The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-10
Why DR.. Teasaale is Proud of His
Citizenship.
CoLUMBus, Miss, Jan. q, 1856.

COLUMBUS, Miss, Jan. q, 1856.
! EDITOR CLARION: am proud am a
citizen of Mississippi. Twenty EIGHT
| years ago, | resigned the pastoral charge
/ of he Thirteenth Street Baptist Church
/ IN Washington City, to take charge of
| the Baptist Church In this city, and
! have been identified with all the inter
| es Is of the State, material, intellectual
and moral, ever since my removal into
the State Aud when / go abroad | am
not ashamed 10 say | am MississIppian.
/ rejoice that | am citizen of this State.
not merely because the ma erlal resour-
ces OF the Stale are so great, aud the
salu9rity OF the Climate Is 50 good, aud
is moral and religious status Is 50 tx
ceilent; but especially because OF its
intellectual advancement, and its -four
lshlng literary and industrial colleges,
Oar University at Oxford Is too well
known 10 need a word of compliment
from me. Her graduates are filing
many important positions all over the
state. and beyond its borders; aud
goodly number of her sons are now mem
bers Of our State Legislature. The fruits
of her labors are the witnesses of her
usefulness.
The A. and II. College is a complete
success; and au pie as are her accom-
mJdauons. many of our promising sons
all over the State, are denied the prlyil-
eye OF entering her nails for want OF
room. Tue College is doing an amount
OF good TO the Agricultural and Mechan
ical interests % the STATE, which cannot
be estimated.
0f the Negro College and the Normal
Institute, | cannot speak from any per
souat acquaintance with them. But |
understand that both these Institutions
are IN a prosperous condition. wish
them well.
And last, but by no means least, l
mention the state Industrial Institute
and College, located in Columbus. This !
College was inaugurated tor the benefit
of the white giris of Mississippi, aud
an incaieulabIe benefit it is likely to
prove 20 these girls, all over the State.
Inc City of Columbus has contributed |
more thar twice as much towards this I
College as the State appropriated Tor its /
Inauguration; aud the citizens pay the /
increased tax thus incurred without /
complaint There are now enrolled on /
the hss OF pupils, over three hundred /
promising girls from every part of the |
state, and about one hundred others
have been denied admission tor want OF
room in the dUrmitOry building Parents
IN different parts of the STATE, who
desire their daughters to enjoy the
IHesumable advantages OF this Indus
trial Institute aud College, are wisely
unwilling TO allow them 10 board out of
the College. And for want OF room in
the dormtory, they are denied the prlvi
leges of the scnoUl These exigencies
suggest the Indispensable necessity OF
adIItlenal lodging roola IN the College.
l trust these eNigencles Will be met
promptly and cheeriuliy by tae present
Legislature. a comparatively small
tor This object, would
complete the symmetry ot the elegant
already erected and occupied,
aud afford accommodation for a hundred
aud fifty or two hundred additional
pupils. The benepls which would thus
result to the white girls of Missls-
suppl, Is simply incalculable. / an in
"a or Of rigld economy in admins
tering the atfgirs OF the State. But
should depl0re the thought, that
d mistaken economy should apply tie
knife to our educational institutions,
aud cut of the necessary appropriations
Tor JDelr maintenance ana advancement.
But this, 1t seems to me, canEot be done.
Every intelligent, and especially every
educated member of our Legislature,
viii lift up hIs voice aud hand against
such a suicidal course. But if | should
mud myself mistaken, and Tor the sake
5f saving less than a mill of additional
taxation, the Legislature should refuse
TO make he reqaisite appropriations To
our De evolenL and educational institu
lions, then, instead of being proud that
am citizen of Mississippi, l should |
-eel that the State had disgraced herself
a the estimation of every civilized
community, aud | should be ready to ex
claim
Ny state! at onc- f:om thy arms will l sever,
I es viii quit ttee forever and ever;
AND thinking Of thee IN my ioHg alter years,
Is i'll klndle nay blu,hes aNd awaKen my tears"
Yours very respectfully,
THo5. c. IEAsDALE.