Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-20


official and unofficial, the rich and the
poor, the humble and the great, the
black and white-when the law fails in
this, it fails in its great mission.
Our state, so full OF eventful history; /
so renowned in council and in arms
with only one-fourth of her rs, 00O,O 900 |
of acres under culture, exhibits but
tardy progress in comparison with some
of her sister states.
IT'S true that the ravages of the war
during our interstate struggle, and the
little less destructive consequences that
Immediately followed, crippled the ma
terial resources, paralyzed the energies
of our once ballot-denied people, and
gave additional weight to our burden
Of debt-yet, let us not at a time like
this sing the Had of our woes, but be
done with the past, save to profit by
its experience and enjoy the aroma of
its history; for Hope, with pleasing
prospects beneath her bow of promise,
smiles as she beckons us to the future
that future is the path we have to
tread, and it should be done with un-
faltering step,
Then let US, like the antique wrest-
Ter, when thrown in the struggle, rise
the greater for the fail. Let us pro-
gress and develop according to our
means and opportunities,
We have here, in our own Tennessee,
gigantic mountains, in whose bosoms
slnmber untold treasures of the finer
and baser metals, while, invitingly
. near, are fuel deposits, with which
these metals can be reduced and util-
lied; valleys, rich and extended, that
yield readily to the touch of husband
nv, and render back to the toiler, in
rich abundance, natures kindliest gifts
| -interspersed with highways, natural
and artificial, through which the blood
of commerce flows, as it enlivens and
vitalizes the elements of development.
Near the center of great country.
e where the throbs of her heart beat in
d unison with the extremities; where,
from her geographical locality and di
l. versifed interests, she is necessarily
e sympathetic with all parts of the coun
|, try; where climate, while it gives
n strength and vigor to the sinews o.
manhood, invites the rose of health t.
n nestle and blush upon the cheek 0
h beauty; where college and sChoo
lie SCATTER the gold-dust of knowledge
it Ger the budding intellects Of rising
4 generations" as the church, in fret
Iy faith and free speech, sanctifes ant
lie blesses it; where liberty's boz is n
O. longer guarded by bayonets, as tn
It, ballot, unobstructed, falls in its sacre'
a precincts, and with talismanic power
it ''executes freeman's will, as light
us ming does the will of God" AI
ID plause.
I'd Through this silent, but might
nd agency, the ballot the people hav
d. voiced their will and babe Tennessee
ly return from her wanderings, and stanC
at once ogain, as one Of the nomina clar
among union of democratic sstt
les states. Applause.
Ia These mountains, these valley
lite tl.aea ohp-nhas, thoeo Sohanls this 81
of cred ballot.box, indissolubly connecte
lid and interviewer with the honor al
,se glory of Tennessee, have for the ne!
or two years been placed, legislatvel
ere under your care:-That the trust +
ST. posed, free from undue combination
in or faint of lobyism, will be carried o.
I'D in good faith, to the people who ga
ib' it, we are assured from the high cha
acter of those who compose this leg
on lative body. Applause.
nd With thanks to Governor Hawkil
It's, for the terms in which he has alludC
it'll to me, and for the graceful manner
Its, which he bows to the will of the pc
S a pie, and with the hope that he nj
lie; find in Huntingdon that quiet and j
md which are found to a greater extent
the the sweet domestIcities Of home TIL
ex- in the turmoil and uncertainties Of pu
ght lie life, and that he may live lor
her plosperously and happily; thanki
no you, Mr.. President and gentlemen
an the Senate and House of Represen
osi- tives, and this vast assemblage of c
tie zens whose hearts 60 out for the &c
ora- Of Tennessee, | am now ready to ia
the obligations required by the law
en, governor elect of my mother state.
not The oath was then administered
: lu' the venerable Chief Justice James
he Deaderick.
' the With impure blood any disease n