Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-03-29
sIaaderers OF she soash.


ing and abusing the South. This sec.
tion Of the Union lOst untold amounts
by the war, II paid vast sums as tax on
cotton, It was sWiniled and robbed by
The carpet.baggerS and scallAwags of
countless millions, yet the more we
suffered the more We are slaudered. II
10 TACT that has often been remarked,
that men hate those they have injured,
and the course Of the journals to which
We allude, seems TO afford convincing
proof Of this strange phenomenon.
The fanatics who followed the teach
ings OF the Tribune, the Cincinnati Ga
z5tle, the Chicago luter. OceSn, and
other paper1 Of that class, after spprov-
ing oil the suterings the South was
made to endure, enjoy the misrepre.
scnlations aud slanders put forth about
us. They seem determined that we
shall never be allowed TO live ct peace
as equals in the Union. Their hate
SCENE 10 be Unsuitable.
In late Issues the Tribune has surpass.
ed itself In detailing the designs OF the
Southern States on the United States
Treasury. The South, according to it's
accounts, Is a vampire, that only awaits
the opportunity to suck the life blood
ofthe Nation, To cause lie readers to be.
lieve these Sccountsi ii prints lists Of the
bills introduced into Congress for q
thousand and one different purposes.
II bitterly opposes the Texas and Pa.
cifc Railway, and all other needed
Southern enterprises, and denounces
them ss steals. II denounces ell pro.
jects for the improvement Of the Mis-.
sisSippi river, and for the protection of
the great valley, II charges that all
these are Southern vampirisms, when
It is an indispu,able fac; that four.
ifths Of all the vast river commerce 10
in the interest of Northern men. These
things are charged and urged with such
persistency that Republicans at the
North must think the South q veritable
beggar. Ye! the ;ru;h is, she has
not and never will have one.
half thA; -ne 10 justly entitled to-.
Millions h2?, been spent on Northern
enterprises, and the South is to-day
paying her portion Of the interest on
the debt thus created without q mur-
mur. Millions and millions we're
given TO the Northern, the Union, and
the Central Pacific railways, and the
South Is bearing her portion of the in.
terest on these millions, and she Is only
demanding q small mite OF justice in
asking for aid 10 a great trans.conti
mental railway across Southern soil.
10 addition TO this class Of slanderers
there is another class q, the North
equally as unjust 10 the South and to
Southern people. We allude TO the
class that are continually harping on
our lawlessuess, aud continually lying
about what they cali political persecu.
tious. These instruct the people Of the
North 10 believe that no man can be
a Republican in the South and
enjoy his full rights as citizen.
They scruple a! no means TO accomplish
this end, and they are blind and deaf to
all the efforts we are making to have
the laws enforced. They actually en-
courage the people OF the South 10 fos-
ter bitter sectional spirit and feeling
Of hatred 10 Republicans, for they give
all Southern men q bad name regard.
less Of truth. We have the written
evidence before ne of an instance oi
this kind that is actually disheartening.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gazette thus telegraphed to
II on March lAlh:
"MrS. Chisolm, widow OF Judge Chisolm
murdered at DeK ID, Miss, last year, has
returned 10 her position as Clerk In the
T easury Department, from the trial oil
the murderers Of her husband. She pro
no1nces the trial q mockery Ofjustice. The
prisoners were on the most lntlmats terms
with the Court officials. Mrs. ChlsOlm
was permitted % answer few questions
and those immaterial, Judge Ireland
Mrs. ChlsOlm says, declared that she had
failed to prove that her husband was {
voter or citizen Of the United States, and
that, accordingly, be must instruct tbs
jury 10 render verdict"
In point Of fact Mrs. Chisolm never
left Washington; the prisoners, 81
though ready for trial, were not tried
because the State was not ready. Mrs.
ChisOlm never answered any questions
because she was not present Judg'
ireland never instructed the Jury Il
render verdict, because he had moth
ing to do with It. Judge Hamm pre-.