The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-04-13

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lot ohe N HaaY alla articles llal
have appeared n he eelamns N ibe
ssmlhefn prs grbefally, during ihe
fHsl few years ul@u The same topic /
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henvfgnh AHd fofevef They pft.
feaaei ~ he wHuH friends N The
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vefe Don louRht np oar enemies
fofesaw That, through Tie pcculiaf
aud powerful Influence n tho Uonih.
" and ihe Wftilg, they might safely
trust 10 inhislng Into The maascs N
the North all The poison needed 10
afousc ianaiiclsm and smother truth.
No education u ~ rapid aud iacile
% that derived ffom pictures aud
hence The agency of the IIafpcr wa.
invoked 10 Disseminate knowledge,
not through reason, but through The
medium Of one Of the senses. II WIS
nnt ncccsmry that the child or the
adult could read. II was moi ncccs-
safy that the man "a bc Influenced
should be familiar with the English
language, There Is n universal Ian.
guagc through which MI can be
reached. There Is u mode Of arous-
Ing passion or sympathy, without a
common channel Of oral or written
language. That language addresses
itself to the eye, and speaks all, aud
often more than mere words can ever
express. II is the language of pic
lures, and is understood as we'll by
the ilIitcratc as by the educated and
polished. The Harpes have been
teaching the North many things, for
several years, on that method; and
the shrewd Yankee readily saw how
important such a house could be
made, in forming public opinion.
Hence, the Harpers were bought up
early in the campaign; and they have
marked fancy for the side which
pays them so well, and an equally
marked hatred for the people for
abusing whom they have received so
much money. During the progress
of the war they had their "cuts' and
their gscenes" taken by "our own
artist on the spot;" and this firm
manufactured more lies than General
Halleck himself would have required.
This was TO keep the war up to fever
heat at the North. If il gave out
signs of wearying, the Harpers rushed
to the rescue, and by some "graphic
picture" improvised for a special oc-
casion, they inaamed the public mind
and again kindled the flames of war.
There was no agency in all the North
equal to il, because there was none
more INSCRIPTIONS, and none that
so readily addressed itself to all ages,
sexes and conditions. The war ended,
but not so the Harpers' hate for q
people who once patronizcd them
much more literally, in proportion to
population, than the North did. They
have become accustomed TO hating
the South, because, in gratifying
their malignity, they maintain their
usual reputation for lying. They
abuse US, in writing and in pictures
and do all in their power 10 render
us contemplate in the estimation ol
the masses of the North whose hate
must be kept up, as it seems to per-
petuate the power Of Stevens and
Sumner. These abominable prints
are sent out to all Southern cities,
and every railroad train Is full ol
them. Surely our own people cam
not furnish this demand for a work
that aourishes by defaming us and
our wives aud children. No true
Southern man can buy Harpcrs' book.
II is but paying for publishing and
disseminating lies upon himself and
his native soil. Would Yankee
patronize a Southerner, were he to
send to Boston periodicals deiaming
Yankee character? Shall we indorse
their Infamous charges against US, by
buying their lying WceHyf How
long will il be before we learn what
we owe TO ourselves? Absolute ig-
norance is better than education
based upon the infamous falsehoods
these Harpers illuminate each week
and month. Can we not live with
out this horrid "picture" book? II
every Southern man and woman
were to do that which Is due to them
selves, we should never see another
copy Of il south Of the Ohio. We
would as soon invite a leper into our
chamber as place Harper on our
table.-Memphis Avalanche.