The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-13

Slppl men ana women WIZ dAS
ready to fight without reserva-
ton for the sacred traditions Of
the South and against those who
advocate federal legislation that
invades State rights and is harm
full to our way of life"
Harold w. Gautier, chairman
of the county Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, said that there
was not time for county precinct
organization for attendance at the
meeting. However, approximately
80 to 40 Jackson countians, IN
Guiding MI. Gautier, attended the
meeting.
Indications that Governor
Wright did not have the COM
plete backing of the state Demo-
kcrats were contained in a state
ment issued by the Young Demo-
Gratis of the state, which was as
follows:
The text of the resolution, sign
ed by Charles G. Hamilton, chair
man of the Young Democrats OF
Mississippi, is:
1--WE congratulate Governor
Wright on his fine program for
the state, and we feel sure that ITS
enactment would mean a great
administration. We know and APP
preciate his character and ability,
and we are his friends. We re-
greet having to disagree with him
on this matter, on which he has
evidently been misinformed by
some of his advisers, but loyalty
to the party of our people COM
pels us to speak.
1T i'll becomes those who have
eaten the bread of Democracy and
who have been elected to office
as Democrats to talk of leaving
the party which gave them their
their present position and power.
No one of these dared say in the
campaign that he was opposed
to the Democratic Party. They
know they would not have been
elected if the people of Missis-
sippi had known they were not
Democrats at heart. If they do not
believe in the Democratic Party
which elected them, they should
resign and let the people of Mis-
sippi have the privilege of elect
ing Democratic officials
Republican Trick"
"Tis is part and parcel of the
same Republican trick to split
the Solid South which has been
tried for years by men who do
not believe in Democracy in any
sense, whose treasures come from
Northern corporations, and whose
heart is there also. They tried
in 1928 to mislead the people Of
Mississippi, and they failed; they
fought Roosevelt in 1892 and il
1896. and they failed; they join
ed in 1910 with John L. Lewis
and the Communist Party in
fighting against President Roose-
welt, and they failed again. In
1914 they tried to steal the cleo
ton so that we could not vote
for the Democratic candidates,
and they were outvoted 16 to
one. They represent the one; we
represent the 16.
IF, in some sober mood, they
as Jefferson and Andrew jack
as Jefferson and Andrew Jack
son and Woodrow Wilson and
Franklin Roosevelt, they would
find that the same Democratic
tradition runs through them all.
1t is evident that theirs is not
just personal dislike to Roosevelt,
for they are carrying on the same
antagonism to President Truman.
President Truman is the son of
a Confederate veteran-which is
more than some of his critics can
say-a Southerner by training
and tradition, a consistent Demo-
crat, and a President who not
only believes in Democracy but
under whose administration more
Southerners have had high Of
flee than under any other Pred-
dent. Foreign influences are now
fighting this same man for whom
they finally voted at the 1914
Convention.
1T Is surprising to find these
Mississippi politicians Joining
with Henry Wallace in a seced-
ing from the Democratic Party.
If they succeed, there will be
four parties in the presidential
election. This same tragedy hap
pened in 1860, when stupid DO
liticians split the Democratic
Party, with a resultant war and
Reconstruction. The forces Of
greed and hate against which
Jefferson Davis then warned
must not be allowed to repeat
their fatal blunder. In the words
of Woodrow Wilson, The Demo-
cratic Party is the ark; all else
is the story sea-
we have just fought a val for
Democracy abroad; we do not
mean to lose it at home. The peo-