The weekly clarion., 1874-02-26
Letter From William.


vanr .,fica in jackson. AT NanlOnu
STAYED again with the Hon. j. a. 4.
Campbell. and the more l see OF him the
better like him When | was hoy u
Nis or Ia. If / came into the pres nee of
Judge. Doctor, or "a Preacher, 1 felt
abashed. bur since have grown up, great
me have lost somewhat when L have
drawn near them. This i not the case
with Judge Campbell He grows upon
me, and the impression of strength ana
power attaches 10 my recOllec ION of him.
Il he is not the most powerful man whom
[ hove met in Mississippi, he l. no: >,
ond to anv other. l must here put on
record my gratitude Tor the kind atteii-
ton shown me by the Judge and Mrs. 4
during nv sOiOurn in Canton. was sick
and Mrs. Campbell has warm place in
my heart. Happy is the man who eros
ses that threshold
NV distinguished friend, Jas. Pickens,
Esq of C0rinth, went with me To udge
C's, but lett the next morning, when DR..
b. A. Vaughan, of Columbus joined me.
DIR. V. is one OF our first men as "A seen
tist, and a gentleman OF high culture,
both OF head and heart, anu learned
many items during our association, which
| shall disburse To your readers, some
time or other. 1 went with Judge HOwry
while in Canton, To drive with Lhe vener-
able DIR. Mckee, u professional gentle
man, who is ripe IN years and iull of
hospitality. Without knowing anything
about it, | think he is from Georgia.
At the Grand Lodge | saw many big ma
sons, among them your Col. Power. lie
knew me and said, ''WILLIAM, how do you
do?" He shook hands with me and !
fell better. Col. Walter, Judge Howry,
and Benjamin Springer we're there
Where will you find three better men ?
When either passes over the river who
can fill his place? May the time of that
crossing be many days hence! like the
Grand Lodge-it Is good insit ton. ]
like Canton-it is a genum, s uthern,
Mississippi town.
lett Canton on Saturday =. teruoon, /
(7th.) The train was crowded, and with |
several others | went into the sleeping car !
and paid twenty-five cents extra from |
Canton to jackson. While mehtating /
upon the events Of the week, friend !
says, civilian, SaIvini is ON board |
with his suite Come this way" l went |
back into another palace car, and walked |
up TO one of the fuest-looking men / |
ever saw, and id, extending my righl !
hand, ''Salviui i!-hem-SalvIni /! The
world is full of-in the language OF
the poet, how do you do ?" H- grasped
my hand, ami threw himself into 81 stri-
King atttu lie, (sitting on "a stool. and
; id what | did not understand. Here
gave way to my friend, Mr.. II. l.. Saun
ders, who approached the mighty Italian
20 overcome that he spoke not word,
but left him alone in his glory.
| stopped in jackson. as | went up "a
Canton, as you remember, and avaiied
myself Of the opportunity 10 Il upon
the Governor. [ was presented in due
form by my friend, Captain Walter
Acker, Il mighty man Of the East. The
Governor, received me most cordially,
aud 1 must ) ~ that in Whatever else lc
may be lacking he is not deficient in
truly courtly bearing. He has a beauti-
ful eye, rather an expressive countenancs.
and the manners and laugu ge OF gen
tleman of cultivation. 1 visited the
Legislature. Good Lord, what "A body
Oh the recOlections, the recolecliJns. =.
how they came crowding upon me A.
q. Brown, s. 5. Prentiss, w :. Barry. {
J. a. Quitman, jefferson Davis, AL used
20 make that old Hall ring with their d,
voices. l stood and looked on dreaming,
dreaming. A tear began 10 .
steal do IN my cheek and fell as an offer
ing to the good old time never comm
my mo-" / was aroused by Bro. David
Johnson, who said, "WILLI NJ, | am an :
honorable member Of this DO ly, take Al
eat" l told David l was for the long
erm, but the record does not show that /
IN regarded as a Statesman. Ithjughr 7
was go regarded. | heard n great deal "
lbout compulsory education, and when / ;,
cached home, i mentioned the subject
0 Mr.. Jones. He was very much dis
urbed, and seemed to be vexed with me. :,
lie said civilian, hope you did not y
all to express your entire disapproba-
ion of such system Of Education.
bid him that ! knew very little about ,
Education; it was a new b
hing to me. Air. Jones resumed: l tell a,
GU, my young friend, people can be r
ducated 10 almost anything-ti freedom p
r sertdom. In Prussia this compulsory Al
ystem is found, and there is no country n,
4 which the government is more power T..
Il, and the citizen more helpless than in 3,
russia. TO enter the dome site circle -,
nder any pretence,s is to sap lie iounda
ons of liberty. IL deny - the father
lat discretion in reference to the govern
rent Of the child, given him by nature
nd revelation, is to degrade parental au +,
lority, and To consolidate and glue To- :,
ether whole people from the earliest life, re-
ito one mass, at the cost OF Individual 10
l1nhood, and, consequently, at the cosl th
that higher happiness which individu- "a
Iity and IA digHIfied selfhood secure, and e..
} lay the foundation and bull the su no
OF permanent tyranny pe
Iy days are few here and DO hopt
may not live to see the last sanctuary Al
of fire edom, invaded by the
lvernment. Force me TO send my child N
school when | do not desire to do so and
Ju will soon see me forced TO send him Va
a particul r Sabbath Sch .ol. Tn go,
-iDcipie Is lie same. Let the might, of
.ad who la he foundations of this GOV Ia
nment, anc ho sci landmarks for tAeii "a,
'sterity. not Ue dlshonored by any such 90
republican legislation 1t Is well t. pri
Ter the poor opportunities Of educating mi
cir children free-nothing more Til,
'Or have rights that are iualienable, and
ief among them is the right to direct ot
e education of their children n. For an
Is they are responsible to God De wh
i've tn poore-t man OF this one right VII
ID you leave him litt'e To care for in hu
e way of personal pride or selfrespecf. pre-
ou take from him The highest incentive Tor
exer ton, and rob him Of that sweet hrs
agrance which the gratitude and ODE gra
eBce of his children exhale. The
ents of the last nine years, William.
we well nigh disguised tue frame work
a matchless government, that invited ~