Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-04-15

impossible Of portrayal, but it Is
safe to say that no matter what
preiudices may have attained with
any present who had never
before heard the eloquent orator,
il they possessed the slightest con-
ceptiOn Of the high and good, they
went to their homes blessing the
man who had pointed out to them
so much OF the real In life.
On the race question, over his
position on which the Major has
been more cussed, discussed and
misrepresented than any other
man, probably in the South, Ma
ior Vardaman made himself so
clear and his position so absolute.
ly unanswerable, as to forever sill
ence those who heard him from in
the future assaulting his position.
He showed plainly that instead Of
any desire on his part to tear
down any Of the safeguards Of
white supremacy in the South or
elsewhere throughout the world,
he would mOdulate the present
temporary projections on the ques-
ton into a permanent policy, to
the glory Of the civilizations that
are to come, and to the best inter.
ests Of the inferior race. Major
Vardaman is not an enemy Of the
negro, but he realizes that every
step toward amalgamatiOn means
the destruction of all civilizations,
and he would defend with jealous
care the few remaining safe guards
thrown around the worlds future
hope, if to do so required that he
should cross swords with the
President Of his own nation and
the entire world besides. he is
looking into the future further
than is the idle speculator who
thinks only Of a dollar or of fifty
cents, which may be secured and
boarded today, and he has the
courage Of his convictions as well
as the daring Of his manhood to
step out in the forefront to battle
for the right as he sees it. In re-
ply to the clacuuers who have
been on his trail since he made
his first speech in the present
campaign, saying "YOu can't do
it," he brushes all such OppOsi.
ton aside as maiestically as the
maiden blows a spsCk of coal SCOT
from the back Of her lily white
hand-with a single breath.
he takes up the patriotism Of
the Mississippian, shows what he
has endured in the days that are
gone, has met the issues which
have confronted him, and against
all odds, ultimately mastered
them, one by one, and then, with
out offering any plan for action,
points out the nightmare of the
present hour, shakes the victim
vigorously to awaken him, tells
him he is the highest function OF
the government as a voter, and
commands him to arise from his
stupOr and Danish for all future
ages the possibility of a repetition
Of the woes we have endured in
the past. In other words, he de-
clares that if the demand is right,
the people Of Mississippi will find
the way and the honorable way to
put it forward. He declares
that the white people OF this state
will never again submit to any
thing but white supremacy, and
that it is not only foolish, but
cruel and idiOtic to lie to the
colored man or deceive ourselves
into any belief to the contrary.
But it would take more space
than this entire paper contains to
cover all the magnificent things so
eloquently laid before the audi
ence by Major Vardaman. Suffice
to say it was q mastery address,
one our people appreciate fully, and
to which they will ever be able to
look back upOnIas one Of the grand
est pictures Of Mississippi and
MissisSippians ever painted By an
inspired orator and statesman.
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