The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-02


higher and stronger than any Ststase ~
Constitution. and God grant tlzG it nay
-em4in as unchangsble IS the laws Of the
sIeies and Persians. That il the proisc-
ion OF woman b. the law. Il We car
II not, then in spite Of the Law. II
his keeps ANYBODY IRON coming 20 Missis-
'ippi with their money bags. We want them
10 stay axav. We don't want that SORT 81
population. We are afraid OF them.
But while sc should not despise or re-
sist the impulses Of iha, high-born chivalry
which so distinguishes and ennohles south
era manhood, il Is nevertheless true that
We need 10 he severely trained in the school
Of seii-control. This hot, southern blood
OF ours, that high sense Of honor. which Is
- quick 10 resent an insult. has too often
led 70 violence. But 20 our praise be IL
said, the pistol and the bowie knife are
not now 80 often appealed 10 a. the arhiters
Of cur difficulties. Il Is nov pretty gener-
ally understood, that they never vindicated
any mans honor. They are companlaos
unworthy OF any one but the bar-roori
bully, aud oaght 10 be banished with HIM.
But there Is another phase OF this qnes-
ton which the Press and the people Of our
State and country must confront resolutelv
and nsnfally. There Is nothing that has
- retarded the progress OF this country
snd destroyed confidence in its future. a
the constant dread OF race troubles and
race conflicts. Long and terrible was the
struggle 10 tree the State from the domino
ton OF the vicious and the ignorant. The
bitterness and the passion vngendered bv
the strife produced antagonisms Tor which
We were not responsible Mr.. A. X. Nc
Clure, in an excellent little book recently
published, for which the South owes him
an everlasting debt OF gratitude, tru,hfully
SAYS:
/ The South had borne the mercilcSs
waste Of the spoiler, until tie poverty OF
"both races and the humiliation Of the
whites inside violence a comparative vir-
''tue. The hand OF the thief was upon the
"throai OF every property owner, and pub
"lic and private safety imperatively de
"mande relief. The Federal Government,
was voiced mainly through the iobbcr-
who made peace and the supremacy OF the
/ Saw impossible, and insuilerable wrongs
''righted themselves by the worst Of
means
But az the same author further says:
The law that Is a inexorable a. the
law OF gTayitation, asserted itself in the
inevitable domination OF the superior in
"teliigenee and viii. The question Of the
domination Of race Is now settled bevond
'the power Of National Statute, or official
oppression, or even Of the cleaning Of
"bayonets to unsettle it,
This is true. Though the negro Is in the
Tree exercise OF every right Of American
citizenship, the supremacy OF the Arelo-
Saxon race Is complete. What follows
We are heneeforth responsible for the
peace and good order Of cur State. We
cannot shirk or evade that responsibility
We dare not do SO, il We conld. The twn
races are here, and always will be. aud
our very salvation depends upon the pres.
ervatiOu OF peace and harmony between
them. There Is no longer anv necessity
or excuse for race troubles We are the
stronger race, in intelligence, in wealth
aud IN virtue, with all the machinery oil
government in our hands, and il j. coward
ly to say that our protection, or the peac,
of society makes II necessary to resort &,
mob violence, and that crime cannot b,
( punished by the courts.
/ Ladies aud gentlemen, the destinies q
I the State are in your hands. and. we ar,
proud 10 know, in sale hands. You VIII,
i have been so loyal 60 Mississippi through
I all the dark night Of her trials, cannot b
/, recreant to your trusts now in the yer
y dawn Of her triumphs. The great tide q
Z emigration and capital that has been flow
I ing westward has at last turned southwark
bringing to US new life and energy. Thou
= sands Of our Northern brethren are attract
/ ed TO our sunny cline
I Remember that they will read the ps
pers, not only to learn all about the r,
sources Of the country, but to see whethe
I social order and the business interests q
the country are iostered by the enforc,
: ment Of law. They will read the papers I
" see whether Mississippisns. responder
Z and hopeless, are brooding over the wrong
and mistakes OF the past, or whether, fu
" OF faith and stout of heart, they are marcel
Y, ing on to the triumphs Of the future. An
when they read the papers, we are n,
I afraid of their verdict, especially since !
many OF the noble women OF Mississippi
! have taken an interest i'm journalism. III
greatest achievement, the proudest trinmp
in Mississippi's progress, was the establish
y ment at Columbus Of the Industrial Inst
a. tute-a glorious monument to the power
y the pen when welded by "a Mississippi
- Woman 1t is but another evidence thi
the Pen Is mightier than the Sword.
II the Sword was mighty to battle III
beautiful, sunny Southland in the life-blo,
= Of its brave, dauntless men, and the tears
f; its devoted women, the Pen is mightier
a resurrecting our buried hopes and poin
=. ing US to the conquests of the future, /,
4; which We are all the better fitted by tn
\. baptism Of fire and blood and tears.
IN ~ the Sword was mightier in DESTROYING Il
u Old South, with all its magnificent gral
&c deur and splendor, and reducing Il to
scene Of blackened ruins and desola
- homes, the Pen is mightier in inspiring
y with hope and energy TO bring out Of d
~ ashes OF the OLD, a NEW South, rich
y and happier, with stronger and a be
y, ter civilization.