Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14
mArx MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

49,
The State Medical Association
meets in this city on tie 18th prox ]
and will continue in session for three
days. This s an announcement
OF unusual interest. and Importance
to our city.
At this meeting there will be at
least one hundred and fifty leading
and Influential members OF the pro-
fession, coming from all parts
Of the State. Men of brains; Of
learning Of large and accurate OBJ
servation, and of wide and command
ing influence. With many Of these
will come their wives and daughters
ladies Of culture. familiar in good
society and ft to grace any. These
people will tarry in our city three
days ; during that time shall they be
but wayfarers, strangers within eur
.gates," or shall they be made our
gxestsa Shall these strangers remain
such when they depart, or shall they
leave our city as our friends, with re-
gret7 This is the practical question,
and to it but one answer can be
given, creditably TO our city. We
must convert ench of these strangers
at the moment Of their arrival, into
our guests and into friends. Mexi-
co can afford no other course. W.
emphasize the remark. Any other
course would be humiliating and a
direct financial and permanent loss,
public and private. We cannot af-
ford to have such a body of such men
and women, stopping in the city for
three days, 60 away without becom-
ing acquainted with our citizens or
history ; our public and private lnsti-
buttons; the rapid development of
town and county /; the vast volume of
trade commanded and enjoyed by
our city; our facilities for transpor-
tation and traffic ; the learning and
ability Of our clergymen, lawyers and
physicians the sonndness and lib
erality Of our business men; the
character, impartiallty and fidelity OF
our public officers the skill and sue
cess Of our educators; the culture
and refinement Of our society ; the
beauty Of our ladies, as we'll as to ex-
perience and enjoy our recognized
hospitality. To accomplish all this,
the citizens must entertain these
strangers; take them to their homes ;
give them the freedom of the city
and banquet them. So to do will
be at the expense Of an insignificant
sum of money when distributed
among our citizens. The city as a
municipality, had it the power, should
furnish the funds necessary for such
a purpose. The occasion will be
worthy of such municipal liberality.
But the city has no such power.
Missouri legislation compels munich
palities to be niggardly and mean ;
but as yet, there is no legislation
that .eompels the individual citizens
so to be. Each citizen has the full,
free right to stand out and say, I am
proud Of nay city and county, Of her
Inhabitants, their thrift, enterprise
and progress and their fair fame, and
I am willing to vindicate all Of them
when and where l can within my
means; here now is an opportunity
and I will improve 1t. l will do my
part in these premises to make all
these strangers friends to us, 10 our
city and county, 30 that when they
depart they will say the land and the
city of the Audrains are charming,
their d~enizens manly, and fair, and
good to whomsoever they meet and
wheresoever their lines may be cast.
Come, now, let our citizens see to
it, that az to this coming convention
they will honor the city aud them
selves.