The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-12-17
REPRESENTED posrEmrY.
All q Mlssaks About the Late convsn-
lions Rsprsssstiaa cue AAssstry.

tened what intended to say regard
Ing this section.
II Is true that I, with nIneiy-sIx (ss)
other delegates, supported II. IL Is
equally true land curious tool that Its
opponents nnssercd the magnificent
force OF eleven (il) votes. This too
despite the fact that Boards of Trade
etc, from all parts Of the State were
present to oppose its passage. Anoth-
or curious fact is..that most Of the elcv-
on above were Corporation Agents or
their friends.
Now, the irresistible conclusion to
be drawn from your criticisms, Is,
erst, that all the folly and pigheaded-
ness rests with tho 81. who favored the
section; and next, that all the patriot
ism and abroad craftsmanship" are
solely With thc IL corporation fel-
lows who opposed the measure.
l confess. then, that If tho eleven
patriots % are TO be taken as express
Ing the will Of the people of MIssissip-
pL l am entirely at a loss to know
what, or whom, We ninety-sevcn -agra-
mans" represented.
But | ana not able TO SEQ Il Ia that
light. Corporation attorneys aud 9TH
srs Of that same Tx never become so
forgetful Of the interests of their priu-
cpsls, as TO work solely for revitsl-
hIng State TO the injury Of their own
special line of business. But they
have taken ss y motto the trite ex-
preston Of their master-spirIt Gould
and taught their scrvitors that their
business is above the people; and @.thc
people bc-.r
The constitution was not make for
q year or a--dccade, and those who
adopted section 1S3 were not legisla-
ting for conditions affecting the pres
e~t only. To use Judge Chrisman's
words In his advocacy of this clause,
eve provide against jobs and schemes.
and public.snd private villaiHy" that
might arise to confront and opprcss
our children.
we.did not propose TO leave poster
ity heritage ofdcbt and taxation and
repudiativn-just fruits of nearly all 0l
these subscription schemes; we did
not propose that ignorant and nOn-
iar-pA. ing mAjorities should longer.
nj the bchrst of a icw srhcmcrs, who
had a private enterprise TO subserve,-
Ia throttle helpless minority aud say
them -Siand, and deliyerr Minor
tiles have some rights, aud one Of those
is, that they snail not be forced to sub
init TO spoliafion (for such IL is) OF
thcir property for the benefit of char
tered pirsticsl advcnturcrs, that own
nothing in Gods creation except n lit
tie piece of paper aud what bonds
they, with the aid OF an irresponsible
majority, may have wrested from the
counties and municipalities. Divcstcd
of the cloak called @public enterprise" I"
you find there the same cloven-hoot,-
building up the few at the expense Of
the m.ay"-thc thing Of all things
which pure Democracy abhors.
You have taken 10 heart the contcm-
plated loss OF the proposed railroad
scheme. If that concern Is lcgiti
mate II. r. Co.. your subscription of
100000 would neither bring, nor de-
ter IL from passing through our coun-
~ site. you remember the l. N. o.
a. r. would not accept $4,000 from
the town.. Ifnot a company of capi-
talists, we should avoid them as bogus
concerns.
You have a splendid cotton factory
built by private subscription, and you
In some way want TO blame the con-
vention because IL Is not prosperiRg
like Wesson. IL I remember Alright,
Wcsson got no county or municipal
subscriptions at all, bat received ex-
actly the same recognition that the
Port Gibson mills obtAincd-an cx-
cmption from taxation for a series of
years. III subscriptions was TO have
cured all ills, why did not your town
council, last year, take that $4,000
block Of the bonds of your mills which
they werc more than once importuned
10 takcr That @obnoxiousr clause was
not enacted then, and you should have
proved your faith by your works, aud
then possibly we would have had an
other Wesson In Claiborne.
To your suggestion about this clause
taking power ~out Of the peoples
hands, and prevents them from dccid-
ing what Ia to their Interest," | will
simply say: Show me single Code
or Constitution that does not so re-
strict its people, aud viii show you a
government run riot with communism
and auarchism. Tho true virtue of
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