The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-11

O. ,yprnmenJ Wisely.
~ ha onIy abl. to say that we have given
rho STAT. a better government than that
which. by our advent to power,we oseren,
,youla be to insult the just hopes Oh shoec
who have called US 10 RUE over eueiu
Whatever heated partiZ ms may nav
claimed i'm the past, it is not too much 10
Sav that there is not in the State a man at
once intelligent and honest, VINO VIII un
! dertake to defend the reign OF corraption
| and ignorance, which In the recen' 49,
| tent to compare ourselves with our recent
rulers and legislators. We must take Tue
highest models in the past and present, ana |
/ let our every effort be TO prove ourselves
not unworthy OF com parison VIII I'LL 70
No problem in politics was ever aii"llsu 70
any people more difficult than tbat wren
| the State of Mississippi, in common WIN her
sister States of the South, IS now caii,u up
4 on to solve. Can Government oaseu upol,
unlimited suffrage, be successfully carried
on between two races, the most antagonlstic
on earth. which, while according cquai
rights to each, shall tend 70 the common
prosperity and happiness OF Doth
The experience of the past ten years sur
acknowledgements ties that 1t cannot be done
by governments the controlling lnnuence
| in which is welded by the inferior race. IL
remains to BE- seen whether one cohtfolien
bv the superior. will be more SUCCESSFUL.
Upon one point all good men Will agree
there must be absolute and perfect protec-
Jion 60 life, liberty and property. Inc GoV-
eminent that fails to give this is unworthy
of the name. The humblest citiz m OF the
State, no matter how poor or how ignorant,
must feel that over his hut the law throws
its pro- Getting mantle, and that he who
dar,s to wrong him, will feel the VEN
geance of the laws ministers. There mnSt
he no liberation of wrongs and fnJu-
ries inflicted upon those who are TOD weak
to defend themselves. tits for the defense
of the weak that Governments were organ
lied, and laws enacted. Insufficient powers
!; TOR this purpose are not already
lodged in the executive officers OF
the State and counties, those pow
ers should be enlarged. But, after all,
the surest guarantees of law and ORDER, are
; the virtues Of the citizen and Il sound pub
lie sentiment. When the wealthy and the
t educated Of each community feel it their
duty to defend the poor and humble, and to
bring to justice those who wrong them,
there will be little need tor the inter
vention of the officers OF the law; and it
is 70 individual influence and example, and
to tie teachings of the public press, far
more than to any possible efforts of the
State officers, that we must look for the col
rection of such evils.
Gentlemen OF the Legislature, / need
not remind you. who are fresh from the
people, of the financial distress that per-
vadps every section Of the State. With the
] Impotence of poverty and misfortune, the
people turn to you in hope of relief. SO far
as in you lies, know that You will leave
no endeavor untried to meet these expec-
tations, and L assure you of my earnest CO.
operation in all practical measures that af-
ford promise of success.
As great as has been the reduction in
: public expenditures and taxation, these bur-
dens yet press heavily upon the people. 1t
> will be for you to devise the means of such
further reduction as shall bring them to the
lowest rate commensurate with the re-
quirements of a good government, eco
nomically administered.
Many schemes are aft, at i'm the pub
lie mind for increasing, by legislation. indi-
, vidual or class prosperity. l warn yoN to
/, be cautious of EN- barking in them. 1t is
rare, indeed that the people can be made
rich by law. and experience proves that
legislative efforts to that end usually result
. Embarrassing the evils they are intended to
cure. Individual wealth must result from
individual industry and economy. There
|, is no other road to State or individual pros
perity than by the unremitting toll and
frugality of the people. Private welfare
is often paralyzed, and rarely aided, by leg
islation.
That government is best which, striking
q off all shackles and burdens, and conform
o ing itselfas nearly as possible to the pro-
q lection of life, liberty and property, leaves
: all else to be accomplished. by individual
+. efforts.
: The present depression in material pros
peritv is not peculiar to Mississippi. 1t ex-
{ tends throughout the Union, and is the in
n evitable result of the ravageS of civil war.
r and of the spirit of speculation which
e springs from an inflated currency. Let US
= hope that the worst has been endured, and
: thatin the speedy future brighter skies will
be over us. Let us be thankful that, amid
:, our poverty and gloom. no riOtOuS spirit of
: communism has raised its head in our
n midst; that the conservatism which has
u ever characterized our people, has preserved
e us from the terrible scenes of pilage and
t lawlessnesS which, during the past sum mer,
Y struck terror to the hearts of thinking men
). in other communities. Those who have ira
d duced and slandered an entire State for the
It acts of few maddened and Infatuated men.
n have had to hang their heads in shame.
while obs OF thousands andtens of thous-
I ands, for days and weeks together, held
e great cities in their grasp, and robbed,
: burnt and plundered with impunity. God
; forbid that should mention these things in
: any spirit of exultation, or as excusing
y mob law anywhere, or under any circum-
e stances. On the contrary. point to them
as an awful example of the consequences
, which must ever follow when men under
take to accomplish by violence that which
q the law alone can do.
Fellow-ctizens, let us hope that a
e better day is dawning upon us, and that
8 Mississippi, politically Free with every De-
+, partment OF the Government in the hands
C of her best citizens, will soon catch the
o glow, and feel the warmth of rhe rising
f sun of pa bile and private prosperity.
With mutual trust and confidence in each
! other, and with humble reliance npon the
, Great Ruler above, let each and all of us.
rich and poor, white and black, strive with
hopeful hearts and strong hands to restore
peace and good will, prosperity and plenty,
. to our much-loved State
] After the applause had subsidized. Chief
Justice Simrall then administered the GA Tn
. of office, and announced that Hon j NJ Stone
+ had been duly installed as Governor of Mis-
sissippi for the Constitutional term com
memmencing January 1st., 1878. The
: Sergeant-at, Arms OF the House then made
formal proclamation of the fact