The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
SUNDAY HlLOSOPHY

7Hs1 1Wlz 7hA 14'HlMM 2HzEMN at St. Louis in 'ss. Kolb and Bowman should De the other two for the state at large
 I think Brother Mallory should put these four names on the ballot without charge. staliings was always willing to Head the boys to victory" and the other three. even in rebellion were better Democrats than Jefferson. Jackson. Cleveland. Tom Jones' or 'the devil knows who all" They arc good Bryan men to this day. no doubt because they and Bryan were together in 's2 for Weaver (except staiIings) It is supposed that staiings would have voted for Weaver. too. the word had been saunt" to him.
 Perhaps. Colonel Bryan thus hooked him self to the Southern heart" because he voted like. nigger.
 For one. my southern heart" disdains with a righteous contempt the inspired" leader who voted as the word was saunt.".
 The Democracy (once proud) must be petering out when 1t bows down to such a leadership as that.
 i Popuiism appeals to the better ssnti- ment of the people in it's late repudiation of dalliance with Bryan.
 The door of, Populism stands hospitably open for all decent Democrats to escape from Bryanism. The Populists would have none of him" | E But. got off of my bsarings--I wanted to say something about forcing our man. ners on other people. and discourage as far cah, all attempts at notoriety that comes alone of mixing up' with q niggsr. Street car customs vary with To- caiity. If I so somewhere where men permit niggers and gentlemen to drink in the presence of their wives I'll just take gree and ripe as 1t comes" and not be gentleman enough to butt in" with ~istol. .
 There is always more or less danger to innocent bystanders and q real good husband will prefer bad manners in . mig ger rather than be shot in the leg with . pistol.
 Besides, its mighty bad for a Southern gentleman to get mixed up'' with a nig- ger away from home It may bring dis t1nson t.a,,,,, ana IS,.issi honors but in our ennobling traditions it ought to be against the law for nigger to so dignify a white man. by contact. that he becomes the leader and idol of the whites.
 Some men can only gain notoriety by mix up with a nigger and for such there should be some commiseration--that may be the only way they can get it.
 am under obhgations to General Oates for parable that teaches the same moral A Congressman passing through his State penitentiary found a attracted his attention. Upon ascertaining the cause of the ugly fellows incarcera- tion he said: That's grave offense. very represhensible and. ordinarily, should be been an exception in your case; you couldn't have got it any other way" want to animadvert. too. against a growing custom. of our first citizens'' go- ing North or East West to speak on the Negro Problem" If they will con- fine themselves to some pertinent re- marks upon the mulatto industry and show to the unsoph histicated denizens of the re- ufo hA Ind fall- ing into ''innocuous desuetude," ''way down South. in Dixie they will understand that have about solved the problem. If our inspired moral and religious ora tors will only publish. where they go. the knowledge that is universal in the South. that anybody that knows the nigger. and a liar perhaps they will stop the philanthropical flow of money for educa- tion that intensifies the virtues of birth. Let the good men tell the Northerners the ornament but use and that we'll resist. by the Eternal q believe that Is not only Presidential but Gubernatorial adju- ratien)' any moral or educational or spir- itual "up lift" of the nigger that impairs his. usefulness
 The very mention of "Gubernatoriar' re- minds me of some late Court decisions that were not 'oil on the troubled wa citizens will rejoice that we have gem eral government which throws the aegis q believe that is the wordl of its protec- tion over the citizens of the State and shields them from State oppression and robbery. It may be that the Governor right now. cannot take that view of the matter. but as all things come to him who waits" when he has Bankhead's place and rubbed up against the world" his soul will be enlarged and he'll be glad, too-that he's there.
 like the cheerful. Christian manner of the Governor in defeat. If he were dis posed to unreasonable outbreak of passion he is fortunate in his church relation, which allows latitude of moderate back sliding
 If I were in his place. the next time went to law with these wicked Rail- roads I'd get lawyer If I had wasted 'the peoples money" to no purpose. I'd that money back. He may think that money is coming back a sort of con science fund" Vain! Vain hepe!! ~.s
 But. the Governor is sort of Phoenix. He may have lost out the Railroads but his heart bieeds for" the Prohibition ists and he means to save them if that fellow Lusk didn't slip up and make the law unconstitutional. The Governor is go- ing to save something or bust his brooches"
 Senator Johnston tells of q man who had son whose unpromising mental make up determined him fSr a doctor. The fath- CT spent good money tipping the medical professors Git was in the old days) and finally secured a license to "cure or to XIII for his hoDeful son. tf
 The first case to which the young doc tor was called for one of obstetrics.
 The father was anxious for the success of his and to meet him he returned from the ''calL"
 Well. my son, how did you get along ?' 'Oh splendidly." How is the baby 2" "oh. it's dead" That's bad. bad. how is the rnother?" she's dead, Roo" well, GoddIemityi What do you mean by getting along spelndidly?" 'oh. I hope to save the old manf
 Thus Hope springs eternal in the hu- man breast and the Governors heart beats enthusiastically for the Prohibition
 But. if Lusk framed the Prohibition law its goodbye. John" with the Gov ernor's hopes--unless Lusk gets on the bench!
 To sum up and make a short story long. and impress the lessons of this interest ing communication we must reeollect that
 Politeness stands ahead of truth: that it is ouixotism to force our manners on the innocent and unsuspecting; that the heathen should be eircumspeet in the choice of It's agents: that the best of us should repent of our sins before we dare to speak for righteousness; that no Con gressman or gentleman should pose as champion of Southern traditions" unless he have a full family record of Secession and service in the Confederacy: that no niger should so far forget himself as to confer notoriety on a white man by mix up": that the nonchalant manner Of the Governor in accepting defeat at the hands of the wicked railroads is to be highly commended as also his hopetulness as to bringing through the Prohibition Ists. J. CuipeppeE'
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