The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-01-11
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prayer il which the vast assembly reverensly
3 L9rd the Almighty Creator Of Heaven
and earth- and Sov ereign Dispos4r oil the ti4s-
fiairs o. 81 men, We invoke Thy blessing
npea the PEOPLE here assembled this day Lei
Toy especial blessings attend. We besssch
Thee, Iny servants the out going aud inca ID n :
Governors o. the stare or Mississippi We
prag Thee. our Heavenly Father, enlow him
who is this day be inanguratsd Governor.
& wit wisdom AMI gfacs from fhys-is suca -
shah qualify him to be the chief magistrate OF
State containing million OF souls. Max he
I'll his high executive Office with such wis
dom. justice and fasherly banisnity rs snail
make hin Example worthy of the imitation
OF all the subordinate State and county OH
GERS within this menwcalth Let Thy
blessings rest upon ali the 0 ucers and peo-
pie of the State Of Mississippi. let peace and
justice prevail in all our Dor iers. Keep fam
ms and pesulenee. FIRE and sword, earthquake
and food, far from our d9ors. Give us pros
perity ia ali tiings SO Tar as shall be for our
good; and sanctifY our aayeFsities to our cor
restion IN sighteo lsness and to our spiritual
ediheati0n. Par toa our sins and guide us by
ThY counsel unto eternal life, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lieutenant Governor Stands announced the
object OF the joint Convention to be the
INAUGURATION OF THE GovERNoR-ELEsT
After appropriate music by the hand, Sena-
| tor GowaH Chairman Committee on Inaugural
tiJu introduced Gen. Robert Lowry, Cover
nor-eieet of Mississippi, and in SO doing spoke
as follows;
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 1t is my pleasing
duty to day 70 present TO sou a native son OF
the aeroc and historic State of South Caro-
4 lima who ha3 proven himself true to the pep
ple Of this, the proud State OF his adoption
in all Of cur perils and misfOrtunes-durIng
all the years OF our sorrow and gioom-wdase
earnest, intelligent, hanOr b =, patriotic. and
fai,hfHl services, and courageous uu wa geriRg
devotion have at last been rewarded by his
triumphant election 10 the highest office n
The gift OF the people of our beloved State.
With new barn hopes for greater pro sperity
aud brighter futare for all, have the honor
10 introdace Governor elect of Mississippi,
General Robert Lowry, who will now address
you.
General Lowry's appearance greeted
with enthusiastic demonstrations of applause,
aud when these had subsidized, he delivered
the following
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
FELLow-CTFIzENs: Distrusting my own
abilities, but invoking your aid and the
guidance and blessings of the Great Ruler
Of men and nations upon my administra-
ton, am ready to assume the functions OF
the office to which | have been called.
GUARANTEES OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
esteem it fortunate that, while am to
succeed in this position an officer whose ca
reer has been characterised by the wisdom
/ prudence and success of him who to-day
retires from the Chief Magistracy of Mis-
sissippi, all the other offices of the State are
| filled by gentlemen Of known and approved
experience, integrity and ability.
| This circumstance, and the character and
qualifications of the present Legislature
and the various county officers throughout
the State, chosen at the late election, are
guarantees of faithful and efficient public
service, and inspire just hopes of good
government among us.
| am gratifed also to know, and to be
able to affirm to-day, that no department of
the government of Mississippi cherishes
any designs hostile to the lawful rights and
interests of any citizen or class of citizens
and that the cardinal purpose of the pres
ent administration will be to protect the
/ rights and foster the interests of all, and
to promote the common welfare.
THE LATE ELECTION.
With the exception of a single instance
of criminal violence, which cannot be prop
erly charged to the successful party, the
late election was marked by the highest de-
gree of peace, order, and prudence and, as
Thomas Jefferson said of another matter, it
stands Gas monument of the safety with
which error of opinion may be tolerated,
! when reason is left free to combat it,"
| The part borne in that contest by promi-
nent citizens of the State, not heretofore
| identified with the successful party, is wor-
| thy to be mentioned and remembered
! While it is recognized, that under our insti-
tutions, the will of the majority as express
ed at the polls must in all cases prevail, it !
is no less true, that tie rights, privileges
and immunties of majorities and minori-
/ ties, are, and must be, measured by the
same standard. Recently, we were desig-
mated by political names and divisions, and
some of us struggled to uphold the views of
one party, and some of another, but to-day,
we are all citizens of Mississippi, entitled to
equal protection aud advantages under her
! laws, and all alike interested in maintaining
and advancing her happiness and welfare.
/ GLOOMY PREDICTIONS NOT REALIZED.
| 1t is apparent that the condition of Mis-
! sissippi has, in many respects, greatly inn
proved within the last six years. To have
saved the State from utter ruin, or to have
conducted her with tolerabe safety, through
the fearful ordeals by which she has been
tested in our day and generation, is a
| triumph of which all here or elsewhere, |
] who aided and assisted in achieving, may well
| be proud. Great, impartial and philosophi- |
cal minds had predicted hopeless disaster to
all exposed to such ordeals. Thomas Jeffer- |
/ son believed that the two races of which our
population is mainly composed, could not
/ live equally free under the same govern
ment, and he shuddered to contemplate
such an experiment. De Tocqueyille con
Cured in this opinion. Allison, the histo-
rian of Europe, afirms, that an experiment |
of similar nature, but far less radical |
made by the English government in the West
Indies arrested there the progress of civ
| ilzation, and ruined both races
Thanks be to God, these gloomy proph
eees have not been fulfilled 10 our history.
We have survived, as best we could the
demoralizing effects of war, and the domi-
neering evils incident to the existence Of
peculiarly distinct and different races,
equally free, under the same government |
And the trials of the past give courage and
confidence to the present and the future.
Great deeds and virtues are the legitimate
offspring of great trials. To solve success
fully the grave, social and political prob
lens with which we yet stand face to face,
and to adjust mutual differences and
peeuliarities OF races, SO as to render them
mutual helps, instead of drawbacks to pub
lie and private interest, are objects worthy
of the loftiest ambition, and in which every
citizen, high and low, may participate.
SOME CAUSES OF DEPRESSION AND RENE
DIES THEREFOR.
Mississippi abounds in resources of
wealth and independence, and produces an
nually, nearly one million bales of cotton j;
yet she is not as prosperous as she should be.
Whatever other causes may be assigned
for this, it cannot be referred to unjust
laws, or to the denial or abridgment Of in
diyidual rights, or to oppressive taxation,
or to misgoEeFnment. Say who may to the
contrary, doubt if there are eleven hun
bred thousand people anywhere, even in the
most favored portions of this or any other
land, living under the same government,
whose laws are more impartial or more faith
fully executed than in Mississippi. The
steady and patient industry of our people,
manifested by the production from year to
year of almost million bales Of cotton to say
nothing of other crops and pursuits, is a
perpetual vindication OF, the government of
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