The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-09

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may be 4 bully: he may be physically
strong, but the word, truly conscien-
tIouhly brave can never be assigned TO
him. He Il liken to a ship at sea d.
vested q lie rudder, mast and canvass.
a helpless hulk on the surging waves,
buiieted BY every, storm that arises
and is eventually dashed to pieces on
the rock OF destruction The tnrbn-
lent passions OF man are swept by the
waves OF allnrement and temptation
into thevar' Gus channels OF vice; the
strong man wholhas led Armies 10 vic
!, tosy on the fields OF battle, has fallen
an easy foe to the seductive tempter;
The lawyer, with his dry. sarcastic
learnIngand love OF wealth has been
helpless when pitted against the game
OF chance: the doctor. in his cold
methods OF practice has been made a
slave 10 some vicious habits; and the
divine In the pulpit, as history has re-
corded, is not free from the contami-
mating Influences of tic many prevail
ing vices: the clerk and mechanic are
easy preys, aud the laborer is as GER
tain a victim. as night follows day,
With all these frailties and weaknesses
manifestiug themselves in the human
race, what then. can be done 20 re-
tard the rapidly growing inclination
TO viciousness and vile habits? Let US
reviaw: The laxity Of parents in not
being more rigid towards their chill
dren at an early age, this laxity in
spires the youngster to such degree
that it ia not an infrequent sightto see
a number of the lilllputians band TO-
gether aud boldly follow the path that
Pa has trod: the next important mat
tiers to be mentioned are the laws Of
state and the ordinances OF d city are
made for the regulation and protec-
tion of society: if these laws are not
enforced and these ordinances are not
carried into effect, then there is a
direlection of duty, and that abused
duty towards the citizens and society
is as grave as the laxity of the pa
rents toward their children. We
shall not at present write on this sub
ject, as it shall be deliberately dwelt
upon in a later issue under the head of
Municipalities VS.. The People"
All OF us have read many thrilling
stories of border raids and frontier
mems bravery in defending their
property and repulsing the enemy at
loss of their lives, these were occur
rences born OF necessity at a time
when civilization was in a seml-state
and the scalp OF any enemy was con-
sidered great trophy, but in these
days of ours. and at the present time,
7hen civilization is supposed to be
far advanced. is it necessary for man
to lose his life to protect few dollars?
II such Is the case. where is our vaunt- |
ed, boosted freedom, where are the |
grand purposes and intentions of the |
constitution, which our forefathers
fought, bled and died for? Where is
it? Trampled upon and detied by
few miscreants who were made reck-
less by continuous association with
DE- rni-mondes. and brutalized by the
prvfanities and slang of regular
contact, the bloody and disgracerul
scene of that awful night has cast
blot upon the fair name Of our city
and county which time alone shall |
wipe out, and with the progress OF
time, the eradication of lawlessness
and the furnishing of the law-breaker,
we shall once more be restored to the
tranquility, serenity and peace which
We heretofore enjoyed.
THE RAMBLER.