The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-08-12

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slinIt mfncp N n1ec'rl content.
mcni and counterfeit loyalty The
character u The Southern people Il
iag funk and sincere fur tlnL What
they pretend 70 BE they orc, opcnl,
aud honestly. They 10 not deal ii
duplicIty. II ! foreign g. tuch na
turc aul habit, They lar nmji.
iIoual love f0r free government, and d
traditional incapacly for any other
The habits Of cpnlaripg cannot b.
shaken OIL, md they expect 70 cni0y
irooEnyornmcnt intplte "a aIlthAt hnp
happened. But hey hnycan iutlinc
tive feeling Of the Necessity Of Yield
ing to the cXigcncy Of the times, End
OF proving their title to freedom by
showing Themselves superior TO the
passions and prcjudieca of the hour.
W hat TaeItus wrote Of our race while
subjected to the Roman yoke sixteen
hundred years ago is true Of it now.
Tacitus speaking Of the britons in
that period, says: They checrlully
compiled with the lcyios Of men, the
imposition Of tribute, and all the
necessary demands Of government.
provided they received no illegal
'trcalmcut OF insults from their GOV.
''crnors; nordidih they acknoalcdacany
''otl.cr subsection to the Roman.
Ethan what consisted in obedience H.
Just laws, mot to submit SION Of.
slaves" Such Was The character o.
the ancestors from whom our people
are descended by as pure as lincag
rs any other nov inlRbiiing the globe:
has been their character in all
ages, and such it rcmains 10 this day.
The South ruled this Union from
lis formation for three. quarters Of n
ccn.ury with distinguished integrity
and q success which seems miracn.
Fortune has, for a time, chang.
~ her relations to the Government.
/, is nov for her to show that She can
obey with the same integrity Of char
AMI Of motive with which she
20 long ruled. In this Union, on
this continent, where public opinion
"a supreme, and where this mos. pc.
anil most wonderful Anglo.
saxon. Norman ace prciomina,cs,
ucn attain TO power and control by
Of mini and character. Wha,
striking cxcmplitcation Of this fac,
s afforded BY the distinguished in.
.tance Of NJ. Seward, who, for four
FEARS hiss Lsen the presiding gcuious,
his person the embodiment Of the
The siddy multitude may
'lcct popular mcE 10 high position.
'uly that mcn Of great minds and
.haractcr may rule IN their name.
Every intelligent citizen, every
Of the South, must witness her
experiment. in her prescn, humiliation
yilt uuFcigncl pride. The sterling
nj sturdy honesty and dignity with
she conducts herself in adycrs.
ty: her freedom from thu. pucrilc
md frc,ful pscvishncss in distress
belongs to small mials; her
upcriority TO faction anil Implicitly +:
YER scorn FOR the wrc.chci cha, ac,crs
sho court popular favor by appeal
o unworthy passions and prcjadiccs;
yer silence aud pa,isuea under insult
md dctrae.ion I'll mark her as supc.
Tor to the fate Which has bCrallcn
,cr, and worthy still Of o glorious
Let the South p%crsis, in the honor.
course which sic has thus far
lursusd. Until she rCgains her place
IN the Union, RECEIVERS the full pos
Of the rights which attach to a
rec people. anil can claim a sovereign
in affairs, let her continue to
the laws, to rcspce, the au,hori.
lies, TO cschcw a factions policy, TO
scorn Implicitly. to frown sgitators
and mischief .makcrs, let her prove
the sincerity Of her renewed loyalty
to the Union by obedience even to
and measures which wCrc cnac-
ted for her subjcctionand humiliation.
I.et her dcspise the advice Of fools who
tell her that she will win shame
than honor by such a course:
for what could be a more pisiatlc or
contcmpiible spectacle than tina, Of a