The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-29
LET US HAVE PEACE.

Under the above caption the Cincinnati En-
Quirer, which is supporting Candidate hughes, adj
ministers a rebuhe TO the kepuollcan Leaders, III
Guiding Hughes, Tor raising the sectional issues
in no uncertain language. The Enquirer says:
"No citizen of Cincinnati, no matter what his
politics, will give his assent to the recently
launched attack upon the South by the politicians
who are seeking TO revive the Old issues OF sec
tionallsm. Envy of the residents of the North
and East is being melted by stories Of prosperity
stimulated by favorable legislation and admins
tration at Washington, and charges are made that
many changes were made in tariff schedules so
as to give the South undue preference. 1t is a
matter OF sincere regret that so conservative a
public man as Charles Evans Hughes should give
countenance and currency to this lndeIenSible
method OF campaigning for votes.
"1f the South is prosperous it is because there
has been a steady devotion to her peculiar indus
tries by the newer generation Of her planters, her
merchants and her manufacturers. No more
atrocious falsehood was ever uttered that the ac7
cusat;on that the tariff was manipulated for her
benefit, and no meaner spirit Vas ever displayed
than that which urged the attack upon her mater
ial progress. The people of the United States
compose a great family. The concern of one Sec
ton is the concern of all. Therefore, if the South
is prosperous, it follows that the East, West and
North will share with her the good things for
commercial life.
Marrow, indeed, is the mind that can imagine
a hurt to the nation on her account. Hateful is
the thought of continuing the punishment Of the
present generation for the deeds of the men who
fought for the stars and bars in the Civil War. If
they erred they have paid the penalty. Under
the wise constitution there can be transmitted no
corruption Of the blood, no attai2der of descend
ants. To endeavor to enforce this end indirectly
6noc NOT o1for tho froacor, &c 4ho Two pcoo+iop
"Her fixed partisanship, as the world knows,
is the result of a peculiar social condition created
in part by climatic causes. 1t is her problem to
so handle this condition that government will not
impede commercial development and that a dom
lnant race may lose it's ascendency. These are
facts. How mean and sordid, therefore, appear
the criticisms of such little men as a candidate
for congress in the Columbus district, who accuses
Northern Democrats of having bartered away
control of this government to the South His
soul is veXed because Southern congressman are
chairmen of important committees, having pos
sibly never heard of the ancient rule Of seniority
which governs in these matters, and being prob
ably in ignorance of the fact that the chairmen
are veterans of long service in national legislation.
Men of business at the state capital, who
very likely do not know the congressional candi-
date, a young lawyer, do not conceal the fact that
they rejoice because their city has direct connec-
ton with the South through the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, and are, in addition, pleased
because within a short time a branch will be built
from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Forty
years ago the city of Cincinnati proclaimed her
position when she forged the link that bound her
to the South by constructing the railway line to
Chattanooga, now part Of the gigantic Southern
railway system. Mr.. Hughes can be elected and
MIR. Wilson defeated without the payment of the
exorbitant price of reawakening sectional prejudi-
ces and tanning into flame almost extinct amino
sites. Let Southern Ohio's great son, Ulysses S.
Grant, be heard from beyond the grave: Let US
have peace"