Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-12

mEe0VEH1oa'a uI1sAaE.

Selected COMMITTEES, aPupinted to
|, wait on the Governor elect aud
learn Of blmrt Fhat time Il would
, sult bls esagsnisnee to be lnaugu-
atsd. sad 10 make the necessary
arrszgsment for Is Inauguration,
lmeeaed that Governor Alcorn de-
elared that It would be agreeable
10 him to be inaugurated on Thurs
day the Ion Of March, az y
o'clock II. :
In pursuance Of arrangements Of
this Committee, the House Of Rep
r~esentatives met aud prepared for
the reception at ii A. ~. yester-
day.
The committee Of arrangements
repaired to the Executive Office at
twelve minutes before II o'clock,
H., and there awaited until inform.
ed by the sergAnt-at- Arms, that the
two Houses were convened, and
were resdy to receive the GeYernOr
elect.
The procession was then formed
and proceeded to the hall of the
House, In the following order:
lst. The Governor elect and his
private Secretary, preceded by the
Sergeant.at.Arms of the House, on
the left.
I'd. The Committee Of Arrange.
ments.
I'd. The Judges Of the High
Courts OF Errors and Appeals.
4th. Judges, State officers, and
other distinguished individuals.
On arriving at the entrance OF the
bar Of the House, the Sergeant-at,
Arms announced the Governor
elect" on which announcement,
the President of the Senate and
Speaker Of the House proceeded to
conduct him to the Clerks Desk.
This Chief Justice sat on his right,
and the Associate Justices on his
! left.
9Th. Oath of office administer.
ed BY the Chief Justic.?
After which Governor Alcorn
arose and delivered the following
GENTLEMEN: The installation
which you are called to witness, is
surrounded by circumstances by
which 1t is invested with special
solemnity. Party triumph would,
necessarily, prompt the emotions
uppermost in the min Is Of those
present on similar consumations Of
political victory. Not 50 with Us.
Such emotions sink abashed In
presence Of the great events of
whichtbis extraordinary passage
in the records Of Mississippi, de-
clairs the accomplishment. The
Muse OF History closes to-day a
chapter Of passion, bloodshed, aud
social revolution and proceeds to
write down the facts of this inaug-
uration as the first event Of n new
chapter-a chapter which, with
her pencil Of light she heads By
halcyon words Of Peace aud Hope.
Tho balmy days of my life be-
long TO Mississippi. The friend +,
shiDs Of twenty-five ears tie me !
10 her IN love. a sacrifice of con. i
victi0U made By men in a wrestle !.
with the madness which plunged :
her into ruin, has bound my soul to :
het'sin O common lot Of suffering, =,
and sorrow, and humiliation. A ,
son of American liberty, whose ,
heart is glowing with the blood of :
lT76, | may, therefore, be pardoncd =
for feeling. struggling for first Ut -,
terancc on this occasions the pro- I,
found emotion with which | re. :
ceive from the hand of conqueror /;
the crown Of civil law that, in a !
blending OF pain and pleasure, | \
bind, this blessed hour, upon the :
Queenly brow of Mississippi. i
Secession | have ever denounced :,
as a fatal fallacy. In casting my =
lot with my own people In the late /
war, ! sought not justification be- /,
hind the logical subtIetics. When y
| said "The Rubicon is passed Il,
join the army that moves TO Rome" :
| spoke not as a sophist after the :
fashion Of Calhoun, but as q rebel .
after the fashion OF Cglr! The ,
step / took, l took In full view Of ;
the fact that II was one of simple I,
rebellion. In that exercise Of the q,
right of revolution, | accepted all ,
It's risks with my eyes open to the ,
fact that those risks included, in
both law and fact, the penalties at
taching to treason. And during ,
even the first hour of defeat, when !
| lay with my people crushed un- /
der the heels Of laundering armies, ,
l accepted the fact that one end of ;
the rope around my neck and ,
around their necks, had been grasp. ,
ed by the hand Of a triumphant !
Suzerainl !
In heart and soul. | am a man of ,
the South. Ny affections, my In :
%terests, my habits ofihought, iden. ,
tify me indivisibly with the South. :
ern people. The conquerOr OF the :
armies in which II of my sons O.,
won a Majors star aud another a ,
Martyrs crown, Is, as that conquer. :
or, no more a subject Of love with !
me than with any other Southern ;
soldier. The military government. !
which / have tha =