Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
SECOND DAY.

the day being the visit 70 the Uni.
versity' on motion O recess was
taken for that purpose.
At lOk o'clock the Convention
was again called to order. The
minutes Of yesterday were read and
after some correction were adopted.
NoTE.-The preamble and reso.
lutions to be found at the close Of
this report, were directed at this
time to be made q part Of the min.
utes.-ED. HERALD.
The report Of the Committee to
express the sense Of the Associa-
lion on the death Of Columbus Bar.
rett, of the Holly Springs Reporter,
was read and on motion was re-
ceived, and adopted with a stand.
Ing vote ; and Is as follows:
The Mississippi Press AssOcia-
ton, desiring to express It's unfeign-
ed sorrow, and to record q proper
expression Of respect, touching the
recent death of COLUMBUS BARRETT,
ESQ, proprietor of the Holly
Springs Reporter
Resolved LIST. That In the death
Of CoLUMBCs BARRETT, the profess
sion Of journalism In this State, has
lost one of Its wOrthiest members.
this Association, one who took a
deep earnest interest In its success,
aud by the individual members here.
of one who was esteemed as a friend
and a brother by each.
Resolved 2nd That in the pro.
fessi0nal experience of COLUMBUS
BARRETT, we have another exem-
plihcation of the elements that
command success in journalism
a practical knowledge of the art Of
printing an intelligent apprecia-
lion of its dignity ; unwearied in
dustry a perseverance that knew
no such word as fail, and an iuteg.
rity as answering as Truth itself
COLUMBUS BARRETT was not only
an ornament to the Press of Mis-,
sissippi, but he was one OF those
enterprising, public spirited citi'
zens whose presence is known and
felt in the community, and whose
death in the prime OF manhood, and
in the midst Of usefulness, as was
he,admonishes US OF the uncertainty
of life. and reminds US that we may
be cut down when least we expect
the presence of the destroyer
while our earthly plans are being
matured, when friends have gath,
cred around US, when the domestic
circle is established, and when tn
ties OF time seem hardest to sever
But our Heavenly Father doeth al
things well. His ways are not a.
our ways /; and we bow, in humble
submission to that inscrutable
Providence which called our friend
and brother from his lab0rs among
Us.
Resolved, 81. That this Associa'
ton has Just learned, with deepest
sorrow, that the beresved COIN
panion of our deceased friend is al
the point Of death /; but VIC tervently
hope that she may long be spared
to her child aud TO her friends and
and that our Heavenly Father MAJ
be as q husband 10 the widow and
as a shepherd 10 the shorn lamb.
Resolved, 4th. That this expires
sion OF tine Mississippi Press Asso.
citation b. published in the Hollj
Springs Reporter, and that 'h'
Press OF the State be requested L
copy the same, and that the Secre'
tary Of the Association transmit
manuscript copy, duly attesied, u
the family OF the deceased.
Report of the committee on lie
gal Printing" was submitted, re-
ceiyed, and adopted.
Wherea., 4 bill is now pendin!
in the Legislature OF The Stat'
which provides tina: the pubiica
ton OF all legal notices shal! b.
made in such newspapers in tn,
several Congressional Districts a
the Legislature may designate 0
the Circui. Judges may appoint
instead Of through such medium.
as attorneys administrators, am
other interested parties may Sc.
proper TO elect, in order to securu
the greatest publicity, and ihereb.
the better subserve the Interests o
clients.
Whereas, the passage of such
bill would be so manifestly unjus
and oppressive, not only to estab
lished Journals, but to property in
teres.s generally, that 1t would no
be regarded otherwise than as a
invasion Of private rights, and as
blow aimed at the freedom and in
dependence of the public press
therefore
Belt Resolved, by the Mississippi
Press Association, now in annua
meeting assembled, that we recor
our solemn protest against the pas
sage of such q bill, and that we ca.
nestly appeal to the law-makln
power deliberately to consider th
many objections which must sul
gest themselves 20 the enactmeI
of a measure SO partiSan in charaC
ter, and so unbecoming the dignit
of a State Legislature, and so fruiI
full of complaint from the press an
people.
; ResOlveds I'd. That there is nj
. thing In the Constitution Of tn
y. State which makes 1t obligatory O
. the Legislature to pass snch a laV
0 and that the exercise ofthe. implie
authority so to do, would be a
necessary, unwis0 and unjust.
p Resolved, Sd. That this Associ
9 ton regards the establishment
Journals with the evident and 50
8 object Of being designated By t
: Legislature as the mediums I
4 public advertising, the bestevlden
Of their nnhtnesa therefor; Z i