The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-05

to bc taken hold OF by our authorities
and dealt with in the most summary "a! =,
way. If there is no law which VIII
| reach the case, then not only our
Christian men and women. but our
good citizens generally, ought 10 pc
stir themselves to have such 4 Jaw
enacted. and then ought to s.: see th nat
such officers are elected as VIII 1altn-.
fully execute the law.
These pictures threaten US at our
| most vital point-the minds and 1maGl-t
nations of our young-and their puollc
display, if not the making OF them,
ought to be peremptorily stopped. ana
every man who handles them Tor sale
ought to be dealt with as one OF Inc
worst of public nuisances.
All pictures are made for a purpose
and the purpose is always apparent
on the face Of the picture. A work of
art is intended to appeal to the artistic
taste and is always elevating in its eff
feet upon those who appreciate art.
Other pictures are made to appeal to
the ,basest instincts of man, to that
part of his nature which he has in
common with the brute. These are
the pictures upor. which The Times is
making war, and which we say. as
the Southern Cnurchman also says,
should be driven out Of the commu-
nifty. They are made for vicious
purpose and they are serving that
purpose right well. They are democrat
izing the white youth of the city and
they are arousing the black demon IN
every negro who gloats over them.
We cannot speak as freely on this
subject as we would like, put once
more we give warning and urge upon
press these vicious and mlschleVous
the authorities to take action to sup
pictures.
"There ought to be in this State
and city," says the Philadelphia Led
ger, "a minority party strong enough
to compel the majority to maintain IT'S
good behavior or suffer the consc-
quences in defeat"
The Philadelphia Ledger is Re
publican paper and the sentiment
which we have quoted above is the
more significant but our Philadelphia
contemporary understands that in
Government like ours there must De
two evenly matched, equally respecta-
bic parties-the one to hold the other in
check-if the best results in govern
| ment are to be obtained. II one party
remains in power for many years
without the fear Of successful oppo-
sition it's leaders will undoubtedly be-
come arrogant and from arrogance
| the party is almost sure to go Oh to
corruption. There ought by all means
to be competition in politics-ylgorous,
active, aggressive, uncompromlslnS
competition. There is nothing that q
political party is so much afraid of as
Of strong opposition party, anu
whenever there is strong party IN
opposition the party in power is kept
on it's good behavior. A strong oppo-
sition party is necessary to prevent
revolution. If the party in power is
| not opposed by another party it will
! so on from bad to worse in spite Of
| warnings from the people, until by
| and by the people exercise the inhe-
rent right of revolution and raise up
| in their might and put the party out.
| But in all revolutionary movements
| the. reyolutiOnistS are apt to go to
| extremes, and sometimes the last stage
! is worse than the first. 1t is best,
! therefore, as the history Of all re-
| publics shows, for the party in power
| to be regulated by q strong minority
| party, and when that condition exists
we have the nearest approach to per-
| feet Democracy.
The Times is a Democratic paper,
but it has often urged that the great
ern State is respectable minority
party. Political conditions in the
South are anomalous, and sooner or
later change must come. We cannot
go on forever with only one party.
!
| In speaking of the proposition in
Virginia to disfranchise the negroes,
J the Philadelphia Press says:
'Thcre may be some discussion in
| Northern newspapers as to the justice
! of such a course and as to it's constltu-
| tionality, but the Southern Democrats
| know that it will amount to nothing
| but talk, and that nothing will be done
about the matter. They feel safe in
| pursuing their own course
| Quite so. The Northern people know
| that the Southern people must protect
! themselves from negro rule, and they
| do not propose to interfere. But all
| the same they will lift up their hands
in holy horror and protest. The hypo-
crisy of the North towards this Ques-
ton is revolving.
| We have not had the pleasure Of
seeing Mr.. Bryan's paper, the Com