The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-11

history as state to Inhlbat corporations from
owning more land than was necessary Tor Ine1
corporate existence. Mississippi has proceeded upon
the theory that the land was intended for the man,
and not for the corporation. The large moniee
svnd;cates which are doing business in Missis
.;n,; and which are domciled chiefly in New Jer-
sew or some New England state, desired TO
TO have this inhibition removed These syndcates
were especially anxious to own the ianos III souei
Mississippi In order to accomplish this purpose.
the syndicates had strong, able, ingenious and
aggressive lobby in Jackson Alter hgnnng over
.b;s question for about month, they succeeded,
through their lobby, in passing measure safisfac
tory to themselves, and such measure, | am sure.
would have deprived the people, at least IN south
Mississippi, of their lands and homes. Governo7
yardaman sent message the Legislature III
which message he ntinated that he would veto
the Code over which the Legislature had been
working for than one hundred days, rather
than permit this infamous change in the public
policy OF our state. It was because or that ms
sage that the Legislature changed front, and the
svndcates lost their fight. [ believe no more
infamous measure ever submitted to Miss's
sooi Legislature; indeed, during the dark days
when I'll. state was controlled by the carpet-bag-
ger and the scalawag, measure more harmful
to the state was submitted to the Legislature.
speak reverently, but | do not believe that ooa
Almighty in his wisdom, could have made people
of the Children of Israel, SO long as he lett them
in Egyptian bondage. He might have made Angels
of them but he could not have made cltizensnp
of them 1t was necessary remove them from
the flesh pots OF Egypt and to give them homes 81
their own Indeed it required forty years OF wan
derinp in the wilderness before they were fitted &c
occupy these homes, or to become people u
nation, competent to govern themselves Ii IS not
sDendid land we need, it is happy land re-
call the beautiful story in of Goldsm1ths
oDeserted VILLAGE" "Sweet Auburn! lovelest VII
1aee of the plain" the childhood home of the poet
After wears of wandering, the poet returned to the
home of his birth-the happy place OF the Joys anu
tolls and cares of his infancy. The old smithy
home was gone the school-master's humble cottage
had been destroyed the home of the old minister
could not be found all of the little cottages here
and there which made the village beautiful CHEEKY,
and happy had disappeared. Instead, on the hlii
stood the palace of the landed arstocrat. Inc
noet looking over the wreck and ruin which greed
and pride and wealth had caused, and rejecting
upon the destruction of his people, exclaimed:
all fares the land, to fastening Ills prey,
Where wealth accumu1ates, and men decay:
Princes and lords may flourish or may tade;
A breath can make them, as breath has made
But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destroy'd never be supplied
Our fathers left the old country for the barren
hills of New England and the forests of the South
not because the land from which they came was
not splendid land-London was there, Rome
Berlin and gay Paris; but they left because they
could find no homes there for themselves and thei
families. If they continued there, they must re
main the servants of landed aristocracy. Wha
Is the difference between being the servants OF
landed aristocracy and the serfs of a corporate
aristocracy. SO long the people keep their lana
Just SO long will they have that tor which they
would be willing to fight and die, and just so ion
will they have the means TO combat corporate az
erosion corporate greed and corporate debauch
CIV 7 have discussed this matter for the purpos
cf letting the people know that the governor
message is not idle document to which no a
tenton is given or intended to be gwen. Ana
have discussed it at much length because one OF tn
, candidates for governor seems to be under IN
impression that the governor is idle, unneces
: sarv factor in our body polite, and that he ha
nothing to do and do nothing The peopi
should know that there is big, broad d1stinctio
= between the governors inaugural address, and II
messages which the law makes obligatory on hi
to submit to the Legislature.
7 have not written platform, but / believe III
. the people ought to understand how the sever
4 candidates stand the various questions, or
= sues, with which they, the people, are concerne
= do not think this office should be sought on ar
Al other condition than that of absolute frankne
~ with the people, not believe that 1t w
w suffice for candidate to say that he IS "Jehe
- sonian Democrat" Indeed Jefferson in his d
r. was member Of what then called the X
to publican party. and every American party SIN
u the days of Jefferson, claims to draw pa
err of its inspiration from Thomas Jeferse
The original aDohtionsts CiaiHleu 10 oe Jeiie10
tv ians because Thomas Jefferson had said all m
" are created equal and the present Republic
r. party IS the legitimate offspring of the abolitie
st ists It is true, this party has more asts
in demagoguery, greed and corruption, than
int parent but it adopted the name OF the party
e which Thomas Jefferson belonged. It never
It'll contended, when the coonists decided to separ
he from the mother country, that they should est
.en fish in America an unlimited monarchy and, the
for foTey neither hamilton nor washington no
lii Federalists insisted tina. the OF COVE
ted ment to-wit the judiciary, the executive and
sill legislative should be lodged in one man.
ons Federalists, through Hamilton, Washington
lis other leaders, INSISTED on stfong centI aizeu
not eminent. Jefferson Dehe'eu III the uoe.iiie