The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-20

as recommended by Committee. IS, 81,
81, 66, IS and 10.
Mr.. Magruder moved to indefinitely
/ postpone II. b. No. 81 Mr. Haden
moved to table Lost. Mr. Magruder' 5
motion then prevailed.
Permission was granted to Military
| Committee to meet with Military Con-
vention at II O'Clock.
II. B. Al: An act to amend sections
1861 and 1925 of chapter 5S of the Code
1880. Tabled subject to call
Substitute to III. B. 81: An act to
amend section 290l of Revised Code Of
1880. Tabled subject TO call.
The Speaker, at IL o'clock a. M
announced that the House would take a
recess until II in. III order to give the
Sergeant alarms time TO prepare the
House for
INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.
At u o'clock m. the Speaker called
the House to order and appointed a
committee of three-AIessrs Trigg, Bush,
and Jones, Of. Wilkinson, to inform the
Senate that the House was ready to
proceed with the Inauguration.
The committee returned and reported
ABCs A1t1 ftllSt AlNO bAfS4t ANEN dtiQ
asked to be discharged.
The Sergeant-at- Arms announced the
Senators, who were admitted and took
and House were then called.
President 5hands announced the pur
pose of the meeting. and directed the
Joint Committee on Inauguration to an
nounce to the Governor that the Legis-
lature was in readiness to receive him.
The committee, to-wit: Messrs. Sykes,
Hamilton of Hinds, and Dickson, on
the part of the Senate, and Messrs. Col
Inns, Seman, Rowan, Meharg and West,
on part of the House, then retired, and
IN a few minutes returned with the Gov
ernor-elect, who was accompanied by
the Judges of the Supreme Court.
The Door Keeper announced the Gov
ernor elect, who entered escorted by the
Capital Light Guards, in their handsome
new uniforms and was conducted 10 the
Speakers chair.
Prayer was then offered by Rev. DR.,
John Hunter; after which Lieut.-Gov-
ernor ohands, President of the Senate,
then introduced Senator Z. I. Sykes,
Chairman OF the joint Committee, who
spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN:
l have the distinguished honor of intro
ducing to you on this occasion one Of Mis- |
sissippi's favorite sons, who to-day enters |
upon his second term as the Chief Magis- |
trate of this proud Commonwealth.
Renominated on first ballot by an almost
unanimous vote of the largest and most
intelligent convention Of Democrats that !
ever assembled in this city, and reelected |
with practical unanimity, he will enjoy |
the high distinction OF being the first to |
serve his State eight consecutive years in |
the Gubernatorial char.
! present to you Hon. ROBERT LOWRY, |
the Governor-elect OF Mississippi, who |
will now address you preliminary to tax
ing the cath Of office.
Governor Lowry then proceeded TO read
the following
INAUGTRAL ADDRESS.
FELLOW CITIzENs -Four years expert |
ence in the Chief Executive Office OF the
State has rendered me familiar with its
cares and responsibilities. Ii it affords me
pleasure to assume TO day the obligations
of another term, il is because ii furnishes
me an opportunity of making some return
to the generous people of Mississippi for
the honor they have conferred upon me.
If, in the past, have failed to satisfy
the just expectations of nv constituents, in
any respect, | declare with clear con
science, that it resulted from no intentional
wrong or improper motive on my part 1t
is a distinction OF which | shall always be |
proud and grateful, that my official labors
Tor the last four years, have been appre
srssi if,r+, end that at the expiration of my
first term of office as Governor Of the State,
| was not only renominated by the pity
to which | belong, but was afterwards
reelected without opposition. Such conf
dence and trust not only inspires the
warmest sentiments OF gratitude in my
breast, but they deserve, and shall receive
the best services which | am capable OF
rendering to the State Ii / forget thee, oh
Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning. Ii | do not remember thee and
prefer Jerusalem to my chief Joy, let my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth"
My views, fellow citizens, in regard to
public measures and policies are so fully
expressed in my recent message to the
Legislature, and have been so often declar-
ed on other occasions, that itseems unnec-
essary to repeat them. 1t is well known
in the State, that economy in the admin
istration OF the governments just and
faiththful execution of the laws-the pro-
motion OF education, and the diffusion oi
knowledge-the cultivation and preserya-
tion of harmony and good will between
whites and blacks-the encouragement
of immigration and the investment of
capital in the State-the development OF
our resources and INDEPENDENTLY more
4 fsal 1.,J, and fho
increase and improvement OF onr means
of transportation and communication, by
land, and water, with other States and
countries, are cherished objects OF my po-
litical faith and hopes. In the past have
earnestly endeavored to promote aud secure
these objects, and shall continue 10 do so
in the future.
Mississippi is too great by nature, and
| too conspicuous to-day, as well as in the
past, in the history and affairs OF this
great nation, to be laggard among her
| sister States, IN the pursuits Of wealth,
happiness and prosperity. God never
made this generous soil, this genial eli-
mate, and these various and spontaneous
productions to be the abode or the her
itage of any other than a free, eentenied
and prosS rous people.
| 1t seems that 1t was reserved for the in
telligenee of the white men, and the streagth
ofthe black men, as freemea, to possess, de-
velop and enjoy them in the fullest meas
ure and highest degree
/ The amount OF the annual cotton crops
of the State, shows what is being. or has
been accomplished since the war, under
this combination. let the amount and
value OF other crops and industries in the
State be increased and multiplied In the
49,
| sippi will then be prominent in the pro
duction OF wealth, and the means of inde
pendence, as she has been in the forum o.
the orator, the field OF the hero, and the
theatre of the statesman.
MANY causes have conspired to retarc
the growth and deaden the aspirations o.
Mississippi, bur in spite OF all, the eyidenc.
Of moral, intellectual and material i'm
provement and advancement, are abund
ant in our midst. Until within the las
few years, the strong arm OF the Genera
Government was lelt by our.people. pro
ducing confusion, discomfort, and violen
disorders, but the results of the late Pres
, idential election changed the aspect OF tn
political horizon towards Us, and cause.
Mississippians to feel that the State is ono
more in fact, a. well as in theory, part q
,, | that aindestructibEe Union composed of in
destructible States. established by th
fathers OF the Republic.
With the same encouragement, and til
same measure OF consideration and libel
!. ality BY the General Government to Miss;.
: sippi, which is accorded to ohter States. ne
: lie il impaired to national sentiment
! patriotic hopes and national interests i
Mississippi. But Iapprehend that the n,
: ture OF the occasion does not require th,
i I should say more at this time.