Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
The MIsslsslppl Canvass.

The Mississippi Democratic State
convention did not adjourn until yes
terday. The fact that it was in ses-
sion four days and characterized by
much excitement and some bitterness
does not presage that the Mississippi
Democracy will be divided during the
canvass. The delegates were pledged
and determined to settle their difficult
ties in the convention, and they will
go into the canvass united on the
ticket they nominated. The nomina-
tion Of Lowry and Hemingway empha-
sizes the policy of C~leveland-a deter
mination to hold fast to faithful, hon
est and efficient public servants. The
enthusiasm and unanimity with which
Gov. Lowry was nominated for a sec
ond term is a harbinger and pledge OF
victory. We believe he will be elected
without opposition. He has made an
honest, upright. conscientious COVER
nor, and we believe his second term
will be even richer in practical and use
full results. In view of the wonderful
transformation inpolitical and industri-
al life which has taken place in Missls-
sippi since the advent Of the Demo-
cratic party to power, ten years ago,
the people of Mississippi will cling to
the party through which deliverance
came with a death.like grip. Gov.
Lowry in making the canvass before
the people can dwell with satisfaction
upon the complete restoration of pros.
perity, the revival of the institutions
Of learning, the increased harmony be-
tween the races, the just and impair
tial administration OF equal laws, the
rapid expansion of industrial pursuits
and the steady development of material
resources under his administration and
that Of his Democratic predecessor.
The contrast in the condition of the
State between 1875 and 1885 is as
startling as the change from moon
less night to cloudless day. The revo-
luton in Mississippi, by which the
control of public affairs was wrested
from alien hands and restored to the
taXpaying people is without a paral
lei in the history Of the country. The
misrule, the oppression, the number
less wrongs which had brought the
State to the verge of anarchy, and
which were the GAUGE, as they were
the justification, of the political revo-
luton of 1875, belong to history. No
reference to them is necessary except
to show the striking contrast which
the changed condition of affairs pre-
sents. Amid difficulties which seemed
almost insuperable, and In the face of
obstacles apparently insurmountable,
the people of Mississippi began the
work of renovating the govern
ment and reforming the sys-
TENS and policies of the State.
The result is seen in the COM
plete restoration Of the public credit, in
the revival of institutions of learning,
in the enlarging and strengthening of
the public school system, in the in
creased harmony between the races, in
the just and impartial administration Of
equal laws, in the perfect security of
person and of property, in the suits, in
the steady development of material re-
sources, in the revived hopes and the
r~eawakened energies of the people.
But the thoughts of Gov. Lowry and
the people of Mississippi are with the
present and the future more than the
past. Great responsibilities rest upon
the Mississippi Democracy, All the
departments of the State government
are controlled by men of the same race,
color and political party. There is,
therefore, a greater reason, a higher
obligation to be scrupulously just.
The supremacy of the white man in
Mississippi is fixed irrevocably, as it is
in every other State in the Union. But
this supremacy is not inconsistent
with the full, free ond frank
acknowledgment and recognition
of the political equality OF
the colored man. The people will
have in Gov. Lowry, as they know by
experience, a firm, thoughtful, just and
courteous chief executive, and one
whom the humblest citizen, whether
white or black, can approach, confident
that he will be kindly and cOurteously
treated. Gov. Lowry has faithfully
labored to discharge his official duty
and he should have no opposition il
the pending canvass. He will certain
have none in his own party, whicl
places his election beyond doubt.