The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-31
A Mississippi Woman in Reply to a
Mississippi Man.

EDITORS CLARtoN The generous propo-
sition of your correspondent, "A MISSISSIPPI
ri Man" to turn over the buildings, ETC., of
the A. & NJ. College to the women of the
State to be used as a State female school, is
truly touching In these days of greed,
and pelf, and selfshness, and monopoly, it
is gratifying to know that the gallantry of
Sir Walter Raleigh, and the generosity and
justice of Sydney Smith toward women,
find their expression and that from Mis-
sissippi man. Would there were more like
him His proposition is so surprising in
its unselishness, that even the good editor
who never yet heard the cry of the widow
unheeded, is rather disposed to regard it as
a joke. We thank the gentleman for even
u generous joke, if it were SO intended.
But the women of Mississippi would not
accept such a sacrifice. They would not
dismantle one institution that we now have,
for Mississippi needs them all. They
would not take from their sons, to give to
their daughters, nor would they of all
Others, destroy the A. q NJ. College. That
institution was founded by the farmers of
Mississippi, and it is safe to say they knew
what they were doing. God bless the farmers,
they are the Aliases of the Commonwealth.
Some of the noblest men in Mississippi to-
day, are the intelligent tillers of her soil.
We need the A. & NJ. College, and it should
be literally fostered; we need our State
University (for boys, nor do we begrudge
one dollar of the appropriation now given
to the Holly Springs, Tugaloo and Alcorn
colored schools. But we do contend that
the State should no longer discriminate
against her white daughters, but should
place them on an equal footing in educa-
tional privileges with the white males and
colored race. 1t would seem that request
SO reasonable, would at once commend
itself to the sense of right and justice of
the manhood Of Mississippi. A Senator
said, the other day, that he was touched
when a gentleman alluded to the 'honor OF
Mississippi" Would that we could awaken
a responsive chord when we appeal to the
manhood of Mississippi
The manhood of Mississippi! We do not
appeal to that spirit of chiYalry which
would grant even a vain request, because
made by a lady; but earnestly, and consci-
entiously we have appealed for privi-
leges that would help the white women
of Mississippi to help themselves. Any
high-minded man, who has ever been un'
fortunate. will acknowledge that the bitter
est bread he ever ate, was the breed of de
pendence. To be compelled TO ask favors
aud have them dolel out grudgingly, ha:
. ung many a man to desperation. anc
driven many sensitive woman, alas! t
the very depths of degradation. And yet
when we appeal for help for those of on
-, L.. 10 halrN 4baItn nd n N
pea o., to the manhood of Mississ P ii
how have we been answered! In 1889
when the first bill for a State Female Col
lege was introduced it passed the Senate
and vas lost, perhaps, as nothing else wa
heard of it. In 1882, similar bill wa
indefinitely postponed" and should /
come up in 1884. it will doubtless have tn
same old enemies to fight. The trustees o
the University will be there, upholding co
education, and will say, most disinterested
~, that any appropriation for female edu
cation should be made to Oxford. Tn
demagogue will be there with the cry o
economy. Judas ~Iscariot once raised tina
CRY, because he was a thief, and held tn
bag" John XII. g. And as satal
sometimes assumes the form Of al
en- ell of light, tn, minister of the Cos
pei, who ought to be in his study, vii
soil the cloth of his calling in the dust o
the Hobbies, to persuade men that they d
God service to defeat this bill. The man
hood of Mississippi! The appeal has nc
been altogether vain. Thank God for Tn
CLARION. and the State Grange, for Judg
Calhoon, and Governor Stone and Cover
nor Lowry, for Senators Reynolds, Whitne
and others, and 1--WE wish we knew IN
name) for that noble, and generous, mis-
sissippi Man.