The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-04-04


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while the impeachment of President
johassm cIees WY mouth uIpa she
subject n bic impeacl'msni, while
dcIIcscy and duty forbid me % spsat
upoa ttat, my mouth L no, cl,~ed
and no consideration u duty and
dcIiaey will prevent mo frcm speak
Ing u another Impeachment and lN
fire . tribunal mofe august Than the
Senate. In the name " constitution
al liberty, 10 The name ~ our great
ancestors who laid The foundation of
this Government 10 secure liberty Eor
themselves aud for Us, IN The name III
all who love that liberty, who are
ready 10 struggle, and, ii need be, 10
die rather than allow II 10 bc over
thrown, In the namo Of the coming
generations and that race 10 which
we belong and which has given to the
world all IL civilization, do arruign
aud impcach the Radical policy Of the
present Congress Of high crimes and
misdemeanors. AT the bar Of the
American people, in the presence OF
high heaven and before the civilized
world, | impcach Il, first, as crime
against the laws Of nature which God
the Almighty has stamped upon the
races of mankind, because itattempts
to force a political and social, and un-
natural equality between the African
and the Caucasian, between an alien,
inferior, and exotic race from the
tropics, with the highest type Of the
human race in the home Of the latter
in the temperate zone. Second, ]
impeach II as crime against civiliz-
alton, because il would by forc'
wrench the government out Of tho
hands Of the civilized white race il
ten States Of this Union to place !
in the hands of the half civilizet
African. Third, | impeach II as
crime against the Constitution, be
cause it tramples down the rights o
the States to fix for themselves th'
qualifications Of their own voters,
right without which State ceases Il
be republican at all. Fourth, | i'm
peach il as a crime against the Con
stitdtion and against national faith
because il annuls the pardons consti
tutionally granted to hundreds q
, thousands Of the most intelligen
white men Of the South, aud in ope
palpable violation Of the Constitution
disfrancbise them. Fifth, ] impeac
! il as a crime against the cxistencs {
/, tcn States of the Union and the Ill
critics Of eight millions Of pcopl'
because In express terms itannuls a
civil government by which alone tho
liberties may be secured, aud plac'
n them under an absolute military de
: potism. Sixth, | impeach II as
g crime against humanity, tending
produce a war Of races, to the utt'
+ destruction Of one or both, resu
NJ which cannot bc prevented without
,f large standing army which neith'
our resources will bear, nor our III
n bilities long survive. Seventh,
= impeach il as an utter abandonme'
d of the purpose for which the war W
d prosecuted, Of the idea upon whit
nr we fought and mastered rebellio
RI It tends to make false all the pror
le ises and pledges made by the irien
RI of the Government in lis feari
ne struggle to put down the rebellio
+ and il tends to make true all 4
OF prophesies and iorebOdirgs Of
ID enemies.