The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-21

rreen; from the West where rolls alord-
liz river bearing upon itS restless bosom
the commerce Of dozen States; from the
South, where the flashing waters of the
Mexic Gulf rejects the unrivaled splen-
dors Of the Southern sky, and where the
air Is redOlent from the magnolia and
orange blooms.
We throw wide open the gates Of our
city and bid you enter to the fullest en-
joyment Of al its liberties and pleasures.
We bid you TO renew your VOWS OF
eternal warfare against all that threatens
or attempts to pollute the fountain Of
Justice and of truth. We look with con-
fdence to you as the guardians and
preservers Of those arts, which are best
suited to keep our homes and principles
as holy affairs, pure and unprofaned. 10
you is committed the sacred charge OF
keeping alive ia time Of peace those
heroic virtues of the people, and to de
fend the body polite from those dangers
that continually thSeaten our social fab
ric. Dangers which are often more
calamitous than acts of an open foe or
any army with banners.
As long as our press is untrammeled I;
as long as Mississippi can find her great
est and her gifted sons voluntarily and
enthusiastically adopting the editorial
profession, we can rest assured OF the
safety of our liberties aud happiness.
Yes, of Religious liberty-Ciyil liberty
Liberty projected by order and love. In
the name of the citizens of Jackson,
thrice welcome to our midst. We feel
that each one of US in this city, and each
citizen of this great commonwealth,
has q vital interest in the harmony OF
your deliberations and in the full success
of your plans for future usefulness to
your country. We hope and desire that
each one of YOU in returning to your
various homes after your labOrs here
are ended, will bear with yon such
pleasant recollections of your soJourn
with Us that no further attempts will De
made to deprive us of the seat OF State
government. Situated near the centre
of the state, almost equi distant from
our eastern and western boundaries,
with her railways reaching to every
point of the compass, Jackson justly
claims geographical priority to this
honor over any other city within our
borders. Around those walls within
whose sight you are convened, cluster
the most sacred memories of half a CEN
fury. From base to frieze are written
the most thrilling chapters of State his
tory. Within them have been conceived
and formed liberal laws; the first en-
forcement of which has elevated Missis-
sippi to a peerage in the sisterhOod OF
States. Those legislative halls have re-
sounded with the magnetic eloquence of
our most gifted sons, and from those
doors have gone many able and he
roic men to represent us in the council
of the general government. Let not the
innovating spirit of the age destroy
those memories, let not the traditions of
the spot be disturbed, but let the civic
temple be shrine where the neophyte
in the mysteries of government, 60, and.
learning lessons of wisdom from the
iIlustrious heroes of the past, fit them
selves for the onerous duties of public
life.
Again let us extend the hospitality of
our city to you and if it in any way
falls short of the sumptu rus entertain
ments YOU have received elsewhere, the
welcome is none the less warm and
true.
May the guests that are now gathered within
these doors
Be cheered throughout life with plentiful
store
And may friendship and love be the joys
that unite,
Every heart that beats manly with US here
tonight
And now have only to sing or to say,
May We live to see many returns of this day,
And, another year gone together be found
To renew the warm welcome, We extend all
around.
Mr.. J. C. Roseborough, of Tate Coun-
ty Record, responded as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen--
The duty assigned me this evening is
one of difficulty as well as pleasure; be-
cause here are assembled people from
all sections of the State, men of different
hopes, aspirations and desires. A Jack
son audience is different from that of
any other place in the State, and it is
difficult to address it, because here as
semble the most distinguished men in
the State. Such an assembly should
make any man feel proud that he is q
Mississippian. It is said that the most
expressive words in the English Ian
guage are mother, home and heaven.
To these should now be added, welcome,
and royal welcome has Jackson ex-
tended. / say Jackson, because a lady
was selected to speak their sentiments.
1t becomes us as true knights of the
quill, to render to them the homage
due. To them we are indebted for the
grand decorations that pleasingly greet
us, and the royal entertainment that we
are receiving. Here in Jackson are To-
Gated most of the benevolent institu-
tons of the State, and they are all do
ing good work. All these institutions
bind US to jackson. Then there is the
old weather-beaten capitol, where are
located the different officers of the State
government; where laws are made and
Justice melted out. And as we look upon
that grand old building, we are reminded
of the fond memories that cling around
it. | shall not refer to the noble Mis-
who made their mark with
in its walls, but / will be paFdoned for
to one, born on the bleak soil
Of New England, who came and cast
his lot with US in early manhood. We
aAA INV W HIS anu /
think of him as one of US. It is need |
less to say refer to that silver-tOngaed |
orator and polished gentleman, the mem |
orable s. s. Prentiss.
As Prentiss was large contributor to /
the press, and his grave is neglected, it /
would be handsome thing for the
members of the Press Association to |
erect a monument there to show that
we loved son who adopted our princi-
pies.
We must say of Jackson that she has
elected one of her faiFest daughters to
us. We needed not the sweet
ongaed words of your fair oratrix to
assure us that we are welcome.
Nineteen years ago the Press Associa
ion was born here, and we return to
Jackson as a child would to its mother
md what is sweeter in nature than the
Welcome of mother to her child? That
Welcome have the members of the Press
Association received from the people of
Jackson.
In some States people may be more
than we are, but none can
keel us in hospitality.
Gentlemen we should be proud of our
tate Library, standing as it does, third
n the Union. With It is associated /
anne that has helped to make it what it b
s-the accomplished and efficient lady /
Librarian. In response to Miss Bars
ddress, know l speak the sentiment
{ every member Of the association, {
hen / say there viii be an oasis that /
Ill be remembered, cornncopia filed
18th odors pleasant to the sense, and
q shall call that oasis, jackson on the q
earl.
The remainder of the programme was /
ZEN observed in the order following, c
Id each and all who appeared before !
le audience received well merited ap- e
ause:
Slo--'sI Fear No Foe Mr.. E. n. Harris. {
ecitation Leak in the Dyke Miss z
Jnanita Bnstamante.
,lo-.s Judith Mrs. w. E. Cage.