The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-07-22
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call your attention and that " the
county to the danger pointed ou, 10
the foll9s ine extract from fhc letter
of m active and vigilaml friend
president johnson il rapidly b.
suing proclamntom ror the re5rghn
ifnli0n Of tho rebel States, The
Governors appointed nfe Old p%oliti.
clans, who know oil The ropes. 1. IL
not their design, and will they not
Voc able before next poeeuhof to
make AL their new Constitutions aud
elect new Governors aud full Con.
grcesional delegations Then what
Is TO prevent those States from pre-.
scnting themselves, fully accredited,
on the floor Of the new Congress, and
participating in the Organization.
They will claim, as President John.
son does, that their States have never
been out Of the Union that the Goy.
eminent declares las IL will the re.
bcllion suppressed and military occu.
patton withdrawn. and that they now
resume their relations with the Fed.
eral Government. which have been
only temporarily suspended. In this
claim they will be backed by the
whole power Of the administration,
and this Is the trap to be- sprung on
ns. The clerk Of the house. you re.
member, presiics until q ncw speak
cr il elected. II he had iirmness
enough 70 rcf.,e to receive the cre-
dentiais Of these rebel members. and
TO refuse 10 count their votes. this
danger might be aver,ei. But can
We count on 50 much virtue in any
politiciant We may perhaps battle
this plan in the Senate. That body
being always organized, no members
can be admitted without the concur
renee Of the rest. But how long
would " the Senate stand up
against the action Of the house Of re.
representatives. and enormous pressure
Of every other kind?
~ believe that this attempt will be
made NJ the next meeting Of Con.
gress. Possibly South Carolina
might be kept ont. but even that is
doubtful. may cxaeerate the i'm.
%portancc Of this matter, but that the
attempt will be made there can be no
doub.."
The Importance Of these sugc cs.
tons canno: be ovcrcstimated, and
every means should be taken to avert
this peril. We have been counting
on the possibility Of rallying q INA
jcri,y Of the legally elected members
Of Congress to keep the members
from the rebel States GU, Of Congress,
at least I'LL they consented to certain
conditions -ratiiying the anti.slavery
amendment aad other matters.
Some sanguinc friends believe they
eau be kept OFT until they agreed to
give tho negro the right TO vote.
but, according to this rebel plot, the
Southern members may enter Con.
grcss wi;hou. agreeing to the snti.
slavery amendment, or TO sny other
conditions. Once inside the doors,
they may take par, in al discussions
and votes affecting themselves and
thcir claims, aud may cbcckmatc the
an,i-slsvery amcndmcnt itself. In
fact, our fate rests in the hands Of
the clerk OF the Hcsse Of Rcpresen.
t%aiivcs. know nothing about him I;
but how few mcn in the nation could
be trusted TO stand firm in such q
pcsty The whole North should be
reused to guard against this danger.
II the rebel States, IN their present
mood, can, in any cay, get inside
Congress, AMI WELD eiehty.four votes
there, and more especially il they
con get th,rc unplcdscd to any con.
liious and wield those votes, then
truly, the South will be as strong as
ever, aud the negro almost as de-.
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