The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-14
Cairo Lumber Co., Agt.
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THE IMPENDING CRISIS

AS an individual he is unique, and
lin class by himself. He combines
/ the great human sympathy; thel
/ strong heart, sound common sense
and homely philosophy OF AbranamI
/ Lincoln. the fire and bluntness OIL
i Senator Tillman of South Carolina
| without Tillman's crudities Of express
4 sion. together with an ability as an
| orator which places him in the class
with Ingersoll, Grady and ingalls,.
I Yet, his oratory. his manner, hist
personality, are all his own
| Mississippi has ever been the homeI
Of great orators, and in Vardaman
| seems re-incarnation of the shade
Of Sargent s. Prentiss. her giant OF
ante-bellum days. With presence
which compels attention and attracts,
with a voice vibrant Of intense feel
ing, with a message OF import 10 de-
liver. and with the ability to deliver
| Il ana lose none of it's weight, Varda-
nan has become the foremost orator
| In America today Others may nave
the voice, but not the message; or
i tha presence without either voice or
| message, but he combines them all
Te looks the part of the latter day
| prophet, verify a Daniel come 10
Judgment" and during the delivery
Of his great lecture, THE Impending
I Crisis" there Is not dull moment,
nor minute where the interest flags.
This lecture il the foremost deilv-
arance upon that most absorbing
luestion, the race problem, with
which the people have yet been fav
5rcd. Governor Vardaman knows bis
subject He has gotten his materials
irst hand; he has lived among the
: negroes andl. has studied them for
years; intensely interested, he began
'ong ago to try to find the answer,
All that history. or the latter day
writings of authorities could give, he
e took, and assimilated, and applied Co
pre- ent day conditions, and then in
] he ligkt Of his own observation, ex-
: tending pver twenty-five years, he
I began to evolve his own ideas about
i. So true were they that upon
e .hcn be was elected Governor Of
+ mississippi; so convinced were the
| people that he was right, that the
y members Of the Democratic party In
D MisGi sipri tried to send him to the
u United States Senate, where he could
n .el the truth and Ea heard by all
! RE missed the election by narrow
0 margin OF few hundred votes, bui
o this day he is a dominant political
J factor in Mississippi politics, and the
) | uture has much in store for him.
In ancient Rome, old Senator Mar
VI Gus Cato never delivered speech u
n the Forum without concluding, Car
1, thago delenda est -(Carthage mus
a. 5e destroyedD. BY many Cato was
considered q crank, a monomaniae
one vino was infatuated by an idea
At last the Roman Senate saw taat
u the supremacy of Rome was beint
d threatened by Carthage, just as Car,
Q saw it. and after Cato had passed =
: his reward, Carthage was destroyed
;. hat Rome might live, and Rome re
NAMED the Mistress of the World
Vardaman II Fta PATIO Of theso
after days. He has seen the trutl
md he has a message . deliver, an,
hat message lis, in brief, that III
white race must be snpreme that J
!, ,ever has ard never will divide soy
: ereignty with a lower race, and tina
: the encroaching attempts to diyid
: that Sovereignty will result sinp',
4 in debasinG tie white race mongTel
"A ling our civilization and leaving on
country an easy prey to attack AM
aEslavemcnt from without, and DC
'av, damnation and desOlatlon from
q within
!" Vardaman was abused at first; h
Is was called an agitator an alarmi5t
70 a fircbrand; hut at last the sobe
d second thought 81 the people bega,
70 10 waken and they began to listen
a. Today what he has to say on Til
race problem, Is the word Of th
supreme authority. Combining al
the knowledge of writer's on thi
= question. from dawn Of history t
= the present time. applied and meas
]. ured by per onal y. observation an
Z tifst hand hnewlsdge; Governor va
nj danian has message to deliver {
N huee import To the American peopl
v today s. 2e
Az an orator Vardaman has y
70 sureriors. and few equals IN Americi
- His stage presence IL comranains
70 striking; his voice full and resonan
" and capable Of every shade Of eypre'
4 sion. Wit OF the keen and scinti
= liant kind. humor which brings ~
ready smi'cs pathos which rends II
n heart-strings, are mixed and minglc
Y. with the great thoughts which co,i
y pel attention and force the Listener
Y. to think for themselves. are all mike
a. z.