The Brookhaven leader., 1884-06-05
MISSISSIPPI,
As Seon by an Iowa Newspaper
Man.

! At the Press Banquet In jackson
a toast to The Iowa Press" bcin g
proposed, Mr.. Moses Folsom, Of the
Burlington Hawkeyc, responded in
the following happy terms:
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN OF THE Mis-
slssIrrI Press:
In anticipation of being called
upon to say something ! have noted
down few eXtempnraneouS re.
marks, in which | hope to express
my feelings. which ! cannot all
would not if could, suppress. My
venerable namesake, the law g.ver
of the ancient Hebrew people, from
Nebos lonely summit looked down
upon old Canann, saw its vineyards
saw its juicy scnppernongs, its
groves Of maynolias, its peach or
chards and tig trees. He feasted
his eyes upon the lovely valley of
the Jordan. and yet it couldn't have
been much of feast. indeed scarce
~ more than peep from the lofty
mountain, unless he was blessed
with "uawkeyes." y" I've had de
cided advantage over the elder
Moses. Eve been permitted to come
down. MT from the mountain but
! ftom III .prIaric, into the new canaan.
/ he modern land of promise: and
/ viewed love.icr valleys than thit of
, the Jordan that Of tn. Pearl, the
! NOXubec, the Suntlowcr and that
grandest of AL, the mighty Mssis-
sippi, the richest longest and most
productive valley on the great round
! globe. I've sampled your wine,
IN lied your oil Cotton seed oil J,
and perhaps tasted it in pie crust or
fried potatoes and feaStcd on corn
bread aud pies and thin e. your
ku kluX have been firing at me
ever stree I've been here-tiring food
| at ne, cake. coffee. new peas, onions
strawberries and cabbage; and !
can stand it any longer, and I'm
Going home: and I'll tell or people
about Nou--lnd I'll tell them this.
| That | never shook more honest
hands, and more Democratic ones,
never looked into faircr and more
intelligent faces. and never enjoyed
4 warmer hospitality, more
chivalric treatment than in Missis
sppi. And I'll tell them to, that the
Industrious, law abiding, mind-hls
Observation-Disclosures can
speak his honest sentiments,
worship at any shrine, and live as
completely free from danger in'Mis-
sissippi as in Iowa, and what is
quite important, can get rich with
the expenditure Of half the energy,
he wastes upon the Northern farm,
snow clad half the year.
Iowa has an interest in the State
Of Mississippi. The great artery
of the continent washes the bouu-
daries of both States, and in time
of food the water carries off the soil
Of Iowa, and breaking over your
levees spreads u rich fertilizer over
your land. l believe the census
| places Mississippi as the first
State in the production of cotton
clothing. Iowa enjoys the same
rank in the production of corn and
hogs-food, Clothing and food,
pretty handy things to have around
the house. We buy your cotton and
YOU buy our corn and meat, and
that's where you make a mistake;
you ought to grow your own con-
and meat, and we can't grow cotton
and there you have the advantage
you can raise everything, even hell
but you have aboat stopped doing
that.
Allow me. to compress the motto
of Your Association, "MOulders o
Public Opinion" into one little
word, made by a transposition o
initials, the word MOP; use i
vigorously and wipe from the fail
face of Mississippi every stain
there are only few, and by united
action this grand work can be ac
complished. Then, too, a railway
the Illinois Central, has invaded
your State and joined it with bands
of srEEL7pot bands to STEAL, a
during the unhappy period of re
construction-and ap and down IT.
track our people and your people
are travelling, and the two sections
are getting better understanding
OF each other, sand coming neare
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