The Aberdeen weekly., 1907-02-08

control the whirlwinds Rei-haades riot and
impIacable vengeance surged through the streets
Of Paris ike tropical cyclone The guillotine
could not work fast enough 10 glut the fury Of
the Jacobins From pale and quiyering bps on
ali sides the hasty inquiry whispered Who /
can bride the Storm AT last one member Of the
convention suggested that he knew q man who /
might possibly save them-a little Corsican lieu
tenant who had distinguished himself al the i
battle Of T0ulon. and who would not stand on /
ceremonies More IL spirit of despair than Of /
hope the young soldier was summoned and |
placed in command. He was instructed 70 IRE /
blank cartridges at the mob Promptly and cody |
dsregarding his instructions he ordered his can
noneers to charge theirEuns with grape shot and |
deliver one FoIiey- That valey not only annihi- |
lated the mob and brought order ont of chaos
it echoed around the globe. 1t was the signal gun
Of a career that was to sport with crowns. change
for time the map Of Europe and shake TO its
base the throne Of nearly every despot-
ism in the world. The little Corsican was Sa-
poIe0n Bonaparte The man the hour and the
opportunity had met
rs rhe route practicable inquired Napoleon
81 his engineer 1T is very difficult" was his re-
Dly. SteruIy the demand was repeated is the
route practicables7 1t is barely possiblet to pass
replied the engineer Then move forward 80
said the man Of action And-he passed.
In rhe interest Of white civilization. for the u-
innate and permanent good of white man and
negro for the pIomotionl Of harmony. co-op-ra-
ti0n and strength between ali sections of this
government ought the Fifteenth Amendment TO
be repealede Yes. Is the repeal practicabIe2 Tt
may be very difficult. But Is it practicables It
is possible to accomplish the reform. Then move
forward and do your dutp whether success or
F1 ffrl
waste f.yaluable time in prating. parIey ing and
expatating about difficulties in the way. If
some Of our pe1functory and genial statesmen
had even q few filaments OF SapOleouic nerve
fibre in their auatomies, they would not be so
ready to lie down in the presence OF difficulties.
When the American colruies began to petition
the crown for redress OF grievances they did
not contemplate Independence Their appeals
FOR Justice were answered by insult and taxation.
When resistance was suggested they said we
are too weak to cope with so formidable an adj
yersary.
Then plain. strong, fearless, eloquent man.
who had not been educated in any college or uni
varsity. at home or abroad. who had no ''expe-
rience in national legislation" stood up and
said War is inevitable. and let ii come; repeat
il, sir let it come"
Then pale terror sat upon THE cheeks Of the
while their knees smote together in mental
trepidation and tories whetted their steel behind
closed doors, but the words of defiance had
gone forth on the wings Of the wind. In that ia
nous utterance was the conception of the Amer
lean Republic in the womb of revolution. The
sEyscraping orator was Patrick Henry. The
man the hour and the opportunity had met. ~
When the people Of Mississippi had been driy-
en- to desperation under the bankruptcy, horrors
and humiliation Of the black decade a man with
out experience in national legislation and-un-
tried in political leadership p was called from
the retirement Of private life to lead the charge
of an uncomfortable race against the riotous
hosts of darkness. despotism ana demonism- He
had not been educated in any college or univer-
sity at home or abroad. He was valiant pos
tive prudent, practical, profound and potential.
At the first meeting of the Executive Committee,
of which ne was Chairman only one Or two Of
the eminent statesmen, jurists and soldiers who
were members of that most distinguished coun-
ell. agreed with his plan of action. With an de
fereaee L2 Lhe opposition Of his able and patri-
otic associates. he said y am going to battle on
this line il I fail am damned in the estimation
Of the people of Mississippi but we are damned
as we are. lie issued his general order. in.which
he warned us to do nothing that might invalidate
the election after we had won it, but. ne added.
do nothing to repress the ardor or the ounR
men" That significant suggestion was the key
note Of the conflict Il was the bright and guild
ing star upou the dark field of the battle flag.
We followed FL to victory
That man was J. Z. George.
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aIi narts Of the state. Won oan-r ao You
cannot formulate a constitution DISTINGUISHING
a large f4aiorit, of the negroes that viii stand
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crate -lI7iar- 3, PROMINENT a,7org the 1arge
,,-fr,,t,r who brd this view, ,,a- senator r h
yyaf+bslI a brilliant and a~co,,rlisl,a5 i,7ist a
s.Iendid soldier "a natriot without blen,isb /,
senator Of national repretation. a magnificent
man he tborpbt if better to bear the ilIs we
have Than Hv to hose we know, NOT oft,.
But the old commoner said. We can try.
yveall know, tie result once more the man. the
hour and the opportunity were face to face.
supreme hour. nonentous opportunity. great
man grand man. Lei as stand with uncovered
heads i'm the presence of his majestic memory
and salute the sublime record of a chieftain who
Joined battle when Others retreated who con
quered where others faltered who planted the
standard of the white mans government upon
the ramparts of a constitution buiIded by his
own master hand. animated by his legislative
learning and vindicated before the assembled
dignity OF the nation by his judicial wisdom his
massive logic and unpretentious eloquence. Let
no poHtica! leader or ofice-seeeker ever again