Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-10-01
CORRESPONDENCE.
To THE COURIER:

may urltt away from the scenes OF
our childhood we never forget them.
I like the COURIER because it is
clean. Too many papers especially |
"country papers"--look as If their
mother-in laws had just died and
they were still crying about it. Al
ways give me paper with clean
face-clean hands, and pure hearts |
are commended to man. Why not
commend clean faced paper? Let
the editors heart and hands be
clean and the face Of his paper come
bright and smiling each week, and
it will always fiud "a welcome in in
telligent homes. A dirty faced boy
visiting does not make the most ia
vorable impression on his neighbor.
Does he?
/ like the COURIER because it has
the sympathy and confidence of It's
home people. Its advertising col
umns are tull. ! like live men who
are not afraid to pay the printer.
and am glad to know that so many
of the friends of my earlier days are
in this number.
I like the COURIER because it is
for all the people; becauses it's aim
is to assist in a few of the causes
that in yerest our people at this day.
This countl y needs a new dictiona-
ny t., define independence as applied
to journalism, and then it needs
more independent journals after the
revised edition. An "independent
paper" with us has been too OF ten
construed to mean paper whose
sympathies were with the minority,
and whose editor was fraid t., say
so. 1t should mean paper that
thinks for itself and gives the world
the benefit Of it's conclusions though
they conflict with the opinions O
every other man in the world, Ma
jorities are not always right. The
devil had the majority when Chris
> was crucifed.
! There is no reason why papers
> should persistcntly fight over thu
battles of the past from year u
year. Past battles have been tough
{ and past victories have been won
and no earthly power can chang
. their results. They are past. His
4 tory holds them IN her iron grasp
Let them go. For live men ther
are live questions always just aheac
Why not meet them? At least fou
are just in front of us now, and soon
er or later they must be met. Tn
/. sooner the better.
VI Prohibition is leading the val
d and whatever we may think of it,
}, is fast forcing itself into the polite
., Of this country. 1t IS a politics
n question and there is no use for d
n to avoid 1t on the grounds that th
y Church should control 1t, or for l
ID TO say that it should not be above
u to enter into politics. A questio
Is that involves the rights of propert
ID and the REIMBURSEMENT of taxatic
" from one end of this country to I'll
lie other is political question, an
lie there is no use to try to dodge it.
III am for prohibition politically.
a. Right on the heels of this questic
n; is woman suffrage, and little as v
h think Of it, it is coming rapidly. "
,p may pooh, pooh this proposition b'
r. woman suffrage is inevitable. l 81
re let it come.I am for it. In Think,
of of this question we shudder at tt
h. thought of pulling our women dow
a. to the level of the ballot-box. "
If, need not do this. Let US pull Il
E. baliot.box up to the level of o
be women. Why not concede our wiz
Oh as many privileges as we claim
so ourselves2 Are they less honorat
ct or less intelligent Have they lie
q at stake than we? The sooner ,
Nv rid ourselves of the heather id
70. that woman has less sense than m
nt the better for US.
We The suppression of polygam y 81
IS the education of the masses are p
". litical questions that are now CALI
le- for our attention. Polygamy Is
he growing evil that should be stopp
of now. If Legislation is not stro
bt. enough to put an end to it let it
in suppressed with bayonets, Supprt
,es it. Fifty years more of life to t
vs.. Mormon Church means baptism
m. blood for this country.
cd Whatever our preconceived ide
hit about national aid to education, it
Ii. fact that this is growing questi
r. that must be settled before many
il us die from old age. 1t this coun,
in has right to spend NOR ey to p,