The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-07-12
THE FIGHT AMI FLIGHT.

VI u SliOHS bI IbuSnS HHu spun
intensely excited by heavy stalk,
on The fight, is another matter ali,
gether, The first bad enough, bI
the latter most demoralizins of Il
Two. On The day preceding III
SullIvan-Kilrain fight the Ne
Orleans Picdyune took occasion I
poke fun" at The Governors {
thai Stale and this for paying S
much attention TO the prosperity
fight as TO issue proclamationS, etc
for preventing its taking place il
their respective States and deplOI
ed The fact that, on the whole, s.
much importance was attached {,
so small a thing as a prize fight
In the same issue of thai wise ant
dignjfed journal the business IT an
ager got in hiH notice that the Plea
yaRe would tell all about the figlIt
in the next mornings edition, TO be
full and accurate, etc, and thai
extra copies OF the paper could be
had, etc as though The most i'm
portant event of the age was going
to take place. Why? Because
the business manager knew thai
the PiC0yane and other dailieS had
published enough about the great
fight, and given it enough not0riely
for a thing Of its demoralizing and
immoral character TO set sports
and the public generally into a
fever heat of undue excitement,
and that The papers would sell ;
that The flames would greedily de.
YOUR The fuel. Beautiful consist
ency! A big ting 10 report, but
nothing for State authorizes to
notice.
But after the affair is duly no.
the fight is over and the law
less crowd evade the vigilance Of
The authorities of Mississippi the
undertakes TO ridicule
the Governor and the State, and
makes the statement that after
great military display, ETC., that
The fight took place with great de-
Liberation and plenty Of leisure IN
he very heart of the State and no
me was mOlested. We had OK.
)ected that in The event of a fail.
Ire 10 prevent the fight or capture
he criminals we should have to
submit 10 some such humiliatIng
.aunls from some quarter, but did
lot expect 1t from a Journal usual
Y SO cOnSiderate and just as the
and did not expect any
newspaper in the South to
make such inaccurate, unjust and
damaging statements as TO the
acts in The matter. The exact
acts are bad enough. 1t is humil-
ating TO Us that even q ~sparcely
section of our State
be found either 100 weak,
liSloyal or corrupt, as the case may
De, tn submit to such an insulting
nd outrageous intrusion. But it
will not do 10 say it was in the
leart of the State. 1t was only
bout a 50.mile run from the Louisi-
ma line, in a sparsely settled, new.
y developed and rather isolated
'ortiOn Of The Stale. 1t was doubt.
ess selected on account of these
cry advantages.
The Governor called out military
ompanies TO watch the different
Dads leading out of New Orleans,
nd had a company in the right
lace at the right time, and it was
.ot the fault of the Governor or
he State that The rOughs were not
aptured, all of which the Picdyune
yell knows.
Such inaccurate and exager-
ted statements, made for the pur.
Oose, evidently, of giving force to
GERS and ridIcule at the expense
t our Chief Executive and the
'tate at large ON such an OCCASION,
night have been expected from a
'loody-shirt journal to make po-
itical capital, but it is passing
trange that the PicOyune should
such mud, and make use of
Is large circulation 10 do us so
much dirt. Is il jealousy! Did
lot the metropolis of Louisiana get
nough of IT by entertaining all
he roughs and settling all The bels
nd the gruL bling, aud The squeez.
ng, rushing and excited spectators
two bloody creatures? Rather
.ur humiliation than that city's
generalization.
SEAsHoRE Camp Meeting opened
asst Friday night and will not close
Intil Monday next. The attend
nee is very small comparatively.