The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-10-28

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WIS Hetk bii ta perhaps necessary
fof me 70 reply 70 y communication
~ ihe last issue NJ ihe stth, over
NE signature " "a Planter III a.
der n remove my wrong Impressions
that may have gone abroad from my
last letter, ! do this the more read
Wy and. chceftlly, ne he concludes
with The kndcsl feelings for M.
mwbr'
No far from wishing Or aiming 70
mst any reflections upon any gentle
man who wasa candidate at Che late
election, | can my in all honesty,
that nothing could possibly have been
more foreign to my intentions At the
tine ! wrote the letter IN question,
and | exceedingly regret that any
one should have so FAR have mistaken
my meaning, as TO put The con
slruction on my language that "a
Planter seems to have done,
Gen. lee, Wade Hampton, and
thousands Of other great minds of
the South, may moro thoroughly I'M.
dcrstand the grcat questions for
which we struggled, and esteem more
highly our brave soldicry, than can a
"%Scribblcr,' because they have
greater capacities Of thought and
feeling but they, nor "a Planter
nor ANY other man. can show a
more consistent, uniform aud jealous
support of the soldiers in the late
elections, than he, who, "a Planter"
accuses Of casting reflections by
consulting the record, my vote will
be found as patriotic throughout, in
this respect, rs that of any man in
the county and in evidence Of this, |
will make public a little private his
tory, though there is really no ne
ccssity of my doing so, where ! am
we'll known,
My friends announced my name at
Sardis FOR Magistrate, contrary to
my expressed wishes, aud when the
election carnc on, II was urged
against Inc that ! was supporting a
crippled soldier, who was = candidate
for an important Office, against one Of
the most popular gentlemen in the
county, upon this issue my friends
mot mel were defeated. Ny oppo-
nent ran ahead Of me u few votes. /
have said enough on this point.
As "a Planter seems to object Ia
the light aud gossipping style of my
letters, and intim1tcs that subjects Of
a deeper, and more profound charac.
ter than those treated of in my let.
tors, should engage the minds Of the
people, will say that il is merely O
matter of taste. A short time after
the surrender Of our armies, | hap.
pcned in Panola, where | met Cant,
+. G.. Ward, who requested me tC
"writo something" for the STAR.
The people were ''down in the
mouth" a settled gloom seemed ,C
hang over the community, men ant
friends did not smile when they mcI
as before the war, but all seemed
thoughtfully melancholy, aud almost
heart-broken, and it was finally con,
cluded that | should throw a it'll,
spice in my letters, and Il poasibl,
"drivc dull care away" Hence tn,
character Of my letters. Professin,
no ~profundity Of thought, reason, o.
argument, / shall leave the discus
| sion Of great subjects to great minds
/. whilst | shall dabble in whatever M,
mind shall dictate at the immediat,
moment Of writing, and others ma,
: do the same.
Possessing no "rich lands on I'll
Tallahatehie," | shall leave the prob
l lem OF their successful cultivation /
5 be solved by those who are interests
7 in them, while | shall try to manag
the affairs Of ''my little cot,ag
home" rejoicing at the returnin
prosperity ofthe people.
{ All Of Us are serious at times. nm
I it may be, when melan cholly thought
G sweep DER my mind. alike trouble
visions DER the breast Of dreamin
n sorrow" | may retire to a neighbol
ing cemetery, and there write som
thing, upon which my friend Sc
g Planter FOR so | judge him to b
b may feed his melancholy, until |
= grows a. thin as one Of Shakcspcar
g ghosts. ] think, however, It's q