Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-17

muFs8ay MoFniBg, NAY 16.



Sen. LmOs r Chalmers, the Shoe
string Representative, declared on the
AeoF Of lhe House lhst the United
GlatRs ought 10 make good 70 the ne
.gFOep what they lost by depOsitlng In
The FFssdmsn'B Savings Bank. Young,
Of Tenneftee, remarked that there Was
. majority Of 5000 negroes IN the
EhosGITipg District. This was Q de-
elde6 biz at the little BrigadieF, Whese
whole Congressional career seems to
have been bent on making himself con.
pieuOus on the floor Of the House, and
popular with bic negro constituents.
He should consider that there ere come
while men in bic District, and that
these will probably have q majority 10
the pominating CoDveniiOn.-[Colum
bus Democrat.
We put the csptOn 10 the above ar-
tiele. We think Il . very proper one.
If The State Of Mississippi is in any
political danger to-day, that danger
comes from the hrO.esting extremists
in the Democratic party. Il comes from
men and journals who srS continually
Attempting 10 raise questions that
were tettled by the sword.
The above fling ct Gen. Chalmers is
fair sample Of the sort Of dangerous
stuG 10 which We alluds. If Il means
anything, Il means that Gen. Chalmers
bee no business looking after the rights
Of the cOlOred people Of bic District,
and implies that the white people Of
this State have not accepted the
amendments added 10 the COnStitu-
ton Slnce the war.
The great aim Of the Democratic
party in this State for years was to Sc
cure local elf.gOvernment. The party
has resolved again and again that the
amendments TO the Constitution are
accepted in good faith, and It has bent
its whole energy to securing homerule.
The has been secured, and now come
men and journals advocating the only
courie that can endsnger the fruits Of
our victory. They are doing their
very best 10 give the Radicals an ex.
cuse to interfere again with our affairs.
They are creating the impression that
the white people Of this State are
In favor Of expressing the color
ed people. The real aim Of our
party 10 to guarantee to all CLASSES
and races their rights, and to give the
cOlOFed man every opportunity to ad:
vance and prosper according to bis
ability. The Democratic party of this
State is opposed 10 drawing the color
line In politics unless the black people
should draw 1t themselves. And above
oil, the Democratic party has declared
time and sgaiD, that II fSvors the pro.
lection Of The negroes. In his political
NVeAsVi ASh' SAo4lu6Eo las COEEdClly
represented the party that elected him.
he has worked for the interest of both
races. and he will next Fall receive the
support Of both races. he is per.
fectly right in trying to make
the Government refund the
money Of which the poor ignorant
negroes were robbed through its name
and influence. We hope he will pursue
this line Of action until every dollar Of
the money is refunded to the negroeSl
The Government endorsed the scheme
by which they were robbed, and It is
the Governments duty to pay them. If
the Columbus Democrat can find no
greater fault with Gen. Chalmers than
this In the future, II had best direct he
attention 10 affairs in lie own District.
Better still, 1t had best moderate lie ut.
terances 10 suit the march Of liberal
progress.