The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23

| or campaigning, and / feel sure they
| Will express, in no uncertain manner,
their strong disapproval of such politi.
cal conduct as they have witnessed In
the PAST.
Mississippi 10 American.
Mississippi is great state. She has
| q splendid cltizenship--men and WON.
en- who are devoted to her best inter
ests-a citizenship more purely Ameri.
can thank God, than that of any other
| state in the Union. Her fields are fer
| tile and opportunities for material sue.
| cess abound within her borders. feel
he spirit of progress is here, and II
! should be and must be encouraged,
Dur thoughts and energies must be
devoted to efforts TO increase the pros
)erity of the state, to build UP in the
learts of the youth Of the land the
spirit Of soberness, Of respect for the
-irtues that make men and women
great, of love of truth and of reverence
or law and the institutions under
which we have liberty and protection
If life. Only the coward or the con-
pcienceless demagogue INDUCES in
lothing but fault-finding and carping
criticism and breaches doctrines Of
destruction at times when optimism,
| helpful and constructive and hearty
cooperation are necessary to remedy
existing conditions. And while we
| rave, in my opinion, the greatest state
n the Union, she has not taken that
place in the sisterhood of states to
which she is entitled. Why? Because
We have had too many demagogues
md snollygosters and prattle boxes in
our politics; too many men In office
who lacked breadth of vision, but who
| attained position by their ability to
nislead the people on false issues. In
| lenunciation and destructive criticism
| hey have been pastmasters and would
grade 100 per cent; but when it comes
| % matters of construction, of building
up the state, they should be marked
zero, and below Witness the fact that
we stand 47th in point of illiteracy,
hat we have such small part of our
| natural resuorces developed, that capi-
sal is being steadily driven away In
stead OF new capital, that is so badly
needed, being encouraged to come into
he state.
My friends, no man or woman
| who considers the situation
thoughtfully, will deny, or can
deny truthfully, that tho brand Of
| politics that has afflicted MIssis-
sippi In recent years 10 the prime
cause of present conditions. And
II Mississippi is to progress, II she
Is to take the high rank that she
should take, we must get away
| from personal and factionaI poll
| tics and return to the old princl-
Piles of honor and honesty and to
| the fundamentals of Democracy.
| AS a native Mississippian and
Democrat, ! want to take part
with you In the growth, develop
ment and progress Of our State and
nation. To you and this cause !
can bring the strength and enthu-
siasm and earnestness Of young
man, balanced and directed by the
experience Of ten years In the ma
tional Congress.
Stands With jefferson.
/ am glad to belong to a party that
believes in the rights of man; that
breaches that men are equal before
the law, that whether rich or poor, Of
high or low estate, they should stand
upon the same plane before the law.
| The pronouncement of Thomas JEFF
ferson, Equal rights to all, special
privileges to none," is political prin-
ciple, Democratic doctrine; but it
is closely related to the divine injunc-
tion do unto others as you would
have them do unto you. The Golden
Rule and fair chance Is all that any
man should want or should have. It is
the duty Of the government, as far as
] it may, to see that he has that fair
chance. The end of government Is to
promote the welfare Of all the gov.
erned and this rs the desire and pur-
pose of true democracy.
While in power the Democratic party
endeavored to improve the conditions
of our citizens and to free men and
women from economic slavery. The
record of the party is glorious one.
| yet there are some persons, even In
| Mississippi, who call themselves Dem
| ocrats, whose mental vision Is SO blur
red by prejudice, by personal hatred
Of some of the leaders of the party.
that they never speak Of the glories
of that record; but they constantly pa
/ rade, even gloat over the mistakes
that were made.
do not hesitate to say that Il
10 a record Of constructive and
beneflcent legislation that is unap-
preached by any party In the his
tory of the republic. II shows that
under Democratic rule the imper-
fections OF the administration Of
governmental affairs were dimin-
ishing element; and that steady
4 progress was made toward the
final goal Of all good government,
the betterment of conditions for
all the people. "The loud sum OF
/ Its silent units" az shown In the
splendid affiueNce Of legislation In
the interest OF the common peo-
pie, entities the party to the loud
est praise,
Why do these critics, these al-
legged Democrats, not give this
credit and sound this praise7 10
4 Il because they fear that II they
do 80 II will lessen the prejudice
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