The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-22
and poisoned atmosphere of political.

and poisoned atmosphere of political.
strife.
RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT.
Vicious and undemocratic as | be-
lleve this measure to be. forced upon
communities without their consent, it
will be my duty as Governor to try
to enforce it, and no man who breaks.
1t need expect from me any different
treatment than will be accorded other
violators, but, before you make it the
law over my veto, you shall not in
the name of morality commit an i'm
moral act, and in the name of the.
public welfare commit this political
crime without hearing through me
the voice of an indignant, protesting.
and outraged people.
"In the name Of the South, and as
Governor of State which is one Of
its ancient. most conservative and IL
lustrious members, l may not be able
to avert, but | can, and do sound the
signal of danger this new and strange.
spirit of radicalism which seems now
to possess us, the present bane of our
civilization, the future peril of our
land. Our fathers fought as no SOL
diers did since war among the human
race began, suffered as none others
have suffered, died as none others
have died since the annals of men
were first recorded. 1t was not for
conquest, pelf or power, not to force
their views or institutions upon
others, but for the holy purpose of
preserving the rights of their States.
and that sacred principle of self-gov-
eminent dear to every Southern heart
sprinkled with Southern tears and
baptized in the purest Southern blood.
ut has been their pride and boast
that, while they lost on the field of
force, they won on the field of honor
and saved the treasure from all the,
dangers and perils which beset them.
and left it a heritage to their chill
dren above price, secure in possession,
separate and apart from all that could
tempt or betray.
"Shall we, who have this trust to,
guard and keep, yield it now at the
first wave of passion, at the first as
sault of power?
TAWDRY FANATICISM.
"Our fathers did not learn the can't
ing phrase, they were strangers to
cheap and tawdry fanaticism; they
would have resented with armed force
an attempt to interfere with their
rights, except with their own consent.
"They made the South strong and
great above the rest, for they were
great and strong above the rest in all
the graces that adorn mankind.
"They had their ideals and these
were high and true and pure
Around the home the men of the
South drew the circle of their love and
courage, where none dared intrude to
ruin or mar. In that domain woman
was the jewel, the ornament, the
guiding hand, the sweet pervading in
fluence.
Honor lived in the elder days
guarded with such jealous care that
men were loath to seattle it, and
truth was loved which made men fear
to lie
"These men and women who made
the South immortal needed no law to
make them great and good, for they
held the title by right of sovereign
manhood and spotless womanhood.
If their children are true to them,
they will stand as they stood, do as
they would have done. Respectfully
submitted,
MALCOLM R. PATTERSON.
Jan. 10. 1909"
On Wednesday the Assembly passed
the statewide bill over the Governors
veto on joint ballot with only one vote
less than the number cast in the two
houses.