The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1908-08-13

himself in the path of the venal
hords of predatory wealth that
is sweeping over the bar
riers of the constitution.
like the Saracens swep t
over the Pyrenees, but he has
raised the standard of the people
in the enemy's camp, and it will
be trampled under foot when the
battle is over, if not deserted
while it RACES.
The battle must be fought by
men from the democratic ranks,
the natural hereditary enemies
of the plutocracy. and by men of
kindred faith, and William Jen-
nings Bryan must marshal the
forces.
We believe that If the govern
ment that our Revolutionary
Fathers consecrated with their
blood is to be preserved. it must
be restored to the hands of the
men of the North and Of the
South who believe in their teach
ings.
We believe that unless the peo-
pie of this country arouse and
throw off the yoke to which cor
porate greed is seeking to bend
their necks, it will soon be too
late.
The constant Glamour for a big
navy and a bigger army, comes
from the steel trust, the gun
trust, the powder trust. and all
the trusts that pull together in
the common use Of spoliation,
and whose ultimate aim is the
subversion of the liberties of the
people Of this nation. Men and
women who sell their daughters
abroad to profigate nobility, hope
some day for a home market,
with protection wall Of bayo-
nets and battleships to hedge it
about, the glamour and glitter of
| a court will soon be one Of the
infant industries.
1t is to the glory of the South
that she has not been contami-
mated by this soul killing race for
wealth and love of gain, that she
believes in the declaration Of in
dependence; that she respects the
constitution; that her men are
brave and loyal, and her women
good and true; that she is still
animated by the aspirations of
the men who fought the battles
of Bunker Hill and Lexington.
We believe that the safety of
the nation is in the doctrines an
nounced by the Denver conven-
ton, and the election of that
pure. able, upright statesman,
whose love of liberty and of his
country is next to his love of his
God-WilIiam Jennings Bryan.
We believe it to be the duty of
every loyal woman of Mississippi,
of the South, of the Nation, to
aid in the battle against corpor-
ate greed, and with that end in
view, we have this day organiz-
ed a Bryan Liberty Club, and
call upon the women of every
precinct of every county of the
state, to organize and aid in the
work begun by the newspapers
of the South of raising a camp
aign fund that a just and patri-
otic cause may not fail for want
of means to fight its battles.
We know what the women Of
the nation can do, let us do it
Be it resolved further; That
we suggest to the women of the
different sections of the state, to
select some public spirited paper,
having a general circulation over
| this state, as their organ and
treasurer, and forward their sub
scriptions.
The papers of Tennessee are
at work. do not let the press Of
Mississippi lag in the cause.
Belt futher resolved that The
Bryan Liberty Club shall furnise
copies of these resolutions tC
such daily papers in Tennessee,
Mississippi n d louisiana a s
they shall deem best. with re-
quests o all state papers t {
copy"
Resolved; That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to Mr.. ano