The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-05-16

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elements lIu ~ NE latter pfTeflJ
understood evea with ~ their disas.
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cfty, ere beneficial IN Their results, ~.
ioo, The great upbeayals n soeieiy.
though shocking 10 heif tumellai'
dfeeD, are ultimately not without
their gp@d A6cr . storm comeg q
ruin calm, however, not n stag.
nation and death, bat II sileut and
ever Rctiyo fccupomtiop
Tho United states have gon,
through q grand bebauch Of uolieeus-
ed passions Under Democratic rule
too much prosperity and stcccss had
rendered the people indifferent They
gave a needing ear 10 the teachings
Of false leaders, aud were led 10 be-
lieye that they could trifo with the
most valued elements Of their pros
pcriiy They commenced speculai-
Ing, like reckless gamblers, in wild
theories Of social reform. They turn
ed their backs upon the lessons of
cxpericnce-put behind them the
teachings of the fathers Of the Re.
publie-trod upon the most sacred
and valued principles ofcivil liberty,
and, following the u%nprincipled ia
collins who had raised the storm of
passions, rushed blindly into a wick
cd war. The disastrous consequences
Of that wild indulgence Of savage in
are now everywhere felt.
prostratcd-commerce Ian
guishing-heavy debts and taxation
destroying the energies Of the pco-
ple--hundreds Of thousands Of stall
wart laborers without employment
and their families suffering for food
and raiment-a suspended Constitu-
lion and a broken Union-ten States
PROSTATE beneath the iron heel Of a
despotism and relapsing so
and materially into barbarism
and decay reckless Legislative mob,
itself a Congr,ss, u%surping
All powers to itself and bidding de-
lance to the people, plundering them
II hundreds of millions annually to
enrich their favorites and perpetuate
their wicked r~ule-thesc are some of
The results which have flowed from
he triumph Of Radicalism.
Now II is plainly the duty of every
true Democrat to use all means at his
to def, at and hurl from power
fanatical element-thc party that
has ruled this nation so disastrously
for the past seven years. Patriots
must take a decided stand against
usurpers and tyrants, and strive to
about a healthy political rcac-
ton throughout the whole country.
They should bear in mind the con-
trast between Democratic rule and
that Of a faction led by knaves and
tyrunts-ihe prosperity brought about
by the one and the suffering. ruin
and dcsolation which has marked the
path Of the other. If the patriots Of
need an ineentiveto spur them
on to vigorous action, they certainly
have il in their recollections of the
past and in the lights how before
them. Let them remember what is
expected Of each Of them by the ris-
ing generation-by the now happy
that cluster around their re-
spcctivc boards-and let not these
come up in future years to lay the
cause Of their misfortunes ut your
doors. Posterity will dcspise and
curse the man who to-day-in the
country's hourof danger-deserts the
platform Of patriotism, and for the
sake of obtaining favor with thieves.
paudcrs to the erection of ,iespotism
upon the ruins of American liberty.
Democrats, you are nov the ouly i'd
vocaies aud true supporters of free
dom. You are the only ones who