Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
The atate CenHentIea.

are interested IN KnoWlng VINO Will De
the nominees of the Democratic party,
we do pot consider this the most impOr.
tant duty 10 be performed by the rep.
resentatives Of the people. We are op-
posed 10 ing, high..ounding resolu-
tions, but we think i, desirable that an
expression Of opinion should be had on
the vital issues before the country. The
South wants the Southern Pacific Rail.
way, and the Mississippi Convention
should speak out for It in language
that cannot be misunderstood by our
Representatives in Congress. II this
is done, and any one Of our Congress-
men elects TO oppose the wish OF the
State in this matter, Il will be left to bis
constituents at the mex, election 10 in.
struct him 10 remain OF home.
A simple but plain reso ulion in
dorsing the Presidents kind and con.
stitutional course toward the South
ought 10 be adopted. The President
should be informed in an authoritative
way that he cannot excel Missistip-
plans in magnanimity, and that for
every extreme Radical State that re.
fuses 10 indorse his just course he may
count on two Southern States that will
approve Of 1t. Congress will meet
in October, and our Congressmen will
be gratfed 10 be able to 20 TO Wash.
ingtOn backed by this kindly feeling
towards the Chief Executive of the
Nation. There should be no further
display Of sectional feeling against
those who wish TO beiriend the South.
Our Congressman should see from the
action OF the Convention that Missis-
sippi prefers TO cooperate with all
those who wish to aid her against the
extremists Of the North, 10 a foolish
agitation Of questions that have been
settled BY lAw. Our State Convention
should show that the people of this
State propose for the future TO oppose
sectional agitation, and intend 10 co.
operate with the National Admins.
trahon in al, just measures.
There is another question which we
consider more important than any of
the questions 10 which we have alluded
above. We &i!u4e 10 the currency
question. The Radical Administra.
tions ever since the war have steadily
contracted the circulating medium Of
the country. This contraction means
OF the poor people, the
the farmers, the mer-
chants, the mechanics, and all classes
Of people who labor with their muscle
or their brains for q livelihood. In
this contraction, which has up 10 this
time been steadily carried on, the Gov.
ernment has active assistants iu the
National BAnks, for these Banks are by
their charters forced 20 be prepared to
redeem their notes, either In green.
backs or goll. This cruel contrac.
tion has gone on 10 such an extent
that silver is now quoted below green.
backs, and no occupation Is remunerA.
tive. A factory with hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars worth Of fine ma.
chinery and hundreds Of skilled opera
tives, does not pay interest on capital
invested although the last cen. is ground
out Of the employees. Vast corpora
tiOns are being bankruptel. Rich rail.
way, steamboat aud steamship COM
panies are so oppressed By these fatal
errors in finance that they cannot pay
their laborers enough TO keep body and
soul together. The South, it is true, is
better of than the West and North, but
we mus, al admit that never before did
this section Of the country experience
such hard times. Our planters practice
the most rigid economy, but the prices
of products are kept so low by con.
traction Of the currency ihatitis hard
struggle 10 pay taxes and support life.
While many Of our citizens fail to ap-
preciate the fact, the South is just as
vital!y interested in the money ques-
tion as any other section q The Union.
Our Convention should speak out
against contraction, against paying the
National Banks twenty million dollars
yearly to issue money that the Gov
ernment ought 10 Issue for nothing,
against making On u lst discrimina-
tion in favor OF the ria mans bonds
by paying their in;el IS! in gold
and refusing TO pay greenbackS
at all, or 10 receive them for
duties, against the demoneiizAtiOn Of
silver, and in fact against the whole
financial policy of the Radical party.
II oil the Southern States will pursue a