The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-15
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IIInfiuial hy lha monn aud fvenn
of fho passing hour liW tha emBn.
imilon of ihp negro in lha south
hta hocn sudden Shocking harsh and
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masirr nnd servant, to bath mon.
white md black wanionly cruel io
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black freedman. IT, q now freed
man, bot without friend But hcis
o freedman ! am now ircr NJ ~.
ponsibility fnf his mrc and comfort.
and ! am content. honor the negro
for his exemplary conduct during the
conflict, and | will try nv best ~
bclricnd him, llcmusi IN Justice be
allowed large margin Of indulgence
| for his sudden doublcof liberty. not
Of license or insolcncc, but no one
shall insult or oppress him without
my rcmonstrancc and assistance. He
must be encouraged to work, and be-
paid his fair wages and be dealt by
Justly; but cannot swear to support
and abide the means whereby he and
his quondam master have both been
wrongcd. The Frccdman's Bureau
now has the responsibility of his
fate, and that is worse 10 the negro
than whiskcy, or new white settle
ments ever were TO the lndiansl The
negro, like the Indian, left 10 himself
will pass away, unless wisdom and
charity combined shall be allowed tc
override the worst passions which
trade in human misery and mis-.
fortune.
"And cannot consent to be held
responsible and liable to punishment
for not only the acts Of my sovereign
State, but the acts of God. The lat,
civil war was not only declared by
sovereign States against each other
but il was sent by God himself t.
stretch out a drawn sword over an.
other thrcshing floor than that o
Ornan. lie is, ! fear, an infdel VIII,
doesn't see that the fire and sword o
this war were sent from Heaven
God knew we could be torn ava,
from our black idol of slavery onl,
by fire and blood, and the draw
sword of the destroying angel OF war
He sent them, and we ought to prais
the Most High that He did not sen,
worse plaques, like those of Egypt
against whatever weakness or wicked
ness we clung to like Pharaoh. Bu
/ appeal to Christian charity, and h
, every known law, whether individual
, citizens and persons ought to be vim
, dictively punished by man or Gov
ernment for the acts of sovereign
States and the inevitable intcrpositio
of Divine Providence? lie vii
surely kick against the pricks wh
takes vengeance on me for the act
of God! | can only turn my pur
, suers to the old book of the wrath q
, the law, where they will learn tina
, while God often used the heather /
punish his chosen people for thci
, disobedience, yet If the heather di
his own will even, in a hcathenisI
way, he never failed in turn to pun
ish the very instrumentalities of hi
own special Providence. | abide
! therefore, the order Of Providcnc,
and / ask pardon Of God, and Go
> only, in respect to slavery, and th
| war for It's extinction.