Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-18
GOV. STONES INAUGURATION
The State.hOuse ThrOnued with Ladies
and CltIZsns-A Great Popular
Demonstrates.
Gov. Stones Able Inaugural Address
Senator FurlOnO's Introductory
Remarks.
Lieut.. Gov. Slms'S Address Upon Assum.
Ing AiS Duties as Presiding 0ifiOer
of the Senate.

Special ~ tho Herald
JACKSON, MISS, thursday, Jan. H. ls1s.
Aux clock M, the II Ill Of Repre-.
scnialIIeS was tlCd To It's utmost capacl.
~, e,ery seat being occupied and num-
Der OF persons standing. a large number
Of ladies aud the best oilILe - Of jackson
lent their pruseu c, aud l. mus, have been
gratifying dcmILstratiuE 20 Governor
Stone and lhc state Iii crs tect. Before
the ceremonies began u piece Ut artillery
In front Of tue Capitol awukc tue echoes
wi b the glad Iidiugs. Al tlc appointed
hour the Senat IS entered he hall, and
soon alter, the Inauguration Ommtltee
escorted the state Ulcers 10 the Clerks
desk. Senator Full Hg, Of Nicksburg, ac.
cOmpanled Gov. stone, aud introduced
him t0 the assemblage Ia the following
eloquent and appropriate remarks:
SENATOR FURLONGs INTRODUCTION.
Senators and Representatives, Ladies
and Gentlemen: have the honor to iOtrO.
duce TO you his Excellenc!, John Mar
shall ,tOne, Governor elect OF the State OF
Mississippi. He Is here for the .puri ose Of
taking the oath oil Office prescribed by the
Constitution preliminary to entering upon
the discharge Of the duties Of that hi b
office. II would be out VI place, on this Oc.
casioD, where to detain you by any elabO.
tate eulogy on the Governor elect, but 1
may be permitted to saY that he In va
rious positions and re ations gwen abun.
danL evidence OF bis scrupul0us integrity
as q man, his dauntless ValOr as q soldier,
and bic ability, efficiency, and spOtlees
character as q public oftcer. In word,
he has proved himself 70 be worthy Il
being the Chief Magistrate Of the proud
state OF Mississippi.
At the end OF Col. FurlOng's remarks
the audience manifested their approval BY
hearty applause, the ladies joining In the
demonstration.
sYNoPsIs OF GOV. STONES ADDRESS.
Gov. st me then read his inaugural ad.
dress, OF which am My able 10 give a syn.
upsis. Like all documents ema ating from
him, 1t IL practical, statesmanlike, and ap.
peals to the best popular sentiment and
its reading convinced his heRTers that he
IL Justly entitled TO be the Unanimous
Governor OF Mississippi. The Governor
said: "FellOw.CitiZeDs-By popular
vote, practically unanimous, have been
called to disch lrge the duties Of Chief EX.
eculiye Of your state Never before,
believe, In the history Of Mississippi, has
such an honor been conferred on the in
cumbent 0i the GubernatOrial chair. To
me II is dOubly gratifying as an evidence
that had discharged the duties devOlyed
upOn me IN manner not unacceptable 10
NV fellow ci,iZ us' the Governor alluded
to hi. sense OF the responsibilities Imposed
upOn him, and said II was his Outy N AS
I stiming the office ~ put Oh party feel ny -
nOl that he would be false TO party prin.
ciples, but that b. was now the chosen
, al hiel Magi trate VI the Whole people.
/ This good fortune and great resp nsibility
was not his aloue-lt was shared by all
his associates On the state ticket, and by
a wellnigu UNANIMOUS Legislature.
Ths lale antagonists OF the Democratic
party, united with 1t in the late election
or withdraw for the time being ali practi-
cal opposition. Whether they did 81 be-
cause OF the excel nee OF uur candldateP
or because they h0ught opposition futile,
can make no difference In the obligations
/ imposed rpOn W.. Every department 10
In our hands, and we alone must bear the
/ blaze il we fail tU administer the Govern
To be only able to say that We
have given the state better gov
ernment han that which We over
threw, would be an insult 70 the
lust hopes Of those who elected us, What
ever pIrlisans may have claimed In the
past, 1t /, not too much TO say there are
none In the state WHO will defend the
reIgn of corruption which recently afflicted
our state We must not be content u
compare ourselves ~ith our recent rulers
we must take the highest models, and Try
and not to be unworthy OF comparison
with them. ,,.,
No problem in politics was more dim ul
than that which Miss ,ssippi ami her slstel
southern States a,e NV called upon Il
solve.
Can a Government based on unlimited
suffrage be successfully carried IN be
tween two races, the most antag0nistic OF
earth, which, while according equu fights
10 each shall tend TO the common pros
perity and happiness Of both! The eX
p,riunce vi the past ten years demon
strates tina II cannot be done by Govern
ments In which the controlling influence II
vie ded by the inferior race. II remains
to be seen whether one controlled by thu
superior race will be more successful
Upon one point all agree: there must b'
absolute protection 20 litei liberty ant
prOperty. Fhe humblest citizen OF thu
: Stale must feel that over his hut the law
throws It's protection, anu that whoever
dares wrong MIN will feel the vengeance
the law. There must be no liberation o
wrongs upon the weak II ts tor the de
tense Of the weak that Governments WeII
, Organized. II sufficient powers for thi
? purpose are not already lodged In the ex
ecuIiVe officers Of the state and counties
those powers should be enlarged. Bu