The Daily clarion., 1878-02-09


soil of Mississippi,
While the bones of our gallant dead,
! whose lives were given to the cause we
! loved, are bloac ing upon hundred battle
fl Ids. [ cannot consent To make an appro-
prlation TO bring b1ck the body of any civil
ian no matter how distinguished. Not a
dollar has ever been expended by thi, state
TO collect the remains or erect a monument
| to the memory of those who were not onIy
distinguished for their services and devotion
TO the State, but gave their lives as an offer
| ing upon her affairs. To day they sleep on
distant battefields, "unwept, unhonored and
unsung." save in the hearts of their country
men and until the State is able, by suitable
action, to recognize the services o. our dead
heroes, | cannot consent to make the dis
| tinrtiOn in favor of any civilian.
Mr.. Reid, of COahOma said: That while
no one revered the memory of Governor
| McRea more .than he, still he saw no reaS-
on why this resolution should pass. 1t Was
true that association had great deal to 90
in rendering dear to Us those who are dead
and tor this reason he could appreciate the
motives which actuated the gentlemen from
| Clark, Chckasaw and Monroe, who were
associated in life with the illustrOus dea :,
| and hoped that he would be given credit OF
being actuated by the same pure motives in
saving, that SO long as he had comrades
| sleeping beneath the nhospIGable soil on
which the battle of Gettysburg was fought,
and that, too, beneath the walls of the ceme-
| terry erected to the dead OF the, then enemy !;
while their graves were unmarked and, in
many instances, unnoticed, he would not
| consent to take the money which was
| wrested by the tax gatherer from the widows
and orphans of the Con iederate dead to sup
port the State, and apply it to bringing
| back the remains of one who now sleeps in
friendly soil, merely because he
was honOred in life by the iiZenS of the
| State He did not think it just, either to
| ~, ,l,n clo tba n frpn N
pah had said, in unknown graves, 'unwept,
| unhOnOred and unsung," save by their COM
rades and friends, or to the widows and
mothers and orphans of the dead. That il
we had any money to appropriate to the
dead we should appropriate it in erecting a
monument to the dead of Mississippi. who
fell, not in seeking health, but in defending
| the liberties and rights OF their State.
| MeSSrs. Tucker, GhOlsOn and ROane, fa-
| vOred the resolution.
Mr.. Marshall OF Warren, said: Mr.
| SPEARER-l rise to suggest that the
distinguished gentleman who has last spo-
ken has done Injustice, unintentionally, no
doubt, to the gentleman from Tippah. The
latter said liz substance that the MississiD-
plans who lay dead upon the field where
they fell IN battle were unrccOrded Save in
the hearts of their country
| AS for this resolution, l should be glad if
| it were practicable for us to honor ourselves
| by laying in the soil of our State at our
Capital, or some other suitable place, the
remains of all our noble sons which now
are scattered in other lands. But in doing
honor to ourselves by preserving the sacred
| bones of our dead, we must do Justice to
the liviug-the i'm poverished taxpayers OF
| the State.
| Without rejecting upon the services OF
the distinguished gentleman named in these
resolutions, L maluCaln that the memOrie:
OF the unnumbered soldiers of Mississippi
1,N tl,.,Iy.
and whose names are fading away with US
are more deserving of such a tribute than
that of any man whatever whose services
consisted of the discharge of his duty as d
civil officer. To my mind. the noblest OF
them all was the poor, private soldier who
without rank or position to induce him
went knowingly to his death unsustaineu
save by the consciousness of duty well done
'NObler love hath no man, than that he
gives up his life for another.''
When we shall be able to enter upon thi.
haliowed task in a systematic way, without
distinction, | shall advocate the measure.
| Mr.. Marshall of Warren, moved to refer
to the Committee on Appropriations
Mr.. Hampton moved to table the motion
Carried.
Mr.. Spight moved to table the resolution
Lost; and Mr.. TisOn moved to refer the
resolution to the Committee on Ways and
Means. Carried.
Of OAK trees, or cutting, girding or boxine e
pine trees without the consent of the own
ers thereof. Referred.
By MIR. Street. To confer certain power
on the Board of Supervisors of Prentiss
county. Passed.
Ways and Means be requested to ascertain
what Appropriation is necessary to carry
out the provisions of the concurrent resolu-
tioh in reference to the remains of ExGov-
ernor John J. McRae. Referred.
By Mr.. Marshall of Warren. To amend
section 759. Code of 1871, in relation to wit
nesses. Passed.
By Mr.. Perkins. To incorporate the
Dowds Landing Steam Ferry Company
Referred.
BY Mr.. Reid of Coahoma. To alter the
boundary lines between the counties ol
Tallahatchie and Coahoma. Referred
By Mr.. Pegram. For the relief of Charles
f. Tatfe, of Warren county. Referred.
By Mr.. Gilmer. To prescribe the duties
of public officers. Referred.
By Mr.. Reid of Coahoma. To provide for
the more efficient protection of the county
and State records in the counties. Referred
: By Mr.. Marshall of Carroll. To amend
section 1889, Code 1871, in relation to the
administration of the estates of decedents
Referred.
By Mr.. Cook. To prohibit the sale OF
liquors in Iuka, Tishomingo county. Re-
ferred.
By Mr. Henry. To amend section of an
act to amend the educational laws, ap-
proved April II, 1876. Referred.
BY Mr.. Marshall of Warren. To amend
the rules of practice in criminal cases. Re-
ferred.
By Mr.. Marshall of Warren. To amend
the act regulating the salaries of public
officers. approved March 6, 1873.
By Mr.. Robinson. To amend section 27S,
Code 1871, in relation to Constables' bonds
Referred.
i Mr.. Niles moved to reconsider the vote
referring II. B. to change the boundary
lines of Attala, ,Choctaw and Winston coun-
ties to a special committee. Carried and
the bill was referred to the Committee on
County Affairs
Mr.. Miller of COpiah, was excused, at his
own request from accompanying the Joint
Com M ittpe Oh ID nj VerSitinS TO Ok tnrl