The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1889-07-26

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gre1t Staleand become identified win
her people and her Interests. Ara "
VIII not seem Wit uf place, lIn-,
thai ~ c,tlzrn, (ud not ~ poil'I-
cian) have consented 10 addfcs.
ftfw words Of wr'cpme tu Yah t1-hiehl.
As citiZcns who love ollr beauii iii'll
Southla I'D, our whole country, and "S-
urefaI1y our Coast famned by brcezss
alternate of salt and of balm, we de-
sire 10 see such men chosen to pia@es
of trust, and such laws executed as
shall honor our State and land, ana
couduee to the welfare of all our pc"-
pIc. and tic development OF our re-
sources.
The Southern States especially need |
To-day men of wisdom, men of pfh-
dencc, men of sObrlety, ,lnen who cannon |
be bought, men who love their Gohil-
try, az d who will willingly die for u
If need be. Our friends in The NORM
do not arprcciate-they cannot appre-
ciate the delicacy and difii1ulty OF the
problems which confront the states
men of the South.
II we had their PRAYERS more often,
and God would enable them TO put
thcms elves in our places they would
iudec us more lcnicntly. We arc Nv
! Ing in extraordinary times. several
wears ago Ptof. Austin Phelps sald
Five hundred years OF time III the
process of this worlds salvation may
| ,Iepend on the uext twenty years OF
IT $. history" And Mr.. Joseph Hat
ton, of England has said that "ten
vear, IN the history of America is
half century of European progress.
There is in this land, especially IN
the West, tremendous rush OF eVrllis
which is startling even III the l9ill
century. TIE Western world III us
proorcss is gathering momentum IKE
a falling body. Aud the new South
is feeling more aud more the Impulse.
New life is bounding along her veins.
M thc great work which God has set
before her, she Is preparing 10 give
her talents and her energies. iicr
marvellous resources arc TO be deNel-
oped her natural attractions ana ad-
vantages are TO be advertised an nm
m;orntion is to be encouraged which
shall identify itself with us and help
ms 10 build up our States; the prop
lem of so legislating and so govern.
, inc that the ignorant maJorliles Oh
, many of our States may not DC de'
privcd of their just rights, and at the
same time that intelligence and capl'
+. tai NAV rule in such a way as to ad-
, vance tbe interests of all. To 81 edu'
cate and 50 lcgislatG that the Kun
Power may be broken and Destroyer,
and white and black delivered from y
more CALLING bondage than African
. slaves ever endured
Such are some OF the great and be
nitccnt objects which God has set be-
lore the statesmen ana people o. aliS
: sissippi and of the South. Ana II
:, what are we TO look tor the accom-
plishmeht of these great ends II no
TO the morality and Christianity o
:. our land ? How urgent the call t0I
- rood men, conscientious men, men o
untarnished lives and incorruptbl
: pinciplcs 10 take the helm aud brihi
nur shin of state into the desired liza
r. ven.
: Our knowledge of you, durihg
= lite time spent on This coast as citl
!" zen and Christian, justifies the mop
:, which anImates us to night, that 20
:, will be equal TO the work to which 20
= are called.
y Your record last year as tho head {
~ The great Masonic order in this Stalt
y oivrs MS confidence that when the cris
- Shall como, when the emergency sha
arise U0H ,riU stand HkG q StOaecdi
u This almost unanimous Rallcflh
of oar people here tonight atteS
o. more rEiphaticallv than any words
~ can speak, the estimation IN which 20
ii are held By your tcllow-clllZehs
: every political and religious iaith.
dlsu attrsts our qualification that u
81 honor has been So well bestowed, an
of our faith that If God has work Il
j. Won to do he will give you strength
= do it. And in after years, when OcFa
Surluos. Biloxi and Pass ChrlStla
)N shall sit as bright jewels on Missl
of sippis coast--great marallmc clll
th known around the world; when Mo
a Point, Scranton and Pacagouia oi
81 vast metropolis, shall extend trom u
confluence of the rivers TO the pa
and when the "mYsterious music
of our river shall be drowned by Il
,st whirr of machinery and the noise
tv street cars, and when even Bayou Z
~ s0tfe shall rise into national impn
Of lance as a great navy yard OF u
an greatest nation on earth, You VIII !
N. ioicc that il was your privilege to nc
We Law the stones of your country's tuiu
of greatness and glory"
,e. At the conclusion Of the address 4
~ following resolution was offered al
1n unanimously adopted:
Il. ReSGlced, That the Democratic pa
.si ty OF Jackson county most corllal
or endorse the nominations made az Jac
o. son by the Democratic Stale Convc
hc ton, held ON the 18th Instant. and +
'ct Juice in the recognition of the seacoa
he in placing the name of NJ. NJ. Eva
is upon the ticket.
of We hereby pledge our earnest s'l
sn port TO the election of the Democrat
If. ticket at the general election In N
vember next. While Mr.. Evans
~ held in high esteem the ovation te
an dered shows the Slate-at-large the
cd probation of Moss Point and the wht
be seacoast of the recognition accord
~.