The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-06
MIssIssIPPrs REDEMPTION.
The Mass Meeting at the Court House
Last Night--A Fit subject fOr
Enthusiasm theoretically
Treated.

The meeting, Of which notice was
given in the The HERALD Of yesterday,
to rejoice over the total rout Of the
Radical army in Mississippi, was held
ut the Courthouse last night and no
more enthusiastic assemblege was ever
gathered in the city. The war of an
visa very effective substitute for
ordnance as far as noise is concerned
had hardly begun on Main street,
before the crowd commenced pouring
into the Courthouse and, soon the spa
cious hall was filed with eager expect
ents Of the proceedings to follow.
The HERALD building and the Court
house were Illuminated, bonlires were
burning in the streets adjacent to the
square, which with occasional shout
ing aud cheering, gave the impression
that Dallas was celebrating some great
triumph achieved in this locality
At half-past seven o'clock, Mr.. Bar
nett II. Gibbs inaugurated the pro-
ceedings by nominating as chairman,
Col. Fearn, Il Mississipplan, now res
ident in Dallas. The nomination was
seconded and carried unanimously.
On taking the stand, Col. Fearn eX-
pressed his thanks for the honor con
ferred, and SAID he felt doubly proud Of
being called upon to preside ut II meet
ing held to rejoice with Mississippians
over their deliyerance from tho hands
of corrupt and ignorant rulers. The
victory, he said, was all the more wei"
come and glorious that 1t had not been
anticipated. The State had so long
been an object Of sympathy to the peo-
pie of the other Southern common
wealths, which had wrested from
usurping hands the relns of govern
ment, that her people despaired of ever
regaining their liberties, and now the
relief from their political woes had
come; the news seemed too good
TO be true. The true men of the
State are again in position, and with
Singleton, Lamar and Hooker as lead
ers there il no fear of her future. He
paid n glowing tribute to the white
men of the State, one and all, and said
that the triumph was due to the un-
broken front presented by the Con-
servative party. The fight had been a
| gallant one, and the result such rs to
cause every true man TO rejoice. The
speaker closed amid loud applause.
Mr.. Barnett ii. Gibbs was here NOM
mated and chosen Secretary.
In pursuance of motion to that
effect, the chair named as q commit
tee on resolutions: Judge Good, Gen
cral Cabell, Colonel Mcclure, Major
Barley ana Captain ID. II. Grove.
The committee retired.
Major Baskerville, in response to
many calls, took the stand. He Snil
that as Mississippian he had at
tended the meeting simply to rejoice
over the redemption of his State
from the thraldom of ignorance
and corruption which has fettered her
for ten years, and with no intention of
speech The occasion was one
that should raise spirit of thanks
giving in the heart of every honest
man, and gavea short history of the
0utrages perpetrated under the name
of government upon the people, and
asked If such deliverance was not i'll
deed to be rejoiced over. He told an
anecdote of u camp-meeting, and said
he felt not like the men in the story
-"about in spots"--but ALI over; it was
enough to make n man feel good. rat
this juncture of Col. BIS remarks,
Thompson's Theatre band, kindly fur
nished by Manager IT,, marched into
the hall, playing "Dixie," the enliven-
Ing strains of which air were nearly
drowned by the enthusiastic cheering
consequentupon the celebrating effect
of the music The HERALD takes this
occasion to thank the band for a sere-
made to the Office just previous the en-
tering the Courthouse.l Mississippi,
resumed the speaker, has fully and
fairly redeemed herself and will main
tain the advantage gained, and said
that Texas had gained much of what
Mississippi had lost in the way of pop
ulation, driven out by the exactions of
corrupt officials. Col b. was frequent
ly applauded during the course of his
remarks.
The next speaker was Col. Shannon,
who convulsed the audience with
laughter at the recital of IA story of the
biggest Alect Out" applying the
term to the United States. His dis
course took wide range, but was lis.
tened to with interest and responded
to with cheers.
Judge Good, Chairman OF tho Com
mittee on Resolutions, signlfied to the
chair that the committee was ready to
report, and at the request of the Secre-
tary read the following:
Resolved, First, that we rejoice with
the good people Of our sister State,
Mississippi, in their release from the
thraldom that has SO long and relent-
lessly enchanted, plundered aud en-
shaved them, and welcome them back
to the Threshold of their once proud
position among the States of the
South and the Union.