The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-10-01


! places those who have prostifutsd he powers
of government TO the destruction Of the Com
monwealth, vet as soon as this end is attained,
! all methods not sanctioned by law must cease.
D Poison may be administered . medicine to
the sick, but it cannot be made the normal food
ty regulated by law. Obedience to law is
: its soul and animating spirit, and the enforce
: ment of law with justice, impartiality, purity
and frmness against all, however strong, and
for the protection of all however weak, is its
: corner stone, its foundation and support
That this people are unfit for self-government
is no fault of theirs. Having neither ancestral
5 aptiduce nor acquired capacities for free gov
eminent, they had thrust upon them powers and
: duties for which they were wholly unfit Being
, recognized 'fwardS' of the nation, they were
= whilst in that condition made guardians" OF
: the most sacred trusts, administrators of the
highest duties of humanity. That they fail,
and fail miserably, was inevitable. 1t deeply
/ concerns US that this infusion into the body
: polite of folly and vice and ignorance, of
E boundless eredulity, united with the most in
veterate skepticism-Of a race which in all past
1 ages has not shown the slightest evidence OF a
capacity for free government, or even Tor SELF
improvement, shall not destroy even our own
capacity for free Institutions.
This race is in our midst, yet it Is nOn-assiml-
liable with, and unfit for absorption in the eau
casan race. We are two distinct peoples with
chronological differences in our physical moral
and intellectual natures of the most pronounced
, kind. Those differences include all race differ
ences and distinctions now existing on the face
. Of the earth. Each here is the antpodes
OF the other. With this are 10 work
out their destiny. We are to preserve peace
and order, administer justice and organize and
operate governmental forces to advance
the moral and material interest of the people.
l confess the task appals me. L confess
do not my way clearly to joining IN harmo-
NOUS and progressive action, what God has so
clearly sundered. Our duty is to try to work
out the problem-to Try earnestly, hopefully,
if may, fairly and honestly, with no iH-WlII
10 the associated race but rather with charity
and sympathy for them.
1t is not germane to the purpose of this adj
dress to suggest political measures to diminish
these trobles.. But may properly refer to the
part which agrieulturists may play in working
out the problem before US. This race is now
and Will always be mainly engaged in agricul-
/ ture the tenants and labOrers and neighbors of
the farmers.
Ii this people are ever to be trained to proper
methods in politics, if they ever become intel
( ligent co-wOrkers with the whites Tor the public
4 good, it must result from the teaching and ex-
/ ample Of the farmers of the State That this
( great work may be done thoroughly, the agri-
cultUrists must not only exercise potential
influence in public affairs, but they must be
educated so that this influence viii be as bene-
I fetal as ii will be powerful.
Another result to follow the enlarged influence
of aurieulturists and mechanics in public affairs
will be that it will counterfeit to some extent,
the prevailing disposition of the ambitious and
progressive young men TO avoid these pursuits
and embark in those callings and professions,
in which it is more easy to crafty their aspir2-
tions to serve in public life With the educa-
ton and training we propose to give IN this In
stitution, the usefulness of farmers and
mechanics III their respective caIlIngS Will be
increased, and at the same time, their capacities
for useful and honorable public service will be
greatly enlarged, and with this, will come an
Increase in the attractiveness of their callings.
In whatever calling, culture and intellect are
constant, operative forces, and the honorable
consideration of mankind is accorded to its
followers, Will be found an attraction To draw TO
4l.,4 Yt4iI thl
BILE.
Moreover, we propose to increase the attrac-
tiveness of country life by teaching easy and
cheap methods of making the homes of farmers
more attractive.
BY a little skill in landscape gardening and
rustic architecture the beauty of rural homes
may be immensely increased 1t Will locate
every cottage with reference to the best pros
peet, surround it with grassy Plats and shady
trees, cover its latticed galleries with vines
which are both ornamental and useful
Though our summers may parch and
scorch yet he impregnates both fruits and
flowers with sweetness and perfume and paints
! them with a gOrgeousness and splendor and
imparts to vegetation a vigor and perfection
! known to more northern elimes. Our farmers
must be taught to the suns benefcent
powers to counteract his balefuI effects, and
more to create by intelligent work a large
surplus of good, to beautify and adorn our land,
to make us rich and prosperous and our people
great and happy.
do not believe that men degenerate in our
southern cline. They may be less energetic,
less persistent and hopeful after failures and
reverses, less disposed to sacrifice physical
comforts to attain merely material ends, more
apathetic, more prodigal, more passionate, than
the inhabitants of higher ATTITUDES, yet there
has been no great occasion In our history when
the grander capacities of humanity were called
into action that this call has been made in vain.
That we have not advanced materially, equally |
with the northern sections of the Union, has
been in a great degree q am going to say what
some will not like to hear owing to African |
slavery. The introduction of an inferior race |
to whom manual labor in the main was allotted, |
and the consequent repulsiOn from our land of
the more energetic and progressive races of
mankind
In making manual labor part of the educa-
tional system of this Institution, we have not
overlooked the fact that by it the means of the |
poor to attend, will be increased. Our purpose |
is to make this labor useful as well as educa-
tional, that it will pay nearly all the expenses
of the pupils.
Another feature of the College will be the |
military drill. We propose to teach military |
tactics to the extent that our graduates may |
the country in war, with efficiency and |
honor. A large standing army is contrary to /
the genius Of free government. The main re-
lance of the country for defence in war, must
ever be its citizen soldiers
| said in the outset that proposed to tell you |
of some of the difficulties in the way of the |
success of this Institution. In the first place to
put it in successful operation, will require
considerable amount of money from the public |
treasury. The people are now Over-taXed, and /
they viii be disinclined to increase their burd- |
ems except upon the clearest necessity. l feel |
the force of this; but still the money must be |
raised suitable buildings must be erected: a
laboratory furnished; livestock and farming
implements purchased, and suitable professors
and assistants employed, or the enterprise must
be abandoned; and the money we have received |
from the nation as an endowment, must be re-
turned.
l do not think the Legislature will refuse to
make the requisite appropriations. do not
think the people viii complain of the burden
necessary, in order to furnish medicine to cure
the sick body polite, to revive the dying indus
tries of the State. Retrenchment and reform
in other directions will give the means of put
ting the Institution into successful operation,
and at the same time allow of lessening of the
public burdens.
Speaking for the Trustees of this Institution
say we mean not TO antagonize any other edu-
cational institute in this State, but to cooper
ate with each and all of them. We shall enter
into no rivalry with them, except in the gener-
Gus competition TO do good.
To the State University, we extend the right
hand of fellowship, recognizing in her a Joint
agency of the State with this College, to edu-
cate her children. Though the paths of the
Institutions may be different, their destination
is the same-the public good
All ask for this Institution is equality and
justice.
We do not expect this to be denied.
We want a fair opportunity TO open the doors
of the store-house of literature and science to
the industrial and laboring classes of our popu-
laton We want to alleviate their labors by
uniting them with am intelligent conception of
a wise adaptation of means to ends, and infus-
ing into dull and monotonous muscular exer-
ton the spirit and soul of a directing intelli-
gence. We want to increase the usefulness and
in life of the industrial classes, by in
creasng their capacities to do the work of the
world. We want to augment the store of hap
piness and comfort of those who do the worlds
most repulsive yet most needed work.
Another difficulty to be surmounted, is the |
Of one or two of the Professors for
this institution. We shall have difficulty in
Scientific .s and practical. II we apply to the
graduates of some of the Agricultural Colleges
already established, we will find them proba-
bly, ignorant of the cultivation of the staple .
crons which we raise We hone tn bridge over