Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03

man., using rNpE1 m00uo IN AA1
power from the v~illifcstiOn aud
abuse OF those who stand for the
peoples rights to the prostitution
Of the press, viii stop at nothing in
order to accomplish its purpose.
They see in Vardamau a man
who can not be controlled by the
corrupt influence of a political
ring. They know him to be hon.
est and unapprOachable by cor
rupt influences. They know that
be will stand by the people, and
that his election win sound the
knell OF their doom. They see the
great strength that be has develop
ed among the masses who love right
and hate wrong, and they know
without some revolutionary move
on their part, a terrible defeat will
engulf them in August. There
fore they have grown desperate
and one of their leaders has
given it out among his friends
that "Beiore Vardaman shall be
elected governor of Mississippi,
we will vote forty thousand mig
gers in the second primary"
AS far as that is concerned they
will never see a second primary.
There is little doubt among think
ing men anywhere in the state
that Vardaman will be elected in
the first primary, but the express
sion given above shows the revOlu-
tiOnary spirit that prevails among
the leaders Of the ring that has so
long been sucking like a vampire
at the very heart of Mississippi.
There was a time when ''fOrty
thousand niggers," and more
we're voted in Mississippi, to ac-
complish the selfish ends of cor
rupt, designing men. 1t was a time
of darkness and blOOdshed, which
has gone down in history as the
period of reconstruction. It was
a time when life and property
were not safe. Industries Ian
guished, the fields grew up in
briars and sedge, the fences rOtted
down, neighbOrhoOds were desert
ed and the wheels Of commerce
stood still. But under the leader
ship Of the immortal George, the
people of Mississippi arose from
the ruin and chaos OF the desper-
ate condition in which the devHs-
tation of a bloody war and the
blight of reconstruction had reduc-
ed them, and struck the blow
for white supremacy. They
swOre that this grand old common.
wealth, whose soil has been made
sacred by the blood and tears of
her sons and daughters, should
no longer mutter her VOWS to lib
erty with her mouth in the dust.
They struck the blow and the pow
ers OF darkness went down in
ignominiOus defeat.
Then followed a period of pros
perity, such as no country beneath
the sun has ever seen before.
Capital could safely seek a field
for the development of our vast
natural resources under white
supremacy. No only our home
investors, but those from the
North and from Europe were
given the assurance in our organic
law that their interests should be
protected by a white mans gov.
eminent. Our fields began to
yield their abundance once more,
the development of our vast tim
Der resources began to enrich vast
sections of the state, manufacture
ing enterprises sprang up every
where, railroads have been built
in all parts of the state to meet
the great demand of our increas.
ing commence, made necessary by
the wonderful development that
has heen going on in recent years.
All this the ring at Jackson
would stop in order to carry out
its own selfish ends. It would
sacrifse white supremacy, and