The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-17

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eloRy assnmc nothing here today
beyond ibe tusillon ol-a eiiisen ono
who has l,cen pleading ta hla eun.
NY and The preservation N hef fon.
stltutiob, Immenac ehetfinq These
two parties, ny, we're affayed
against eacl other and ! stand here
before you fnf Che llnIon lo.day, NJ 1
stood IN the Senate II the United
Htaies IN 1861.
met there ihosc who were making
war upou thc Consultation, those who
wanted 70 disrupt the Government,
and ! denounced them In my place
then and there, and exposed their
true character, aud said that those
who were engaged In The work Of
breaking up the Government were
traitors. ] have never ceased on all
proper occasions to repeat that @nii.
mcnt, and as far as my efforts could
go, have cndeayorcd 10 carry 1t out.
Great applause, | have Just re-
marked that there were two parties
one Of which was for destroying the
Government and separating the same
In order to preserve slavery, and the
other for breaking up the Govern
ment in order TO destroy slavery.
True, the objects which they sought
to accomplish were different 30 far as
slavery was concerned, but they
agreed In the desire to break up the
Government, the precise thing 10
which | have always been opposed,
that whether disunionists came from
the South or from the North, / stand
as ] did then, vindicating the cause
of the Union Of these States and the
Constitution Of my country. Tire.
mendous applause. Rebellion and
treason manifested themselves in tho
South. ! stood by the Government
i said then | was for the Union with
slavery; | was for the Union without
slavery. In either alternative | wa.
for my Government and its Constitu-
tion. The Government has stretched
forth It's strong arm, and with ID
physical power Il has put down trea'
son in the field. The section Of th,
country which then arrayed itsel
against the Government has been pu
down by the strong arm. What die
we say when this treason originated
We said no compromise; you your
selves in the South can settle thi
question in eight and forty hours.
said again and again, and i repeat |
now, disband your armies in tn
South, acknowledge the suprcmac,
of the Constitution of the Unite'
States, acknowledge the duty ant
obedience of the laws, and the Who'll,
question is settled. [Applause.
That has been done, since thei
armies have been disbanded, and the,
come forward now in a proper spiri
and say we were mistaken. w
made an effort to carry out the doc
trine Of secession, and to dissolve III
Union. In that we have failed. W
have tried this doctrine to its logica
and physical results, and we find tina
we were mistaken; We aeknowledg
the flag Of our country, and are will
ing 20 obey the Constitution and
yield to the supremacy Of the law,
Great applause. Coming in tha
spirit, / say to them: When 20
have complied with the requirement
, Of the Constitution; when you hay
: yielded to the laws; when you hay
; acknowledged you allegiance to th
Constitution, l will, so far as / car
} open the door Of the Union 10 thos
! who have erred and straycd from III
D field Of their fathers for a tim
: Great applause.
5 Who has suffered more by III
; rebellion than / haveg / shall NJ
: repeat the story Of the wrongs an
: suiferings inflicted upon me. But d
$ spirit Of revenge Is not the spirit
D which TO deal with a whole people.
b know that there has been a gre
Z deal said about the exercise Of Il
: pardoning power. SO far as yo'
; Executive Is concerned, there Is N
a one who has laborcd with more ca
j nestness than myself to have Il
" principal, intelligent and conscioI
e traitors bound 70 justice, the IA
v vindicated, and the great fact jud
d cially established, that treason Is
d crime. [Applause.l But while d
a conscious, leading and intellige
n traitors are to be punished, shou
10 whole communities and States Al
rs people be made to submit to the pc
a atty Of dcath7 mo, no..
J. / have, perhaps, as much aspcri
pr and as much resentment . m
'f' ought 10 have, but we must reason
ID great matters Of government abe
ID man as he is. We must conform Q
ID actions and our conduct 10 the exai
ID pie Of Him who founded our hs
A, religion, not that I would make 81
be a comparison in any personal asps
I came into this place under the Cs