The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-12-08
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which has reached The dimension.
and dignity " q civil wur. and oapc.
umllyacitll war, shlrh like uuf own
divides people lnfo distinct and
completed national organizations. hn.
onlgrown thcorlmc of treason. THEN
arguments for this conr ion. IN.
gcthcr with such "A would ,upqr.i
Themselves 10 u mind ~ enlightened
~ your own, must, It would seem,
lack nothing to convince you Of iis
entire sonndncss. need hardly add
that ! dissent from your definition Of
a civil war.
II is mainly the fault VI the gov
crnment, when one half OF nation
breaks away from the other. Had
our government been ever wise and
Just, the great secession, which has
soaked our soil with blood, would
not have been. When one half ol
England or France or Spain shall
break away, from the other, the
worlds sympathics will pretty GER
tainly be with the insurgcnts-lor
the world will pretty certainly infer
that the insurgents were wrongcd.
Moreover, If the insurgents shall fail
to maintain their cause and Ia right
their wrongs, the world will pretty
certainly feel that their failure is ol
itself their quite sufficient punish
mcnt. Who is 20 foolish as to he.
licvc that, had the who history oi
our government been bright with
wisdom and beautiful with Justice,
there would have been this throwing
off Of its restraints and this defiance
Of It's powcr?"
Pity for the South, not punish
mcnt, is then urged by Mr.. Smith,
who then continues:
Ever since the surrender Of the
South, ! have felt that the first duty
OF the North and South was a com
mon repentance for a common sin.
The discharge Of this duty, together
with the mutual forgiveness which
would have instantly followed. would
have proved a mighty upward edu-
Gator Of both North aud South and
il is for the tack of this very educa-
tor, that the character of both North
and South has been going down
ward. From such repentance and
forgiveness, peace would have come,
long ere this; and il would have
been a permanent because u pure
peace. Such peace can now hardly
he looked for-s peace which cannot
come until each section shall CON
demn itself and forgive the other.
Next follows some good advice to
General Butler:
Mr.. Davis has, indeed, wrongcd
bis country; aud through hi. misap-
prehensious Of him, has particularly
wronged General Butler. But SO,
also, have the country and General
Butler wronged Mr.. Davis. The
country--thc North as well as the
South-mollcd his pro-slavsry char
acter, and is largely responsible for
what has come to him and hi. coun-
try from that character. Our guilty
nation, looking upon Mr.. Davis,
should rather pity than hate its own
legitimate offspring. And General
Butler, instead of invoking punish
mrut on the head Of Mr.. Davis, had
better fall on his knees before him in
penitent remembrance Of his own
prominent connection with the er-
credingly wicked pro-slavery Demo
cratic party.
Then as to Mr.. Davis himself
Jefferson Davis is kept in prison
because the North still refuses to
repent of her pruslavcry wickcdncs..
Upon that wickednrss lar more than
upon all oti.er causes, is the ruin ol
Jefferson Davis and of the South
chargeable. Repentance for il would
quickly open his too long-closcd
doorf Surely, surely, if the South
will inrgive the North, the North
ran well afford To forgive the South.
But am asked whether the North
should forgive the crueliics Of An
dcr.ouyille ind Of the other terrible
priso,s of the South ? Even lhus
unparalleled cruelties she sh ,u,d ~
mrmher were the crimes Of slavery
aud that slavery WI. her own as well
tie Suuta's crim,-ay, that even hrr
churches were blpod. rel with il. Tie
North, no less than the South, had
the making oi the monsters WIN
ruled ~ thuzc prisons.
Next. as to the demand fur the
Presidents Impeachment:
But vim a ,I,.rc o., ;,n,,.a 4, LIN, .