The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-07-07


-lluefs arein accord
at .eaiiag cardinal pfmci.
pcs 81 government and united o.
r Me aI policy.
la question % BE- pm 30 hlmsel
~ every Democrat. when the plat
.asm oipIIuciples has been announce
hT his party. is. am I more IN accord
uIih ltlt platform than / am with tha
oi any other party, aud viii the in
tercsts Of tlo country be better pro
tcc.ed av ldat declaration Of princi
ge, nlen carried iHio effect, thar
Is those az auy other party II tbe
answer be iu the affirmative although
De cannot endorse ail that may be ia
tAe Pislform he sh0uii fail into Dem
oeralic iiDosfr suer roll call and work
chcefiui.y tor is success. ] have
never seen a Democratic platform, 10
wlich 7 would not have made some
changes 90 bring It more completely
IN harmony wi.h my own views, II
bad had the power to do so, and yet
they have been much nearer in accord
with my own views than that OF all
opposing parties. The parry has moth.
ing to do with the personal feuds ol
antagonisms Of its members, they
present subject over which it has no
jurisdiction You refer next to the
necessity OF bringing the party up to
o proper alignment on sound princi-
pies, with progress and reform as its
grand objects. I'm this ! most heartily
concur with you We must have a
platform Of sound principles, onethat
is progressive, and broad enough to
meet present issues and the ever
changing wants OF society We are
more deeply interested in the present
and The future, than we arc in the dead
past
Such platform Of principles can
be easily made, and ! have no doubt
win be by tho convention. The selec-
tion 0fproporcandidatss is. however,
more important than the platform II
the nominees are the right kind Of
men. they viii need no annunoiation
OF principles to guide them in the
line Of official duty With them the
principles of the party have become
"a part OF their being, and to enforce
them and look beyond tue ordinary
routine duties Of office, to grasp the
situation, 70 provide proper remedies
for the removal OF existing evils, and
forward all measures which tend to
develop The material resources ofthe
State would be tAe prime objects Of
their ambition. AnG unless the nomi-
noes are men Of brain, of energy aud
wilrpowef the principles announced
ia Gle Platform would never be car
ried into eject, bu. Lhe whole would
De q dead lettcr
PlatiDrms. like The laws OF the land,
may RESTRAIN those who are inclined
20 evil, but will have no effect on the
good and well disposed. But they
are nevertheless, The bond Of union be.
tween the members Of the party, the
corner stones on which the super
structure of party organization rests
and the source from which the objects
and purposes of The organizations are
TO bo learned, aud should be clear and
mmistak8ble ia their aununciatior
of principles ] need scarcely add,
that they should be framed for the
promotion Of public good, and not to
secure party success, a. q sacrifice O.
the public interests
The time has certainly arrived
when we should take new departure
In progress and reform
Retrenchment and reform should
20 forward until our people have beer
relieved from allunnecessary burdens
imposed by toxation, and until vi
reach a point beyond which, we car
not 60 with safety to the public in
terests. Civil service reform should
be continued until an offices IN thu
State, are filed by the ablest anC
most competent men
But we want progress and a new
departure above all things in devel-
oping the material resources Of thu
State. We want more people, more
capital, more railroads and more
manufactures
Four years AGO, in May 1877,
had occasion TO write an open lettel
to DR.. A. i Strawn, Of McConl
City, IN winch / used The following
language, and which I now fully en-
dorse
"Our greatest and most pyessin.
wants in Mississippi at this time, arl
more population and more capital
We want in migrants, laborers, plant
ers and artisans, men Of families
who viii come into the State bul
lands and settle down for life, an,
improve their places, thereby adding
greatly 10 the productive labor Of tn
State, such lnon at once become IN
eorporated into and form a part o
TIE community in which they locate
and their interests and ours becom
lidenlieal The landed interest Of Oh
country Is annually shrinking Il
value, and In many localities is sut
foring irreparable loss for the want @
labor aud tillage Our waste place
are becoming more numerous. i
short, we are nov living and Ian
gushing, and We viii continue &
anguish and grow poorer and poore
every year until our population sha
be Increased, aud our labor systeI
reinforced We want more capita
and the inducements which will brin
immiQranls into the State will bFin
capital Our State offers great Il
| dueements to the manufacturer, an
capital iavcsted in manufaetuFin
here, will yield a large profit If Il
factories are controlled by skillii
/ maehinisls aud otherwise pr0perl
| managed. Il Is undoubtedly tru
chat q State which manufactures 4
raw material into fabrics, viii gro
rich faster than the one which %
duees It. need only to cite you
Massachusetts and Mississippi
support Of this position. The Mi
sisslppi planter who raises hts bale
cotton will nov get City oF six
dollars for it, while the same bale
cotton when carried 20 Massueli
! sstts and converted info fahricss 81
iha fabrics returned and sold in Al
-i.a.,..f stI hrfnr from fno 10 thH