The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-23
A SOUTHERN MAN FORE PRESIDENT
We clip the following article from
the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
which is worthy of q careful perusal
BY every Southern man:

the Memphis Commercial Appeal ,
which is worthy of careful perusal
by every Southern man:
If the Democratic party will assert it.
self it may succeed in the next national
contest, To do this the best thought
aud the majority of voters should assert
themselves within the party, take the
party management and conduct affairs in
its own way. The best thought and the
majority of votes in the Democratic par
ty are In the South. There are other
States that 60 Democratic now and then.
but the south 10 Away Democratic, al
ways loyal. Ever since the war tho South
has been held back and sat upon. Its
voice was never heard in tho national
councils of the party. It was the prop.
erty of the national councils Of tho party.
It was the property Of the Democratic
nominee. It was told to keep quiet and
utter no sound for fear of making some
one angry. It could vote tho ticket on
election day and vote it straight from
top to bottom, but ut other time, it was
expected to be silent and was looked
upon a. useless, vermif0rm appendix,
an unused organ brooding in parepididy.
NAL desuetude. Il has come to pass that
the South has no statesmen or mon of
commanding ability. This 10 an eyre.
gious error. There is good material in
abundance. We have been exalting mo
diocrity of late and degrading our strong.
est men, ostracising them Is the Greeks
ostracised their men Of power and indu.
ence. but the material is by no means ex-
hausted. We have drawn on New York
for our candidates a. regularly a. we
used to draw on the same metropolis for
our shoes and hats and all other neces.
carries. We have drawn on Indiana and
Pennsylvania and Illinois. Going far
adeld, we have gone out into the wild
and wondrous West for . candidate. aud
We have been rewarded by monoton>
Gus succession of defeats at the polls.
We have never thought at looking at
home for q candidate, although there
are many we'll qualified. We felt that
Southern man would not be trusted in
the presidential chair, which was true
for time, but which is true no longer,
We offered none made no demands, and
ourselves with following some
foreign leadership.
All this should end. There il no long.
er room for suspicion. The Southern
man IL IN ex.Con&ederate to be sure, but
an ex>Confederate in the presidential
chair IL no longer to be looked upon "a
The ex-Confederste has
been entrusted with the Federal sword
aud uniform and given the command of
armies and he proved his loyalty. If
Fitzhugh Leo and Gen. Joe Wheeler are
to be trusted to command armies in war
lime, can they not DO trusted 10 preside
In the White House? II reunion and con.
ddence are to be restored tho North MN
do the restoring. The South has done
al it can or cares to and has filed to the
full the measure Of its duty. II tho
North desires reconciliation and 10 sin.
Dere In it, declaration that sectional feel
ing has completely exhausted itself let
prove 1t BY giving NJ ito confidence and
trust.
. The South has the votes and controls
The Democratic party. 10 the Democratic
party, and should rule its own. Theirs
10 not State in the South that does not
possess excellent presidential timber.
Tennessee has Riven the country presi.
dents before and she has not exhausted
her resources In this particular. Ven.
tress Of Nashville 10 the peer Of any can.
1idate from any State. His native mod
'sty has kept him from being a. we'll
known 40 no deserves, but he would soon
mpreas himself upon the country. Judge
Horace 81. Lurton 10 better known, and |
nan Of grest ability. His occupancy Of |
he White House would be guarantee
4 wise and conservative administra.
ion. Better known. more available and |
qually capable 10 Gen. Luke e. Wright. |
4 Memphis. who hns attracted the eyes |
nd woa the plaudite Of the civilized |
rogld by the mastery manner In which |