The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-22

1t nas E5@G@ WIFE To ItIIa 9fsdp-
pointmeat ard eelaH Of 10 small
regret tft hsse seen pass aaehai-
iensei by Sire press g sae State ard
il some eldors without ap-
pareHt - address Is he
dis'mea Methodist bishop Of
Missh heleee me Press As5c}a-
lion % This state entitled, @Ille
Ethics Of Politics. an address The
apparent picaI purpose 81 which
does VOL nce to the ethics 81 his own
sacred caag assd contains utteran-
ces fraue3t a.th "a much disparage
ment 81 af.si5gi taat It IS hard 70
caeeive die author - be son q
the South rrucl1 le nat.se 81 Ms
sissippi ii voices sentiments or the
EQUALITY a1 races fn government. the
execution ~ Thich W0uid be So de-
grading ~ the supremacy Of the
Whit race as should cause blush 81
shame 10 everv white person in this
section 10 think that It was ever Ut
tered i5v Il man Of This race.
The afyoeaev ii she payment Of
4he old Union & Planters Banlz bonds
presents the horns 81 several diem
nlas-ard the agitation Of the ques-
ton has hardly q redecming feature.
To pay them now means debt Of
about thirty million dollars, and II
it is a debt Of honor we would have
10 paw the par value Of the bonds
with acrued interest, because as
debt OF honor, we could honorably
make no compromise with it.
It will be no incentive to even
quixotic white taxpayers to learn, as
we do in the columns Of the CONNER
cial Appeal, that large amount Of
these bonds are held by the Slater
School Fund-a fund devoted exclu-
sive1y TO negro education A large
amount is also held by the Peabody
fund 81nd used for the education
of both races throughout the South
1t is hardly conceivable that tax pay
ers of Mississippi are SO "darn"
Ouixotic-lit<e as to swamp themselves
with debt to ever pay more nj 5nty
into negro school funds.
Space will not permit resume, if
i was desirable. of discussion of
4he leqalitv and details of this old
bond issue. It is sufficient for us
right now TO know that our fathers
repudiated them at the polls in 1841,
that successive decades of legislation
have accented that decision. AMI more
shan one generation OF legislators
have IN legislative expression and
constitutional enactment ratified that
action At least the exDediencv of
oersis+erce in TIL endorsement Of our
fathers ort;on IN tbiz matter has be-
~or,a slx tboro,1ob1v fae no1icv of the
c4a+a a.. - warrant now no other Sc
-. ..,-:da~o+;o,,
:. ,,,,,. Ne +ba+ this reondiation.
s;>t,. obi wears aoo vas political
hr,t,,5rr t,,t +b4 issue has been dead
,r lhot Al, raos.-+ f;s;rternef1t
IF 4I,. ia carcass can an1,, resnft IN
h.fo,,f;,,,- tbe atn9osnhere If orr pros
-o~,,,- Stafo and The Garments Of
-..~.a.+:,,. = ,,.:ft, ,t.f,ate,,5r
1.s..,~, ~. hove bee, hurled with #
Ae,t.,t:l,, for the oa,-nen+ of these
LA hoeds ! 81 f,,t;1a thar exhorta-
.;o,,. alf,.,ca+;na thejr redemption. dis
ssrfatioqz about great "ethical obi
aati7ns pilin platitudes. Pelion on
Ossa concerning orr ethical obi
.,,t;o,n. - animate This old corDse.
i oarren If any annarert purpose
saw to parade our own individual SUI
,er;orit, IN civic viftne to better men
- 49, conc hafor. T, resurrect-
mo this closed episode OF our past
history recorded and forgotten alike
with the deeds both good and bad of
our nioneer ancestors. and or illus
trious forefathers and predecessors
on This political stage. there can be
70 GREAT credit TN any of us in dis
crcd;t;oo them