The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-05

consent or the governed. Lincoln
upheld the doctrine Of coercion and
the unrestrained rule of the boyOnet.
Washington was the dauntless enemy
OF George III and his despotic claims
Lincoln, in his action toward the
South was the. true peer and prototype
of George III; the issue involved was
the same in both cases, except that Eng
land did have some basis for exercis-
ing authority over the colonies where
as the government of Mr.. Lincoln had
no shadow Of a rightful claim to exer-
else authority over the South.
We have reaped and shall be reap
ing, for the years to come, the fruits
of the triumph Of the ssLincoln party.
Look to the speechof Mr.. Root,
secatary of war, for confirmation
or at least for the testimony of a
prominent witness of the truth of
what has been said above. Says Mr..
Root Lincoln did not apply the
principles of consent to the South,
nor should it be applied to the Phil
lipines.
Look to the action of Mr.. Root S
chief, the president Of the United
States for an excellent example of
the fruits III the concrete. The voice
OF a sovereign state contemptnously
ignored and injury added to insult,
when the voice of a peaceable COM
munity ventures to voice it's wish
as to its public service.
But, granting that Lincoln was
the Savior of the Union'' what is
there about the method of it that
Mississippi should applaud?
1. He invaded with an overwhelm-
ing, cruel and relentless army.
2. He destroyed her material re-
sources, robbed her of them
3. He overturned her institutions,
and shattered her enterprises.
4. He slew her loyal sons sby the
thousands, and prepared the way for
the fatening upon a helpless and pros
trarS land, the most infamous and
shameless tyranny that brave people
have ever been called Jpn to endure.
For which one of these four infa-
mics should the face of Lincoln adorn
our Hall of Fame?
a MARVELLOUS PRESUMPTION !,
The iterated and reiterated an
that is would have been
better for the south if Lincoln had
lived, is to my mind, presumption,
pure and simple.
There is nothing in the record,
patent or implied, to justify the
statement.
1t seems to me a strange contention
that the man who ruthlessly made
war upon the south bringing to bear
all the resources of drawing upon the
mercenary and merciless contingent of
the world besides arming 200, 900 Of
our own slaves against Ia--setting
freely the uttermost he could do-a
hord of 100000 slaves among the
defenceless women and children of the
south and # these, set free by the{
proclamation of the president did not
rise In insurrection and butcher their
defenceless owners, it is an item to be
set down to the credit Of the slave
himself, certainly not to Abraham
Lincoln.
Ho sparne I'd and rejected every effort
at the just settlement Of the difficulty
- was content to soc the utter devas-
tation and desolation of the entire
southland willing to sacrifice the
lives Of half million men and render
desolate the homes Of as many widows
and orphans,
Ia Aay that the man who had done
all these was tender, just and compass
slonate to the survivors when the
guns were silent for the lack of living
hearts to bid them speak is, I say, a
assumption, and for my part I
do not believe it.
Besides had Lincoln lived and had
be led the southern states Immediately
back into the Eunion with all their
former standing it would not have
atoned for the monstrous injustice
and outrage alreadyxinficted.
ONE OR THE OTHER SHOULD
BE LEFT OUT.
I. If Lincoln was right the south
was wrong and his picture in the hall
OF tame would advertise Mississippi's
own disgrace and should.
2. If lincoln is to be praised then
Jefferson Davis must be, condemned !;
and must be admitted as President
Roosevelt has written in his history