The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
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There is nothing original there
i nothing fofcIble there u moth.
INK true Nv what lac says, but
there Is something very, very SD
II IL the spirit Of bigotry that once
baptized The Garth wiih blood the
spirit that chained It's victims aud
then insultcd them as u would net
have dared 10 do II they had been
free and equal, 1t Is The spirit Of
might against right which has
troubled the world with 4 dreadful
wrong and darkened it with a fear
iul sorrow. 1t is the spirit which,
narrowed down to one individual
and one small, masculine BRAN,
turns to petty tyranny and sub
verts the order of nature ~ il was
given, grand and beautiful, from
the hands Of God himself. Il is
the domestic ogre that makes love,
deserted homes, wretched and re-
bellious children, and broken
hearted wives and mothers.
Without going back to the al
most obsolete writers Of other ages,
as Alpha is fond Of doing, we will
simply call his attention to the lit
erature Of the present. No book
in any age has been more power
full in its influence than Uncle
Toms Cabin" More than any
thing else, it helped to strengthen
and broaden and deepen the tide
of thought and feeling in regard
to slavery, and this enkindled sem
timent led 10 a revolution, bloody
and disastrous. This is a work Of
fiction, written by a woman. No
American author has so largely
contributed pleasure to the general
reader as Mrs. Sosthworth. Many
say her characters and combina-
tons are unnatural and over
drawn many say the same thing
of Dickens. Who has given most
prestige and rank to Southern lit
erature? The author of "Beulah,"
and the author is a woman. Which
is the happiest monarchy on earth !
England, and her ruler is Queen
Victoria, and she is "pure woman
|ly.' Hume, the great historian,
sayc England was never so happy
or prosperous as during the reign
of Queen Elizabeth. When "Au-
rQra Leigh" was published one Of
the greatest minds in Europe said
it was the fosm IF tie age. 1t
was written by Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, and it is far superior to
anything ever written by her hus-
band, Robert Browning. Char
lotte Bronte, when she came be.
fore the world as an author, as
sutned a mans name, because she
shrank with true feminine dignity
from the soulless criticism she
knew she would meet with in in.
vsding what was then supposed tc
be- mans Legitimate sphere. She
wished the book to be judged b.
its own merits, and not by the seq
OF the author. 1t was so Judged
and to-day Lame Eyre is \ stand
ard novel. But in every contes
ia. contestants should have equa
advantages, and until woman
rights are on a perfect equalit,
with mans rights, there can be NJ
Just decision as to her intellectua
and scientific possibilities. Tn
onward march Of educational an,
christian influence is doing won
ders /; it will do still greater won
d-rs in the time to come. Man
larCe-brained and wide-hearte
individuals see already that ICON
ing events cast their shadows be
fore" Alpha is not one Of these
!, but Emile Is, and Henri ST. Roqu
is clad in the invulnerzble arlnc
OF a true and generous nanhooc
Three TO one is not fair, perhap
but continue to write, Alpha, an
when we lay your mangled bod
n on its bloodless bier, we know Il
d coroner's verdict will be; "Cau
h to his death by suicide"
rs For fear Of becoming too lengtl
/, I will only give you one item
h news. Our little village was no
~ ored this week by two distinguis
ed visitors, Col. M. c. Gallawa
VI Of the Appeal, and his wife, W
d were visiting relatives in this plaC