Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-17

WOrohIpcrS. We advocate The man We
a miro instead of the principles ut
aUvutaie This is but Is specie, If
idolatry that character Z q the his.
tory of tf'on IN the infIncy Of civ
'lIzatlon. Nearly al The revolutions
of history are b; chdlrgpS of TIler-
merely aud not chaHg,s vi tho prin
clples Ut government. and dc n ut bcne-
u the Gnnladh G q n, bul only The
lucky OIL =: ho.d =. Tho press IN
many ln>. p.p,ss ref, els this innate
splIll II lUj-.,ot~1p Of our citizen.
bya PARIS. u d :, u s ono. nicn in
oteId OF il d.srua sion nj principles. il
has Away seemed 10 me that. news
paper IoJsts Il great dc Il % its power
for good by failure 10 discuss matters
of political aud commei clal rc,ln JmN
when Ii spends too much al lis space
IN applauding men Of its cholcc 70
illustrate the condition of the pqo o
MUD during and just after the >il-.
ting 9f our recent aud notable CAUCUS
ut Jackson, few evenings ago pas
sed peap II pond aud in the great
chorus of frogs | ina rined s'.m7
Fcrdaking "Vardaman, "Vardaman, "
''Vardaman. Then Others were croak-
with equal enthusiasm Percy,
Percy. Percy thought this re
minded me Of the tradition CD of at
least some of our Mississippi papers:
Some shout I'VE are for Vardanan"
and others I'VE are for Percy"
What, my friends, do people care
for your personal preferences? Why
DO you not discuss like men the nrlu-
ciples for which these meu stand, or
against which thqY stand. and there
by qualify your READERS for jnrelIig
snt voting? | express no preference
ai between these men, although |
have such, f)r the reason that this
is 20 time or place, and besides my
individual preference should not con
troll vOui0r any one else
THERE'S no principle, or truth tina
cIn be lost without injury to the hl t
man family, but the mere place O any
man can br filled aS well by some
other man to follow: For INSTANCES the
rock of truth that Christ is the Son
ofGod cannot be lost ia the word
" thOHt universal condemnation of
the human family, but the messenger
who carries this truth to. dying
world is himself comparatively an
important.
The editorials should reflect the
truth without fear, favor or the in
fluence of affection. and fcr thus rpa-
son an editor ShOu d have the coul-
age OF his onvictionS | have thouyht |
that too many or oui. editors are like |
it is said the last legislature was in !
passing the dog Jaw From Il read |!
ing ofthe law imagine that [ can !
hear it sOliloquizc thus: What sort
OF u dog law shall we pass? Wei, We |
want Il good, broad, safe Democratic
dog law that will please the sheep
and not interfere with the rights and |
privileges Of the dog, The cdilor
who writes thing merely for popu-
larlty S SAKE IS Il failure, and tie ed
itor who "straddies an issue invoIv-
ing some principle of good Z 1vern-
ment should be. Ostracized by the
press The press has IL mission us
high and ideaioti above the com.
promising time server as the trait
Of HALEY S comet is above the blind
fish that infest the bottom of the seas.
There is no question as TO the
right and the propriety OF a publish
er inserting matter for any price a.
greed upon, or without price as for
that, but it is selling sacred honor,
bartering conscience for filthy acre,
for him to allow selfish, or money
to change or shape the
editorials of his paper, SO us to there
by advocate a measure he does not
believe, 1t would be Us commendabe
in a minister of the gospel to preach
atheism for a cash consideration.
This country is happy 10 know,
that while in many Instances our
publishers are poor, yet they cannot
be purchased with money, but com
nqnity often lampnts the condition
that the great principles underlying
PUBLIC questions are too often side
to give place to iuud an as
Dirant for q public office, by an Gn- ,
intelligent frog-like partisan croak. .
1t has not always been pop uIpr at
die time to tell the truth, but it has )
always been right to do so 1t was :
lot popular for John the Baptist to
'ebuke Herod for his sin of immol-
ality but it was right. Judas IscG-
iot did Tho popular thug at the
lime 10 Detlay Tue Lori, but r.
retribltion came upon Judas
in fFightfui has'e, ard
he sacred blood OF John The Bssptist
IaS cried out - tn. nations Of ,arth
,Dr , 900 Year, Sl.i.li.I..lsiilny men of
ue sincttty vi ihc home uiId THAT no
alton en- h" str llg that d rs not !,
raw lis strength from moro hume
fe :,
Inc prunel,c 5 81 ll.r nun ~ M :
0 70 wrJu. at, III dc th,. -rrlt IL d
cositA for teachers lh Il were run5
nj brave luI iJu.e IN llol ~ Tn :
ecd ii AiIS>i>slppi III .iru,', able anu !,
rave Il tors is no less noa tilin il !
as ever. been b,,sois., because the All
anc,anent OF society, commerce. anu !,
be scicnces has created and is hour !,
ere ting new environments, new vi
Onuitions al d new temptations, and d
le enIignter ed news paper man ~ " th
G able, ard should warn his Peep of 4
ne dangers in time to avoid them
he press is Il power, and hope thai =
lis meeting here will b. but another u =
bother step TO make it superb cd
over for good of our beloved state an
I'd our nation.