The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-06

nef hhtllfAl protectors IL may wen oe
made an occasion Of rejoicing to all
men, but to long-sutleriug Mississip-
pians' most of all. He spoke of the
several attempts made by the state to
escape the clutches Of carpet-bag ana
scalawag rulers, saying that 1t was left
for earnest adherence to honest princi-
pies TO win a victory that had been de-
MED uEder the banners Of Greeley and
and Alcorn. AS the speaker closed
the Stonewall Grays filed into the hall
and stood cat attention. near the
door.
Mr.. Barnett III. Gibbs, responding to
calls from all parts of the house,
took the stand and gave the history
Of his departure from Mississ-
ippi, which was prompted by the OPP
pressions Of the government. The
victory which called this people to-
gether was not q Democratic victory
1t was a triumph of intelligence over
ignorance, Of virtue over vice, of the
Caucasian over an inferior race. The
speaker referred to Il dispatch received
by him from Maj, Barksdale, in which
the majority Of honest men over
thieves was placed at 2500O-quite
enough to make u native of the State
jubiant.
Judge Good was next called for, and
delivered telling and effective adj
dress. He disagreed with Mr.. Gibbs
in the opinion that it was not Dem.
ocratic victory they were celebrating
it certainly was the work of Demo
Gratis, Of men who had been lifelong
and consistent Democrats. Judge q.
closed with an eloquent ahjurgation
against the "accursed and damnable
Radicals" now, he thanked Heaven,
never to rule the State again.
General Gabell next addressed the
meeting, to the effect that he had not
come to speak, but to take part in the
rejoicing over the suspicious event
which had called them together. lie
said he had been in Mississippi before,
during and since the war, and was well
qualified TO speak of the condition of
the state, past and present, and while
he had seen her plantations devastated
by armed men, her towns and villages
destroyed by the torch of the pillager
and her women and children fleeing
for safety, the picture was not as black
rs that painted by the reconstruction
agents since the horrors of war had
ceased The devastation created by
the political army was much
more widespread and thorough
than the hand of marauding
soldiers could effect. After congratu-
latng Mississippians on their deliver
ance, and congratulating all honest
men on the triumph of right, Gen. G.
retired amid much applause.
Mr.. J. w. Thompson, vino followed
General Cabell, SAID he wished he Were
able to do the subject justice and make
an address commensurate with the oc.
casion. Congratulatory remarks tc
Mississippians present on the bright
future of their State, and "Mississippi
is free" closed Mr.. TBS remarks, the
audience showing their appreciation by
deafening applause.
Colonel Mcclure was then called upon
and responded in series of eloquent
remarks, giving his experience of the
character of General Ames, and giving
it as his opinion, formed after II much
longer term of acquaintance than was
agreeable, that Ames is the most cow
ardly and corrupt man who ever
disgraced a uniform. The audience
evidently agreed with him in the esti-
mate, and shouted till the roof rung
when the speaker said that now Gen
eral Ames was at liberty to return to
the lireside of his cock-eyed father-in-
law, as Mississippi was done with him
forever.
Colonel Ed. G. Bower followed Col
onel McLure, in his usual stain of inl-
FASHIONED eloquence, which brought
from his hearers repeated rounds of
applause. a slip of the tongue made
him address the assemblage as "gentle-
men of the jury" and he took advan-
tage of livery neatly, declaring that
the wholepeople were jurors, and pro-
ceeded to arraign the Radical party for
crimes committed in the common
wealth whose rehabilitation was being
celebrated. He hoped the time would
soon come when the condition of af-
/ fairs in Louisiana and South Carolina
would call forth similar demonstra-
tons.
MIR. McCullom thought pens of joy
anda song of triumph, should go up
from the bosom of every lover of constl-
tutional liberty throughout the land.
From Maine to Oregon, let us rejoice as
men, not as partsans ofany political
faction, that right has triumphed over
wrong,
Three rousing cheers were then Civ
EN- for disenthralled Mississippi, and u
motion to adjourn being put and car
ried, the enthusiastic crowd dispersed,
to-as some one said-have q good
old-fashioned Mississippi drink,
straight whisky aud plenty Of it.
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