The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-03-12

iN laf.'Y boon w widely copied
by thp pflat, be- mt II tom cof
ineH uI sfr. ,a on 'tllF Ho.ial
tnmr IN yass.ae 10 juty
he saldI
"lnicmprUH,e cuh down youth
IN We VigUf, manhood IN Ne strength
and age In H. veal ness II breaks
Ihe fathers heart, b'travcs me-
doiing mother, eSUnguishes nii
ural affections, grasses conjural
love, bloia out flial attachments,
blighis parental hope and brings
down mourning age 10 SORROW 10
the grave. tproduccs weakness.
not strength sickness, not health f.
death, not life, II makes wives
widows, children orphans, fathers
tends, and all Of them paupcrs
and bcggsrs. 1t feeds rhcuma-
usm, nurses govt, welcomes cpl
denies, invites cholera, imports
%pcstllcnce, and embraces CON
sumption. II covers the land with
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idleness, misery and crime. II
fills your jails, supplies your aims
houses, and demands your asy.
lums. II cngcndcrs controversies,
fosters quarrels and chrrishcs riots.
II crowds your pcni,cn,iaries and
furnishes victims 10 your scanolds.
1t is the lifc-hlood Of the gambler,
the element Of the burglar, the
prop of the highwayman, and the
support Of The midnight inccndi-
ary. 1t countenancrs the liar, re.
spects the thief, esteemS the bias.
phemer. 1t violates obligations,
r%everences fraud and honors infa.
my. Ii dcfames beneyolence, hate,
love, scorns virtue, and SANDER,
innocence. 1t incites the father
to butcher his helpless offspring
helps the husband to massacre the
wife and the child to grind III,
parricidal axe. II burns up men
consumes women, dctests life
curses God, and dcSpises heaven
1t suborns witnesses, nurses per
jury, dciiles tbs jury box, an,
stains the judicial crmine. 1t de
grades the citizen, debases the leg
islator, dishonors statesmen, an,
dlsarms the patriot. 1t bring
shame, not honor; terror, no
safety ; despair, not hope; misery
! not happiness and with the ma
levolcnce Of a fcnd, il calml
surveys its frightful dcsolatior
and, unsatisfied with It's havoc,
poisons felicity, kills peace, ruin
morals, blights confidence, slay
reputation and wipes out nations
j honers, then curses the world an
laughs at its ruin. 1t does all tn;
and more-it murders the soul.
is the son of villainies, the faith,
les Of all crimes, the mother Of abon
nations, the devils best fri:n
and Gods worst enemy"
Rather long extract, say you
j yes, a long one TO pilfer. l'imal
+ inc if these words were taken frol
his speech his "rcmarks" woul
n not have been so eloquent :" il
deed, the wind would have bee
K taken out Of his sails completed,
What have quoted comprise
C least two-,hirds Of those eloquet
remarks. For sught ! know
may have stolen the other third.
y have long suspected that many
s his remarks were not origina
8 but never before have | detectC
e him stealing thoughts, words ar
all. You say the quotation mari
r were omitted. Not SO. In tn
case nearly all OF these ''remark.
would be a quotation, and hen,
n would not have been reported
c original besides, they are so i
d terwoven with what goes befo
as to make this exceedingly IL
probable.
le When first read this speech
4 thought il sounded strangely I
~ miliar. ] turned through a We
he old scrap-book ] had and foul
ID the words ! gave above, rer6aii
re with the exception Of one she
lg clause added and one word trar
I'd posed by another.
ct think this quotation is from |
to Gums Family Practice"
SO have not the book at hand to v,
a. ify it. At any rate it is not c
ne lngersoll's. | would suggest d
in the next time the Colonel deliv,
do a lecture his subject shall be sha
nd and that his first division shall
a.