The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24

: the perpleXlng prooielil9 tn"V ~
ger US legacy of the slave system
every intelligent and reilectln
American who has read the bic
tory of mankind knows that revc
lutions never 90 backward.
"The political party, North o
South, WHICH will seek the popu
lar suffrage on a proposal TO ex
punge any amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States vii
not require many hours to coun
the affirmative ballots.
ALLEGATIONS by the Southern
journal cited which are debatabl'
are of more interest.
"The Telegraph says: 'Ih'
generally accepted verdict is tina
Mr.. BRYAN is completely dlscred
tied as leader. The fatal erroI
of committing great party to I
dogma of finance discredited b.
all civilized peoples was followed
up by booting out men like Bay,
ard, Carlisle, Wilson, Olney and
Turner, and substituting Jones,
Stone, Altgeld, Weaver and Gro
ker-a motley aggregation of in
competents and moral idiots. II
is painful to confess these things,
but it is time that the manhood OF
the South should rise and repudi-
ate them, and if we cannot shake
them off we should secede from
them. We have been urged to be
patient and good and stand yet
awhile longer, waiting, watching
and following the bidding Of these
incompetent Northern brethren
'Truly it Is time fer the intelli-
gent Democracy of the South to
rise and detach itself from fnan-
cial insanity and intellectual ar
rested Development.
"'Ever since the civil war
Southern Democrats in Congress
have been given back seats, our
Northern friends furnishing the
platforms and the candidates and
we Of the South the votes. x
Il Southern Democrats furnish
the votes, why not furnish the
candidates.
''There is no reason why South
ern Democrats shall not furnish
the candidates and also the plat
forms if they will proffer eligible
candidates and constitutional and
otherwise sound platform.
SIS it true, however, that the
Democracy of the North has been
cowardly or niggardly in official
recognition Of the Democracy of
the South! The party has not
had many years of official power
since the civil war. But the
Democracy Of the South has had
what to disinterested opinion may
appear more than u just proper
tional share of that limited oppor-
tunity.
"Crisp and Carlisle were made
speakers of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Lamar, Carlisle, Gar
land. HOke Smith. Herbert are
among the cabinet officers of that
brief period. Lamar and White
were promoted to the United
States Supreme Court. These and
more and a list of foreign appoint
ments too long for enumeration
disprove the charge that the Dem
ocracy of the South has not been
amply rewarded during Demo-
cratic administration since the
Civil war.
Gin all respects the Democracy
of the North so far as it has been
able has shown not reluctance but
eager purpose to make the Dem
ocracy of the South feel perfectly
at home under our national insti-
buttons.
"It i'll becomes the Democracy of
the South to complain of their
brethren In the North, who have
fought SO long, so bravely and at
so great cost to restore to the
South the liberty she so needlessly
deserted.
"As to the collective course of
the Democracy of the South in re-
lation to fundamental principles,
the principles of the great South
erner, Jefferson, in the national
Democratic conventions. Exami-
nation of the record is not to the
credit of the South. 1t also con-
victs the telegraph of Macon of
not being an authoritive voice of
the present organization of the
Democracy of the South. Who
made compulsory adoption OF the
silver platform by the Democracy
in 1896 and again in 1900?
In 1896 Mr.. Hill, with the New
York delegation, aided by Penn
sylvania and other Northern dele
cations, heroically resisted inser-
ton of the silver plank in the plat
form. If the Democracy of the
South had great statesmen then
why did not they direct their eIo-
quence in support of Hill, who had
always fought in forum and on
platform for fair play for the
whole South! Henry Watterson
was practically alone from tbe
South in that memorable conflict
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