The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-05-09

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lthf l.4anI0ni WI lhmn i.H
liNmnr t u'hr Ch'uunan NaI
W. ih ulI mHrr hmNtne prediction
Uf Nrlu ehrh. delivered ih kmf
NuIWF IHH, ,HI. I#UF even now
uIh.lOl Eug.uul
ldluut apuk mld,Hrlly prn.ll.
mi being shlo w hr.nt amp rud
~ thuim.fal myn rtiW Nwfy
uupy ufmmi'.un ol the Hng It
a.lf WIl he anlIr.pnt tl cmsInr. .ny
upplr.ul.cal mind ol Its ol'rfuInl
.hUp. nnd when 20 b. considered
fhi. OHr rafd wDfn composed mono
thma yoNrag1, when tle prn0s M
which lt sa evidently refers were yot
In thc womb nj thr future, and the
man. Whose star ha nos risen trIm
phaudy above che political horizon,
bal scarcely been heard u beyond hIa
own narrow circle, itgprophetIcc.nr
actcr wllI appear mdculahlo.
1o lc tIn th, analysis The Grt
verse simply hut lorcIbly, recalls 10
the mind OF O. Southcrner on q lor.
cign shore, "his own. his native
\ lnnd.' whrrc his childhood happy
days were spent; where the cndcar-
ing ties # memory and association
are still remembered aud then iD
the spirit of Allen Cunningham 8
wcll-krswn lines:
"lts hamo, hamc, hamc, that fnin would
be-
lIamc, hanc, hamc, in my ain couniric;"
the chorus bursts forth with n pas
sionate wish 10 return to his beloved
mothcrland; an earnest resolve tc
| live and die in her bosom. This
verse il literal, and serves as fur
thcr mask to the obscuritics which
follow.
Now begins the allcgory:
"Oli mistress married viii, the Weaver,
William b. WIS q gny derciyer--
Look away--look away, look away,
Dixie Land =
Here is wisdom. The iigiEaiiy,
"oId mistress is Columbia, no long
or. alas. happy land, who. witI
! blind confidence, places her fate II
the hands of--of whom. Who is th
.ccord mctamphorical parsonage
p No other tltnn Ahraham Lincoln
President II the United States. Ih
significant ,i'lc. "Wcayer.' - has beet
/ FROM time immcmorial applied Z
, spiders, and from them trauslcrrc'
10 uoiit.tign -"wcaysr' Of cunnin,
= plots.
The name. William. is added part
l. fpr the sake Of alliteration, an
partly fa in scriptar.l rrophcsic
lyuas,ieA are mentioned as singl
kings to unite into one person. ~
ircuccd by the same motives, rCsol,
cd to carry out the same line Of con
!. duet. tie President and his principe
i adviser. bis guiding spirit, who's
given namc. singularly enough
really Is. anil in . secondary sense
e the whole Republican party is implic
y by that phrase.
III This artiul schcmcrs moral char
e ac,cr j. ,lcn summed up in one CON
i prchcnsiyc phrase, which needs N
e comment : and the Southland is ci
a treated TO turn away her eyes iroi
Is the sad spectacle Of misplaced conI
e ienec--ul affection doomed to bas
}. betrayal. Next follows n tcrsc IL
a scripiion Of the Gerceness Of his cout
,enanec-thc outward sign Of Icr'
Il cious anil pitiless disposition. :
= .'Tbis face was as sharp etc.
It The dark threats Of a coming stori
3, the warnings Of approaching dai
p ccr. which alarm all around her. ~
e unnoticc,l. unfearcl BY the iniatuate
d Columbia. And again the chort
d pcals out that longing patriotic cry
i again avows that bold determinatio
Ic 20 stand by our altars and our fires
r. to die, if fatc wills it, for our sum
n land.
d Sudden and awful il Columbia
1t awakening from her dream Of pca'
: AMI rtp0se. Wien she Is irrcyocabl
+ in the power Of her terrible maste
IN whose very smile is as terrible as Il
D fash Of cannon. Ay. look ava.
n harless children of q deemed mothe
le In her is no help. Protect you
E selves Raise your own banneI
ir Keep your oft reiterated YOw to s,ai
'o fast By your laws aud liberties.
g And then comes the oa.astroph
Of Cold anil pale. a, last. lies the mob
T. form Of Columbia, victim Of an u
n. assorted union. of infatuated trust
Il designing polioians. Sadly to q
3. sky still rises the wailing refrain
al "LoobWai,-loek away.-lgok a~sy,
I. Dixie Land"
th But for us who survive. better ia.
III are iawning. Seeessia, bcnignal
he roidess smiles on our standard al
| stretches her protecting aegis ov'
h. us. In the concluding coupIet Of u
IN law with which she has inspired b
n, chosen bard. lfor he ''bailded best
/ than be knev,' and but dimly undo
b stood the vast import Of his verse
rs she assumes the protection Of d