The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-06-09
Aberdeen's Welcome to the Press.
Address OF Hon. r. o. REYNOLDS and Re.
Spouse by Col. q. ID. Stands.

~ Aoi VI. ~. Stands.
|, About sixty Journals were represented d,
e Aberdeen. 4 more cordial recention r..
Y never been rendered the Press Associate,
' and larger or more sppreciative audienc
has never assembled to greet that BODY %,
: The occasion of their annual literary exer
> cises- The courthouse, on Wednesdavnigh
last was literally packed, and the deeors
a tons OF the spacious room exceeded in pro
r fusion and elegance anything we have We
= seen on similar occasion. As the ofHcja
, Proceedings would nor reach Us in time fa
E this issue, We publish only the welcome aa
: dress OF Hon. r. O. Reynolds and the r.
Spouse Of Col. G. u. shand,
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
II. President. ami Mamie, oftle Pres, f.,
ISOLATION
1t haS been made my pleasant duty 20 vel
come you 60 Aberdeen; To- extend TO Won in be-.
nail so It's citizens, tae husritalities of their
h''aes aud their iaudatlons OF tie profession
yoH represeua
We ID not welcome you and we do not praise
YOU as goets, whose lines are Nsped in ever.
cline, not as philosophers who have .ii>sina-
'eI iHitNliu = cases hv >preadIHg them upon
an mankind, not as victorious warriors rs
turning from caauou-scarred battIe-delds. nor
as statesmen, who have swagci E.feufufn~
oeuatos- or whe have run tilis with Presiisfi-
TAI kHigHts. and with shattered lance ami
Euiterlug prizes lost, have come home NOT 10
sutk but To BE remountei and refreshed ior
Other IuuSts- While y9ur A.s5clstipr f.irl.r-
fully boasts OF lts poets aud it, uhilo.arh,,.-
OF Its warriors and Iis statesmen vet We Dc
not welcome YOU because or tbe-e IarlIy ella irn.
TO public applause.
4 We welcome you as The Press Association. 3.
AS the editors or tue State Of N.ssissirpi ut5n
whose etortS her future welfare So much lie
pends-you, WHO weekly, and tri-weeklv and
dairy send forth the Seed-thoushts which are
10 he planted all over the land aui from " i,h
I the thistle or the ?, the evil or the GOOD
/ "li spring You scatter these germs of truth
! OF OF error every where, YOU send them 20 the
+ student IA the common school and in the col
'eEri 10 ne lawyer ia his office. 10 the preach
] err IN his pulpit, to the physician in his study.
! 40 the mechanic in his shop; TO the farmer in
/ has held and ny his hre~idc; To the woman As
+ the sweetheart aud AS the sister aud as the
+ wife md The mother You are the instructors
I IN Az the fields of thought &c The youth and
manhood of Mississippi
/ The trust which your profession couhdes 10
! your heeplhg IS no ordinary one the destiny
o. Mississippi IN part is In your oha~re Her
material As well as Ler moral interests: her
/ CIVILIZATION demands your watchful care. Her
/ guile LIllsides, her uuditchei valleys he
hHit-tilcd fields and her virgin forest claim .
restoration aud development from your pcus. .
/ Her HeeCy staple. now spun by Northern -piu- .
dies and woven by Northern looms, asks that
is tribute ct wealth lie bestowed upou Id,
rightfuI posScssor~-the people over whom II
rules tYraut king Her railways through .
which sluggish commerce now flows bcrs
tor combinations aud extensions until the .
swelling tide of prosperity shall inuudate the
state.
How the development can be best effected
| shall not elaborate but shall content myself
with a suggestion. We have accepted as con-
illusions that we must diversity our crop,
that must produce what we consume that
we must change our modes Of cultivation;
must improve our labor. aud must supplement
labor vita machinery that we must abolish
our pernlcIou- credit system of liens aud
mortgages; that we need immi grafton and
money that we must encourage mauufacto-
rIes, build IaIlFoaaS and educate our people.
What we need now H. action aggressive ex- +
ecutIon of conclusions. Wedo not want mere
theories; we do not want pteCcpts, for we
have had "lne upon line aud precept upon
preceptt we do not want resolutions, for we
have been res lived al HauScdUh for these
without action, to qGote the language of an
other, ARE barren stupidities-A body with
0Rt tIte-an engine without steem--a channel
without water precepi without example,
faith without works. Mere sign-bO4rds which
point 20 greatness and glory, but stand sull
and never make the journey they point out 10
others. We want bold, decisive and energetic .
action upon the part OF our people, and of our
men in public station; and that they shall .
dare to do something for the prosperity OF /
Mississippi We must organize an army of +
N.
inscribed our conclusions, composed Of men
and women who have not "huug their harps
upon the willows nor sat down Nv the .
rivers of Babylo and wep. whea they remem-
hered Zion, who shall burn their bridges be +
hind them aud with il overrun this band, and .
make Of this Babylon second Jerusalem.
We want the editors Of Mississippi orgsuizeI F
corps of sharp-shooters to lead the adj
vance and bring on tie action. While some
of you, and some may fail aud fall, let our
greatest glory be mot IN never falling but in
rising every time We fall.
There IS no occasion Tor any gloom or de- .
spondeucy 10 the future Of Mississippi The
present outlook is full OF encguragemeni and
consolation. While there Is depression on &C
count Of the disastrous year through which
We have passed this is bat q fitting cloud
winch, when 1t has passed away will leave
the day brighter and purer than before it came
Our agricultural interests are improving and
while We still acknowledge the regal . ,yerof.
cotton, We do not submit TO his undtsputed
sway. Manufactures are spriu ginc up. New
railroad enterprises are being set ou foot. aud
old ones that were supposed to be sleeping
their last sleep, are icing brought to life
again, and in The near future the Sttte VIII be
vitalIzed by these arteries OF prosperity. Our
common school system brings the blessing ~
education to every race. and wit houf making
II GENEROUSLY expensive, - is now ueg.iy {
perfect il can be made with our sparse pom ]
ulatiou. with the demands of aur Agricultural
s. stem upon our iab0rlNg class and with our
present sCant supply Of skilled teachers. I'm 2
q im0st every locality, may be found the ilani- I
grant who has come to link his f9rtane and /
destiny with us and while nov the steam +. .
small, II - but the rigGloi which rs 70 mark the
course Of the coming overlooking Hood. Our I
people are industrious Ia abiding and moral
the representation Of sectional political parti-
Lans and Of others. bidding for the pr re which
climate and soil award as 70 the contrary
We assert the fact and We
are pre- pared 50 sustain il, that the perceutnre
Of crime among the white race in Missiazippi
Is less than 1t j. IN any Northern State yea.
sFs-f# III.
aud races in Issis.iFpi does not eK eed thai
IF New Eagjaud, and the crimes charged
against ana committed by our people are the
result Of impulse sudden pa si0us. and not Of
elaboration and Of degraded natures. The
percentage OF our population, who are IN
good fellowship il the orthodox churches Of
our State as not less than in those localities .
where they pratc Of heir reli gious profc--
sious and practices, the latter of winch con-
sists mainly in hate TO the South, aud the de-.
famation OF her people. It Is our pride aud |
not a vain boast, that our puipits preach re.
veal ed religion, and not political religion nor
the religion of hate, and that tho uerds OF ,
socialism, ratiOnalism aud Iaaterialisu u hich
have been waited u shores from their Eu- Z
r0pean iel l.. aud which are now briging forth
fra, til liz the land Of our Northern sisferbo0d
find the soil and climate ot Mississippi uncon- !
genial and take no root here. The record Of I
the pas attcsts our devotion Z the principle
and our patriotism. We have shed more blood
expended more treasure and made greater I
sacrifices 500 What we then thought to be ight. :
. Id what we we're then and before taught was J
righ.. than any people OF this century. We q
have pledged ourselves "a a people, We have
given the pstr0i OF soldiers 10 maintain the
honor Of the Federal Government and the in !
tegrity of the constitutional Union Of these
State Ike redemption ~ this pledge has J.
becolle our political faith, and a duty which n
our patriotism makes obligatory. The record
Of the past is a most solemn attestatiou that
we viii he true TO 0ur trust, true 10 our faith. l.
-ue 10 patriotism, and hat the wrecks Of I
he past shall be the links 70 bind together q
be union Of these States. Il
We have the fairest land on this continent; o.
nature has bestowed upon il gifts with % lib =
rally lavish hanI; it Is a land Of ruins and
4 N mories. Let u By united and decisive
lction make it the home n Qeasth and pros y
'erItyi the home Of rsugioH ard Of inteli- y
.cnce M Loiae alike oil the Northern and Y
- ptbern brother; the home Of free thought
nd II patriotism W