The Magnolia gazette., 1888-06-09
TAI CANVASS.

As The weary weeks roll amaiu, We
near more closely ths ahxioas period.
when the voters Of tlis couu,y shall 10
called on 10 pronounce ., Tie ball.s boz
upon the question q "Tds Sale. TIE
quesiicn Is Que enilFsly discsanesled
With party afi.is,ioas. Alihoush il
comes to us. organized ard originated
by Democrats. aad hy Sli lie Chr;siiau
Denominations Of The i.Di. sti'i il does
not ccns, Is parry qass,ioa Il,
comes 20 ns A. Que oi tie issues IN
Witch law sud or,isf, aud tie better
policing of Size county u concerned.
henoe all orseds aud complexlons. e. /,
nsiie in holding sacrifae 90 is affairs.
without deiineut towards apy q tie
political teness they bold or agsinst auy
church to which they may belong.
Some people are feauful ihas Prohi.
bisios Involves come klni 81 ,iesertion
TO party principles. This u not the
lao. Tie asceuding sunlight Of
Democracy, as IT warns mp tho masses
OF the earth. developes new germs Of
proness. aud leads man out from the
long dark Righl Of bondage mp 10 starry
heiehls beyond.
Tue fact that David and Solomon and
Jacob (who were righteous aud Cody
mem praeliosd poliglmY, is no reason
why tue necessities OF more cpura'ed
Christianity, should adopt that practice.
Tue Bapiis,s Of past lays drank, aud
sold liguors, at time when religion
Tolerated this practice; but because the
Baptists ol To-day ignore these practices
as evils, II by 10 means follows. ihnt
they are mol Baplisin, or are the fol.
lowers ol anew factiou. So il is with
Democracy.
Democracy is n progressive party.
IL does not stand alone on the old dead
issues OF tho day. The queslicns Of
' Banks, aud the conhnnancc Of slavery
and OF absolute free trade; once so desr
TO tho Democracy of the past. nre ali
dead issues now aud the party now
confronts new things mud is marching
ON 10 great mornl couqnests.
The issue Of Prohibition in ihis conn
~ Is one formulated. encouraged, and
rnn, by Democrats who think they arc
lifting their conntry up hy the position
they have taken
la conducting the o,nvass, onr peo>
plo should be careful to make bnt one
issue: tnai ia fo-, or against the open
licensed saloon with iis pnin'cd blinds
aud debasiug ieudsnccr. No hind OF
personal strife shonlh be injected into
tho canvass. Peacc alone should be
onr motto: We snonll simply be men,
and stsud alone for right and principle.
regardless Of what the opposition may
Ray Of our motives.
We shonlimake Clriqtiun canvass.
md sly and Do. only those things that
God and the Christian world approve.
The argument Of force upon certain
portion OF on, population, should he
forever abandoned; for morality and
religion do not triumph through such
Bnans.
We shculd maintain a strict Chrislian
Integrity 10 all unr nciious.
Tie canse tha: has 10 be bludgeoned
aud sho'eunned through, is always yet
TOO weak 10 be productive az the blss.
sings tina, follow its triumph. We can
afiord to live hetter without Prohibition,
than without siie sauetiiying Influences
that are Iusepsrpi,le from true Chris
tiamty lem aiflri To live in an
sai Prohibition county. hut ] eanno,
afford iaprosiiinse my Christian mar.
hood. and Obtain through force. those
things tha: w,linoi come 10 ms by ihe
sunrnges q tho people.
We must assert aud preserve that
dignity inscparable from ohristian man.
Looi, and leave results TO Qod.A
in the great electoral contest that is
esnssa through our land, 10 the com
ing autumn. there will be three tickets
in the field. Democrats, Republican
cad Prohibition. II is onr inty 10
sfaad among tho Democrats here. for
e'i the benes's oUr people ia Mississips
Pi have received bave ecms 10 ms
through the Democratic party. That
strong npa rssppnsible party Lns been