The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-06-17


the Instructors in all the fields OF
thaught Of the youth and manhood
of Missis 'ippi.
The trust which your profession
eonrdes to yout keeping is no or.
dlsHry Sne; the destiny of Missis-
ls4'NH in part is in your charge.
Her material as we'll as her moral
interests; her civilization demands
your wstehful care. Her quilted
hillsides, her mditched valleys,
her half titled fields aud her virgin
forest claim restoration ard devel.
opment from your pens. Ter fleecj
staple, now spun by Northern spin,
dies aud woven by Northern looms,
asks that its tribute OF wealth be
bestowed upon its righful posses.
sors-the people over whom it rules
IA tyrant king. Her railways
through which a sluggish com.
melce now hows, bess tor combina.
tions and extensions until tue
swelling tide oil prosperity SHALL in
undate the State.
How this development can be
best effected, | shall not elaborate,
bnt shall content myself with Il sug-
eeslion. We have accepted as con-
clusious that we must diversity our
crops; that we must prodnce %hat
we consume that We must change
our modes OF cultivation; must i'm.
prove cur labor; and must supple
ment labor withIhachinery, that we
must abolish our pernicious credit
system of liens and mortgages /;
that we need Immigration aud
money, that we must encourage
manufactures, build railroads aud
educate our people. What We need
now is action-aggressive execu-
ton OF conclusions. We do not
want mere theories; We do not
want precepts, for We have had
slime upon line aud precept;7 we
do not want resolutions, for we
have been resolved dd Rdaseuni, for
these Without action, TO quote the
language of another, "are barren
stupidities-a body without life
an engine without steam-a chan,
mel without waterj' precept with.
out example, faith without works.
Mere sign.boards which { mt to
greatness and glory, but stand
still and ueter make the journey
they point out. to others. Wewant
bold, decisive and energetic action
upon the part of our people, aud of
our men in phblic station aud
they shall dare do something for
the prosperity OF Mississippi. We
must organize an army OF invasion,
carrying banners upon which are
our conclusions, com.
posed of meii ana women who have
not chung their harps upon the
willows" nor "sat down by the
rivers of Babylon and wept when
they remembered Zion," who shall
burn their bridges behind them,
and with II 0verruu this land, and
make of this Babylon a second
Jerusalem. We want the editors
of Mississippi organized as corps
of sharp.shooters to lead the ad-
vance and bring on the action.
While some of you aud SOME of us
may fail and fall, let our greatest
glory be "not in never falling, but
in rising every time we fall"
There is no occasion for any
gloom or despondency as to the fu
tuc OF Mississippi. The present
outlook is full of encouragement
and consolation. While there is
depression on account OF the disas-
trous yolr through which we have
passed, this is but a fitting cloud
which, when it has passed away
will leave the day brighter and
purer tlfafi before it came. Our
agricultural interests are impr0v
ing, and while We still acknowledge
the regal power OF cotton, we do |
not submit to his undisputed sway.
are springing mp.
New railroad enterprises are being
set on foot, and old ones that were |
to be sleeping their last |
sleep, gre being brought to lite
again, and in the near future the 7
State will be vitaIizcd by these ar
teries OF prosperity. Our common
school system brings the blessing
Of education to every race, aud
without making 1t GENEROUSLY expen.
slve, it is now as nearly perfect as
,an be made with our sparse
population, with the demands of |
)ur agricultural system upon our !
aboring class aud with our present
,cant supply Cfs filed teachers. In
almost every locality, may be found
Ihe immigrant who has come to link
his fortune and destiny with us,
anl while now the stream is small,
Il but the rtvulet which is 10 mark
the course of tire coming overflow;
ing food. Our people are indus
trious, law abiding aud moral, the
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