The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-10
GOVERNORS MESA GE.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

mitted to your hands, TO be admins
tered for the welfare OF the entire State,
without regard to section, class or
party qualification. I sincerely trust
Y that your deliberations will be charac-
terized by wisdom, peace and har-
' mony, and, earnestly invoking the as
: sistance of Almighty God, that the
result of your labors will be such as to
entitle you to His blessings, and to
t the gratitude of the people you repre-
sent.
The year succeeding the adjourn
ment of the last Legislature was at
tended by disasters unparalleled in the
, annals Of Mississippi. A terrible cpl
demic, more malignant In its charac-
ter and more fatal than ever before
known, invaded many sections of tho
State, spreading death, devastation
and gloom wherever it went. Thou
sands of our fellow citizens fell vic
tins to the dreadful scourge; and in
numerous instances whole families
were borne away, as it were, to COM
mon grave. Many Of our most honor
ored citizens are numbered among the
dead. For many months the whole
State was q melancholy scene of suf-
fering, desolation and mourning. But
in the midst of their distress the chart
table world, with unstinted hand,
ministered to the relief of our suffer-
ing people. From the cities, towns
and villages, North, East, West and
South, large sums of money, and
many needed supplies, were forwarded
to our relief associations, and several
large donations were received from
foreign countries. The different Ma
sonic bodies, Odd Fellows, and other
benevolent institutions throughout the
country, were most conspicuous and
liberal in their deeds Of charity; and
| was advised of no instance in which
the sick suffered for want of money or
supplies after their necessities were
made known, and they could be reach
ed by any means of transportation.
| The relief thus contributed was
| transported and distributed by rail
road, express and steamboat companies
| free of charge, and all correspondence |
for purposes of relief, or appertaining |
thereto, was transmitted by telegraph |
companies upon the same terms. Such |
generosity on the part Of the people |
everywhere, and the valuable services
| rendered by transportation and telc-
graph companies, claim recognition |
from the representatives of those who
were the beneticiaries of their munifi-
cent bounties.
A martial failurn of tina cntton cron
in portions Of the State, and the I'M
remuncrative prices received for it,
created feeling of discomfort among
plantation laborers, which, together
with other eXtraneOus influences, cauS-
ed some to abandon their crops in the
Spring, to seek homes in the West.
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