The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-05-12

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pflaieHeas IN the Vocabulary ~ : ~.
publican, free people, II i only tIe
measure ~ ouf degradation and aaI,.
aefvleney ~ hsIse ideas and false
standards. ~ true and IeeIfimaie
meaning u fdellly 10 prince or sov.
erelnn, and expresses a sentiment
that attaches 10 The person and Office
~ King of prince. What l. there In
q Republican Constitutional Govern.
inent 10 be- loyal ioY A ciiiscn may
understand the provisions of The
Consultation of such q Government,
aud strictly abide by and faithfully
maintain iis principles, In spite of
temptations growing out Of tempo.
rary benefit of party cxpedicncy, TO
Violate them. but what il there, or
who Is there, 10 be loyal toY Who
can, with any understanding Of the
meaning Of words, avow loyalty TO
an idea or principlc9 lie could,
with as much appropriateness, declare
his loyalty 10 the doctrine Of the
Trinity, the real presence or Che
Nicenc creed. But words are things.
And this cngraiting a monarchial
word into the vocabulary of a free
people Is fast corrupting their ideas,
and degrading them from the proud
position Of citizens into that Of sub.
jccts. We are being taught by O
certain class of latter-day patriots
that we must be "loyal." And o.
we cannot, with any good sense, be
said to be "loyal" TO principle, 80
as we must be "loyal" to something,
we are called upon to be %oyalo to
the "Union" and the "Flag." Now
what is the Union, if divorced from
the Constitution9 What Is the Flag
when ii ceases to be the symbol o.
the Constitution? The cross il
sacred, because it is the symbol of the
religion Of Christ. But suppose Il
be wrenched from us by the heather,
and with il for their standard, they
march on 10 persecute us to death,
must the Christian love it still?
A strong man armed, comes into
your house, despoils you Of your
goods, robs, burns, ravishes, destroy.
and lays waste. You rise in arms
against him. But he says, "Hands
off; / have on your dear fathers gar
ments, and as you love and regard
him, and are legal to his memory,
respect and reverence my person p
Now, what is it to you that the ruff
fan has on your fathers old clothes
Does II excuse his crimes and enor-
mites, or does il not rather exagerate
them and make them more hateful
He is, to you, as one who has stolen
the garments Of Heaven to serve the
devil with. What is it, to the citi-
zen, that, in the name Of the Union,
and under the "Flag," like enormi-
ties are committed? Is his outbursi
Of indignation to be hushcd; his
revolving sense Of injustice and
wrong to be smothered and rcprcssed
with the shallow and meaningless
cry of "loyaltyp Men crowd, Ian
guish, die in prison, thrust there to
rot, without charge, without crime.
Men-and, aye, women--are hung,
without indictment and without trial
by jury, or any other mode known
TO the Constitution and the law.
Citizens are executed, under the
sentence Of court-martials or military
commissions, organized, in the main,
to conrict men, not to try them. The
American, the Anglo-Saxon respect
for liberty aud law is daily outraged
and violated; Frecdmen's Bureau,
Civil Rights bills, crowd our statute
books, in high-handed scorn and de.
iiance Of the Constitution, the right:
Of the States and the citizens. But
you must stand dumb, like sheer
before the shcarers, for fear som'
patriot, ignorant as arrogant, will
cry "loyalty" or "disloyalty," as th'
case may be. Be not deceived; le
us call things by their right names
let us be faithful to the Constitution
and the laws under Il. Fidelity 4
principle is the only true manhood
Let not just criticism upon the laws
men and measures be stiacd by th'
| Moloch Of power, nor rcprcsscd, 70
fear some sensitive patriot, far o
near, will distrust our "loyalty."
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