The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-17


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bia opinions werc not adopted, Tho
fabric If Government would surely be-
oyerthrown and the ship " STATE
tho sailing upon q peaceful zen With
no breaker IL sight ~ cloud 90 the
horizon, world be mgulphel IN the
wild wayea Of mir1le, " this or that
pct a.hcmw of biz wus not mad Tie
policy of lhe country. l.ycy moies
SION, pursuit, trade aud employment
became IN time tinctnrod with this
madn~ The pulpit, FROM which
God's gospel was ordered to be
preached, became a rostrum from
which poured a torrent Of corruption
and falsehood, As viIlianously fctod rs
party hucksters desired. Crazy old
women, and dissolute young'one', too,
forgetting the modcsty aud purity Of
their sex, took the stump, some in
male attire, aud added new slang Il
tho i%ndeccncics of party Billingsgat'
aud ribald profanity. Under til,
guidauoc Of vile and unpripcis!lc
demaeogue-, the two sections, Nortl
and South, were arrayed against Gael
other. The bittercst inyectivo pro.
yokcd the bittcrcr reply, until III,
d~isgracefll debates in Congress al.
.iourncd 10 test the issue In open and
furious war. -Four years OF bloody
battle tested the obstinacy Of both,
until worn out aud overwhelmed, tn,
South to-day sits among tho ruins Of
her ~desolation, and beside the ushe.
OF her burnt cities, villages and
houses, wccps, Rachael like, for her
children The Angel of Death touch
ed with RID wings every door. poet
in the land, and the wall of grief i,
heard from the North Anna TO Tia
Rio Grandc. The work Of poll.
%ticians Is thus nobly done, and even
the echo of applauding mobs ran be
heard on every wind from the North
extolling the virtues of these wis
caused this woe, and canoniling tht
names of these agitators, thes'
criminals, with sanity adjulation
while they dccry those who stood liz,
men by their rights under circum.
stances where brute instinct would
have taught them this duty. but
the past Is rolled up asa scroll and
docketed and scaled for eternity.
Upon that record VIC will be judgcd
by Him who knoweth how To render
judgement. In Gods name hav,
We not had enough Of politicians
enough Of politics. Our duty ID
ourselves and posterity, is to labor
with industrial economy aud pn.
dence 10 build up our fallen country.
If these agencies arr applied with a
proper spirit, much of the joyous
past can be restored and many adj
vantages for the future sccurcd. Let,
then, the people ofthc North stir up
as much political excitement among
themselves a they wish, but never
let Us again divide ourselves by this
scuselc,s bash Of party. Like a
sunkcn ruck In the .ca, il Uay for a
tins be hid FROM view, but sure rs
destiny, It will some day wreck the
nations l@lc sud suddenly o'crwhelm
that p%rivless barrr. riding secure
and unsusricials II arcident.
Queen Victoria. when at home,