The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-23
The Adjournment.

rho Adjournment.
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Tbra 1urnu,nt ~ Co1prc-a hr.nrst ~
m.Hl tbr significant decay NJ the spirit
ihat animated i. o. measure The extent
NJ thig decay, W. have only 90 recall tie
violent nul revolutionary measures IN the
Senate win which the session opened
DratH'a blltji1r thc Supreme Courtto
bold any art O' Congress unconstitutional,
md T%rumhulrs bin 20 forbid II 10 hold
any political net uncanstitutiona and
contrast them with the fat apd %lifelees
proceedings that marked the latter days
nt the session. The fierce and defiant
ltAdicllism that, six months ago, threat
cned 10 bumiliato the Supreme Judiciary,
and make II the dcspicablc instrument for
registering the decroes Of a lAwless ma.
iority IN Congress, grew so weak under
the odium excited by its own violence
aud folly, that Il barely had strength 10
pass n bill for tho admission Of Georgia
which ~sgtlstles neither itself nor the ooun.
try. Virginil was ungrGciously and re-
luctantly admitted, because the majority
could not itnd even 4 decent protext for
longer excluding her, after she had faith.
fully complied with oil the conditions
proposed, and because the peOple and
press Of the North greeted the narrow.
minded Summers scheme for keeping her
longer In tutGlage with ouicries of indlg-
nation. Tennessee was threatened with
a second rec9n8truclion, because her PEG.
pie refused to be ruled by the party that
ruled ConF rcss, and at one time II seemed
as II nothing could prevent Butler from
driving a bill for that purpose through
both The House and Senate, under whip
and spur; but Rsdicalism grew weaker
every hour that reconstruction was dis
cussed, ANA the Tennessee scheme finally
had to be dropped, because the majority,
though willing to pass II, dared not.
Congress was faithful TO itself and 10
the party II represented, to the last. 1t
showed no liherallty, no generosity, no
justice. IL was rs arbitrary, as unjust,
> ard as defiant Of law and faith as 1t had
the power TO be. 1t was the growing dis
, satisfaction OF the people at the protract-
ed farce OF reconstruction, and this alone,
q that arrested IL In a career that at one
!, time threatened to overthrow the Ju-
dietary, the Constitution and the Exeoll
i've, and TO leave nothing but itseff ON the
field. The lgWless dispersion of the
n Georgia Legislature, and the commitment
az OF the government Of that State 70 Bul.
"a lock and Terry the admission Of Missis.
n sippi, with q United States Senator who
had elected himself by his bayonets; and
nr the exposure Of filthy frauds that had
marked the rule Of "loyalty" in Florida,
u Tennessee, Louisiana and South Carolina,
made reconstruction q word which honor
"A able men were ashamed to pronounce
"A and filled the North with a disgust Tor the
al authors OF IL, Congress would have de
oa fled this feeling il il had dared to. But
iv the sharp rehuke Of the Connecticut cleo
an ton, and the sterner thunder tina
70 followed Il from New York, put hooks in
.ss It's Jaws, and warned it to go no further
IA In its career of lAwleesness. From tn,
NJ date of these elections, the power of Rad
AN icalism in Congress was broken, and foi
he the remainder of the session tho majority
n. limited its bigotry TO the exclusion Q
A. Democrats from the seats they wer
q. chosen to I'LL, and The passage of a natu
ralization law whose whole avowed oh
N. iect is to disfranchise the Democratic ma
~ iolity in New York city.
va Twice, during the session, was the ma
AZ. i1rity forced by the ~eXigencies of 0 stat
m. Of things brought about by itself, to tn
on humiliation OF turning on its record, an,
he repudiating the result Of It's own leadir
dogma. Hardly had the bill to enforc
,e. negro suffrage under the Filteent
nm Amendment passed TO an cnrolmen
IA among enacted lsws, bcf)re the Hoas
IN found itself compelled to protect It's gal
,so inents from the contamination Of the ne,
al dogma, by refusing to Whittemore tn
nj seat which negro suffrage in South Care
,ee lima he'd twice fairly awarded him an
X Mr., Summers lecture on Caste" an
To- the Congressional olap.trap about tn
mi Is equality of al men before the law
is Were still ringing in our cars, when bot
m. the Senate and the House specifically d,
rs. barred Chinese from the naturalizatio
W. privileges granted to Africans.
40 In the field of business legislation W
10. have little to thank 1t for. The fundin
on hill and the currency bill amount I
re. next 10 nothing; the Sohenck tariff bi
tv. Is simply q trick of the protection part
N. of New England ard Pennsylvania .
| soothe the people under their system {
ne robbery and the failure 10 90 anythin
,ea for the restoration Of our PROSTATE shit
oh ping. and the refusal Of the House, at II
10 last moment, To respond TO presider
ed Grants wise recommendation Of ire
*. trade in ships, showed that the msjorit
10 was as Incapable of liberality and sagsct
iul In its legislation on business, as in its let
lily islation on politics. What IL did In Il
to construction, and what 1t refused to d
nd with the tariff and finance, are the ties
by which II must be judged, and by who
lns the party IL represented must stand OF fl
i6c The adjournment places these issuscs b
,er Tore the people; and We very much mi
all. tske the indications Of popular santimen
Il the next elections do not yield a col
hat domination Of II in the North and Yves
snl for which no possible product of negI
lily suffrage N the South will compensate
Missouri RepeNieea, jay Is.
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