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

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none Of iheao mon were punished
Maine, which was In fct under the
nw NJ W. ensign W a conquered
country was not constl red ont or the
Union, Ils officials, although thcy
obcyed the orders cmannilng from
British authority, and rendered i'm.
portant service TO that Government,
aud were Ia lact guilty Of treason, "
the power Of compulslon, though not
cScrtcd, had not justified IL, were not
questioned hy our Government farther
than to draw from our cairts de-
cisions that submission to power
that could not be resisted rendered
trcasonablc acts justiGable.
But now the tables are turned, and
there il no such allowance for the
! people of the South, who are under
: durcss while the conspirators were
: establishing an absolute usurpation
y over them by military force, aud the
u leading men In the administration
: going out and that coming in, at
: Washington, were both united in q
: negotiation with that usurpation t.
9 acknowledge "peacc and amity
Ie with il, as the result of manifest
: and accomplished revolution in th'
: Government of the Union" and thil
. confirmed by the promise of the Pre-
3 mier that the strongholds of th
!, United States in the harbor Q
= Charleston should be surrendered b
> that ussrping Government. The me
e who stood by the Union in the Sout
u u until the whole region was give
y over by the Government bound |
!, protect them, but which, instead ,
d interfering in their behalf, was capt.
!, ulating for their surrender, had n
. altcrnativewhen thus permitted TO |
y environed within the military lin,
= of the foe, which expelled everythin
y Union beyond their border, but sui
y mission. What tight has the Nj
oi tionl Government now TO hold the
men subject to penalties for ncquies'
in ing in their enforced condition, an
to yielding to the will Of the State go,
OF ernments and the military pow'
III thus. established, and going into Il
s. war, ,lmore than the United Stat
a had 10 hold the men Of Maine lab
IN to punishment for giving aid ar
er comfort to the British army there
h. The war Of 1912? The districts the
tn found no difficulty, after the war w
he over, in getting representation
ar Congress. There were no test oat'
'ly imposed TO exclude them. WI
to should the conspiracy Of the Calhol
zee junto bring greater punishment
oil is innocent victims than did that
ngI the Essex junto and lis Hartfo
vel Convention? The scheme of ca
ur was equally criminal dissoluti
he of the Union-but the means Of [
ITO latter were much more invidious,
on d foreign force was introduced il
lat the heart Of the country hostile TO
mt the essential principles Of our repr
on lican system.
mt And is there no atonement in
W calamities with which the unfortun
al masses Of the South have been visi
ihe from the despotism of the usurpati
Ter which would never have been
ied oycrtthem had not the trcachcry Q
ish coll, Won of our National Cove
ion men lassisted?-noting in the ut
ith ruin Which succeeded from the in
an sion our frmy,-ghich neces'
ish made desttoyers, to plead i5r1 1r.s.l
led and generosity 70 tie Victims O
ov- war guiltless of its provocation?
eel- whole South has been a field of
the tlc-all its agriculture has been,
Q a great extent, PROSTATE for four We
en- Towns and homestcads innumers
Ihis have been swept away in fan
ion Half million of its most vigor
wer youth have perished in battI
ng- countless millions Of money, inves
ted in the means Of productionhavc b
ing Lost, and its ppudest eitiesl are ru
the Charleston remains, like the ruin
an Carthage Of old, an appropriate m
to ument Of the perfdy which has 81
nth the sunny South in darkness
bile desolation. Meantime the North
ing risen in increasing grandeur
mid wealth throughout the progress
ada the war. What hearts those !
MIS- must have who, standing aloof Il
ton the war and enjoying the glory
aim blessings of the victories won by
'esi- gallant armies without sharing d
of tolls and perils, now, instead Of
can, itating the soldiers magnanimit,
'yth lifting up q fallen brother. We