the
spectacle Of society suddenly !
turned bottom side up Aud The OBJ. !
scure Carpel-bagger who stopped 10
reign In such Gomorrah, and be
bluffed by The negro buccaneer, Elliott, /.
a. corrupt villain, aud who then
walked up convention with him arm
in'arm, is also the upsiart whoa ddress.
es q public speech TO the President OF
the Uniied States, as If he was the lead
Ing opponent of the Administration. !
Il iss decided case Of negro impu-
dence.
SO with Blaine leCturing on the evils
Of annexation. He who has annexed
any small articles within his reach
land grant railroads,
stole \ geullemaL letters, listened to
srVeSirop telegraph messages aud
'oa'el and bullied in The debate-he,
lin Il aine, cautious US not to yield to
erri Orinl ambition, not to be carried
AWAY @ith conquest, not to invade
VI x,c. aud take any mules or ranches?
Wh,l devil Of an upstart!