The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-05-23
VIII We aIa nm saetetd,

differently Rivtt w dillefrhl qHifirfa .
mofo m les CORRECTLY Tho Demo .
rfais did ooi pill votes enoagh lui
why dd they nor W. pfowsr Nv
~ behind the immediate hour of the
election 10 answer lhis
Firstly aud chiefly iiis bccause I'm
moliaiely after The passage of the
reconstruction sets many Southern
lapets and Southern mea, some NJ
them having their reputation ior
ability ~ orators md writer's, II not
ior common sense, declared wilhmost
distinct utitranco aud iteration, that
they would take 10 part Or lot in the
matter aud that II was dcroratory to
their character To suppose that they
could or would accept suilingeonany
such terms
subsequently some Of those who
had come to this hasty resolve, aud
had causcd others tn become iniatun-
ted with the cxtruvagant resolve 10
die in the ditch, determined TO urge
their friends TO come out Of II far
enough to register. They still de
clarcd that no true southern man
should vote nj all who proposed to
vote against n Convention or for dcl-
egntes toonc.
Now it is very clear that had all
who might have done SO registered,
even under the extremely partial reg
istruion as originally made, that in
our sister States, unless in South Car
olino, a Conservative majority, or At
least n majority Of moderate men
could have easily been secured, and
so we verify believe could We have
done in this State, in spite of th'
odds against us. How much better
in such case, would have been on
condition than il is now? We woulc
at least have bad a less amalgamatory
and illibeal constitution, with NJ
disfanchisement of our white people
and possibly have defeated the who'll
scheme. In every other State thar
this and South Carolina, the lattel
could have been readily done.
One of the worst effects Of this ILL.,
tempered spirit, which deccives itscl
into thinking that il is high-souled
this windmill fighting chivalry, whicl
drops itself into the very arms of ne
gro supremacy, with the impotent or!
on its lips that il never will consent
has been that very large proportion
of our people have all along acted OF
the earlier advice Of the "eagle ora
tors and "scathing writers" who a
first advised us to treat Congress anc
lis reconstruction acts with contempt
and to neglect whatever means to saw
us from its snares had been leit in on
hands. Congress had counted on thi
"high-souled" folly Of ours, and no
in vain.
Coming down now to nearer pc
riod Of time we find that in the lat
Democratic State Convention this un
wise and unreneciing spirit was $
manifest, that after passing serieso
high-hown resolutions, it distinct.
resolved, against the advice Of all th
, older and more prudent and sagaciou
members Of that body, not TO nomi
nate State ticket aud implied
threw discredit on all who shoul
propose to GIL any Offices under th
{ proposed constitution with conservu
) tive men. Indeed, one eagle ora
) tor" declared that any man would L
> infamous who would accept Office VI
Q der il.
The consequence Of all this wa
=, that the Democratic party went in'
. the late contest with only the sen
blance Of an organization, and 81
preached success only in that =,
which it was least prepared by !
Convention. Common sense shove
4 that with forty thousand excess
: black votes registered, the defeat
the constitution was nearly imposs
n bic; while ii was possible to so /. ol
e tain the control of the power to !
G exercised nnder Il that our exod,
i from its expressions could be easiI
e and readily made.
IS 1t is to the impractical spirit L
4 common among u. to which wechief
d owe the failure Of our people In d
y late elections to achieve the victor
which was almost within their gras
Let us go to work now, and see thI
g Il be not the cause Of q failure 10 d
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