The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-29

IDiuS HlnS rose OF the Shy-U1ue VlOl6t
with the other He is frank and
iopen, bold and clear, his notes of
twarning arA as distinct as silver
bell and ring loud and long like bu-
Egle calls; he dosen'ts belong to the
TYPE of politician whose abject hon.
age is self-aggrandizement, who are
commercialized-th should be
called the Malta or Black Hand. They
| are human vampires. No. Cover
nor Vardaman, intrepid and invinci-
BILE, is patriot of the "purest ray
serene"
He was scholar, and ripe one;
| Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and
persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved
him not,
But to those men that sought him
sweet as summer"
Governor Vardaman sees ,and feels,
and knows, what he is talking about
Through his Christian graces, his
keeping in touch with the Infinite.
sheds a halo of glory and grandeur
about his way, as it were; his manly
courage, his eandor, fervor, and his
inexhaustible store-house of wisdom,
are inspiration for the good of his
fellowman, revealed truly alone from
the great white throne and very
hand of Almighty God. Oh! for a
perfect pulsing poem of a world filled
and thrilled with such grand and
good and glorious manly men, as is,
in an eminent degree, Ex-Governor
James K. Vardaman; and who is
naturally, destined for these United
States Senate-and bound to go
there-from dear old Mississippi!
Indeed, Governor Vardaman is
that prince of good fellows, and the
peer of any; is that matchless chief
tan who possesses the persuasive elo-
quence of the orator, the heart of
the philanthropist, the courage of
the soldier, the love of religion of
the devout Christian, and the love of
country of the patriotic American.
s'God give us men. The time de-
mands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith
and willing hands;
Men whom the lust of office does
noE kill;
Men whcm the spoils % Office can
not buy;
Men who possess opinions and a
will;
Men no have honor; men who will
not lie;
Men who can stand before a dema-
gogue
1. al, 10 ri
without winking;
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live
above the fog
In public duty and private think
ing!
For while the rabble with their
thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their
little deeds
Mingle in selfish strife; 10! Free
dom weeps!
Wrong rules the land, and waiting
Justice sleeps!"
-JTUN POTTS HOLT.
Mobile, Ala, May 13, 1909.
The Civil war is over. Nearly half
a century hs apassed since that long
and bloody conflict. The brave men
of the north and the equally brave
men of the south, who foughtwithsub-
lime faith in the justice of their re-
spective causes, have nearly all gone
to their reward The few veterans
Of 9th sides who are left, and the
younger generations of the north and
the south, have forgotten the old ami
mosities. The sectional bitterness
which once rent this country in
twain has more existence, save in
the hearts of a fanatic few. uJst and
generous men everywhere gladly
voice tribute to the heroes of the
past, irrespective of whether they
wore the blue or the gray. A re-
united country has no use for sec
| tional bitterness or for those who
strive to keep alive the dying, almost
dead, embers of hate. T he above is
merely preliminary to remarking that
Congressman David A. Hollingsworth
of Ohio, who has recently sought to
revive the Bloody Shirt" issue in
congress by objecting to placing JEFF
ierson Davis's portrait on the silver
service to be presented to the battle
ship Mississippi by the State of that
lame, is an ass.
Among the numerous invitations
received at this office to attend
school commencement exercises, Hhe
Echo has received from the faculty
and students of the Mississippi Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College a
formal form to be present at the