Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-19

forms speaks to man. It's warm cOIOring attracts,
entices, charms and enters the mind. It's meaning
is the same to all, whether Through the for
rest whispering lullaby songs In the summer mid
night or shouting it's anthems to the winter stOrm
Truth is natures commonwealth in which all man
kind have equal rights. A lie is slavery In dis
guise being class e0nciOus. In the old dispensa-
tiOn it was written: 'tCOme let us reason tOgeth-
er." In the next dispensaiOn it was written:
The truth shall make yOu free0 and still later it
was written: ''This world is my country; to do
good my religion" Here we have the three grand
divisions Of human life-hrst reason, second TRUTH
third the world as benefciaries Of the liberty
through the truth, made manifest by reason. Hence
righteousness, or goodness is simply truth in mo-
tiOn, and to discover truth and put it in motion
stitutes the only true greatness Nature opens her
book at life and closes it at death, and between the
cradle and the grave man writes the tragedies Of
life. With ambition, selhshness, pride, love and
hate the semi barbOrOus comes the stage looking
forward to what "may be-" Then comes the old
man, pauses and looks back to what might have
BEEN speaks Of the fOllies of his generation, and
rings down the curtain to mark epoch in the
progress of man. Thus the human race, like waves
on the deep, comes and gOes each generation touch
ing little higher the mark that points to the posi-.
bilities the infinite hill of life. Progress There
can be no doubt but that few men in ages past
bazed the WaylfOr theI worlds progress, and it is
equally true that few do the thinking for the
masses now. It is matter Of history that the poor
never destroyed government. You nave only TO
reason little to find the secret in the fact that
In q semi barborOus state follows leaders, hence il
is that the destruction Of government comes from
the powerful and rich, for when selfshness famed
by ambition is given power it knows no bounds;
and, strange to say, that the tOiing classes will
worship the imperiallstic monster and perish like
insects around arc light until greed like prai
Fe fire, consumes all and leaves nothing behind but
the ashes Of q dead nation. Such is the history Oi
man.
If it be true, as some say, we have as good gov
ernment as we are capable Of having, and at the
same time be compelled to look at our rotten city
politics we are inclined to think there is q wOeul
want Of both common sense and honesty among the
people. I am inclined to believe that II our nation
q government was as rotten as our city govern.
ments this nation would revOlutiOnize in less than
year. Our city governments are the hot beds Oi
anarchy. TIE say that men holding Office who have
been sworn to uphold and enforce the Law, in order
to continue in Office are first to buy votes, corrupt
the ballot debauch public morals and defy the Law,
is to simply speak 3 truth well known, and in the
face OF this truth let us ask ourselves what il
anarchy and who is an anarchist And il yOu find
the answer, then ask yourself do I vote for these
men, and il so what am II Now if anarchy means
emo law" or "lawlessness," and you vote to con
tinue men in Office who disregard the law, how car
you escape your share in the crime Our city gov