The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-11-10
CLEAN MEN NEEDED,


GREENWOOD Commonwealth.
III 0Gr lawmakers he not men of vir
Tue, VI integrity, Of dignity Of char
acler, or intellect, and inspired by no
DIZZY or purposes, what can we hon,
Tor The republic? II the source b,
impure the whole stream will be con
%tanlnated, IL Is foolish to expect the
Dad to produce the good. You canno,
gather roses from jImson weeds, MOI
can you extract the languorous per
rune or The lily from the common
uoelehnel. Nor Is intellectually all
that Is necessary TO tit a man for Put.
nc station. He may be endowed with
Tue wisdom and learning OF a Bacon
ana yet be absolutely incompetent t.
perform properly the functions of an
once. The career of Lord Bacon.
the WlSest and meanest OF men," is
a case In point. He knew how his
work should be done, but lie had not
the moral ballast which is sina qua
non. His dishonesty and immortality
wrought his ruin. He misused the
power OF his place. he prostituted the
functions OF his Office to MI his pock-
cts with filthy lucre, and as 4 result,
ne disgraced himself, betrayed and
plunnered his country and Swallowed
ttle nation with shame. In all the
history OF this country there was
never as great ademand or more pres
sing necessity for pure, upright, learn.
ed and patriotic men in Office as there
u Today. There are many unworthy
men occupying exalted official STA.
lions, men whose lives and reputa-
lions are so black and full OF iniQuity,
mat, compared with which, tin horn
gambler or IA cheap prostitute would
stand out reSplendent with virtue
an object Of inetfable admiration and
love. The cnthroncment of such men
Is a menace to the peace, prosperity
and pcrpctuity Of the republic. What
Is the country coming to? Are the
people mad? Here in our own beloved
State the people are confronted with
Il most serious case in point. In the
last issue Of the C~offeeville Courier
there appeared an editorial charging
Senator W. V. Sullivan with a crime
more hideous in its blackness and
more Slckenlng In it's cruel c%onsequen.
ceS than he'll itself. Is it true? | am
informed that Senator Sullivan says il
Is NOT. viii a simple denial by him
suffice? think not. Ii it be false,
then 1t will be but little trouble for
MIN to demonstrate it by human ties.
tllMony. HE can get the testimony of
the young woman to whom the wrong
Is SAID to have been done. He can Sc
cure the testimony Of her mother-in
iact, IL Will he easy to. stamp out the
lie, II 1t be a lie. 10 say that ''this
man took the girl from him 1.-THE Sen
ator) for his OWE usc," does not an
swer the charge. 10 denounce the
statement as IA falsehWod, and XIII
the editor who traduced his charac-
ter, will not wipe out the stain which
inns charge puts upon the character
Senator Sullivan. The whole thing
IS susceptible OF proof, and Senator
sullivan owes it to himself, the pco-
pie whom he would represent in the
nations council, and to truth, to re-
fute the charge. l hope it is not true.
AS have often sad, | have no per-
sonal i'll will toward Mr.. Sullivan. |
not wrong him knowingly. but
should not be doing my duty to n.y.
sell and to my country were | to re.
main silent when a man, whom | be-
.ieve totally unfit for the place, is ask
.ng FOR the suffrages of the people to
put him in the most dignified office
within their gift. II CAPT. Blount,
lie editorOf the Courier, has wr0nged
Sullivan, proof Of that fact will
Sullivan and damn Blount for
time to come. Let the truth be
developed ; let the facts be told. It'll
nay be hard upon the guilty, yet the
demand it, and they have a
light to it.