The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-07-18
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Editor News:

issues or differences in political par.
ties of the present or past, inasmuch
as the methods used in the past with
the intent to establish something that
would be creditable to us as a nation,
has developed huge mirror that re-
fleets our own follies and betrays the
real intent and desires of many of our
great leaders in this and past genera.
tons. We should not lightly consider
the incidents of 1912. 1t has brought
with it the results of the act Of many
generations and will be page in his.
tory that points to new era in polit1-
cal and social economy. What was
thought to be realities has proven Wis
ionary in its results and now presses
the veil aside and exposes, as a reali-
ty, condition that nothing short of
revolution will satisfy. The eyes of
the nation, 1--WE being part) has been
opened to find ourselves to have been
made a convenience of, to special
privileges, and stupefied by factional-
ism, and led to the shrine of greed
and gain by moneys god, which will
perish when the shadows, that have
so long covered them all, give place
to the onrush of light and progressive
liberty and freedom. Shadows are
the instruments of covering to dream
land, dreams are the bright creatures
of poem and legend that sport upon
the earth in the night season and fade
with the first beam of the sun, which
lightens grim care and stearn reality
on their pilgrimage through the earth.
Life is real, not visionary; hope is
the companion of energy and per-
sistency, and the goal is not attained
at the hand of others, but rather by
personal efforts apart from personal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and achievements
that reach no further than self. And
no man is worthy of the respect or
confidence of his colleagues nor the
vote of his constituents who is not
broad enough to consider that all men
are created equal and are endowed
with certain inalienable rights and
among the many are life, liberty,
peace and happiness.
1t is not a thing easily comprehend
ed why men will divorce themselves
from every God-given principle, and
seek to overthrow every act of reform
when it is equally as advantageous
to themselves as it is to all other man
kind, or to seek revenge because he
has failed in some diabolical scheme
to overthrow justice, judgment and
equity. We cannot rejoice in victory
when there is no battle. The greater
the price, the more appreciative we
are of the crown, and lao man can ap-
preciate an honor conferred who is
conscious of dishonesty in attaining
the same.
Would it not be well said to the
people of this city that to remain in
the dormant state into which we have
ourselves to be thrown by our
Indifference to that which is for the
good of all, less that which is purest
and best should perish from our
midst? | appeal to the manhood of
our beloved city to set himself apart
from any antagonism or factionalism,
prejudice or personalities and use his
time and influence in selecting and
three men for our next Com
missioners who are in every respect
possible, fully competent to admins
ter the affairs of our municipality, and
sustain them with our aid and influ-
ence to make our city second to none
for its nobility of purpose, its honor
and integrity, and its freedom from
the many blights that casts their shad-
ows over us at home and abroad.
1t is needless to mention any of the
things in question that reveal the
weakness of our citizenship at large
in sustaining the promised richness
and frutility of honor and integrity
that our deepest-thinking citizens try
to inaugurate and maintain, but you
will allow one timely suggestion in
with the methods used in
the past to elect our city officers, also
our state and national representatives,
but the greatest stress is placed on
local affairs because of its close prox-
unity to our individual interests.
Factionalism has been nursed al
most to maturity. It has superseded
in many Of our most worthy citizens,
almost If not all, of the most choice
instincts and principles of honor and
and has left an empty hulk
TO be filed with any device or scheme
to overthrow. to bring discord, to dom,
mate at the cost and chaerfn Of any