The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21
ANNUAL ADDRESS
or w ortly Master E'ut Dnrdcn
Before thc mississippi STATE
Grunge. esaasssroeisinv-
en. Ilrce lnber -. i~eo.


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IN nlkmg Of emigration uur at'en
uon is too much directed 90 fall
/ hands-whcn the feet is there arc
too many of them here new--alt'-
I gether out Of proportion with ari-
zans and mcchahies Weare 6y.ag
1 of too much agfieuture. and nothing
! to hsib us iiaeat IT. rhis las a.
ways becn true 81 the Cotton States.
Tnev have ever bteh aone idea and
one crop people, made fo by their
old sydcm AID oantlnucd sihce its
over,huaRg because thcy knew no.
what Nseio do uor do they see Yet
how ur when the tide eau ne iurned
in their favor. when the necessarY
confidence can Toe secured % lnyhe a
fair proportion cfthe surplus capital
seeking Investment, and labor long
inc fir warmer climes to take up its
abode With tbom.
Uboh this very essential point !
bavc a suggestion to make-and Il
seems a good time % make it, sihee
people having heea led 20 hope and
believe That lhe remedy for their
troubles was to lie found IN political
change-the success Of one party
over another, have by recent events
been cured Of thai idea--are now at
sea, as to what is to be done next
ana are much better prepared To lis
ten toreason ana appeals TO their
own Interests than ever before.
Now isile time for selfeXamination,
TO hold 90 cxpericaee meeting 20 in.
.uuire whether ~ notit would have
done Us any good had our hopes
been realized, and to retraoe our
sleps even back 90 the close 0i the
war aui sby a. tie last shat we
ought have said tben--tq wifi. that
henecforih we will offer 20 iactious
opposition to the powers that be, no
matter by whom personated-ihat we
wish 10 earnest 90 shake bands with
the Unicn sentiment Of The whole
couutry-wc propose to be law abid
ink-to live caesrfully under the
same code that applies 70 all alike,
and show by word and act That We
cannot any more ie led into any
kind Of edtagonism or rivalry with
conservative sentiment which having
been successful in saving the Union
feels il ought 70 direct stlpirs till all
Is quiet along tie line
For what after all is the maH ob
iect we have in viewg is Il not
rather to prosper than TO governy 2
Surprising our most ardent desires
in politics accomplished would not
about all it would have amounted to
been to substitute one party for an
other--when neither promised TO he
Of any use in efecting any practical
benefit to the masses OF any section,
North, South. East or WestY We
must work out our own salvation II
il is ever done aud look no more %
politicians for help, for all expert
ence shows % our sorrow especially
in this section, and tha. they are
much more ready and able to work
their constituents into trouble-than
relieve them Of it after they get
there.
We want capital, we say, to devel
op the untold resources Of our oOun.
try; we want emigration, We sag, 60
turn It's welcome head TO this hungry
latitude, how can it be expected TO do
so till we who hold in our hands its
/ future destiny shall show by word
and deed it shall be perfectly pro-
/ tected in its lagal rights when il
! oes so Notice has all along been
I given that the South was in too un
setted stale for csplia 10 seek an
Quiet ia this direchon--nOr need
any great acoessionto is population
I be expected till opinion we're free
and could be freely expressed. Il
must be admitted this is natural and
essentially just II seems a good
time now for the sake Of our future
prosperity TO reconsider our course
I and make whatever smendment ex-
perience seems to demand Instead
Of making politics too much a bust
ness-the hours appears to have ar
/ rived TO make politics suhserve our
4 business Having tried one expiri-
4 mcnt and failed, thatis by an alli-
ance to d political party endehvoring
| to regain influence aad power
through its success, suppose VI
nov try the one of no iactioUs alli-
snce 1t alland co operating with non'
except such as advise the most ma
tional and conservative views and 50
I to mansge our internal affairs as tc
be free ofall intolerance
lam profoundly impressed will
the opinion that the day on which
We adopt this policy will DO one
from which our future prosperity
will be dated. Now that slavery, thi
first great bugbear is gone, and II
successor IN Office, intolerance, ha
abdicated 10 favor Of a liberal na
tional spirit, we shall feel ourselves
and be felt as at last reconstructed
and shall begin to receive a prope
share Of investment, that abnndan
capital has all along been seekin
! every where else except here.
sUBoRnIEATE GRANGEs.
shbordinate Oranges should dis
(. cnss not only the best methods &
i. farming, and the matters connecte
with the 'household and Preside,
but al questions o. business, polit
I cal, and cconomic significance, whic
!. involves not only The prosperity
agriculture but It's future indepei
denee, and respectability as a profe
sion
Twill call attention toa few il
st portant subjects, out Of the man
p that might be suggested for disou
I sion. The time has now arriv,
Ii whcn VIC must turn cur organizatis
i. to some practical use and this CT
J. only be done Nv educating our mel
"a bers. just as soon as the Awericl
. farmers are informed Of the unju
4 burdens they are compelled TO be'
~ because Of their own Indifferent
I, their sense u Justice aud Of do
viii unite them for relief II ma