The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-12-16

WI WV NHNN "
tuem mmaaiy ihs "ehills ssa
iEfrf H. hfeaaylhpsg aa eafih
mlfe aaflsamai. annoying ihsh :
nfolu fstmp ehiii, sd NE great
|te is,et and hesiaehs that hlshy'
niyNshY Weihint BOT
tans "i,ct1s aaf . ftom ~
family 81 ~, aai COOL aurng be@
Hf. Neapbcr, hss sci me o. my
Iir,, again. hoseyer. and nov fof Il
uacc more
Per once ! shail quit Wy
ngossiping, and call tbe attention q
the men of Pamela County 70 q 'nt.
jec, ia phieh they are vitality and
sholly Interested | allnde 10 the
Proclamation Of ex-Goy, kharkey
regarding the formation Of military
companic, Ia each county, for The
protection Of society against OUTLAWS
and al that sort Of thing.
Does any sensible man who ever
reflected for five consecutive minutes
an this subject, suppose that no ne
cessiiy exists noW for these compa.
~nics--that no emergency will arise
when il will become necessary for
, the men Of the county to act. We
think not. Some few are alive to
the importance Of the organizations.
aud have made hereulean efforts to
) arouse public sentiment on the sub
. iect. These efforts SO far, have re-
i, suited in nothing but showing Che
, apathy, the do nothing policy Of the
+ people Of the county. When the
our comes land como II will, unless
We are badly mistaken in the sigss o
the times) it will then be too late u
/, effect any concert Of. action-an,
mothod-apy discipline, but on tb'
contrary, all will be confusion
Weakness, dcsolstion, ruin, disgrace
and death.
Look at the history Of all coun
tries whose conditions have been sim
!. liar to ours, anil what do we sec
to all aud everything horrible It's pos
8, sible for the imagination to conceive
Of Look at s.. Domingo, look at the r.
ne cent outbreak in Jamaica when
y, colored parson, who was ~notoriousl
Ne pious, figured as a prominent lead'
g in the hassacre) and then say, ifyc
Ip, can, We are in no danger. All BIZ
tory proves that we are-our own o.
~servations teach us the same lessol
-, aud still We are inactive, dom
in nothing. A few weeks ago We roe
em out one evening in the woods, AT
l'o abou, a mile from any residence,
!, the woods-in a thicket, We rode
o. on three athletic sons Of Hans
he armed, and ore Of them carried
regular U. s. cartridge-box, o
the had a Gne sporting rife the seccl
a double barrelled shot gun, VIII
nd the third had an army s,sn. We
,ed they were squirrel hunting tn
ar said. but VIC saw no game they h
lis killed. Now these things me
~ something. 1t is potent to every
nee aec,ing mind, that there is an und
of current at work in the tide Of our
fairs, and unless there is patriotii
and enough left in the country to take
us at the food, 'twill. lead US, or ratl
dire us-Ileayen knows wheI
/, Men Of Pamela, can you SCI ST
tho while looming up in the distance q
the far away a be seen a dark eliot
day that approaches nearer aud 8
nearer with every revolving sun, a
+, that will soon sweep before il eve
az. thing you hold sacred and dear uF
earth. What Of your mothers, wi
ton Of your wives aud sisters. We
UNI you there is danger. We see it.
ion' feel il, and We have heard il
=; Do not expect for m moment,
eea. sistanee from the L. s. militl
e." forces in your midst. The oHic
might be ser so willing to aid
DC such an emergency, but officers
~ not always able to control their IN
he as many Of you know and have sc
III. IL. - aat.4.rsr rrl.. 4.