The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-04-28

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could not bewo boldly asked
had planters been alone answerabls
for these unhappy times Bat II /.
too we'll known how their patriotic
blood was spilled to avert there ptes.
ent mlsiofiunes. I speak Of the
planter, because ! contend that he.
above all others, was most materially
injured, financially, during the late
war. BY them our Southern armies
were clothed and fed. And had they
been able to have cultivated and
raised more corn, cotton, and meat
than would have supplied their fami-
lies and the "tythe %gathcrcrs," and
had been disposed to have made an
in n foreign market for
money, by which a liquidation Of the
obligations which have now become
so oncrous and burdensome to them,
they would have been confronted on
one hand by the blockade" and
an Introduction by law on the other.
At the close of the war, we find the
!" stakeholder the "money-lender,"
side up; we see the officers and
administrators Of the law, and the
doctors of medicine, by reason of
demanding the "money down" for
their fees and services, able to resume.
their respective avocations; likewise
vender Of dry goods and groce-
ries, by requiring the " cash" are able
to flourish, and complacently smile as
Of yore. But how is 10 with the
planter? We G in the poorer
all manner Of sacrifices being
made, not hesitating to subject them
to whatever inconvenience
may be necessary by which they can
a smsil amount of bread and
wheat, a few old horses to resume
their agricultural pursuits, with the
hope and earnest desire to realize a
support for their families and give
balance to their creditors. Now,
the creditors Of Pamela county
allow them time TO make one crop?
As ! have stated before, they are. not
for their present inability
and blessedness; and should creditors
push their demands by law, oppress-
ing them with costs, ETC., their day
Of prosperity will be brief. Let the
creditor, whether he be lawyer, doc
"a, or merchant beware when the
Zone" shall crumble and the "sinew''
snap and give way, and the retribu-
tory voice Of despoiled and ruined
shall call them to a reckoning.
] am informed by a citizen (now in
Office who, by a long residence and
intercourse with the people of
the county knows Of what he speaks,
that there are perhaps hundreds who
not provisions for two months
on hand, no money, and of course no
q great many suits have
been brought against them. Now,
in view Of the circumstances which
brought about this condition Of the
people, is it humane, is il honorable
and just to pursue them with claims
and demands at present. Individ-
ually, Mr.. Editor, I have as little
to give me uneasiness, on the score Of
indebtedness, as perhaps any citizen
Of the county but yet I feel not dis
posed to sel6shly shut my eyes to the
glaring and dangerous facts before
me on this subject, and ignore the
distress which will prevail without
the proper forbcarance Is had with
the debtor class Of the county, when
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