The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-13
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) Nh. sEARp,s PROPOSITION.
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1t is said that we may expect any
thing from genius. That real gen.
+ Jus takes very peculiar flights of fan
| cy and sometimes scars 10 very
i dizzy and disturbing and perplexins
| heights.
Judging him solely by his recent
proposition. we take il that Mr.. John
S. Beard, of Pensacola, is TO be reck-
| oned with as a genius.
He advises that the south separate
herself from all political affiliations
with the balance of the Union; that
she be bound by no political ties: that
she have no tenets of political faith.
that she no longer take part in the
formulation of political platforms;
that SHIT remain sto1id and Indifferent
to the mutation of things going Oh
! around her, except merely to cleo.
presidential electors, so as 10 hold
them up TO the rest of the country as
"a balance of power-a sort of men
parties into conceding to her certain
rights and privileges which he says
she does not now possess
Suppose that the south had adopted
Mr.. Boards proposition in 1896. what
would have been the. outcome? The
south's 120 electoral votes would have
done AIR. Bryan no good, and he had
absolutely nothing TO offer for them
| in return.
The prohibitionists, the socialists
and populists would have mournfully
shaken their heads in the decination
of the proposition, as they likewise
could offer nothing in return.
Mr.. Mckinley was independent OF
them and did not need them In has
business"
So there would have been no mar
ket for the sale of her political spoils
and the south would have had her
electoral votes on her hands with no
wooers from any direction. and no
possibility of setting up a little indie
pendent government of her own
1t seems to rs. that she would have
presented most forlOrn spectacle
most uninspifing picture.
The same condition of things would
have confronted her in 1900, still
worse in 1904 and an accumulation OF
the same disorders in 1908, and if Mr..
Boards proposition is seriously con
sidered-unless something very un
likely happens-she viii find no one
to dicler for her votes in 1917.
There is nothing about the propo-
sition TO clothe it with pathos nor
spIendor: nothing to give it inspira-
ton; nothing TO eiecfrify its advocates
with zeal and enthusiasm
After a vain attempt to- separates
ourselves from the balance of tine
Union and the war was over, Ben Hill
srus3 rts.- so IA aee-in the United States
eve are here: We are in the dotFs-
of our fathers, our brothers and our
1,omnanions. and we are at nome, 10
stay. thank Cod.
Who was the author of the Declara-
tion of independence. A Southern
man. was 1t not?
who led the armies of the colonies!
Southern man. was 1T not2
Who were instrumental In forming
more perfect Union Southern
men. were they not? Read the record
Who was at the head or our armies
in 1912. in our second war with Gredl
| Britain. and won the battle OF New
Orleans? Andrew Jackson, oouehei u
man. was il not?
when war was declared against
| Nexico. who led our armies against
that unhappy country? Winfield Scott
! and Zachary Taylor, Southern men,
| were they not2
| Who was instrumental In making
the supreme court the object OF such
| universal yeneratione John Marshall,
a Southern man. was it not?
When Ben Hill said I'VE are in our
fafher,s house" was he not right
Were not Washington. Jefferson, Madl
i.son. Monroe. Marshall. etc., It's arcnl-
tects and builders. all southern men
If history proclaims one factor
stronger than another 1t is that; tnen
| why should we sulk in our tent like
another Achilles, and have nothins
more 10 do with the mighty fabric
which southern craftsmanship was Sc
largely instrumental in formulating
and founding?
Mo- No.
Let's do nothing to weaken or dis
figure this house our fathers built:
hit ON the contrary. LET us do all IN
onr mower to strengthen, embeil1sf
and beautify it and make il more and
more the pride, IL not the envy, o.
every nation. :,
/ We can do nothing that viii con
J tribute more TO this end than TO pre-
serve intact our political integrity
Again. we repeat. that we canno
hold M our heritage to barter and
sale in the political markets and long
az censure Esau for selling his birth
| right for mess OF pottage-
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