The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-03-27
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We have frlf and said that the
course N Glen. tIfmHt waa open ~ I,
gfave criticism but we have Hlways 4
Judged him by Ma actions, always u
allowing that hc mcat vi he said 4
and would DO oil he promised. Q
We mcpopc the same rule In time
10 some. We shall take hia words 4
for earnestly meant; and we alall d
wait for action before we critlcise 4
him IN hia new Office. 9
Thus far We have only thanks 10 I
give him. For three things in his A,
inaugural we desire 10 give him
credit. With full heart, and most
earnestly, we thank himfcr his fmnk,
prompt and hearty endorsement Of
the Constitutional amendment. The
words In which hc refers 10 II show
that his heart Il In the right place,
J and that he cordially accepts the
lesson Of the war. II emancipation
J made Lincoln the slaves President,
the precious statesmanlike words
! made Grant the negro's President.
We hail with similar feelings his
Insertion that his policy looks to the
/ citizenship" of the Indian. Let
y him cover the Indian with this shield
|, and give him, for the present at
y least, a Department in the Cabinet
v which shall watch his rights, and
7 President Grant will have met these
two great problems Of race with a
I brave and wise, as well as just,
y ! statesmanship. '
= The third pledge Of his inaugural
we hail is that which promises q
= vigorous and rigorous execution OF
J. law. We trust that his words mean
!, !, literally oil they say; and only wish
:. = they had been more decisive and
= unequivocal. Our complaint Of
Grant hitherto has been that he held
power without using It; that he
~ has sat and seen Union men mur-
= dered unavenged. Some of his
friends excused him on the ground
y that President johnson crippled the
y. General. Atlast the Ku-Klux have
" left the White House. Those mid
!" night towards need only half a doz-
=. :. en- summary executions in as many
|" States to disappear forever. If we
- were in the Senate we would confirm
:. - no man for any afiice from any
~ ~ Southern State, Kentuckey included
- mot even Holt, till life was as safe
- there as in Vermont. Shoot and
~ hang first; nominate and confirm
- afterward.
!, We say amen, most heartily, to
- all the inaugural contains about
~ public credit and payment In gold
A. But there Is debt as sacred as the
,hs bonds, the debt we owe to the South
q ern loyalists, black and white. This
: . debt Is their immediate and perfect
-, protection. II either debt 10 entitled
IN to precedence this comes first u
,ho obligation and importance. This y
,sv to be paid in blood long before tl''
EN- en- other spaid in coin. The bondhholde
,us, only gains by waiting. For thos'
,;,y other creditors eyry hour Of DANCE
nns and agony cut short Is an indescrib
srv able gain. The Governments iaitl
~ with the bondholder has never bee
asI broken. Toward this other credito
s,,.lthe Government has been perjurc
e and faithless for four bitter year
- We beseech Graut to send me
!, ~ !, South whose very names shall mea
!, "a vengeance. Put aside sham Co
: ernors and paltering officials, an
give Us the . peace" which h SUI
sted 10. follow tho drawn sword in u
ovel hands Of prompt, honest man.
3 an The bondholder paid will give
mop credit 70 borrow IN case OF ano'h
she rebellion. This debt promptly pa
dare win render another impossible.
ak win food the South with capital n
J and brains, the two enemies agaiI
nees which she rebelled, and which
path madness and Johnson's have be
and striving 10 get along without
%s oongrs cannot reeonstruet
ns' south--law can. Safety for mo'
'e'e' and men win. Such man % b
y 'oou, Ter In New Orleans h worth n
'na : more than a mule load Of Ia
nun Hang twenty asrassns In ev
novel southern espital six houn d
sksy are arrested, and you :
xho emr,ty hsK the bank vaults
.-s..- os.,;.t.niom into the South,