The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-30

Hfi WE 'fi lilN
HblnsHtfa1le and VI anything
had been needed 40 establish the
dHht of Nf ianaf ~ noeupB lhe
'Dpmpal round NJ rAe ladder. ihis
apccfh would have supplied fhe
necessity lim NJ Lamar iV
wonhily and justly occupied dlai
position many yeas and will con.
lihue h. d. ~. Masisqipp honnn
him and he i woHhy IT all ths gins
and sohou she eaf bosiow hlf.
Lamar closes bic speech wilh the
folloaing climbing bloaBi
o q
! said that I would allow scba-
tors Or any northern man to write
the history OF one Of those govern
ments, giving The condition IT H.,
and ! would leave him 10 decide
whether it would not Justify the
consolidation oil all the social Gle
ments to get I'D Of IT, will go
further, sir. and take it as they
have already written it. Here is
what one Of them said while those
governments were rcyeling in cor
ruption and making the people Of
the South walk with unsandaled
feet over the burning mari Of the
he'll which they had there organ
lied
For the last fcw years the dis
grace and iniamy Of certain South
ern State governments have been
constantly on the increase. There
have been corrupt electors and
corrupt elections. There have
been corrupt legislators and cor
rupt legislation. There have been
double legislatures double govern
ors, double representative in this
House, and double Senators year
by year in many States. There
have been bad men in these States,
who have bought power By whole
sale bribery, and have enriched
themselves at The expense Of the
people by peculation Or open
handed robbery Corruption and
anarchy have occupied and pos
sessed these unfortunate States.
This opinion Of the honorable
Senator from Maine, or Hale
who was then a member of lhc
other House, which does honor t..
his head as well rs to his heart, /.
the opinion Of ''thc solid South "
and if he were there instead Of
here he would be a part Of Ina,
"solid South arraycd under the
determination that anarchy and
corruption shall never again occu-
py and rob those ''unfortunat,
States"
Among these is the description
OF the government Of Louisiana
under Republican rule by the tn,
present governor Of Ohio, Hon
Charles Foster, and also a gentle.
man from New Jersey, who ha,
recently been nominated bv III,
president for distinguished foreign
mission, and who by his high anC
shining qualities will adorn an,
position to which this government
can assign him. They both de
scribe that government in Ian
guage stronger and more earnes
than that which ! have just quoted
General Grant also, in one of hi
messages depicting tie prcs,rat,
condition OF the southern people
said he sympathized with item il
their PROSTATE condition, subject a
they had been TO burdens OF taxa
ton without any adequate return.
You sent your committees of in
vesugation down there, and Will
they wou'd hunt up everything tina
could assail the character ard sta
the sensibilities OF the southern
people and pour it out here. the.
could not help stumbling over III
corruption, and the atrocity, an,
the abhorrent infamies Of the Stat
governments which they were up
holding. ! recollcct that Their
was a Senator from Indiana, no,
dead, who was upon one Of thes
committees. His heart was full O
prejudice against our people, bu
even he could not be blinded /
the cruel oppression under whicI
the southern people were with n,
in agony. Referring to the eondI
ton of the people under those 20,
ernments, referring to the supcrin
eumbent weight Of crushing an
devouring taxation, he saws:
That tits true of some Of the,
States, ] have no doubt. Had N
ku klux outrages been 4