The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-20
John Temple Graves
:" It's the Star Spangled Banner.
Oh. long may it Waye

~ 1880
Does Band Leader Hal Polk, of
the Forest. Miss High School,
know his notes? Does School Sup
erintendent L. o. Atkins remem-
Der his reading and writing? They
have banned the National An
them before the kickoff at foot
ball games 49, as-if we Americans
of the South had surrendered to
the usurpers and unconstitution-
alists in Washington.
You are reminded of football
players who have picked up the
ball and run the wrong way. car
rying it back across their own
goal line. The South. is fighting
for Americas most American
principles, struggling towards
Americas c~learest goal lines. 1t is
more called to sing the National
Anthem than any other part Of
the country.
What the governor of North
Carolina said To .the governor Of
South Carolina Ks matched in
mystery BY what the governor Of
Arkansas said to the President Of
the United States. Was it nothing
much $50 or a mouthfuf? Both sa-
luted federal law Of the land and
police powers of the states. Both
were for both, let contradictions
fall where they may.
Liberal Editor Harry Ashmore.
Of The Arkansas Ciazstte, father
ing a thought with d wish, says
his governor "capitulated." But
Harry can't dictate history off the
cuff. Gov Faubus' only outward
and visible captivating at this
writing Is his acceptance of the
federal summons TO court. Mr..
Brownell's own Tom Dewey re-
fused to do that in 1858 as COVER
nor Of New York and Former
United States Supreme Court JUS
tice James F. Byrnes refused even
more vigorously JAS governor OF
South Carolina when a congress
slonal committee summonsed him.
He said no branch of the federal
government had a right to order
a states chief executive to be at
any particular place at any par
ticular time. MI
The Dutch have taken Hol-
landtN and the Supreme Court
has been declared supreme BY the
Supreme Court.
Ten times, says Mr.. Brownell,
the federal courts have restrained
state governors from military ac-
ton against what tine court
deemed constitutional rights. He
means that in the ho-man's land
between federal and state sover-
eighty the states have given in 10
times. It is possible to cite more
cases beginning with the Virginia
and Kentucky Resolutions of
Madison and Jefferson in 1893
and going all the way to Georgia's
Chief Justice D1lckworth.s last
year. when states have refused
federal laws or court orders they
deemed in violation OF their SOW
ereignty under the Tenth Amend
ment Or the sovereignty Of their
people under the Ninth,
The question is not. who has
given in or not to the judicial arm
of the federal government. 1t Is
what happens when a federal arm
usurps sovereigntes reserved to
the states and passionately cher
ished by their people.
That Is what makes this a con
s~titutiOnal crisis.
There is nc law 70 govern 1t, no
court to be supreme over ii. 10
precedent consistent about it.
There is only compromise or
surrender.
Since the President doesn't
really have to consider the Negro
vote or any other now and since
ne IS repeating over and over
again that you can't force people
70 morals they paSsionately reject
Dwight Eisenhower's course is
plain to US in the South. His
name and his authority belong to
l.ft..s th.s .~..c.er.hle burden