Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1875-11-17

Through the din Of political Lattle
oil along the line, one sound reaches
our ears, elarion-toned above the
STRIFE and fall-ireighted with promise
and with peace.
Mississippi Is porn again into the
family OF free and sovereign States.
After the bitter travail OF her long
night, she rose ia the resistless
strength Of desperation aud. shaking
the shackles from her fair limbs. pan
oP!led herself Ia the right aud drove
the oppressor from her soil. Scourged
by the patient freemen they deemed
but bondsmen, these have covered
their brazen faces and fed as the
money-changcrs from the temple.
To u, ia Alabama, this i the very
Aaron's rod that swallows all else II
good, or III, the new month has
brought forth for craven upon il
We read signs which none can lal Ca
read with rs and 10 comprehend in
all their iullness Of meaning AID Of
hope. For IN many things We ar,
one with our sister State. The boun.
dairy between us Is a geographical
symbol, aud no more; aDd across
that imaginary line We hold out both
hands % our ransomod sister with a
joy deep and lull A. that which filed
~ when we too rose out Of the night
aud found We were free.
This assertion of her God given
rights by Mississippi has significance
far higher than mere political and
partisan triumph; significance
moral aud practical worth more than
all the rest beside. IL means first
that all the higher moral aud mental
attributes husband will-govcrn in
the South that, aligned against each
other IN any struggle Go call out their
strength, the white race cannot. and
will not brook Subsection to the black
II means, beside, that The day has
passed when unciyan birds ct prey
may swo"p down from abroad and
iattcn upon the vitals Of the bound
Promethus that the giant ha, burst
his bonds and stands erect and free.
But another great point OF this
struggle y hat which crowns ID, fair
result most gracefully he s,rong
rental OF the ISLANDERS upon our
southern policy. People aud press
al the North s,ill echo family he old
cry Of "ku kluA" and White
lcaguer,," while a mountclank 10.
files Brooklyn pulpit Wi,h fresh
blood upon The u, -roe's leaI." even
the reputable pres, dcnouuces the
wrongs ani iu,im. alion III he Lin
coln-madc citizens among us. For
dat, iull aud unIcuiablr regulation a.,
1h'', Mississippi can point go her re-
cord now. None can lc found ia
doubt that il ever people hal cause
% rise ln their wrath anil smitc aud
stay, u was they. - lricVuus was
these wrongs so Recognized n /. ED
10y her Nilcst dctractor,- ,hat Llnol.
shed and violence in Mississippi on
election day were di>rount,nanccd
long ago. Yet even her worst cue.
my, who sits M the bead W. her COY.
crnment, trusted 10 her good urth,
aud sent away his mcrccnarl,s
While GOV. Byvcridgc went 60 Chl.
cago and held the militia undorarm.
during election day, di>hana,
his black flag cohort, and leaned az.
on the plightcd iaith OF southern
white men. As result We ryal oruu
detection more pcacagtn. nf al rrac.
ttnn i, provocative INT STRIFE. BLACK
and white stood together VI thp poll.
90 measure Strength ia ,he I.yaceiuI
! b1u''"t The ballpt; anil on ,aat az
thery was no hilling, npIudm ,linn
np um"rs ui wars. We as ..g
nimbly slanderers Of a. pre-, {,
note Ibis act, even ahough We lu =
they will not giyeit 10 ne reader.
they deladc Tor party purposcs. -
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