The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-09

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ran m4da n mlhf Hmsae lfhas
ren sHprfeastA lat I 49, W. II "
bel onl h ollsufllY tmf a0unlU Z
be- sirfial Jury and w ahd Us ihis
laisl nes. wlll e. ~ lefiff II On ap.
pal The fenmd must ~ no hif
and complete. nnl therefore IiI labe
NrHslon y make public wtai swofr
~ ! sald 4 good deal mafe than I
ean mt down, NJ. fslilm. AND NJ
times my language waa considered
imfHideni hui they thought ilai waa
WI The better fr their eide. fof \
illustrated the reliellious splfit 4
heard one n EN- myi Td him ~
on..ihe ruling passion strong IN
death Ilcs good States evidence ("
When J was pot ON The stand old
Boutwell, swofe me most fofcely and
solcmnly 10 spcak The truth, tie
whole truth, aud nothing but the
truth, and ! observed that he was
then entertaining about q quart Of
double feciiGed, aud It looked like Il
had sourcd on his stomach. Old
Blow was scttin of on one side with
a memorandum book, gcttiu ready IA
note down some "gnrbled extracts y
Old Iron Works was Chairman
and when he nodded his Republican
head, old Boutwell, says he's "Youl
name Is Arp, | believe, sir2"
$50 called" says |.
"You reside in the State of Gcor.
gia, do you?"
al can't say exactly" says |. al
live in Rome, right in the fork o
two iniun rivers"
ain the State of Georgia." says h
fiercely.
ain state Of uncertainty abou
that" says ]. ave don't know
whether Georgia is a State or not.
would like for you to state yourself
if you know. The state of the ooun
try requires that this matter shoul
be settled, and | will proceed
state,"-
"Ncver mind sir" says he. "Ho,
old are you, Mr.. Arp?"
"That depends on circumstances,
says L. "I don't know whether
count the last five years or not. Duri
the war your folks said that a Stat
couldn't secede, but that while sh
was in q state of rebellion she cease
to exist. Now you say we got OF
and we shan't get back again unit
1870. A mans age has got some
thin to do with his rights, and If W
are not to vote, | don't think W
ought to come the time. That's abou
as near as | can come to my age, sir.
"Well, sir" says he; care you "a
miliar with the political sentiment
of the citizens of your State?"
"Got no citizens yet sir that "
know Of. / will thank you to spea
Of us as people" "Well, sir" say
he, "I'll humor your obstinacy. Al
the people of your State"-
"Don't speak of it as a State sir,
you please. I'm on oath now, an
you must excuse me for being partiC
ular. Call il Section"
"Mr. Arp, are the people of you
section sufficiently humbled and rC
pentant TO come back into the Unio
on such terms as we may thin
proper to impose"
"Not much they aint," says /. "
don't think they are prepared for
yet. They wouldn't voluntarily G
it blind against your hand. The
say the deal wasn't fair and you'y
marked the cards and stole III
trumps, but at the same time the
don't care a darn what you d'
They've become Indifferent and don
care nothin about your Guy Fawk,
business. / mean no respect TO yol
gentlemen, but / was swore TO te
the whole truth. Our people aint
noticin you only out OF curiosit,
They don't expect anything decen
or honorable, or noble from YOU, an
they've gone to work diggin an
plowin and plantin and raisin DO
children"
Right here the man with a mem'
randum scratched down a garbl,
extract, and old Boutwell, saws h
"What do you mean by that, sir
What inference do you intend2D
T'm statin facts" says /. aye
must draw your own Inference
They are raisin boy children. Ar
harm about that? Any treason
Can't man raise boy children? Pc
haps you'd like to amend the Const
stitution and stop il. Old Pharac
tried to stop il among the Israelit,
but II didn't pay. lie finally caug
the dropsy in the Red Sea. We a
raisin boy children for the fun Of
They are a good thing to have in d
house, as Mrs. Toodles would say
"Mr. Arp are not the feelings
your people very bitter towards {
} NorthF'
! 81 beg your pardon, SIR, but yol
: have to split the question, or else |
have to split the answer. Our ps
1 pie have a very high regard for hO
!. orable brave men, noble-hearted me
e and there's heap Of 'em North, $
and there's a heap of widows a
orphans there we are sorry for; |
as for this here Radical party, I'll
look upon 'em like they was hyer
J a scratchin up the dead for a liv
: It's as natural to hate 'em as It i
{ kill snake. It's utterly impossi
for me to tell the strength and len.
n and hight and depth and breadth
= their contempt for that party. TT
n look upon a Radical as-as-as-v
a a. a beggar on horseback buzz
n saiIin round dead eagie--a sucks
a dor crsepin up 10 the tail Of = d