The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-07-13

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am truly glad 20 hear from MImwbef
on llds subject and All others Of which
l,o writes 50 interestingly. | always
read liis productions wltii much IL.
i-oal, as well M everything cleo |
find in The sfAn. | have waited
thus long hoping that some one would
present opinions corresponding with
mine, and now think that | have
waited with sufficient courtesy, and
would not now inlrudc on your col-
umns or bore your readers, but feel
that u Il thc duty Of every citizen
who has the interest Of his country
at heart, 10 cast In his mite.
The question Of reconstruction Is
now agiiating the public mind, and
Is even pr qsed upon Us. The ques-
ton with Us Is, shall wc reconstruct
or not under the Military Bill, So
called, with terms Of reconstruction
dictated TO us, which is as / under
stand il In a nut shell, to amend the
constitution by obolishing all distinc-
tion ms to race or color; secondly, 10
elect men Of the radical persuasion
10 administer State affairs and TO gil
the Offices of Senators and Congress-
mop; thirdly, to build up n radical
vote or party that shall strengthen
the radical faction and continue il in
power, regardless Of law or the con-
stitution. Taking the above propo-
sitions to be true, / propose TO make
a few figures and present few facts
and draw some conclusions, leaving
Others to do the same.
The first proposition dictated to us
in the military bill, so-called, after
DISTINGUISHING about one-sixth of the
voting population, is the first test OF
loyalty; that Of registration, which
comes in the shape Of a trap-pre-
suming that the Southern people
would treat ii with contempt, and
the Southern States would be recon-
structed by default, or in other words,
be reconstructed by the few radicals
living among us, with the aid of the
whole negro vote. / have heard sew
eral express themselves as being del
cided never 10 vote again or register,
Now, to such, my conviction is, thej
will be the first victims singled ou|
whose property will be confscated,
And why? Becauscthey have shown
their disloyalty in declining to regis
ter. And as to those who have been
disfranchised, the Lord only Knows
what will become of them unlers q
considerable change takes place in the
Northern mind, for whatever may bt
left Of them after a radical Congress
shall have gotten through with them
will be finished by our own radica
State Legislature, organized under I
radical State constitution, which will
be sure to be radical, and that as bae
as Tennessee, should We fail 10 reg
lister or remain inactive.
The second test of loyalty is q
frame a new constitution, abolishinl
all distinctions as to race or color, ant
elect representatives and senators Z
congress Of the same stripe, thus ad
ding largely TO the radical elemcn
and confirming them in power for
ever, and repudiating the interest fel
for US by the northern Conservative
and the administration. A few fg
ures will show from what quarter III
present danger may be expected.
In 1860 the voting population o
Mississippi amounted to about 10000
and in 1867, | suppose, after maxim
an estimate for the loss by the easu
altics Of war, will not amountto NOR
than o0,000, one-stxth Of whom hav
been disfranchised, leaving actuall
only $4,000 votes. | will now dc
duct onc-ffth, 10000 Of this number
who will vote tho radical tcke
which leaves only 10000 Conserva
tive votes. Then on the other ham
estimating that the black populatio
Is equal TO the white, they will b
able 10 register 10000 votes 5000
Of whom VIII vote the radical tieke
thus giving the radicals, includin
the 10000 white radicals, 60,00
votes, and the Conservative vote, II
Guiding 10000 blacks only $1,000
showing a majority Of l0,0coagainl
Us. With thest Few lights before "a
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