The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-08-05
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A SecIaI Pfeblen Under tie ealSe ef
Politics.

L
gressional District stand face to
face with Is grave political and
social problem as any people ON
earth were ever called upon to
meet. Happily, the people, just
emerging from the furnace, are
thoroughly tempered, and are pre-
pared to bring into operation the
very highest order Of intelligence
coDjoined with patriotic and un-
selfish honesty and equity. Were
any of the public virtues lacking
it would be impossible 70 prevent
the Inauguration Ola regime Of
race dominance that would even
tually end in disaster, poverty, |
misery and ruin to I'll the people.
In discussing the situation, pure
thoughts, honesty Of purpose and
the fairest spirit of he most per-
feet justice alone admissible,
and none but the better elements
OF human nature must be appealed
to, while extra care must be taken
to avoid arousing the sleeping de-
mons of discord and passion. To
apreal to envy, hatred and malice,
is to precipitate that unhappy
state of affairs that can only be
ayerted through the active agency
of the very highest statesmanship.
1t is not worth while to go back
and examine into the acts of the
Democracy, nor will il agail any
thing to open up the dad past
of the days Of carpet'bag sule. 1t
is of to-day-and the tomorrow,
and of the welfare, future happi-
ness, wealth, education and pro-
gress of Mississippians- Dem
ocrats or Republicans, nor white
men or black men, but Mississip.
plans and citizens Of Washington
county that is now fruitful in the
womb of very near and lnomen.
tous future.
There is a very WEI used Latin
maxim, vox populi, wx del, and
the lawyers also hare q maxim
: that the law can do M wrong, that
very well expresses tle idea that
the people as whole are infalli-
BILE. A moments rejection will
! satisfy any we'll balanced mind Of
q ~ eoErectness Of taese propo-
: !, sitiopa, tpd another yspeaas,a
: thought Win convihce, lat ouee
e = that they do not Apply team ann
:. alous people, comprised of TIVE
y races, where the one ID arrayet
against the other. We know yer,
well that men engaged, through
hope of profit, or other reason, il
arraying the races, strenuousl.
!, deny a fact that is as plain as tn
noon-day sun, and claim the liver.
e. and principles of white man
party that has during one of tn
most important epocht in the his
. tory of the country controlled tn
= destinies of the Union II is no
to be denied that our folored cit
zens are Republicans, utit is ais
an additional fact th,t the oveI
:, shadowing feature is tlat they ar
: also distinctively the party Of tn
colored man. This is livery natr
raj result under the eircumstal
ces, but it is not q wite positio
. for them to occupy; nDr .is it .
. all singular that whits men ar
found who readily lealize th
strong and almost inseparable tie
We that bind them together az . uni
y and who greedily avail themselve
Of this feature and throw then
selves forward through motives ,
ySl sordid power or greedy lust
Ish office, and lead these men to tl
CO. test of race supremacy under II
false and deceitful banner of Il
publicanism, when the real tissue
Coz nothing more or less than Il
,an mastery of a race fresh from bon
phs h,s age over the less numerous bl
in far more powerful white man.
MD MD the colored man justifable in th
CHI course I Is he competenti Eve
'' If .justiisble, the second qnestit
- would also have to be answers
u in the Affirmative before his viii
neighbor, and owner Of the SO
could be asked to yield. But
Ia not iuatifiahle. He 0wqa over