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

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than lhgl of memo tu1I agr, and
the present condition ~ tHat race
H. q danger thii lmks and hides
~ the sources and fountain of
power in every State We lave
no standard by which to measure
the disaster that may Be brought
upon us by ignorance and vice IN
the citizens, when joined to corr
ruplion and fraud In the suffrage.
The voters OF the Union. who make
and uumakc constitutions, and
upon whose viii hang the destiny
OF our government, can transmit
their supreme authority 10 no sue
ccssor save the coming generation
Of voters, who are the sole heirs
Of sovereign power, II thal gen
Grafton comes TO is inheritance
blinded by ignorance and corrupt
ed by vice, the fail Of the Republic
will be certain and remedies,
The census has already sounded
the alarm in the appalling figures
which mark how dangerously high
the tide Of illiteracy has arisrr
among our voters and their chill.
drcn. To the South the question
is Of supreme Importance, but til,
responsibility for the existence o
slavery does not rest upon In,
South alone. The nation itself il
responsible for the extension Of tlc
. suffrage, aud ii is under spcca
obligations to aid in removing III,
illitcracy which it has added to tn,
voting population for the Mortl
and South alike. There is bu
p one remedy. Al constitutions
| power of nations and Of States an,
Of all volunteer forces Of the PEG
: plc, should be summoned to mcc
this danger BY the saving innu
ence OF universal education.
- IS the high privilege and sacre
n duty of those now living to cdu
s cate their Successors and fit thcr
by intelligence and virtue Tor tn
inheritance which awaits them /
: this beneiicent work. Section
c and races should be forgotten, an
o partisanship should be unknown
= Let our people find a new meal
ing in the divine oracle which d,
%clarcs that "a little child shall lea
thsm,' for our little children vi
L soon control the destinies of Il
o republic. My countrymcn. we {
If not now differ in our iudgme.
10 concerning controversies OF pa
generations, and fifty years hen,
" our children will not be divid,
in their opinions concerning o.
d controversies. and they will sure
l. bless their fathers, and their +
n theirs God, hat the Union ".
preserved, that slavery was owe
" thrown, and that both races we
n made equal before the law. v
may hasten, or we may rctard. b
f we cannot prevent the final reCo
~ citation. IL i, not possible for
to make truce with time by antiC
pating and accepting its lnevital
/ verdict. Enterprises Of the hig
er est Importance to our moral Al
Ig material wcll-being invite us al
i offer ample scope for the cmplo
mcnt of our best powers. Let
: our people leave behind them
10 batile-iields OF dead issues. mo
r. forward in the strength Of libel
ID aud restored Union with the gran
at est victories Of peace.
IL,
&c TbE NGW CABINET.