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

proof lhaf i0lifI0hsm his carried IN lis
eaffifo Wy iha language of abuse. The
ahhnal morilpg N ihe Amffiam tli .,asr.
W. HarIr.y tfingi thr tJilfhfD f1 orr doors,
We htfe been accustomed r. rurh vt these
ffn4l rtInlallahs N lHniIesm. 80 fhlal
lnf pofhpff, that wht wis luh rpr a. sat
WrrAlns deaih 40 ouf hfpibfoh Winaa wop
eriy ahd fepuiaiion wc are bound la protect
The fe' ii wr ha,o suffered o ffe ~ ho
built 'n ouf m.lst. wh0ie fprk buta hcrn
scattered hr md wide. and now when lhe
smoke N lhp connantiIon comes back ~
lllnk our eyes, nul lhc heat # h begin. ~
scoreh our industrial and commercial intel.
esis, II will not do fnf NJ 10 my that the ui.
crancoa ~ that society are ihc raYings Of
ianaticnl aud insignificant few. for the
men who compose Il are honored III onr
midst with titles and Offices. II. president
Is q chief justice Of The State of Ncw Jer-
soy. The ministers Who have thrown over
it, dongs, the sanction Of our holy religion
are quoted aud magnIlied nll over The land
as The representative men Of The ngc, and
the man who stood up in its deliberations IN
the year 1852. aud exhausted the yocabula-
~ Of abuse upon the compromise measures
and The great statesmen Who framed them,
is now Judge in our courts and the guar.
dian of our lives and our property.
II will doubtless BE- said that mircprc-
scntaion and abuse have not been confined
ia the progress Of this unhappy contest, to
The ab9lltiousts Of The North: that lcma-
gogucs aud sclf-seckiug men at the Souil,
have been violent and abusive. anu that
newspapers, profcsscdly in the interests Of
the South, with a spirit which can be char.
actcrized as little less than diabolical, have
circulated every scandal in the most negra-
waiting and irritating form. But suppose
all this to BE- grantcd--what then! Can
Christian men justify or palliatc the wrath
and evil speaking which are at their own
doors by pointing to the retaliation which
IL has provoked from their neighbors' If
| were preaching to-day to Southern au.
dicncc, !, would be my duty, and trust
God would give me grace to perform il, to
tell them of their sins in this matter; and
especially would j, be my privilege rs a
minister Of the gospel Of peace-a priyi-
| lcgc from which no fslao vioWs Of manhood
should prevent mc--to cxhort and bcscecl,
them as brethren. ! would assure them
that there are mul,itudcs here who s,ll
cherish the memory Of the battle fields.
and coutcil chambers where our fathers CO.
men,ei this Union Of States. aud who st,ll
stand by the compact Of the Constitution 10
the utmost extremity.
| would tell shc thousands Of Christian
ministers. among whom are some u the
brightest ornaments Of the American pul.
pit, and the tens Of thousands of Christian
men and women, toward whom. while the
love Of Christ burns In me, my heart never
can grow cold, tina. il they will only be pm
ticni and hope to the end, all wrong nay
yc, be rightcd. Therefore would brscecll
them no, TO put great gulf between US,
and cut of the very opportunity for recon-
oilia,ion upon an honorable basis, by rev.
olu,ion whose emil no human eye can scs.--
But, then. ! am not preaching Mt the South.
I stand here, at one of the main fountain
heads of the abuse We have complained Of.
stand here 10 rebukc this sin. and cx-
hort the guilty parties to repent aad for
sake il. IL IA msgnsn'mous and Christ.
like for those from whom the first prove.
cation came, to make the first ecnccs-
sions.
Tee legislative ensctments which are in
omen and Acknowledged violation Of the
| Constitution. and whose chief design Is to
nut stigma upon slavcholding. must and
will be repealed. Truth and justice viii ul.
,imately prevail; and Gods blessings Of
generations yc. unborn will res, upon that
/ party, in this unhappy contest. who frs,
stands forth to utter the language Of con.
cilis,ion and proffcr the olive branch a
peace. The great fear that the fetraesion
will come too late: but sooner or later u
will come. Abolitionism ought and ons
day will change the mole Of i,s warfare am
adopt new vocabulary. believe in th,
liberty Of the press and in freedom o
speech, but DO not believe tina, any mai
has right before God, or in the eye Of civ
ilised lsw. to speak and publish What h
plcases without regard to the consequences
With the conscientious convictions Of ou
fellow citizens. neither We nor the Law ha
any right to interfere: but the Law ought q
protect all men from the utserance Of libel
Gus words. whose only effort is to create di
vision and strife.
I trust and pray. and call upon you &
J uc;t. 18th mo IN the suppIlcatlnp tina