Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

! YANllREN The excited imagination Of the
| =ATEE3IASYA alarmist, with all his vaguenehl
2saYYgVN Et1ss and i'll conceptions, has passed be-
youd ridicule and vain prOphesy,
and stands out against the sky line Of visible facts
q stern reality.
The continual revelation OF crime In high places
men that commanded national respect and held
above even the semblance Of crime-have faller
easy victims to the debanching use Of money. The
age OF graft is upon us and it's blight be traced
from the United States Senate to the guttersnipe;
from hoary age to the beardess YOUTH from the
doctor that ushers us into the world to the uader
taker that robs the widow after our departure Be-
tween these two thieves graft surges to and fro
the pillows Of greed the gates Of hell stand aar and
through their portals the red light paints with color
that sicken, living coffin Of q dead church
The age Of graft is here as result Of causes Que
can hardly work himself up to believe that there
are men who would deliberately in the face Of the
people, take bribe and yet it is an everyday Oc-
carrence.
Why does this condition OF affairs existi
TO answer intelligently it requires but a candid
statement OF facts.
The lawyer made the law, and as lawyer he
made it in the interest Of his client and monopoly
paid the fee. When monopoly Overran the rights
Of the people and the people sought redress BY the
Law then the law was found to be in the interest Of
the monopOlst; in short, the people had no prOtec
tiOn. Thus one class aourished at the expense Of
another class and the law stood as the evidence Of
class legislation.
Glass legislation s the incubator that has hatched
public thieves grafters and il the prolific Of
rotten politics.
The history Of the nations Of earth was written by
man. Prejudice crops out in all his works. Facts
prejudicial to the writer's personal interest was
either withheld or greatly distorted, and mankind
was largely forced to view human nature from an
unnatural viewpoint
When we trace mans thirst for money and fame
in the open field of literature we find range Of
measured only BY the false standard
each had set up as an ideal Of greatness. The COM
mon sentiment seems TO have been and prevailed
until late date that national security rested on the
ignorance Of the masses In the theological world
ii was thought essential to keep man III ignorance
in order to save his soul Strange reasoning that
says that which blesses the wise would curse the
nnWise TO know and stranger still that ignorance
should be the badge Of salvation.
ii all ages man has avoided recognition Of the
fact that true greatness ID bOttOmed On
ruth, and for this evident reason few great men
appear In the literary world. When we enter the
religious arena out Ui the thousands Of writer's but
very, very few are quoted good authority BY the
.hurch and what is true as to the early religions
writer's is also true Az u hisOrians hence il must
lppear to al that man has been constantly remind
ID Of che slow process Of sitting out truth from
lmong The writings oi DISHONEST poets, historians
md theclogians Though The march 81 truth has
leen slow, its advance column has al last reached
40 plane 81 universal recognition and tho drum.be
i its onward march sounds around The world, the
read Of the marshaling converts il heard ID the
reets O our great cities and the laughter cf regain
rated humanity minglss with the activities oi Ife
4 the marts Of commerce. Free speech and free
Fesa has arrested the liar thief and public CRATER
na they stand stripped oi thsiF hypocrisy by theE
ower u truth and patriotism arraigna them be.
Die tho ban oI justice.
Man has AZ last awakened lE0nn The vagueness "a