The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-07
A wOnrnY LnApEn,
HOu. w. -. Gibbs Hands0mo Tribute
20 Hon n. BnrksdaIe Before the
Kinds County Alliance

uOu. w. -. Gibbs Handsome Tribute
90 Hon n. BnrksdnIc Before the
Kinds County Alliance
n trusted leaders, who have been hon
orcd by the people, think that We go too
tar and demand TOO much, We can find
others who do understand the spirit and
the end Of this farmers movement,
and who do not think the Alliance com.
posed Of crazy people or fools, commun'
ists or anarchists, but know that II j.
conservative, temperate, patriotic and
moderate, and that ~ ends when attained,
will injnre none and benefit all.
n Il the Democratic leaders who fight
the Alliance, who imperil the bright
hopes that We now have Of National
Democratic victory In 1892.
We do not want for leaders Of the
hosts Of the Agricultural Democracy m
Mississippi, for wc have one among us
Of national reputation, who, for a great
many years, has been leader Of these
Democratic hosts and lover Of the peo-
pie. One who has for them fought q
thousand battles and never won against
them. One whose fidelity 10 principle
has been often tried and never found
wanting.
He has somewhat toned down that ag-
gressiycness Of which enemies go often
complained, but has not dimmed his
bright mind or his devotion 10 the pcO-
Pile Before the war his plume ever
waved in the front rank Of the States
rights party and he had national rcpu-
tation ut that time Of life when other
men had just begun their careers.
Called to the councils Of the young
Confcderacy his course was marked by
the lofticst patriotism He was in truth
and in deed, the trusted advisor Of the
Great Mississippian"
After the war, when "all was lost gave
honor" he returned 10 his printing
press, and from the Office Of the Clarion
hung out the signal light Of "hope" and |
with heart undismaycd aud nerve I'M
shaken, devoted his life and energy 10 |
the cause Of the people, the rehabiita- |
ton Of civil government and the preser- !
walton Of Anglo Saxon civilization amid |
the wreck and ruin Of reconstruction.
With sleepicss vigilance he kept 1
watch and ward" over the interests Of
the white people Of the State, and only
we who followed him in that long,
weary struggle, know and can family
his nestimablc services
Others, who have served less faithfully
and less continuously, have been amply
rewarded, but Mississippi In these latter
days has been neither great nor generous :
TO her great cOmmoner and tribune OF
.he people
II cannot be said OF those who follow
where he leads, that they are not Dem I
,crats, for the history and policy Of the
inrty in the State for 10 wears il his 7
history and his policy.
We do not have 10 place the flag of :
he Democratic party and white suprem- !
cy in his hands, for they would not
'rasp any other He has, in thousand a
attlos, in victory and defeat. flashed il
n the face OF is foes and waved IT nj FRI
he head OF the column 10 encourage It's o
blowers t,
And though sometimes he has felt call.
d upon TO sacrifice his political ambi- X
on TO the interests of the party and has
lmetmes withdrawn from heated con
'sts. where only his personal fortunes -
ere involved, he has never in all hisl =
f. yielded one inch OF democratic prin- :,
Pile or ono scintilla of the rights and =
ltcrcsts 81 tne people =
II is hardly necessary TO name him.
r there is but one man in the State B
HON the description will ft-but one ID
an In the State who has given all his f
e his time, his thought and his talent
h fortune, TO the cause OF the people OF :,
10 State-of the Democratic party-and J.
at is Ethel Barksdale. -
With him as leader we can scarcely ~
II, for he has courage, skill, experience. ~
ergy and talent and his name will u
oke storm of enthusiasm from one
ID of the State 10 the other, and bring III
the rescue, many Il war worn veteran NJ
the party who has long since chung up IL
: bruised arms for monuments" and
hen We have him in the Senate, we NAV y.
II have in him great Constitutional -,
wyer, There are plenty of them there ~,
ready, but we will have one who is
nstltutionally Democrat and faith
servant of the people, and one who
III represent and embody the spirit of
Q revolution that seeks TO infuse into lt>
G government more of the will of the de
ople than now aspires its policies VI
nder his leadership success is reason III
ly certain.
And as for our leader, as his gallant Tn
other marked with his lifes blood the up
CHEST point to which the wave of South w.
n valor reached at Gettysburg, and es-
,med i glorious privilege to die for W
8 people, so he, whose services in the 'e'
81 have been no less conspicuous and
triotic, though in q different sphere, 40
j not begrudge any sacrifice OF time ~
labor II he can thus contribute in the cy.
st to advance the cause of the people trl
om he loves so well and has served so ii'
thfully, and to the ultimate triumph pr
the nation Of the principles OF the al m'
nee and OF the principles and policy We
! organization of the Democratic party, an
ose success and harmony, his friends ue
| enemies well know, has ever been lat
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