The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-01-17

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~ Thousands n Christian man sha iatel
eth NE 'uece. fpl p1ry ib ihe lale election
sho d1 nof Hynpihye VIII fhf pflAcplef
~ aims y ahalllsnlsm Among ihese afe
-afaa beloved mfnihefi Il my nsn aafk. atp
HIll n0t hesitate a moment ~ pni ilie srnl
of thf.f APPRECIATION upuu ihe laotrnc m
tiIa lienoHrlo And Whii la fiiil more Nv
tha point iiafo seems i1 ho unieioni ~ ifleuee
lhlt ne mon Who has u.t been chosen io
bc tho hetl ~ ihia nation " among the
more conservative tnd liiblr luyug mon ul
hIa party Vs. Mwnl fau tlni if ih.
nre Administration could hc quietly inau
eufttrl. h would M could nhol,ionigo the
Gotcrumrui There nrp honest people
enough IN The Northern States 10 pforont
such result. liu, thcn whlc this n al
niticl al Q simple matter of truth and n0
iico. u cannot he dnhicd, IN The oihcr hand
that nh1lltipnlHin dln enter viih all ~ char
acteristlc bitterness into the recent contest,
that The result never could have been nc.
oomplIshcd without IL, assistance, and that
il nov appropriatos The victory in word. Of
ridlcuIc and scorn that sting Ikea perpent
bet me rive YOU single specimen N The
spirit In which nholitionism has cnrficd on
lis political warfare, m extract from u
Journal which claims 10 have larger cifoa.
lnlion than any other religions paper N the
land. quote FROM the New York indie.
pendent, Of September 1886.
"Thc people will not levy war nor inau.
guratc n revolution. even TO relieve Kansas
until they have FIRST tried what they can do
by voting. II this peaceful remedy should
fail to be applied this year, then the people
will count The cost wisely and decide for
themselves boldly and firmly which is the
better way 10 rise in arms aud throw "a q
government worse than that Of old King
George, or endure il another four yocrs and
then vote again.
Such is the spirii--sucl the love 10 the
Constitution and Union Of these States
with which this religious element has enter
ed into and seeks to control our party
politics.
But We deceive oursclrcs if We suppose
that our present dangers arc Of birth so
recent as 1856. As the questions now he.
fore the country rise In their magnitude,
above all party interests, and ought ut once
to bio, out all party lines, so their origin is
found far back Of all party organizations
as they now exist.
An article published twenty years ago
in the Princeton Review, contains this re.
markable language:
"The opinion that slaychoding ia itself
n crime must operate TO produce the dis
union Of the States and the division Of nll
ecclesas,ic societies in this country. Just
so far as this opinion operates Il will lead
those who entertain II to submit to any
sacrifices to to carry il out aud give II Of.
feet. We shall become two nations in feel
ing, which must soon render w two nations
in fact.
These words are wonderfully prophetic,
and they Who read the signs of the times
must see that the period Of their fulfill.
men, draws near. In regard TO ccclcsiasti-
cal societies the division forctold is in a
great measure accomplished. Three of our
great religious denominations have been
rent in twain by the simple question, "is
sla,eholding n sin :"
II yet remains 10 be seen whether the
African tract society aud the American
board Of foreign missions will be reyolu-
tioni,cd aud dismcmbcrcd by a contest
which, We arc told: IL 10 be annually re-
newed. In regard to the Union of these
States there il too much reason 10 fear that
1--WE arc already two nation. in feeling
and to anticipate the near approach Of the
calamity which shall blot out some Of the
stars in our ensign and make us two nations
in fact.
And What has brought us TO the verge of
this prccipiec, What evil spirit has put
cnmi,y between the seed Of those whom
God. ty his blessing on the wisdom and sac
rifccs of our fathers, made one flesh D
wha, created aud fos,ered this alienation
between the North and the South, until,
dsunion-tha, used TO be whispered in
corners-stalks forth IN open daylight, and
is recognized ss a necessity by mul'i,udes
Of thinking men in all sections of the land
believe. before God. that this division of
feeling. of which actual ,lisunion will be the
expression snd embodiment, was bssotten
of sbolisioni.m, has been rocked In u,
cradle and fed With iss poisoned milk, and
} instructed by It's ministers, until girdss|
! with strength which comes ncs altogether
Of this upper world. il is taking hold sPor
} the pillars Of the Constitution and shsstsr
. ing the noble fabric 10 its bsse.
{ There wss . time when the constitutions
: questions between the North and 6osth-
; the conflict Of material interests grovinI
! ou, Of their diGerences in soil and produc
I ,ion-vere discussed in the spirit Of states
e manship and Christian courtesy. The
such men .. Daniel Webster on the one sids
, anil CaIhoun on ,he other, stood up faee
y face. and defended the rishts u their q
|. ,pecsiye constituency In words vhich VI
\ be qsosed y lsse - the 1aelsA ssagu
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