The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-05-04
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dy4 I Will ehdeayor 10 trent The
subject matter Of your letter In thoI
mmc spirit.
Without circumlocution, You will
permit me- 70 proceed at once to an.
swcr Your enquiries.
lsl The Military Reconstruction
Hill, with the Supplemental 1911,
passed at The late session Of the For
licth Congress, IS regarded by the
leading Republicans o. q hnallty.
"a. Whenever any State, In good
faith, establishes q constitution and
government In conformity with the
provisions Of the bill referred to, aud
elects members of Congress Of I'M
donbtcd loyalty that State will surely
be admitted to al tho rights and
privileges Of any of the States now
represented, upon terms Of perfect
equality.
3d, All members Of Congress are
required TO take the oath prescribed
by the act of 1862. There IL moth
ing either in the Constitutional
amendment or In the provisions of
the act passed by the Thirty-ninth
Congress changing the law.
ith. No coniiscation bill will ever
pass either Honse of Congress, unless
public sentiment is goaded thereto,
either by hostility to the reconstrllc-
ton bill or by violence towards the
loyal men Of the South.
Having replied thus specifically to
your intcrrogatories, / will add, that
all through the North there exists
the most kindly feelings towards
the South, and the most honest
anxiety that our fellow-citizens in
section shall at once organize upon
the terms and conditions embraced
in the bill submitted by Congress
No one desires vengeance; all de.
( mand guarantees Of future peace
These they will seek in the cordia
acceptance Of the bill in question
and the adoption under it Of such {
constitution and government as shall
secure to all men, white and black
equality before the law. Such eyi.
dences of loyalty being furnished
the old government will be restored
in its entirety, and we shall at ono,
enter upon that field of glory anC
prosperity to which the hand o
Providence seems TO be leading us
When that happy hour dawns apor
our land, patriots everywhere vii
rejoice, and will cndeavor to riya
each other in deeds of fraternal loy,
and brothcrly kindness. "
No one who knows the temper o
our people can doubt that whatevcI
action the Government has seen IL {,
, take since the disruption of III,
ties that for so many years bound u
together, has been prompted by n,
baser feeling than to promote th'
, highest interests Of our beloveC
, country.
The time will come, the time mus
: come, when all laws excluding from
, participation in the Government an,
now loyal will be either greatly modi
I fed or wholly abolished. Indeed,
] read but poorly the signs of the time
if | do not see a sentiment, too pow
erful TO be resisted, to exempt from
the operation Of the excluding clause
referred to all those persons VIII,
, cvinoe, by their action, a determine
ton to act under and obey the law
2 Of the land ,r,aier. tu .
> No country ever committed
grayer error than did the South il
the rejection OF the 14th Constitu
: tional Amendment. It's ratification
would at once have secured the ad
: mission of any State accepting tn
same. The refusal TO do so has cos
; the South whatever Of increased hu
! initiation they ascribe to the Militar,
Bill Without calling back unwcl
come results, may | not ask Of th
!, considera.e people Of the South ;
: mediate well the probable consc
9 quences Of this opposition to III
o terms now proposedY
: As their refusal to adopt Oh
!, amendment secured severer legisla
u ton, 80 will rejection Of pre-,
: ent conditions encourage, if not jui
C tify other measures already for
shadowed by some Of our leadin
men sIA heH rD' .H
= With respect, yours, truly,
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