The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-08-05
,ddress VI lndgf ifrgfriolnp iOlfrs
Of iligds tounlj.


A' me raWtst III fithi. vho Ne
lI~pl .l would b. acceptable L, I'll.
people. my name has been announced
ns q candidate Tor flo convention g.
assemble ip ,lia city, ou tho llh Of
August ncNt,
some questions II crcAt moment.
b0ta ia tlc pr'grnt hti Tor the fu.
ture, will coso before that cobtea.
tIpp, A. ! never entertained poli'i.
cal opinions uhislr wep not tho re-
mlt q sincere conviction, | have
never besiialed ,aasow them 4 n
candidate for 4 trust Of so much i'm
I portahec, ! doom it my duty not to
conceal the convictions which tue
present crisis has forced upon my
plud.
7 Since tle la,t convention na,cm-
bled in Ibis State, fogr oytnliul and
uomcn,ous yeas have passed away
Gears Of sorrow, of dcsola'lon and pf
, ruin. CW.lln hls been rlbrrf;rl.
Armed inca have trodjan under loot
| every principle q constitutional free
dom, Apd riera struggle in which
ten ,housand millions Of dollars have
been wasted and DESTROYED, Eve hun.
arcd Thousand brave men con .igned
to an nn,'rety grave, and crcry prin.
ciplc Of government dear TO m Amer
isan iretncn put 20 perll0rs hazarl.
r bet utter oycr'lrow--tho armies
Of the seeding States have been
forced 20 yieli--tlc supremacy Of
the Federal goycrnncnt has been os-
tablishel, and the control vi the
United States sEed without the pow-
cr Of resistance in every STATE. Bu;
order ha, not been rc.cstablishel.
Our se,ial and industrial ins;.,gtiols
have been wrecked. Anarchy rcicns
almost unbrilled, or, II checked, II is
bcneath the mlitary power, whose
biting influence wi,,crs aul destroys
both civil and political freedom.
Iyerr ore knows that TIE instittI.
.ion Of slavery, II not The aetull,
was The ayowcd and os,easiblc cause
d tic terrible contest from which
The country Las just emerged. The
c.nrenticn whieh assembled il this
siate, IN islii, asserted il to b. so.
Every speaker, every newspaper,
every politician announced that its
existence vas slaked, on the issue Of
this c.nle.I
IL September, isG2, the President
ol the United States is,utd proc.
iamali)n, 10 which be declared il the
citizens of The States IN instruction
lid not return to their allegiance by
tie Grst OF January, 1868. be would
by proclamation, Oh that day, d.
clare the slaves to be free. The war
went on. Tho proclamation was de
s'ded. The alternative was accepted.
And in IsnUlry, 1883, the eminci.
patton proclamation was pssi.had to
the world. since then, two years oi
fierce and deso,asing strife have in.
tersenol. The .trdgglc did not end
until the ar,sics Of tAo South were
sablaed, her people exhausted and
the further continuance Of the eoa-
test utterly without hope.
At the end al the struggle, in con.
junction viii Judge Shaikey, | was
honord by the s.atc with eh ap-
poiutmcn. as eOinmissiouar to Wash
ington, to confer With che President.
and to express to him the desire Of
the people Of Mississippi "to adjust
all questions which now cmbarrass
the country, on such basis as will
speedily restore peaceful relations
between al sections Of tho country.
aud tend to perpetustc the liberties
and prosperity Of tho American
people Our mission was perform
ed. The Pre- sidcuts sccorded to ,is an
early interview, ani expressed an
earnest wish that peace should be
re.es;ablished, civil ruls restored,
and the seceiirg States again repre-.
scn,ed In Congress; but he distinctly
and positively informed US tha, slaT-
| err, - an institution, was eaac,l !;
that the war had established this,
and that the Southern people mast
accept the fact as inevitable, and
regulate their institutions ac1ordins.
ly, and that tho convention to be
called 10 amend the constitution
s1sAt - % declare.