The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-11-13

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We we're free.
This assertion or her God-gi1eu
rights by Mississippi has ~gnidcancs
far higher than more political p1r-
tisan triumph /: a ~-ilBi6cance moral
and practical worth more than
oil the resi besides. II me "a FIRST
that the higher moral and meniaI
attributes must-and will-goyern
in the South that, aligned against
each other in any Struggle to cal Ou'
their strength the white race can
not, and will not, brook %subj'Ction
TO the black. 1t means. besides. that
the day has passed when unelfan
birds Of pres NAV swOop down from
abroad and faitcn upon the vitals Of
tie bound PrOmeihcus that TIE
giant has burst his bonds AID stands
erect and free.
But another great point Of this
struggle-that which crowns its fair
resqit most gracefully-is the strong
refufal Of the slanders upon our
Southern policy. People and press
at the North still echo family the
old CRY Of " Ku>klux and " While
Leaguers. " While o mountcbank
defles a Brooklyn pulpit with fresh
8 blood upon the negro's heel, " even
the reputable press denounces' the
wrongs and intimidation of the Lin
coln-made citizens among US. For
fat, full and undeniable refUtation
Of this, Mississippi can point to her
record now. None can he found to
doubt that if ever people had cause
TO rise in their wrath and smite and
slay, it was they. So grievous were
these wrongs-so recognized abroad
even by her vilest detractors-that
bloodshed and violence in Mississip-
pi on election day were discounted
long ago. Yet even her worst enemy,
who sits at the head Of her govern
ment, trusted to her good faith, and
sent away his m%ercenaries. While
Governor Beverage went to Chic
ego and held the militia under arms
during election day Ames disbanded
bis blsckfag cohorts and leaned upon
the plighted faith Of Southern white
men. As result we read of 90 cleo
ton more ~peaceable, OF no reaction
less provocative Of strife. Black and
white stood together at the polls to
measure strength in the peaceful
battle OF the ballot ; and on that
day there was no killing, no intimi-
datlOn, no rumors OF vars. We
ask the nimbIe s~lanlerers of the
press to note tins fact, eve though
we know they will not give it TO
the readers they delude for party
uses.
Vast results to flow from this
most important assertion Of her
statehood cannot yet be realized
even by Mississippi herself. But we
may summarize enough to prove
how vital aud how all-absorbing
was the issue. Robbery, bold. ex
hausting and unchecked, has been
the very end and aim of Office. To
fill the ever-hungering leeches, tax
alton and spoil have paralyzed every
industry and every energy of her
people. This must change in toto
and even the bare certainty has al
ready made the business pulse buoy.
ant and strong 10 a degree unknown
for years. /
The courts, polluted by partisan
ship, bribery, and open defiance Of J
statute, will now deal out justice :
and her laws which have so long been
a dead letter, will once more be :
looked to by the citizens for pro. {
lection. instead of oppression. La.
Dor may be relied on, when con ]
tracts are binding on both parties '
to them /; and the deluded blacks
finding their leaders fed and their {
but bitter ashes in the c
rnouth-will work and earn the bread
they have been deluded into think,
ing theirs Of right. Hence we may
look to renewed agricultural great l
ness Of this garden State. MOI will 6