The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-21
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The flag was of handsome blue silk, en-
bossed with gold fringe, and golden eagle
in the center, with an appropriate lnscrIp-
ton, and borne by Miss McKie Bennett,
the little golden-haired beauty of sweet six
teen, Of our city.
While the band was discoursing one of
its most beautiful airs, the flag was borne
from an ante-room by Miss Bennett, and
presented to Gen. III. l.. Burkitt, by Col. I.
B. Dalton, on behalf of the ladies.
The following are his remarks, pithy, to
the point, and well delivered:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN-On behalf Of our fair
ladies' present this banner to the Democ-
racy of Clay county, as memorial of the
triumphant victory which crowned the eff
forts Of the good people Of the gallant little
Clay, in 1879, in their battle for the right.
To you, as Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of our county, this
banner is rendered, and with it, the prayers
of its fair donors, that wherever in the flu
ture it may be unfurled, it may ever wave
over a free and independent people
Gen. Burkitt received the flag amidst a
round of applause, in an able, eloquent and
forcible manner, after which he received
congratulations and under brill liant piece
from the land, the crowd dispersed, with
recollections of happier 8th of January
than was ever spent in our city.
~ tue LhultS VI tho Clty u HSct UNI.
feel myself highly honored to-day to be
the recipient of at your hauds of this trophy
of our recent victory Language fails to
portray my feelings, or express the deep
emotions Of my heart. | receive this flag
with all the pride of a Democrat, and will
preserve it and fold it 20 my heart with the
devotion of patriot.
Yes, this gJodly flag, under the broad
aeges of whose ample folds the Democratic
of 1Iatr E,tY, To Eorhf III
political battles of our common country.
Around its standard they will write their
names upon the tablets of immortal mem
DRY, or engrave them high upon the col
umns of the temple of fame.
WOMAN!
''Oh, what joys from woman spring,
Source of bliss, and purest peace;
Eden could no comforts bring,
Til fair woman showed her face
The history of the world shows, that
when ever woman gives her aid and coun-
tenance to any public affair, it always
triumphs
The beauteous Helen caused the fall of
Troy The Tarquins were expelled from
Rome by the influence of Lucretia. Joan
of Arc, who stands pre-eminent with her
SEX drove the invader from France, and
placed the crown on the brow of the Dau-
phin. And our own grandmothers, in the
Revolutionary war, moulded the bullets
that drove the Britain from our shores.
Then, where is the Democrat, who will
not gaze with pride upon this emblem of
our victory, and feel grateful, and that he
is regarded as one of the great Democratic
family of the County of Clay, by these fair
donors?
We, the Democratic Sons Of Clay, will
write the proceedings of this evening on the
brightest page of MemOry's history, and file
them away in the archieves of our hearts.
/ feel proud that | have the honor to
represent the Democracy upon this happy
occasion. and while ] hold nv present
position, will preserve this flag unsullied,
and will hand it over to my successor with
out a blemish; yea, checked with the gem
that vaIor wins :" that it may go down to
posterity As an heirloom of the great family
of Democracy. And, in the future conflicts
of our country, we will unfurl this banner
10 the breeze as the harbinger of victory,
and in the midst of the smoke and blaze Of
the great battle which is to be fought in
1850. Should we fall in conflict, we will
point to the motto on this banner, and
''shake on high our battle blades and shout
onward victory :"
have been congratulated upon our re-
cent success, and highly complimented for
my humble efforts rs Chairman of our Elk
ecutive Committee ! take this occasion to
SIN AHal Qlu All L tOuAtt Out ASK uOlulDH
at the hands of the Democracy. | am am
ply paid in the general good of our common
country. | did only what was the duty of
every well-wsher of his country who de-
sires to see it prosperous and happy.
/ have taken deep interest in all the
elections of my country for more than forty
years, and have always voted for those
measures and principles which ] believed
would best subServe the general welfare
faI fhrnrtU, o1n
and not for the spoils of office. ] have
never held civil or political office, and at
my present advanced age, now IL the yellow
leaf of life, can never expect to. Say race
is run, NV task is done" / shall soon have
to fold my arms and be gathered to my
fathers; but l will die better satisfied if
/ can be of some benefit to the rising gen
GRAFTON, for don't expect this world to end
when do, but be a bright world still The
sun. moon and stars will shine as brightly,
the trees will blossom rs beautifully the
birds will sing as sweetly, the lamb will
skip over the lawn as playfully, when l
sleep beneath the clod of the valley as for
merly, and the boy yet unborn will immerge
from the cradle 70 boyhood and nom that
10 manhood, with as much glee and gaze
upon this bright world with as much pleas
are rs we did in days of yore, when we
sported along those silver streams, near the
home of cur childhood, and in the land of,
our nativity.
Ladies, permit me to thank you, in the
nSme of the Democracy of Clay, for this
high appreciation ofour patriotism. What
few days yet have to live, l shalt cherish
the memory of this evening, as one of the
happiest events of nay life.
This beautiful flag "long may ii wave,
Der the land of the free, and home Of the
brave"
Now. let me appeal to every voter.
Never fail TO do your duty, never betray
your cause, never fail to come forward and
deposit your vote for your country's good.
Honor Is worth the world never do low,
mean act. but act the man usder all cir
cumstanees. aud trust to God for the result
And in the beautiful language of Pope,
1what Conscience dictates to be.done
Or warns nae not to do;
This teach me more than hell TO shnn,
That more than Heaven pnrsue
III am right thy grace impsrt,
Still in the right TO stay;
IF am wrong, teach my heart,
To Aud that better way.
Now, ia conclusion, word to our COM
mon countrys Q word to- our sunny South,
YES. to orr solid South. In all future
elections re win rally to our Democratic
standard. and support the long cherished
PRINCIPLES ofour fathers; then in the Jam
ruaee Of another. IF centralism is ulti-
mateHy "a prevail, If the institutions OF our
patri0f fathers are 70 Be subverted, and an
Empire 20 be fastened upon the peopleg if
that IL to be the last - the great drama
now being enacted, then the gallant people
of the South will do acquitted by the iudR