The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-15

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hn.tily brought In, o1on hcloIo The
prwrlhod conditions are fulfilled, nj
II u were dangerous 10 leave q CON.
muuily outside lhe great body poliiic
Had thc loyal Senators aud Rep.
rrsonlali,cs of Tennessee been ad
miitcd at once ou the assembling ol
Congress, and, in moderate succcs.
sion, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, and Virginia, the
public mind Of the South would have
been far more healthy than II il, and
those States which fingered on proba-
ton I'LL the last would have been
under a more salutary influence ia
good conduct than if a dozen armies
watched over them.
Every month that we delay thi.
hcalthful stem complicates the case
The excluded population, enough un-
settled before, grow more irritable
the army becomes indispensable tc
local government, aud supcrsedcs II
the Government ut Washington !,
called TO interfere in one and another
difficulty, and this will be done in.
aptly, and sometimes with great in.
justicc-for our Government, wisely
adapted to its own proper functions
is utterly devoid of those habits, ant
unequipped with those instrument,
which fit centralized government t.
exercise authority in remote State
over local affairs. Every attempt L
perform such duties has resulted il
mistakes which have excited tn,
( nation. But whatever imprudcnc
there may be in the method, the rca
+ criticism should he against the rcqui
sition Of such duties of the Genera
Government.
The Federal Government is mf
to exercise minor police and loca
government, and will inevitable
blunder when il attempts it. To kce
n half score of States under Fedora
authority, but without national tie
and responsibilities; to obligc th
central authority to govern half th
, territory of the Union BY Federa
civil officers, and by the army, is
policy not only uncongcnial to on
ideas and principles, but prc-emi
nently dangerous to the spirit of on
, Government. However humane th
/ ends sought and the motives, il is, j
, fact, course of instruction, prepaI
! ing our Government to be despOti,
and familiarizing the people to
{ stretch Of authority which can nev,
| be other than dangerous To liberty.
, am aware that good men Al
r withheld from advocating the prom
/ and successive admission of the e,
lied States by the fear, chiefly, of i
effect upon parties and freedmen.
1t is said that il admitted TO Con
grcss, the Southern Senator's an
Representatives will coalcscc wit
| Northern Democrats and rule III
. country. Is this nation, then, to r,
main dismcmbcred 10 serve the enc
Of parties? Have we learned u
! wisdom by the history of the last tc
!, years, in which just this course
: sacrificing the nation to the cxigcnc
:, of parties plunged US into rcbcllic
: and war?
!. Even admit that the power woul
: pass into the hands of a party ma,
c up of Southern men, and the hithcrt
r misled Democracy OF the North, thi
power could not be used Just as th,
: pleased. The war has changed, N
alone institutions, but ideas. III
whole country has advanced. Publ
sentiment is exalted far beyond VIII
il has been at any former period.
new party would, like q river,
Obliged 10 seek It's channels in Il
already existing slopes and forms
p the continent.
We have entered a new era Of II
r erty. The style Of thought is fre
d and more noble. The young men
our times are rcgeneratcd. The gre
J. army has been school, and hu
" drcds Of thousands Of men are 20
,f home 10 preach truer and nobl
view Of human rights. All the
dustrial interests Of society are mo
n ing with increasing wisdom iowa
ID intelligence and liberty. Ever
+ where, in churches, in literature,
Is social questions, az well as in 20
tics, the nation feels that the win
is over and a new spring hangs
the horizon and works through
:" the elements. In this happily chang
and advanced condition of things
party Of the retrograde can maintI
III itself. Everything marches and p
ties must march.
.el / hear with wonder and sha
~ ~ and scorn the fear Of few that
= South once more in adjustment "