The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-02-29
pAFoLA MIssIssTpPi, SATURDAY YEBHUARY 40 ieoe

lHsH Hta'fi ~ n hula HAs0F thsFeiH
mi That ihsfsfse. The aeis n Cos |
sfess, prescribing 'ales, wbsfel,y ae
sfess afs stained 10 be authorized 10
vue % hold salecs N saId stats, afe
utterly aulI and void. sad n no n ,
ieet whaievef
.. llcaolvsd, That tbe pretended
Constitutional Convention how In
session ., ihe Capitol Of Mississippi,
and which aasames 10 frame q eansiI.
tuition aud form Of civil government
~ The people of said State, !. assem-
b J without constitutional authority,
no elected by the qualified electors
Of the siatc, nor by virtue Of the
laws Of ihe landl that The acts of
Congress, under which military clcc-
tions we're held, for The purpose Of
polling negro votes, 10 elect the mem-
bem of said convention, were not
within the delegated powers Of Con
grcss, and confer no authority on
said conventioni that the constituents
Of said convention are chiefly ne
groes, destitute alike Of the moral
aud intellectual qualifications re-
quired Of electors In all civilized
communities, ccmbined with small
minority Of white adventures from
other States that the majority Of
said convention faithfully reflect the
pcculiarities Of their constituents;
that their projected acts demonstrate
them to be the enemies Of tho people
Of Mississippi, who have constituted
the State from It's territorial infancy
to the present time; that, under the
fraudulent prctense Of framing a
constitution and civil government for
the State, they are wickedly conspir-
ing to disfranchise and degrade the
people, to rob them, alike, Of their
liberty and their property, to destroy
their social and political status, and
finally place them under the yoke Of
negro government frHgH
10. Resolved that this convention
solemnly affirms, that the measures
which the radical majority In Con-
gress have adopted since the close Of
the late war, and which are now
being enforced, under 'he pretensc Of
organizing civil governments in ten
Southern States, were not and are
not demanded by anything in the
condition Of these States; that, in
surrendering their arms, the South.
ern people did, in good faith, submi,
themselves, without reserve, TO tn
constitutional and rightfdl authorit,
Of the United States; that, although
the cause for which they took u
arms was espoused from honest an,
sincere convictions, (as the great an,
heroic sacrifices made in its defens'
sufficiently attest,) yet, the abandon
mcnt Of that canse was and Is abso
lutte, final and complete; that, at tn
inception Of these measures, the peo
pie of these States were living peace
!, fully under forms Of government, no
differing in any material respect frou
those Of many Of the Northerl
States, obeying, without resistance
in any form Of illegal opposition, th
constitution and laws Of the Unite
States, sincerely and anxiously De
string peace and restoration 10 tn
IIrn;oo ,h., IN o.,,bI;.b;0g de.oo,i
military goyornmeui. over ,ho.
States. when there were no disorder
| 10 rcuress, ana no resistance 10 over
come. for the sole purpose of .aec,
ing, by military coercion, changes il
the constitution of the United State,
and in the fundamental laws of the.
s,ates, lchanres not demanded b
any necessity the Radical maiorit