The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-04-21
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Yarily, gerilg L l. geg aill Al
about hefe a change has come
clear over Che spirit II the nation
bloody dream There isnoi en- much
mufkinosa =s1 much threatening in
iho aifa there was There Il MT ,1
much wool thrown on che coas nsa
few years since
Lincoln was q good man, and went
10 Heaven That is 10 pyl II We
say be- went there, folks Say We speak
10 sarcasm lf wc uy he went to
The other place down there they
say wc are preiudiccd, Bot he went
somewhere.
Now listen
There are not 50 many sncaking.
begging, lying, thioving mnions Of
tyranny about az there were few
years since, TO SPY around corners to
peck into windows, 10 tampcr with
servant girls--to open letters and
earn q few dirty dollars for doing the
dirty work of cowardly adminis.ra-
tion.
There are not so many State prison
birds in Federal uniform as there was
There are not so many pcople.fob-
bing, ignorant, dunder-hcaded, plat
ter-brained, conceited and drunken
provost marshals and deputies to be
seen as there were once.
Soldiers do not 90 about shooting
Democrats, mobbing Democratic
printing Offices, insulting honest
people, abusing strangers and raising
the dickens, as they did not long
since. There is not so much cry OF
"copperhead" as there was, nor are
people as rampant for blood now as
they were n year or two ago.
1t Is very still We can hear the
echo Of the footballs of Boots mare
as they patter on the road to Mary
land! We can almost hear the spirit
of Lincoln as il raps at st. Peters
gate! We can quite distinctly hear
the hat-footed ghost of martyred
John Brown, as he tramps, wander
ing-Jew like, over the horse pastures
of the spirit land, looking for some
chance to steal one or more weird
equinesl
1t is very still SO still il is almost
painful We used to denounce the
President. Not this man, but that
other mani
We said he was a tyrant.
We said he was not brave.
We said he was no statesman.
4 We said he was a good story teller.
| We said he was a man of wax in
the hands of bad men.
We said he was naturally honest
but nodded to suit the wicked idea,
Of others.
We said he was at the head Of O
disunion party.
We said what we believed true
and what time has proved most won.
drous true TO the very letter Of argu.
ment. For telling the truth we were
called a traitor.
We were branded as a rebel, but q
rebel is no coward!
We were waylaid, insulted, mobbed
shot at, arrested, denounced as an
enemy Of our country.
We were pointed at as traitor
simply for defending the constitution
and standing by the people.
We were told that to di6r from q
President ras treasoa-
That the President, even il stor,
teller, was the government
That the President was accounta
bic TO no one
That il was treason, rank and bold
to differ from the President
That to war against a Prcsiden
was to war against our country.
We were told that cowardicc wa
, bravery
, That ignorance was ability
That the art of stealing was tn
art Of war
That fool was better than a wis
: man
That a thief was better than al
, honest man
That the Generals who stole cpttor
1 robbed dcfenceless women Of silver
: ware, and orphans Of their inheri
: tanccs, were better men than Wash
D ington-
r That patriotism consisted not !
G honorable fighting, but in stealth.
n robbing, swindling, and murder.
' We differed from the living whelT
: who had the swaddling Of the Go
I and morality party, and came ncs
: losing life and property a score ,
# times.
NJ Ms rery stiH Ho,ri
n The bloody towards Of then
e do not converse 50 freely as ono
Is There i not so much laughing up q
= the front seatsl The game Of bloc
treason and plumber Is over with, an
! into the earth an intelligent, lav
-e loving. Constitution defending poop
-e are grinding to powder the elemet
j that meddIed with that which col
I, cerned them not-defed the law.
Al insulted their hrethren-robbed Tho
10 they owed so much to-blasphem'
> God-vronged man and ,ickled 4
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