The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-07-24
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Patriotic speech

Patriotic speech
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ml.b ~bbualal Ig tI, lo.uu of
tba campaign Wy tbe l,a W s'.rp
and ly lbo receptions of riuu lo
mako Sow tI,r.h appropriate ~
fha occasion The election returns
which Inyo poured In from c,cry
section Of tbts State speak aIangngc
.tou plain Va bomaumdaatood They
bring tling Of u victory such co.
never crowned the efforts Of apoliti
cal party IN any previous ,ampoign
in thc history Of this grand old Com
monwonlth J told you, fellow cit
ilous, from these steps u week ugo,
that We were bound to triumph, and
pictured to you the hcgim Of the
motley crew Of carpet-baggcrs from
Virginia. | saw one upon his mule
just now with his carpet-bag duly
labelled. Laughter and chccrs.l |
accept this grand ovation to-day not
asa compliment TO myscltpcrsonally
but as the representative of u grand
idea. And what Ia that idea, fellow
citizens 1t smoothing less than the
redemption, the disenthralmcnt and
regeneration of Virginia. Loud
cheers. During the canvass, fellow
citizens, | have travcrscd all the
great sections Of the State, and have
everywhere discussed frankly and
without reserve the great issues
which divided the parties battling
for supremacy IN Virginia.
! have everywhere told the pco.
pie theprinciplcs which would guild,
me if elected. | have nothing t,
take back, to change or modify
no, not one jot or little, ! am noy
as | have ever been, for equal an
, exact justice to all men without re
, gard to race or color, Applaus,
loud and continued. Let us no
my fellow-citizcns, in this our hou
=, of triumph and supreme joy, forge
that chiefest of Christian virtue
charity--let US bear no ill-will c
resentment to that poor, misguide
race which has been mislcd and dc
| ludcd by designing and unprinciple
, men, [Cries of "Good !" Good
!, Let us in the future do what W
: have in n measure failed to do in ii
past, and what is dictated by an CT
: lightened Christianity. Let us e(
t ucate these people until they rise
G the scale of humanity to that pos
y ton where they can inteligently e,
/. ercise the rights of frecmen, Whc
you shall have done this, and wht
. they can appreciate and comptroller
these rights to their full exter
5 We shall never again in Virgin
have to pass through such a strugg
# as that which has just closed. \
d more will ignorance be array,
l. against intelligence and organic
y pauperism against property, b
without regard to race or color, W
e strive together in generous rival
for the common good Of our glorio
e old mother. prolonged applaus
Fellow-citizens, | congratulate y
Q this day that Notwithstanding t
4 unblushing ISLANDERS and falsehoo
which have been propagated n
circulated throughout the land, IL
you and | stand shoulder to should
10 with the President OF the Unit
4, States for the emancipation of
n white race in the South. Ct
crowd-"three cheers for Grant,
which were given with a heal
h good willy | have everywhere dc
honor to the President, will you
do so to-day? (Cries of yes, yes, a
e loud cheers.) We are indebted
o the personal efforts OF the Presid,
ct to-day that the manacles have b.
If stricken from the limbs Of 800
white V'rginians. Wild cheerin
&c I am so full ofioy and good fceli
rr toward all men that | fear ! 81;