The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07
A dew drop on the baby plant.

A dew drop on the baby plant,
Has dwarfed the giant oak forever.
Then our homes, they are to be made
pleasant and happy by the
future daughters Of this land. Then,
for this reason, we should look
we'll to the education Of those
who are to minister around our
fresides and sickbeds, and make
them the more able to fulfill the high
and holy mission Of wife, of sister, OF
daughter and Of mother. Well has 1t
been said in the beautiful language OF
song
"'Tis woman's dear and hallowed lot
To make paradise Of home;
To weave such joys around that spot
That man may never wish TO roam
This institute, il established, will be
a God-send, blessing to the poor girls Of
the H1te. 1t is endorsed by the farmers
andthe grangers Of the State. We are
committed to it in our party platform.
Her in this school, if established, the
pool farmers Of Mississippi can send
thef daughters, and here they can gain
a god practical education, and when
thet return home they will come, like
mihstering angels, and assist their old
fathers and mothers, and be of service
in 81 the practical duties of life. An
edjcation here will not turn your girls
AMI daughters back to you with only a
de,ire for silks and satins. Your daugh-
tes educated here will return with
eEsry desire to aid and assist the cold
folks at home," and with no wish to
pass their time strutting with the silk
en- sons OF luxury, who pass their time in
foaming cups and festive songs, or
talking about music, moonlight, love
and flowers. No, they will return to
you better prepared, and willing to
help you in your household duties
they will adorn and beautify your
homes, and dignity every one OF the
duties of the domestic circle. They will
preside like queen over thy household.
To everything they attempt they will
add grace and loneliness all their own.
These are the kind of girls wan: to see
raised in Mississippi. In fact we are all
poor; our property gone, our fortunes
broken or taken from us; our fathers
gray haired; our mothers, with totter-
ing forms and feeble health, have had
swept from under them by hard, not
10 say cruel fate, that which they had a
right to expect would be a support to
them in their declining years and start
for their children as they took their
places. Can we not, with this state of
facts staring us in the face, do Ssome-
thing for the poor girls of Mississippi,
so that they will be enabled by their
honest efforts and industry to begin with
some prospect of success the great
battle of life? | do hope, and trust,
and beg that this bill win pass. Every
man who votes for it is a public
benefactor. 1t is subject of such
Importance as to enlist and interest
if possible the angels themselves.
Pass this law and our women will still
continue, in the days that are to come,
to challenge the admiration of the world
for virtue, beauty and for patriotism.
Pass this law, and when we return to
our homes our daughters and our wives
will meet us, if possible, with greater
| Joy, qualification and delight, and, will,
with more tenderness and love wind
themselves about these rugged hearts of
ours.
sIet MS live for those who love US.
vviso a2f1Ou vsov NC so, -- s-
For the Heaven that smiles above us
And waits our spirits too;
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance
And the good that we can do