The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-05-16

". F. Murrah of Millsaps, whose sub
ject was, Drifts From Democracy"
finished and thoughtful address
upon the dangers of Capitalization as
opposed TO the dual form of govern
ment, Federal and State, upon which
the republic was founded and wehere-
on its security rests. He declared
that a central power with the sepa-
rate States vested with rights and
power according to the purpose and
plan of the trainers of the American
Constitution was gradually knowing
change, and that the strident calls
for Capitalization were signs of a
monarchicaI tendency. The State,
though not less dear to the citizen,
had withered up, and was no longer
the force it had once been, A strik-
ing contrast was drawn between the
men of other days who often resigned
high Federal Office to return to ser
vice in their native States, and the
mefl of today, by whom State effice
was neither sought nor deemed de-
sirable when Federal position was
Obtainable. The absence of the schor-
az from politics was, he declared,
ominous, and the State legislatures,
Whoes Importance in the government
cannot be oVerestiTnated, HAD drifted
from high standards. The remedy
lay ia the hands 0f the States them
selves in having their legislatures re-
stored to their former dignity, in
preserving the power they were de-
signed TO hold. and in the individual
interest of every citizen The warn
ing against Capitalization and its dan
gers had not Ga1len upayn inattentive
ears and already the dawn was break
ing and the tight ahead was another
promise that government of the peo-
pie for the people arE by the people
shall not perish.
The next speaker was Mr. A. f.
MeckE Eenberger, of tfH University, who
took for his subject. 1.-The New North
A Plea for the National Spirit
NatIonaEisTa as opposed to sectional
ism, said the speaker, is the dominant
note Of the twentieth century, and
beT1er understanding between the
North ana the South has come as the
gift of peace. The new SoUth, treas
Ur'fng the memories and glory of the
Old, had had its hBpes and ambitions
beautifully told by the lamented Gra-
Dry, who had dome so much TO wipe
cut that imaginary Mason and Dix
en- s line" and bring an appreciation
of the land that rs living, breathing
growing every hour" 1t was TO the
ed, the North, honest enough and
brave enough to confess the fearful
mistake a. had made in it's reconstruc-
ton policy, which no less a journal
than the Outlook" recently stated
must be considered in the light of
today sts one of the worst examples of
this government in history" He fol-
bowed fhe change of attitude OF the
leaders 1Gf the Norfh-a picture, we'll
drawn, Jsf yesterday and today OF
Sumner .scornfu1ly leaving Lee to
line aveaging pen of history" of
ficant utterance at the Washington
and Lee University; fsafter patient
study and mature reflection, / Will
say that had | been in Lees place.
I hope I would have been flial and
unselfish enough to do as he did.
OF Senator Georges struggle in the
senate to uphold the educational
qualification clause in mississippi, of
President Eliot and Mr. Carnegie ex-
pressing the hope that the suffrage |
tests be maintained and vigorously |
enforced. He quoted extensively to
show the growing belief In the North |
that the race problem must be set
tied by the South and the increasing |
confidence that it will he settled |
right. Nay, more, the sympathy felt |
there for the South in the questions
that confront it. In return for this |
changed attitude and broader view,
he made an earnest plea to the young /
citizenship of the South for that ma
tionality which knows no boundary |
of sentiment, and abides as the |
strength of a nation, giving as his
message that a country to be preserv-
ed must be lone in spirit, one in
truth, in sentiment, and in SYM
pathy."
In introducing the third speaker,
Mr.. J. D. Stone, of the Mississippi |
College, Mr.. Webster facetiously re-
ferred to the popularity of isms and |
added thereto another in "Stoneism.
Mr.. Stones battle cry was "Rpeal the /
Fifteenth Amendment, which is a |
blot upon the nation. He dwelt upon
the kingship of the American citizen,
and the republics recognition of the