Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-09
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Although the time for the election OF
the next governor of this State is not
imminent, II bcllooves the voters to DC
on the outlook for the proper man to
fiji q position that requires executive
ability of the highest order combined
with those moral and intellectual ut
tninncn.s which enable n people to
point to their chief magistrate with
pride and nfl; elton. The prcscht in
cumlrnt now serving his scroud term,
however we'll or however badly lie
may come up to the standard, is
thrust from the political field of 'e0 by
the incXorable hand of Custom, who
requires that all chief magistrates, both
State aud national, shall follow the
example Of Americas frat idol, George
Washington.
Ii is needless to dwell upon the
fact tlnt Mississippi is in debt. An
answer to the question, "liow did she
reach this lamentablo conditionr
wonld he of little value to the masses
in correcting the Xisiing state Of nj
fairs. Even more fruitlcss would he n
reply to the inquiry. "Whn placed her
in this poSition:" The all important
question is, "By whom il she To bc
raised from The walks Of povcrty and
debt and placed upon the cmincntc
from which, IN former years, she look
ed with love upon devoted proplrf
During the month of October, thu
Madison county fair was held in Can
ton, and on the opening day n large
aud apprcciative audience listened to
an address by Gen. s. u. Lee, on our
wasts'nl system of agriculture. A. he
spoke. the thouglt seemed intuitive
that tlicrr WIS the man To whom Mis-
sissippi must look Tor drlivrrance from
her present plight. She cannot afford.
in her conditian, to give the rins of
government into inexperienced and
untrird lnnds. Lo0k over the entire
State and say il one more iii can be-
found than he whose genius has made
our 4. and VI. College the second insti-
tution Of its kind in the Union and the
third of its kind on the continent 0i
America. And yet, some have said.
amy one can make a success when
backed 10y the State" IL this asser-
tinn sustained by factsi Our sister
States, Louisiana aud Arkansas, both
h we an A.nnd NJ. College. Has either
Of them n national reputation! Has
the Arkansas 4. and VI. College ever
been the subject of a leader in the
Times Dcmocrat' llns the New York
Herald ever contained Nh article con-
crr,iing the 4 and ". College of Louis.
lanai Which Que Of these three insti-
tntions WIS IL that moved the butter
inc five hundred miles south by prac.
tically demonstrating the fact that
creamery butter of the best quality
can he made IN the Gnif Sia'e,! No.
IL is not money alone TINT il required
Ia place an ins,itu'iuii. in the space oi
six sears, on the commanding height
that the a. and n. College Of this
State to-day rests upon by virtue o'
the extra ordinary executive ability oi
it's houo,cd lcad-not money alone,
but brains.
This il not the first mention of Gen.
Lees mar e in connection with the next
pnhcrnatorial election. Many of the
State papers have spoken fhvorahly III
him for the position. II has been said
that, for the good If the institution
he should not he taken from the pres.
ilency Of the college even to I'LL tll,,
impor'ani place. He has started hcl
in the right way with IN Impress of l,i'
genius that will not easily be- riliirtd
aud the college may continae to grow
aud prosper under his successor by
whom the unfinished work may bc ear
rird on to completion. The higher in.
terests of the State demand for the
governor OF Mississippi man Of ex.
ccptionul moral and intellectual en-.
dowmrnts combined with unmatched
executive ability. j. A. S.