The Lexington advertiser., 1962-09-27

served to the states respec-
lively or to the people,
These are not my words
This is the Tenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the
United States.
Ladies and gentlemen, my
friends and fellow Mississip-
plans: speak to you as your
governor in solemn hour in
the history of our great state
- in a solemn hour, indeed.
in our nations history. l speak
to you now in the moment of
our greatest crisis since the
War Between the States.
In the absence of constitu-
tional authority and without
legislative action, an ambi-
tious federal government, en-
ploying naked and arbitrary
power, has decided to deny
US the right of self-determina-
ton in the conduct of the af-
fars of our sovereign state.
Having long since failed in
their efforts to conquer the
indomitable spirit of the peo
pie of Mississippi and their
unshakable will to preserve
the sovereignty majesty of our
commonwealth, they now
seek to break us physically
with power of force. Even
now, as | speak to you tonight
professional agitators, an un-
friendly liberal press and
other troublemakers are pour
ing across our borders, intent
upon instigating strife among
our people. Paid propagandists
are continually hammering
away at us in the hope that
they can succeed in bringing
about a division among lis.
Every effort is being made to
intimidate us into submission
to the tyranny of judicial op-
preston.
The Kennedy administra-
ton is lending the power Of
the federal government to the
ruthless demands of these ag-
itators.
Thus we see our own fed
eral government teamed up
with a motley array of un-
American pressure groups a
gainst us. This is the crisis we
face today.
principles" is a little word.
1t is easy to speak and to
spell and, in print, is easily
overlooked, but is a word that
is tremendous in its import
and meaning = denoting res
pect and obedience to those
fundamental and eternal
truths that should be respect-
ed and form the way of life of
all honest and right-thinking
people. Expediency is for the
hour; principles are passing
for truth and right and JUS
tice and, as long as the rains
descend and the winds blow,
it is but folly to build upon
the shifting sands of political
expediencv. 1t is better for
ores blood to be poisoned
than for him to be poisoned
in his principles. So deep and
compelling were the convic-
tons and principles of our
forefathers that they risked
even death to establish this
now desecratied constitution
as the American way of life
and handed it to us in trust
9s our sacred heritage and for
our preservation.
The day of expediency is
past. We must either submit
to the unlawful dictates of the
federal government or stand
no like men and tell them
snever!"
The dav of reckoning has
been DELAYED as long as DOS
sible. 1t is now upon us. This
IS the day - and this is the
1cur.
Knowing YOU as I do. there
IS no doubt in my mind what
the Overwhelming majority Of
loval Mississippians will DO.
Thew will never submit to the
moral degradation. to the
shame and the ruin which
have faced al others who
lacked the courage to defend
their beliefs
I have made nv position in
This matter crystal clear. /
have said in everv countv in
Mississippi that no school in
orr state will be inteorated
while / am vour governor. |
reneat to vcu tonioht - no
school will be inteorated in
Mississippi while / am your
Lest there be nisoivinos in
sorna quarters about +ha inn
roediate status Of the JTn;vn~-
sitv Of Mississirri and otha..
schools. I ace,,ro v-o,I
hat they will not he closed if
l,ir cnn rnssib1v he r-o;dc1