Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15

ave ana refused % convert that nuRuRt
Chamber ipt0 al b market, but proposed,
hee geHtleneet 70 settle or personal din =.
oulties elsewhere, we were denounced 10
voted with the hard-mOney men OF the
kaat TOT NJ. Ttlden we were preparing 20
bankrupt the Government with Southern
claims aud payment for our slaves. When
We voted with the 0Oft-mOney men OF the
West We we're seeking 70 disgrace the Gov
eminent By debaslng lie currency. All
these charges have been made "a inst Ms
and have been re-ochoed 10 q leading Re-
publican paper, the New York Tribune,
once faiF and liberal toward the south, but
which has nov turned upon us with omi.
nouS ferocity.
Not long since 1t compared the return OF
the South 10 the return VI the prOdigal son
and said: "There 10 too much fuss being
made over the ragged reprobate, who only
returned because he could not help him.
self" II this story furnishes q parallel
between the returned pTOdlga Il and the
ragged Confederate soldier, It furnishes a
parallel equally as striking to the radical
Republican Of t0-day. The Bible tells Us
that when the prOdigal returned his father
wept tears OF Joy upon HE neck, and order
ed the lated calf ~ DO killed. But 1t 10 lis
US, too, that there was a jealous brother
there who murmurel at this reception,
whose enviOus soul was unwilling to share
with a brother his fathers heritage, and
who, in the mallgnlly Of bis heat, would
have driven him out again into the wilder
ness 10 eat huske with the swine or to
starVe. When we returned to our fathers
house we found our Democratic fathers
and Democratic brothers ready to receive
us with open arms, TO shed tears OF Joy
that the lost were found, and to hill the
latted calf IN honor OF our restoration.
But we, too, found . Jealous brother here
who murmured Vt our reception; o Radl.
cal brother who Teviled us with q tongue
more bitter than q serpent's tooth, Who
barred the doors OF our fathers house
against Ne, and who kept us out In the
cold through manI weary years standing
upon the ragged edge OF expectation dur.
lug the painful experiment OF recOnstruc.
tiOn. Mr. speaker, do not allude 10
these thtngs In any spirit OF
nothing 70 gain BY 1t. They be-
long to the historic past, aud I treat them
as [ would any other facts OF history. l
refer 10 them now simply % remind gen
tlenen that ali the good fai,h 10 not upon
one side an ell tue bad faith up n the
other, but that both Sides, perhaps, have
done those things which they ought not "
dOne," and ''have left undOne those thirgs
which they ought 10 nave DONE" and that
both have cause 10 ask forgiveness |
next 10 the implied promises alleged
to have been mad l..
Ia the discussion which took place u,ou
be lltn Instant the gentleman from onto
Mr.. Garfield told Us that ''the Outrag ,Uus
persecution VI the Returning Board IN Tue
city OfNew orleans was again involving
Iha nnINIFp In aEnNtnnut n.annaKgta - - .l
the gentleman from Maine Mr.. Hale
said: 81 d. not think these mn ou ut to
be abandoned. The administrator ought
not u abandon th,m.' In reply 10 the
char sc that the order had Z ne tnlth IrOiu
the Democratic party t. Hssail tIe Presi.
dent might say that here " hal Ihe irst
VI Tue warfare that was TO be made
IN him from he other side, These were
the FIRST shots upon the skirmlsn line In.
teuded to drive the President into meNs-
ures and cum pei him mot TO abandon these
but the President remained an.
moved, anu on the 10th instant the whole
force OF the artillery was brought 70 bear
upon him, The gentleman from Maine
went about Smelling the WO de with ran.
dom shots from his light artillery; but the
gentleman from ohio struck TO the center
NJ every DIRE, aud those who respect the
President tTemble at his sat ". Under
the pretense that an order had gone forth
from the Democratic camp to assatl his title
these gentlemen have murdered inIO his
ears that HE cause and that VI the Return
ing Board is one aud the same; that the
case OF the State Of Louisiana VS.. Ander.
son and Wells Tor forgery Is but another
name for the case Of Tllden We. Hayes tor
fraud aud u%surpatiOn. And when tue gen.
tleman from Ohio said that the number VI
HnnmhIiNAna WIN AtaNRnaHnh Rha D.n.I
dents policy "bas been l creasing month
By month, week by week, and recently
hour by hour" II was meant 10 intimidatu
him aud not the Democratic party. II
was q warning 10 the President that
the Republican lion OF the House cOuld
as Justify as the Republican lion Of the
Senate.
But cir, what the Administration has to
with the enforcement OF criminal law In
III : state Of Louisiana | an unable TO un.
derstand. And unless there wal some
bargain, or agreement that IL should not
be done an unable to comprehend why
the prosecution Of lie citizens In the state
Ut Louisiana IN a State Court for q state
C line against q state law should involve
the country In sectional agitation. Nor
can l understand how the diminish alton
could or should interfere any more Tor the
~ VI N " AA hbAhnAMnA kuMu
for Boss Tweed Ia New YORK. l do NOT
say there was any bargain. Nor would |
With severity the action Of those
Who made II II one had been made. When
noble vessel has struggled through
the 2 fills OF shlpWreck 1 have no resDect
Tor the hIrsh criticism OF 9 land lubber
VINO, after the danger has passed, mocks
at tue apprehension u manly men or who
undertakes TO show how something better
could have been done.
accept tue solution OF the problem as
given by the gentlemen themselves The
county was thoroughly agitated over the
possible results Ofan INSTRUCTED ElectoI al
Count on tee one hand and the policy OF
tue incoming President on the other, A
number OF distinguished diplomatlsts as
sembled at WOrmley's, around hls costly
ieStal board, and, as usual WITH
extended each to the
Jlher renewed assurances Ut distin.
guisbed consideration. The Ona
assured the other not that the President
should, but that he would. Now you must
observe that q great deal depends on the
language used in diplomacy, rs the offend.
lrishman observed when be had been
from a gent'eman's house, Ne
said, ~ would not have minded If he had
sa'd 'McCarty, get out Of my house, but
he said g I out Of my house, McCartv.JO
These gentlemen did not bargain that the
President should, they simply gave assur.
ances that the President would remove Inc
from Louisiana "as a matter OF ION.
stitutio1al duty" The gentlemen on the
other side made no bargain thai the South.
ern Democrats should. thew simnlv Uava