The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-08

'L" m" '
eNitiyH VS. reminding drn lIal
ihy afo w iho grasp ~ - dsip
power that WI gmnt no rtliaf 'ruu
o grinding oppression except OF llDIf
own pleasure They mock tle pu
lpIc ny telling them they lmUc nu
alternative Lm 10 submit 10 Che lhH
until they are changed IS lac pc.
cess Of las, while they themselves
have conceded their legal machinery
by which q majority Of the voting
population Of Missouri may be cS-
cludcd from the polls when They
desire 10 vote for q change Of rulers
Va that there may be- O change of
laws. Under The forms Of las they
have concentrated in tho bands Of.
the Radical faction the power to shut
out from the exercises Of the elective
franchise q majority Of the people
who would vote at once for change
Of Governor, Senators and Rcprcscn-
t%ativcs, with q view 10 a reformation
Of the odious lcgislatious, through
which atrocious injustice aud intolcr-
able wrong are committed against the
great mas. Of the people. And then
when the great Conservative Union
party complain and demand the full
enjoyment of their rights our tyrants
respond, "obcy the laws until they
are changed" well knowing that, by
the very laws themselves which they
have enacted, all change is made inn
possible, except at the will of the
dcspotic minority now governing tho
State. They tolerate gricyous out
RACES on the rights OF person and
property, winking at the murder of
Conservative clergymcn and laymen,
encouraging the breaking up Of law
ful Conservative assemblies, restrain
ing free speech, inspiring entire neigh
borhoods with terror, violating public
peace and order, organizing and arm
ing unauthorized and utterly illegal
companies Of white men and negroes
for the express, declared purpose Of
controlling by force the actions OF
the people, and fastening upon them
the odious dcspotism against which
they struggle. And, when the pco-
pie thus outraged by their rulers, and
denied the sacred privileges and
t rights guaranteed by democratic in
stitutions and a republican form Of
government to the entire body Of
the people, boldly demand Their
! rights, and ask the countcnancc oI
the Central Government in maintain.
ing those rights, our Radical iyrant,
: grew furious and defiant, and menac,
the President with u bloody rebellion
! If he responds to the call made upor
! him by the majority of the citizens o
Missouri. Charles ID. Drake Of
0 Thursday last struck the key-not'
/, OF the rebellion, and said;
: "If this really means anything
if il is anything more than mcr,
bluster, il means that the President
l. or some military commander, is I,
: Judge whether Governor Flctche
| performs his duty, as Chief Magis
tratc of the State, or not and If h
happens 10 think that he does not
: then the President, or some militar,
n officer, is to assume the Governor
4 functions, and take the rcins of goy
y eminent in Missouri. II it mean
that, the President and all his officer
might as well know at once that Their
: will be dead bodies, and q good man,
: Of them, TO march over before such
game of wholesale and lawlcss usur
patton eau be successfully played"
Let every Conservative organiza
ton throughout the State take thi
4 matter into immediate consideration
with a view to the adoption Of q plaI
Q Of armed defense against the armc,
oppression with which We arc threat
encd. There is no time TO be losi
Collect arms and ammunition. Or
D ganize and drill. Assert boldly III
c fundamental right of republican Cit
zcns TO bear arms in sclf-dcfcns,
/, Prepare TO make hat defense cllcc
tive by discipline, and combinatio
Of all who are the victims of IN
9 Radical dcspotism which curses III
i State. Two elections have been cat
ried by Radicals in Missouri by mi
. itnry Intervention and armed fore,
II must never be done again. TIL
majority Of the grown men in Mi,
!. souri, have said this, and they vi
make their word good. They hay
the numbers with them. The
have the vast majority. Leavin
out those who were actively engage
in the REBELLION, those between ii
! ages Of eighteen and forty-fve wi
a were arraycd against the Radical de
le potism Of the State, number not L.
ve than n hundred thousand mel
IN Among them are many brave officer
~ who led to victory the forces Of n
- Union army, and brave soldiers wi
pc carried the stars and stripes fro
le. Missouri TO the Gulf, and frum Il
ou Gulf TO Washington. They are hca
mr. tily alive to the demands Of the prr
- ent emergency, and are eager to c
= operate with the scores of ihousan.
whose liberties are menaced by q
new order Of rebels who have owe