The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-24

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money lid n mean that when the
saih was completely sabdued, over.
rin, suliugaled, mf cities In ashes,
onr horses and mulea M taken, our
negroes hl freed, The miion pledged
alI burned Ny the Government, the
South garrisoned ai every town aud
village with our freed negroes, and
The whole South placed under mill
lary rule, that that should be- sulli-
cieni evidence that the blockade was
miscd2 Or, did II not mean that
when The South gained her indie
pcndcncc, aud established the Con-
icdcratc Government, and her ports
were opened TO the world, 10 receive
revenue for the support Of the Gov
ernmcnt, in full keeping with inter-
national laws, that II was then made
the duty Of the Governor 10 issue his
proclamation requiring payment 70
be nader Is the blockade raised TO
the Confederate Government? Is
there any Confederate Government
If there Is no Confederate Govern
mcnt, then Il follows, as a matter of
course, the blockade Is not raised. /
wish the Clarion and Brandon Re
publican to give the light. Again,
did the net that created tho cotton
money mean that when tho ports
were opened to the Federal Govern
mcnt the Governor should make his
call? | suppose not; for they were
never closed TO the United States.
But 10 come 10 the point. Is there
any port opened or any blockade
raised now that was not raised and
opened at the time the act was passed?
The ports were never closed against
the United States, and yet the Con-
federates are no part of the Federal
Government. Then il follows, as a
matter Of course, there has been no
blockade raised, in any way what
ever, much less in the spirit and
meaning of the act which created the
cotton money. Sirs, we have had
already too much class legislation,
both while we had a Confederate
Government and by the State Of
Mississippi. All such Legislation ought
to be, and is politically damned by
the masses. What Is TO be done with
the notes Of the State, for which she
pledged the State for their rcdemp-
ton? Are there any poor men hold
ing n few hundred dollars Of that
money? How did they get Il? Did
they get Il honest9 Sir, the State
took our horses, our mules, our corn,
fodder, meat, wheat, and made Us
take the money. These poor men
must suffer, because II did not say
say cotton on its face. Has the
Clarion no sympathy for this class !?
Oh, no; II was a State matter. So
was the cotton money, issued by the
same body. Now, IL one Is 10 be
paid, let all be paid, and then we
will have no class legislation for one
class 10 the exclusion Of another.
The poor man demands az much
sympathy at the hands Of tho State
as the merchant or speculaiors; for,
sir, in every age Of the world, the
poorer class has had the government
to support. Sir, there never was q
dollar made, unless Il was produced
from the earth. But, II Il said that
the last Convention killed the notes
for which the faith Of the State was
pledged. That Is true. And the
same body killed the cotton money,
and all money issued for war pur-
poses, or in aid Of The rebellion.
Now, We want no more humbuggiag
Of the people. Now, Major Ward,
you say the Governor Is the greatest
Roman Of them all, and will MOI
lend his aid TO Reputation. Major
that smacks Of old defnnct times
Sir, IL the Governor will issue hi'
proclamation to pay all the State I
bound for, I shall have faith in yba
you say. Sir. with all the light
now before me, | should have has
more faith In the Governors lega
ability IL he had never issued hil
proclamation.
BILp, THE SnunrTE.