The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-08-16

] v MlNA FnA FfeIt N1HlltilltAf ANN We anew lNl
ther thAt IN the performance Of your dutie
criticism, Cor ~ ala crifies the student bOd,
Is perhaps tie least lenivnt. Should yoi
stand the test Of tills severe ordeal, We knew
that y0a would wiIi the confidence and secun
the TosDect and admiration of our impulse y,
and generous youth. and that your position
would b one ofusefnlness aud pleasure bu
that on tho other hand, should you fail IA
/ tiig respect, II would 30 Of all others In,
m0rt pIsaiisfiAtogy aud Uncomfortable, and
that you would not be long in seyering
relation 80 distasteful aud repugnant To
sensitive mind. As no demonstration Of THU
latter kiud has been made, the presumption
may be intaIged that you have fonnd your
selves, aud have been found by those who
| look 80 sou Tor instruction, able 20 respond
to the demands upon your respective posi-.
tious, aud that the interests Of the inEtitntion
are safe IN your hands
But You, Mf, Ci,aDccllOr were no stranger
| 20 TN, nor 10 this University, for almost from
| its very organization you were identified
With it, fortunes and il Is but simple justice
10 say thiFt 10 no one more than % yourself
was il indebted iOr It's early success, and for
its strong hold npon the public confidence.
The regret with which we, at one time. sur
rendered you TO what you regarded . call OF
Imperative duty, was as sincere rs the graft
iicati0n with which we welcomed your re-
turn, The Immediate descendant Of one
whose name Is II synonym tor educational
and administrative talent, no higher compile
ment can be paid you than to say tbat 10 the
mantle of Moses Waddel you are no unwor-
thy SUCCESSOR. Willingly therefore and with
unanimity we responded 20 the expression
of public sentiment, and installed you as the
scholastic head Of this institution. Salts
lied that this mark of confidence could not
have been more worthily bestowed, com
mend you, Sir, and the seat of learning over
which you preside, to the favor of Him
whose servant you are, and fervently, from
my heart of hearts, ! bid you God-spced.
Greatly have taxed your patience kind
friends, one and all Of you, yet bear with me
"A moment longer and | am done. In run
ming my eye along those crowded seats, APP
propriated TO the student body, it fails to
catch the manly form of many noble youth
who was a member of this academic family
when l last sat upon this platform; and
al aching void in many bleeding heart, TO
tell MS that we shall meet them here no more
Surely, surely we may be allowed the mourn
ful privilege and pleasure Of uttering for
them word of atfectlOnatc eulogy aud of
paying to their memory the silent tribute of
a tear nor would any possessing manliness
of soul object, were we to rear upon this
campus the marble SHAFT, mute emblem of
a love more durable,-broken if you choose,
as the sad memorial of their untimely end,
and of that cause, now lost, in whose behalf
they died.
Died, some upon the bloody field, amidst
the roar of battle; some in the comfortless
and crowded hospital some more fortunate
in the green and quiet country where the
soothing voices of nature chanted their
peaceful requiem, Died far, fur from home,
and from the loving hearts In whose gfiec-
tions they were ensllrined slowing hearts
that sat musing BY Che lonely hearth, hum
ming, perhaps, some sad refrain, and check
ing The rising sigh that blended witha sob /
huggipg. still lilo fond, delus;ye hope that
soon they Womb hchr upon the threshold the
well-tnown football OF him deaFer 10 them
tnan ne, but whom they were TO behold
never again lilili 2 reunion shall occur that
the shoek OF pattle and the shaft OF death |
sh ~ never moro disturb.
! Diee' iar irohu hoihe, put hot rom Irienus'
49,. S''g :, .n',s
SVhe stri,,l..n da,,,,, VI ANA &c eati,
IN, stor ,st,n b;n,salT ,,.o,,ld ,,.,,s a,,,i1
HE heavv 6@bt IN render 10 tba dyin,, youth
he Law upon a soldiers bunk wasting with
slow disease, or writhing in an agony Of pain,
q softer, holier ministry was there. A guar
ron"d T hu soa G hel y and Lent or
peaseless watch and ward ms hour by hour
be drifted to the dim, eternal shore by her
soft hand was his hard pillow smootled
gmos 9e f SressS o III pS wo hro sng
held to his parched lips the soothing drink
md when at last the struggle ceased, and he