The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-05-11

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lie hhs kept hotoriously corrupt and
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pVeapihfy. % the detdment ii pub
hcttterest. He has ased The public
service Of The government ~ q ina
chine OF partisan and perso val infu
ssee, aud iHterierei With technical
Re5Asresznee b. the political afiaifs Of
states and municipalities. lie has
rewarded with influential and luer,.
i've office men who had acquired his
favor by valuable presents, thus
stimulating tn decentralization of our
political lite by his conspicuous ex-
,'72 ample. lie has shown himself lie.
plorably unequal 10 the tasks i'm
posed upon him by the necessities
Ut the country, and c%ulpably care
less OF The responsibilities Of his high
office. The partisans OF the admin
i-trutions assuming 70 be the Repub.
lean party and controlling its or
ganlsasion, base attempted to Justify
such wrongs = and PALATE such
abuses, no the end of main mi lining
partisan sscci'lency. THEY have
stood in the way OF necessary inves.
legations and indispensable reform,
that as serious fault could be found
with the present administration of
public affairs, thus seeking To blind !
the eyes of the people, They have >
Kept alive the passions and resent '
ments OF the late civil war to use Y
them Tor their W advantage. They y
resorted to arbitrary measures in d, v
rect-eoltict with the organic law, ]
'Hsteid OF appealing to the better In y
stli'cts and latent patriotism of the W
southern people by restoring them q
those rights, the enjoyment Of which =
Is Indispensable for n successful adj 7
ininlstration Of their local affairs, 1t
aud would tend to move a patriotic
aud hopeful national feeling. They Z
have degraded themselves and the
name OF their party, and a party that y
IS Justly entitled to the confidence of
the nation, by a base sycophancy to co
the dispensing executive power and 4,
patronage unworthy of Republican "
freemen. They have sought to 81
lence the voice OF just criticism to a
stlfie the moral sense Of the people, ),
and TO s%nhiugnte pubic opinion by ~
tyrannlcal party dicipline, and they v,
are striving to maintain themselves !
~ authority, for selfish ends, by an u
n~ascrupuIous nsc OF the power which as
rilghttplly belongs to the people aud W
should be employed only in the SER
wee OF the country. Believing that
M organization thus led and con. oh
trolled can no longer be of service m,
TO the best interests of the republic. tel
we have resolved to make nm indie,
pendent appeal to the sober judg
'inent, conscience and patriotism Of his
the American people.