The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-17
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
NORTHERN NEWSPAPER RILEs HIM


away" And Solomon saith, "He that
uttereth slander is fool" and some. |
body else saith, "Avenge not thyself,
but wait on the Lord" 1t takes all
OF this scripture to quiet man nova
days and to keep him calm and serene.
l know that l am old enough to be a
philosopher, and therefore should not
let bad men disturb my tranquility,
but it fatigues my Indignation to read
some OF these Northern Republican
newspapers. l read an editorial yes
terday which said that every Senator
who voted against the treaty was flt
for the hell where Benedict Arnold
and Jefferson Davis had gone. Ac-
cording to Solomon that man is fool,
and it doesn't become me to get mad
with a fool. My great concern is that
he will make fools Of the 5000 daily
readers that his paper boasts Of, for it
is fact that most people bank on
their favorte paper next to their
church or religious convictions.
The tendency is to make the 800, 900
believe that Mr.. Davis was traitor,
and that is equivalent to saying that
l and all the confederate veterans are
traitors, and that makes me and my
wife to fret because OF evil doers,
which David says we must not do. We
are trying just now to pose as meek
and humble patriarchs like Moses and
to chcriSl, no reScntmentS, buc 1t Is
hard to do unless We quit reading
Northern literature. Another cditO-
rial in the same paper says that Dew
ey says that "in times OF war the
Democrats are traitors, and in times
OF peace they are FOOLS" What kind
of a man is that who edits that pa
per-that Mckinley organ? l tell
you, my brethren, there Is no use In
crying peace, when there is no peace.
1t is like a campmeeting revival where
hundreds are converted for few days
and then lapse and relapse into their
same old ways. Handshaking and
promises don't signify genuine cOnver-
sion.
A few years ago Henry Grady cleo
triflcd the nation, and John Temple
Graves said, "lovcd it into peace. T"
Those words are upon his monument,
but where is the peace? 1t didn't last
six months. lie was hardly buried
before the Northern press begun on
us again about the niger, and they
kept it up diligently until Mckinley
came down here and said kind words,
and we gave him lOvefeast and the
nation was harmonized and the wise
men said, "Behold, how sweet and
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity" And now all OF a
sudden the great Republican organ
shakes it's CORY locks and says, "Jef-
ferson Davis was a traitor, and he is
in hell" How is that for harmony?
But the scriptures say "wait on the
Lord" and II have seen the wicked
flourish like green bay tree" and 50 l
reckon we will have to wait. ! remem-
Der when Horace Greely's paper was
as malignant, and yet the old man
went security on Jefferson DAVIS
bond and got him out OF the filthy
dungeon where General Miles had fet-
tered him, and Beast Butler, who
stole our spoons, signed the bond with
will him. So there is no telling what
happen II we only wait.
like tue late movement of the good
people Of Fitzgerald. 1t looks more
like harmony than anything l have
seen since the civil war. The mer
who wore the blue and the gray and
their sons have formed military com
pany and asked for incorporation ant
an OUTFIT for the defense of our Stat
and to keep peace at home and pre-
serve law and order. That is real an,
lasting fraternity. The fact Is tina
no Northern men have ever cast thci
fortunes down South and domicilet
with our people but what they fell II
love with them, and the longer thel
stayed the better they liked US.
think l will visit Fitzgerald and pay
my respects to that Yankee colony
and tip my hat to that military COM
pany. We give u cordial welcome 10
all Northern people who come to stay
for they arc the best people they have
vot up there, and are thinning out
their good society mighty fast. Fools
and fanatics don't dare TO come and
that fellow who edits that paper
wouldn't cross the line for q million
dollars, unless he came in disguise
We wouldn't hurt him, for S0l0nSOl
says lie IS fool, but cur small boy
might annoy him aud mako his sta
unpleasant.
rejoice to see that North -Caroltn
Is to have a property and educations
qualification to every voter--whit
and black. When OeorglA follows gu
to old Rip Van ytuhIe and Louisiar
and South Carol(na We can elect a r
spectacle Legislature aud have dt
. law passed aud give 70 widows u
! right OF suffrage on taxation and
sll women the came riyhts coueeruii
! fthe education Of our children. WI