The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-02

sistant was appointed by the Mayor
for short period of time. How
ever. be has no duties defined for
him, that would enable him to get
at the core of the matter designed
to be reached in the proposed or
dinancI.'' r 3rd. As to extra and
expensive help. As municipal
ity, charged with good order. OBJ
servapce of public decency, and re-
straint on immoral practices, sure
lv the extra help and its cost ought
not to weigh against the good re-
suits which must inevitably come
from such measures as th.>t which
was rejected. Suppose the "pro-
posd ordinance" in operation,
coupetest and conscientious per
son with formulated plans, at work
in the various dive quarters of our
town, how long would such persons
as aow practice their devilish calling
be able to keep out of the grasp OF
tha law? Again, how lopg would
| it be before frequenters OF such,
knowing that their every move
nent is known and noted, would
find in better life greater happiness
attended with self respect ana a
home that reflects comfort, con-
tentment, brightness and all that
makes the roof tree indeed a sane
tuary for pure and upright life.
Shall we count dollars and extra
help against such : Sordid, indeed,
must be the tax payer who can con-
denim the faithful representative,
who places public decency above
dollars.
A communication appearing in
i-your paper, under date the 10Th
| instant, assumes the following /:
1st. That there has grown up an
idea in the county, outside of Port
Gibson, that the moral condition
here is a great deal worse than it
really is. end. That Claiborne
County, and Port Gibson especial
lly, is better to-day morally than it
has ever been. 3rd. That the
Sheriff and Marshal of the town
are reflected on. because of the agi-
tation, recently started in Port Glib
son. 9TH That such agitation
tends to injure the schools located
here.
No comparison of Port Gibson,
or Claiborne County, is made with
any other locality 1t is boldly
asserted, however, that the moral
condition in Port Gibson is not pic
tured worse than it really is" Il
lis almost beyond comprehension
that any observant person can fail
to see the fragrant practices here
which cry aloud for reformation,
1t is impossible to put in print the
things that belong no more to this
section than to other sections oi
our Southland. They are known
however, and known by hundreds
of men and women. The tro1blt
Is, that miscegenation, by evasion
| is running its baneful course, anc
those who are secretly practiclnt
Ii it. think themselves hidden iron
view. The very creatures wis
make the vile second party, and |
takes two, boast the relation tha
degrades them less than it does til
white man and that mingles thei
blood with white blood in tn
: wretched alliance. Let maukish
r ness go to the winds. This matte
cannot be considered without th
I. use of plain language, although
: shames the man who has to deal
!. out. We know, and every ma
n knows, If he does nothing but moi
). the physiogomy of many of tt
e half breeds that pass by him dali.
that the hellish passion is in oil
If midst, and that it is working mi
S cegenation, that only the enthuic
I laws of man can stay. 2nd.
t. Port Gibson is better to-day mo
y ally than it has ever been" the
n indeed, its past must be to Il
e present, as lightning bug in
/ moonless, storm clouded night.
,e is not the purpose TO go into cor
d parsons with the past, orwith OF
u er localities. It is the purpose
b create a public sentiment'so stron
1t so active, SO resistless that men
At the Caucasian race. who are we'
E. enough to yield to such degradil
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