Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-02-15

GS5Fsk ~ ento is said to be man that will
yFS5S IA not vote for party measure when
Ft4gFE.lsG y he believes il to he wrong. The
|F'1PT trouble about defining 0ues c'n
duct by the rule of right and wrong aud establish
ing a rule to measure the motive that underlies an
act has been and still is the point around which all
moral philosophy revolves and ever must revove,
while right aud wrong remains creatures 81 the
brain, all children Of the mind OF man.
II voting party ticket straight constitutes
"mullet head" then what argument has reform
party gott keep its members in party line aud hold
its party organization
Since each reform party claims it, and it only, is
right must we be all "moIlet heads who do not
vote with one of these cultsi
For illustration: Tom Watson poed 10000
votes for President, Are all the millions who voted
otherwise ''mullet heads 80 In Short are they all
foolsf
Editors who deal in this nimby mandy twidde-
twaddle slueh and rot remind no Of the juror who
said the other eleven were fools, For editors OF
reform papers to denounce tho followers of other
party leaders as "mullet heads" is a case Of skillet
calling pot black.
Sarcasm is Legitimate 10 debate to give color aud
form to a fact but too much sarcasm blurs the pic
ture kills the form and falls eess at the feet Of its
opponent
II all men we're equally intelligent and honest,
probably one party would be all sufficient. But, as
all men differ In mental make up as they do, their
NORA sense must ever differ, and political parties
arise out of these mental and moral conflicts, as
essential in that each aud all can give their indvd
ual expressions to their sense of right and wrong.
In far of climes religion has touched the brain
with emotional fear, and peOpled the mind with
ghosts to assimilate truth and left justice in the en-
brace of barbaric night, and a deluded multitude
stood around the smOuldering 6res of persecution
and talked of justice dOue.
Accute selfshness born OF a long life of business
training talks of profits, with air of egOtem that
puts conscience under the thumb Of greed and makes
Justice weep Our feelings deceive us, our iudg-
ment misleads rs, eyes misdirect us and amidst
the clash of conflicting interest," amidst the whir-
wind OF thought, man is buffeting every wave Of
opposition and looking to the ideal heights from
whence universal liberty and peace shall wing
the message of the FatherhOod of God over re-
deemed world pushes and out and forever on.
Who art thou that stands on the shore of time
shouting Mullet Head' to the passing vanguard Of
civilizationi
Facts are stubborn things because they are the
children of the brain are governed by the self
ishness OF man.
An ancient writer said cit is hard to kick
against the prcks." And still another older writer
asked "Cau the Ethiopian change his skin or the
Leopard his spotsf"
Why stand and call the human race fools
Perhaps you do not know that from the fountain
Of genius flows the stream Of wit and humor, over
leaping the vulgar things Of the life, and mingline
with the aesthetic robes the earth with Joy and fills
the earth with laughter
We must accept human nature as we find it anC
knowing that man is fond Of pleasure and averse tC
pain, gain his confidence through the open door o
kindness, and hold the lamp Of reason before th'
better angles Of his nature, and persuade him.
One thing is plain: that is a man that has beer
bulldozed intimidated or scared into the doing of
thing is not your friend, and sooner OF later yOI
will find you thought you had something but didn't
A bulldOzer may be "mullet head" dom
know But I do know you can't gain mani
friendship by calling him fool, and do know
man can neither gain friends nor hold the friend
he has By iudescriminate abuse
It might prove blessing in disguise to SOM
editors to discover that there eleven other mel
on the jury, OF reasonable intelligence.
We are not obiecting to calling spade 3 spade
but insisting that q wholesale denunciation Of th