Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-10
Special correspondence Of the Herald
JACKSON, August l, 1877.

mt ~ TUG Hail OF tne IOWer OrAncn
Of the Legislature to-day at II 80
am, with General J. 2. George in the
chair, and Marion Smith, Secretary.
The Convention was convened in ODE.
dience to call OF the State Executive
Committee, and we have never seen
larger or more intelligent body of men
assembled together within the halls
wherein write. The gallery was full
and the body OF the House didn't have
an open aisle or vacant seat. When
order was restored, Gen. George, the
Chairman, said be felt impelled to
say few words before retiring from
the position he then occupied, and
spoke as follows:
In performing the duty OF opening this
Convention, feel impelled, rnder the Pc
culiar circumstances, TO say 4 few wOrds;
and as these words will relate 10 the fti.
ture, and may wear the appearance OF ad.
mouitiOn, trust the Convention will as.
cribe my remarks to their true source,
which is the deep interest feel In the wei.
fare Of the state, and not, because this
course Is unusual. TO any assumption on
my part OF the right to advise or warn.
1876 have nlaced the DenIocratlc and CNn-
seryastve nsrtv IN irSIsn"tSh,e sSaS 0on, ~
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,,hd s usidn SouJI Ins ,n,,,. .S tSUa.uua.e' ,.I1.'
WIN eonslueIeu 70 ~ ~IL9uIs " tne virtues
lnteillgenee, ana patrlousm OF our party,
@ anS - SohueInuaton i ~ VI tne plucIp'es
""H w ~ pIaetIces ICE, ~ OII ,a'e OpPonehe, =.
har usu eVuSiuesH ~ @ ~ ~ @ anosIeI M 2 asPect, ~,
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uns'enSeS a @ensSnuHIeS @ ~ oy % rNalLles amohg !
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s. ~ uuSo,Asu ~ W ueaoSivh W tne Puolc MeAl
ISniaIny IN ~ OvHnoni 20 i uuiOh ~ GoLiOh,
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Si,Sa rSnJav 'U iraDaSihia n' IGots' ' wYuie lS
doIent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of m Sovernmont ru e''
Divisjon mesns an annesI 70 ibs Svors,
elemenfs NJ fho RsnuhI}can marty ,n So
cure the mas:erv 10 the cohten1ing fac.
tions, In the response 10 that anneai Is
the death.knell 10 good government in
Miasissippi,
Whatever, therefore, NAV happen. We
must settle our dlsputes and differences
among ourselves. i've must invite NO nos.
! tile. no allen arm TO give support and
weight to one as against atother. There
car be no settle ment of any uuestion unnn
which we NAV divide that viii 40 harm the
people OF Mississippi as the victory on one
section OF tine marty over another. secured
bv the aid OF the common enemy Of both.
Hitherto we have been forced into una.
uimity by the ever pressing evils OF NAL.
admInistration. we were united from The
instincts of self.preseryation. Now. the
same union and harmonious action must
result from wise and conciliatOry counsel
| from n determination To render faithful
service TO the state, and from A dispensa.
tion Oi cuual and exact Justice Ia ali ser.
tions and ali classes of the party,
Whilst thus plead for union and har
mony. as essential TO the salvation OF thu
state there vet remains one Other calam
ity, greater. f(pOssibe, than the overthrow
or division of the Democratic Conserya
tive party, That calamity will be upon M
when the party shall so tar forget lis hirl
mission as TO permit itself to be made th1
instrument ofeleVating into mower and in
fuence. men who have no other Interest
In the politics OF the state ii. n 10 adyane,
their personal fortunes,
Our needs are lust, at. Aise policie,
carried out by pure and t., utic m n,
For the last Ten years H. struggle hai
been 10 overthrow misr,.i and 10 securt
the power and 1ppnriuli tsclEgoyern
ment. The evils which .ri,ted society
and the still greater Z, which weft
; threatened, we're 80 pr. ing, so deadly
whether cunsidered as affecting orr ma
teri.l interests or the moral and intel
lec,ual condition OF our people, that in IN
long and eXhausting contests Tor the over
, throw of Radicalisn, little else was con
sidered than the means of success, w
, were without pOIicy beyond the deter
minAtion that economy should supersed d
waste. and honesty and comnetenc,
sbOuId eXnel vice and jcnoranec froT
oIliciai life The particular measllres h
which a people cau be made great an
prosperous did not attract our attention.
Whilst engaged in the desperate struc