The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-07-25


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90 ~ mind 10 pass Il BY with lhe
.ileM contempt that II and pfodue.
pcas Of . similar character tfesefve
and should have adhered n that re-.
solve we're II not that this lchcf eon.
lains q sentence upon q subject about
whieh ! am anxious 10 SET myself
right before The people. This sen.
ienco IL A. followsi
nm well satisfied that the teach.
ings Of The loyal leaguers aud mid
night conyentionlsts are we'll cslcu.
lated, and, I believe intended, 10
provoke strife, trouble and bloodsbcd
amongst a people, white and black,
who, but for their unkind and selfish
interference, would live in peace once
more"
Now, Mcssrs. Editors, | am not,
nor have | ever been n member Of
any loyal league society. | have,
however, held meetings on our place
after dark, and may, therefore, with
out laying myself liable to the charge
of over scnsitivencss, reasonably con-
'clude That Brahan intended to include
me in the category Of midnight
conventionists." | should have passed
this sentence, with the balance of the
crazy letter, by in contempt but for
the fact that | am not Indifferent, as
to what people may believe about me
in this particular. / do not wish to
be thought careless of my reputation
in this matter, as | might be, even
by the very people who are farthest
from entertaining the opinion ex-
pressed in that sentence, did I not
hasten to Indignantly and emphat-
ically deny, and that publicly, this
statement. If there was one thing
more than another hal | strove to
impress upon the minds Of Shose that
listened to me at those same night
meetings, it was this: That they
should avoid by every means in their
power, by forbearance in matters of
speech, word and action trouble with
any one. | told my audiences over
and over again that any one of them
who should do a deed OF violence to
any N because of an expressed in
tention to vote an opposition ticket,
or should incite others to do so,
would find my face set against him,
and that | would be one Of the first
to cause such an ones arrest and pun
ishment. While / advocated the
adoption of the Constitution, | re-
peated again and again the fact that
any one, should he choose to do so,
had the right to vote against the
Constitution, or, in other words the
Democratic ticket. l was led to
make the remarks last referred to
from accidentally hearing that a re-
port was in circulation that / had
given out word that any black man
who did not vote the republican
ticket would be imprisoned and fined
fifty dollars. That I publicly told my
audience what / have herein before
stated, | can prove for the benefit OF
any incredulous person by City wit
nesses.
/ cannot believe that the we'll in
formed men Of Pamela county would
subscribe to the opinion expressed in
that quoted sentence. / do not be-
lieve that j. c. Brahan, in his heart
believes It. No man would do more
or make greater sacrifices to promote
peace and prosperity and to insure a
state Of tranquility in the country
than | would.
Believing hal the adoption of the
Constitution would accomplish this
end, | advocated Il. / am aud have
always been opposed to anything in
the Constitution that so much as in
dicated i~lliberality towards a people
conquered in war, as the printed
record Of my course in the Conven-
ton last winter will plainly show
and / strove TO have the Constitution
adopted, not because Il contained H.
liberal clauses, but because I believed
that, once adopted and the affairs Of
the State once more in legitimate
shape, L would be comparatively
easy to so amend as to suit the wishes
of all parties. To this end was The
gentleman whose election I particu.
I fsrlv advoo,f.I nlel1.a knl..,.j