The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1859-02-16

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.itfltg laws 10 a Whole eemmaniiy
.saoH lheIf lhowltdge y CONSENT
.Aflef ny return home, I %e6hyoraed
.sh several citizens u your town
.aeah tie lai,ago d lho Liqaor 1911,
.ail aa Htde chsgriaed % ii'coy.
In that they indeed "had not heard
m ne law before" | Will now
.luely state fho facts In Gle case,
.that the people through you may
.knos 10 vhp, extent | am personally
responsible. Towards the close Of
che session, pending DE eonsijora.
zion u lhe biqnor Dill, Which you
have IN part published, and which
was icing made applicable to quite
number u north Mississippi vii.
.laees, | received a letter from one
.ol your prominent citizens strongly
urging tho passage Of u similar law
for the town and vicinity Of Pamela,
stating, among other reasons, that
The writer ''had reason to believe
that il would NEE, the cordial appro.
baton Of al cur best citizens"
and further plcdgirg hmself 70 shout.
Ter oil responsibility, &c. Besides,
! learned from two or more sources,
tia. a revival Of religion had taken
place 10 your town and was perhaps
still going on o, the time the law
was being enacted, and that some
twenty odd Of the village, old men
and young men, hal professed a new
order Of being, which had no small
influence in convincing the hal q
majority at least Of "our best cifi-
sens desired the law. And further.
more, tho bill itself received the ap.
prevail Of my own Judgment, and !
uow regrc, thu, !, was not submitted
to tie vote Of the people, On, made
co. cx.eusiye With tie limits OF the
county upon their adoption, which !
would have done. II, under the cir.
c~umsiances, I bad done anything,
pfoyiied ! hal time, at The very
heels q .he session for mere mature
reflection.
Now, q few words IN reference to
the Tuition law, and I have done.
The Law providing for the paymcn,
Of the tuition Of such destitute and
orphan children as were taught Ia
tho various schools Of our county foi
the year 1858, Is altogether right
and proper, and is q part Of q pre-
cciing act, which you will do The
public q great favor by publishing.
The reason Why il was made retro.
spcctisc, was because We have PFC
ccdent In the local legislation OF the
State for other counties; and last
bat not least, the fund 10 %suficien,
10 reward our laborious, uncom'
planning, self.saeriicing teachers
who have, without exception, nevcl
turned away q boy from their schools
and academies because be Was pool
and couldn't pay, but have uniform
IL admitted him and have taught hin
with the same, II not more, kindness
and care than the child Of happiel
fortune. This has ever bssn N
case, as far as my experience gces'
throughout tho Soash-no eompen'
%sasion save that Of approving con
science and the poor man's gratitude
Truly. such praiseworthy acts on sh'
part Of our teachers should havc
more substantial reward, upeciall,
when We have the means 81 confer
ing Il.
am cir, respectfully, Be-,
r. B. MOSTLY.