The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-11-26
As We see il and Want il.
The Weekly believes that t

the affairs of government. The past
has demonstrated that the seeker oi
ofiice-the politician who claims
having done much and who ha.
made good in nothing-has reaped
the harvest Of popular favor, and
has repaid the public i'm service that
has brought no commensurate re-
turns TO the voter. The producing
population is the basis upon which
all industries. professions, trades,
and commercial interests il founded
and this element should shape the
policies of State. In times gone,
representatives. of the non produe-
ing masses have influenced legisla-
ton to the detriment Of the general
good, as much To themselves as to
other classes. Ii has been a mis-
taken policy on their part. as well
as on the passive element suffering
il, and has brought somewhat of
disaster to us all. In the light of
these times, wherein the toilers are
living in the glow of Disseminated
knowledge, it would be inexplicabie,
If such Indifference on the part
of voters were suffered TO continue.
The Weekly believes that reforma-
ton in the manner of placing men
in official position is needed and Is
in sight. 1t believes the masses are
inclined to formulate policies and
to elect men to execute them in an
administration for the general good.
The old party lines are being broken
down, and men affiliated in like
interests are aliguing themselves
politically and otherwise to the
furtherance of their common well
fare. The farmers. the miners, the
tradesmen-all are entering into
organizations 10 advance their re-
spective callings. The general
movement is exerting more than
obvious influence on the trend of
business and political affairs, and
is lending a new complexion TO the
worlds busy life. The evolution
has come through the avenues of
increased enlightenment, due to the
awakened interest of making the
high, the low, the rich, the poor.
the white, the red and the black
man as intelligent a. he can become.
In the old days. when the Ameri-
can idea did not have prestige
among men, when the nobility and
the caste held that education and
the elevating ethics were fit only
for them and not good for the
masses, civilization advanced slowly,
and the many were servitOrs of the
few. The lamp of Christianity has
dissipated that darkness, and has
given to the world the example of
an American republic, founded in
liberty, equal citizenship, free
speech and religious tolerance. The
seed were planted here more than
a centuary since, but have not ger
minated to perfect fruitage to this
day. The American idea that the
first clause of the American con-
stitution, that, by nature, all
men are created equal, has not been
fully comprehended nor accepted
by too many of our people. The
effect has been a trend towards
hero worship and concession of
greatness to those who possess only
pedigree with no otner quality of
distinction. This weakness, re-
sulting from ancestral insubordi-
nation and lack of education, has
greatly enervated the American
people and has blocked their pro-
gress to the attainment of the zenith
of their opportunities. The Weekly,
however, is glad to note that the
scales are dropping from the eyes
of the people and that the true
idea of natuaal equality is assert
ing itself among men. In drawing
the conclusion we take the liberty
to say that when the bone and
sinew of the land realize that which
would accrue to them from wise
government. honestly administer
ed-conferring equal rights and no
special privileges, and do exercise
themselves to bring about such
state of affairs, this country will
blossom into an era, oppressive to
none and helpful to all.
In 1911, Mississippi voters will
be called on to select officials to ad-
minister the affairs of government
from constable to the United States
Senate. The officials selected will
set the standard of the State for
another four years, and will be a
credit or a reproach to those who
elected them. Men of pure character,
ability and patriotism only should
be considered for these high places.
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