The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-08-10
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lions u vital imppfianfe ~ 4 cfflaln
class u tefnan N northern origin,
wlio cnmo soatb since Tive war md
ste now daied shout oytf tht ooun
ny, lyine 10 the negroes and trying
10 r,l them 10 g0ie The radical ticket
When elenion day comes, They are
around and among NJ every day and
seem ~ be- ohale fellow we'll met
with everybody, and especially wiih
n few weak knecd Soutbencrs We
know who they are-bnyo means Of
knowing that they know not o.
DO you endorse the doctrine Of
equal taxation ~ you profess top
Then Why make I. $. Bonds exempt
from taxation and take one hundred
and fny millions Of dollars per year
from the working men Of the country
to give the bondholders as interest
on the bonds the radical government
presented them with?
Did you ever shout free speech.
free pres, n free country? Then why
do you want votes for q party which
opposes everything Of the kind?
DO YOU believe in what Lincoln
said rs President? Then why do
you endorse men who are not willing
the Southern States should be again
in the Union with their rights un-
impaired?
Did you help carry on the war to
restore the Union2 Then why now
seek to divide it2 Do you believe
in a~bolishing the aristocracy Of slav-
cryg Then why build one of bonds,
on which the holders pay no taxes?
DO you believe in military power and
centralized despotism? If not, why
not let the Southern States live in the
peace they ask for and your Presi-
dent promised them? .
Did you help carry on the war to
benefit the negro? Then why not
advise him to stay where the climate
agrees with him where he has friends,
and why send a legion of political
beggan in among the negroes to cheat
them out Of their earnings and keep
them pOorg Did you want thencgro
enfnnchised because il would benefit
bim9 Then why do you try to in
duce him to vote against his HOME
friends-his only REAL. friends?
W. know . fellow not a thousand
miles from Pamela who is playing on
that string, and thinks no one knows
il but himself.
Do you now wish 10 benefit the
aegrOS Then why make the poor,
ignorant, povcrty-strickcn unfortun-
ate pay three cents a pound tax on
the cotton he raises, to support the
bOndholders Of New England, who
grow rich at the expense Of the poor
people they profess to loveg You
tell the negroes lfact) that the three
cents a pound tax on their cotton is
appropriated by the radicals, not for
themselves, but to pay bounty to the
negroes who were in the army-who
helped to set them free. Negroes.
that statement is a willfnl lie, gotten
up TO allure You TO your own destruc-
lion, and nothing more.
Do you believe in the power and
and greatness Of the North Then
why continue q war upon a broken,
unarmed pcopleS Do you expect the
war debt 10 be paid9 Then why no,
let the producers Of the land who are
the oely Oues who pay in the eua,
Hive in quiet and help US make the
country greai' Are you an honest
nam Then Why indorse and vote,
and persuade the negrOcs to vote for
the thieves, cowards, sviadlers, Union
spliiier and spend,hia spectators
and traitors % popular with the Rad.
icl partys
Are You In favor Of protecting Ia.
bort Then why not Tar capital In
the U. s bonds and securities, and
exempt the hard-earned incomes Of
farmers miners, mechanic, laboriue
men and poOr peoples Would you
protect labor In The North Then
Why urge negroes 10 come In conflict
with the white labor Of the NORTH,
now too poorly paid and too severely
worked?
Did you help carry on The war 10
restore the Union, and II the war was
asucssss, why l. aot The Union re-
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