The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28

| ouo uioo W Cllc UcUeTdl government
even though its officers are not tn
men we voted for, and are not of ou
POLITICAL faith.
BROADER PATRIOTISM.
Il appeal for broader patriotism
than that which would limit me t
Mississippi alone. l want a love OF
country and people which is stronl
and serene enough to make me de
right myself, and, as far as lies in my
power, secure the equal protection oI
the laws for every man, black OF
white, in the Government.
| am not broader or better than
the humble st of you, my comrades.
understand you better than you un.
derstand yourselves sometimes, if you
are to be judged by your occasional
acts. If left to your own good i'm.
pulses you would not now sanction
any act or word which does hurt to
yourselves and your State. You do
not, at heart, wish to support those
who teach the doctrines of hate. of
unbrotherlineSS. of sectional patriot
ism. Who is it that says these pre-
sumptuouS words to you today? Your
present speaker, born and reared in
South Carolina from, sixteen to twen-
ty years Of age, was private soldier
IN the armies OF COnfederacy. He
knew nothing but draw rationS, when
he could, dnd eat them, and draw car
trldgeS, of which there were general
ly plenty, and shoot them and obey
orders. FOR these years Of his life he
has no apology to make to anybody
anywhere. On the contrary, they are
the proudeSt of his life. Nothing
that he has ever done since gives him
equal satisfaction in its remembrance,
nor mas he ever done anything with
equal zeSt and ardOr since the crumb-
ling Of the Confederate Government
filled his young soul with an mex
preSSlble sorrow. He still loves the
COnfederacy and its men, but God for
bid that he shall be so-.1pwise as to
turn his face to the pas. aid his back
te the future, and NOPE aad mourn
over lost youthful hopes ambitions
and designs. God forbid that he
should at the beheSt of any man let
his reason abdicate her proper throne.
WANTED ROOSEVELT.
For one, at least, l am at harmo-
ny with the citizens OF every other
State in the Union as shown whenev-
.r occasion offers, i'm wishing that the
President Of the United States had
made dates within our borders. |
Doubtless he would have been glad to |
IL so, if we had rendered our hos
oitality. 1t is not the man alone, but |
he Office we would honor. But, as to
he man, let me say that it is not |
light To judge him only and simply by |
us earlier and unmatured utterances,
,ef0re, the heat of the war between
he States had fully subsidized, and be-
ore he knew US as well as he knows
is now. If we may judge him by his
ate performances us the world S
'eacemaker, the doctrines of hate
nd unbrOtherliness do not find lodg-
nent in his strong beating, though
heart. Instead of hold
ng him to anything unkind or sec
iOnal which he may have spoken or
iritten or done in the past, l pre-
ar to bear in mind now the powerful
nd earnest and welcome support Civ
n to our State and its officials during
ne days Of our long drawn out anx-
'ty because Of the prevalence of the .
elbow scOurge in our borders. Com !
ldes, latterly, he is friend that
.icketh as close as brother, friend ,
time of need, a helpful, tender, Ca
able, efficient friend. Who can say :
DIV how many more OF our beloved
llUw citizens might not now be I'M
er the sod If he had, as he might S
wfully have done, frightened the
lrSe strings Of the nation and with c
I'D the helping hand of the Marine I
OSpital Service when the South call '
and he saw the need of assistance?
was sick and ye visited me; ! was S
prison and ye came unto me. " j.
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