The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-01-17

learned. liberal, scholarly, compre-
heusive, majetsic and national. Lin
coin was strong, conscientious, illit-
crate, dogmatic, narrow and
sectional.
Davis placed the oragnic law OF the
land above the will of the MAORI
ties. Lincoln accepted thhe "higher
law of the abolitionists as superior
to the &C Institution and the deliver
ances of the supreme court
Davis addressed the intelligence,
the sense of justice, the honor, the
pride and the patriotism of the
nataion.
Lincoln spoke to the hereditary pre-
induces and the infiamed passions OF
dominant faction. Davis asked for
peace. Lincoln rendered war. Davis
appealed to the law. Lincoln appeal
ed to the sword, and thus the issue
was enjoined. Viewed in the light
of crystalized facts it looks now that
the result from the beginning was
enivitable; although General Wools-
lev, of the British army, in his re-
view of the Confederate war, says the
Confederacy was two or three times
within stones throw of success.
However that may be, no question
involved in that contest was ad1udl-
Gated on evidence or adjusted on
= merit.
It was solely and distinctively test
Of physical strength and endurance
70 The forces of democracy were van
,, quished and subjugated by the legions
~ of imperialism. Democracy accepted
!, in good faith the terms Of the sur
Il render and will render faithful ale
glance to the powers "de facto. "
Physical force merely determines the
y conditions and is utterly powerless to
u destroy or defect the everlasting par
allels of principle.
70 If, then, the placing Of Mr.. Lincoln
po in the new capitol is intended only to
Us ! emphasize the fact that we accepted
the arbitrament of battle it is super
90 fluous and silly.
oV If it is lifted up as signal to the
IA world that, entering upon new era
" with the foundation our million dol
=, lar capitol, we have abandoned the
'iu theory and principles of government
-, to which the Southern people have
= adhered for more than century and
.-u for the maintenance Of which they
'oo sacrificed everything save honor anc
pn virtue and valor, then it is discredit
'n' able to the manhood of Mississippi
len and carves upon the monument to he
'eu dead soldiers the mournful and tear
stained epitaph:
ioi ".These men were valiant
U wrong"
With Mr. Lincoln as a man WI
'.o have no controversy. He was TIN
~ logical offspring of HEREDITARY and en-
''o vironment. According to his mos
'oe authentic genealogy every fiber of hi
- being was derived from Southern
iVo loins. The blood currents of the pa
va triciar and the ple5ian found thel
~ confidence in the masterful phslca
in mould of this remarkable man. Bi
my o1oa;a+. iii al 10, +ho+ tho ,rodnc
% :, of such TRANSMISSION takes its intellec
VIC tual caste from the stronger and it
o oa moral complexion from the weaker
1ri If the people of Mississippi fee
ssh .,,,+ ,,,,o, +bo,,, 70 no
ciprocate courtesies extended b,
=, Northern states to Gen. Lee, who wa:
iio a citizen of Virginia, then let then
iio associate together the portraits of LIE
as and Grant, the rival knights upo
'"i the chess board of war
iVo- Grant was not only a great soldier
: but magnanimous man. He was
i,"9 slave holder and disregarding Lin
feV coins emancipation proclamation
oiu continued to enjoy the hire Of hi
'iu' slaves till the close of the war.
Nv Neither he nor Lee were statesmen
'" nor were they ever opponents of an
tne theory of government and they migf
'ne without serious shocks to the mos
anu delicate sense of propriety, constitut
spo a twin adornment of every capitol
" the government.
u Mr.. Lincoln was the man who b
'i1u armed force abrogated that clause {
'oi the constitution which provides ths
1.-The powers not delegated by I'll
United States by the constitution, NJ
" prohibited by the states, are reserve
anu to the states respectively, or to IL
~. om peope.'
,iY With a great imperialist Unstable
noS in Mississipp's capitol: with the chi,
ion' executive of the nation openly and d
'ous family announcing his championshi
anu of social as well as political equalit
was of the races.
nts,
III A picture is nothing but piece
inanimate canvass, yet beneath i
anu colors may Turk sentiment as dead
ave to the manhood of Mississippi as Il
wv asp that chung to the bosom of Egypt
" queen.
In 1852 when Lee had defeated al
MI routed McClelland in front of Ricl