The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-08-25

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no people haa ever yol existed
whose loyalty ahd faith surh treat
mont long continued would MT aIoni
aic and Impair The Ten millions "
Americans whu live IN iha smth
would w. unworthy citizens NJ q ifeu
country degenerate auna ~ q hofot
ancestry, unfit even ~ bocume the
guardians ~ The rights and liberties
~bc1umthod 10 ~ by or fathers aud
founders n Che Hepublic. " they
could accept with accomplishing
submiasivencss the humiliation thus
sought to be- imposed Upon them
This sentence was again chccrel
with The greatest enthusiasm.
AZ The close Of the reading NJ the
address, cx-Governor Perry. Of suutl,
Carolina, rose and moved lie ndop-
ton. The motion was declared glr.
rlcd unanimously, amid prolonged
cheering.
Mr.. :. j. Tildcn, Of New York
then rose and proposed, on behalf Of
the New York delegation, three
cheers for Hon. II. J. Raymond, whc
had prepared the address just rcad,
Mr.. Patton, on behalf of the Penn.
sylvania (AlaY) delegation, seconded
the call, The cheers were then On.
Enthusiastically given.
The address contains about 5000
words, and will make not far from
four solid columns In the New York
papers. II demands the universe
acknowledgment of the legitimat,
consequences of the war, which ar,
tho perpetual maintainancc of tn,
Union and the destruction Of slavery
II asserts next, the Governmen
acquired no new rights or powers b,
the war; that il acted only on til,
defensive. Congress had passed
resolution that when the war close,
all the power and dignity of State
should remain unimpaired. Tn
! power assumed by the Government
over the States since the war close,
was in violation of the Constitution
I The Constitution declares that n
] State shall, without its own consent
9 be deprived of its equal represents
ton in the Senate. The action {
Congress denying representation t
the Southern States, appears as grea
an effort to overthrow the Govern
ment as was that by armed rebellion
If one Congress can exclude on on
pretext, another Congress may ex
G clude other States on another. Their
is no warrant for this in the Consti
J tuition. Not only can not represents
tives be excluded from Congress, bu
no State, without its own consen'
can be deprived of equal represents
: ton in the Senate, even by an amend
G ment TO the Constitution. The onl
pretext for the action of Congress
. that the States lately in rebellio
: have lost their right to representation
which the supreme government onl
can restore, but it is a principle tha
no right can be forfeited; nor ca
: the right or duty of a State to b
represented in Congress be impaire
by rebellion, only its enjoyment {
: that privilege can be obstructed.
c The address further asserts tha
T the position Of Congress in the mat
: ! ter is not warranted by the Constitu
ton, and Is not compatible with III
public safety.
II is also argued that three-fourtl
, of the loyal States cannot change III
T, fundamental law affecting Others, an
! that we have no right to pass judp
ment upon the motives of any citize
: of the United States when his act
+ are loyal now. Where are the Law
: now obeyed better than in the STATE
: lately in rebellion? The disturb
ances that have occurred were due
much to injudicious political mov'
: ments as to any purpose hostile
} the Government. If the people
! the South show less patriotism tina
formerly to acguicsce in the order
c affairs, il is because Congress HI
. withheld their rights from them.
they felt otherwise, they would
8 degenerate sons Of their sircs. \
n people ever existed whose loyal
I would not have been impaired
d such treatment. The people Of Il
South would not be worthy to
y trusted in the exercise Of their RICH
g IL they were willing to submit
d such Humiliation. These men actr
as they did rather from a convict,
g Of compulsion. For this they ha,
suffered ten-iold more than tho