The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

country and | care not who makes ITS
laws" Oh, for the souls uplifting!
The minds elevation! The hearts
high principle! The sun-rrowned
thoughts the intellectual eye can
reach! Oh, for the lofticst pinnacle
human kind may gain through its
manifold powers! All, all for the new
South, that is but the old reaching
/ further heHvenward.
Years ago had the question arisen
as to which of OUR arts gave the least
promise of development the answer
would doubtless have been literature.
But the South has awakened to this
means by which it can advance to the
greatest power and most powerful
greatness; and to-day we find her lit
erary progress abreast with her COM
mercial aud industrial progress. |
had almost said, too, its political prog
ress but there is so much room for i'm
provement here that | await further
advancement in this branch of our
government that, more than anything
else, will add fresh impetus to the on
ward march of civilization and give
a brighter glow to the tried and true
hearts of to-day whose names will be
gems in the new South's crown.
1t lies within the power of every
citizen to declare and maintain clean
and wholesome literature for his peo-
pie, and to uphold the governmental
laws of his country, and to establish
code of ethics full of purity and
right for their sons and daughters,
with hearts as brave as their sires, to
follow after. Politicians may sneer
in their infinite scorn and self-conceit,
but the new South stretches out her
strong young arms to-day for Drawer
minds, for greater hearts, for truer
faith and reader hands to do and dare
for what is right.
"God give us men, A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready
hands;
Men WnOIn LIe lQSt or once does not XIII;
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and Will;
Men who have honor-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagOgue,
And damn his treacherOuS batteries without
winking
Tall men, Sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking;
For while the tricksters with their thumb-worn
creedS,
Their large professions and their little Deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, 10! Freedom weepS,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice
sleeps"
The last link between the old and
the new South has been severed and
jefferson Davis, unconquered by the
triumph of his foes, unrelenting to the
last, an exile beneath his own sunny
skies where, had fate so directed, he
would gladly have given his life for
his country, now sleeps the sleep that
must O'ercome the stOhtest heart.
The new South has no need for such
as he, his life and his life's work be-
lOnged to an age forever past.
But as pause beside the grave of
this aged patriot and soldier, there
comes before me a face young and in
spring; face aglow with his coun-
try's hope, rejecting the aspirations
of his soul and the noble heart beats
for his conntry's veal. When shall
we see his like again7 Henry Grady,
the talented, the brave, the large
hearted, the predetermined, one of the
men "tall and suncr0wned who lived
above the fog in public duty and in
private thinking" How our country
needs must miss him. And the North
and South mourn alike for him who,
with pen and oratory and sacrifcial
deeds, sought to unite the two great
sections of our country. No soldiers
fame was his, no conquerihg sword
was placed beside him in his last long
sleep, but Drawer patriot, truer,
nObler heart never beat beneath
Northern blue nor Southern gray.
The new South with longing, hun
CRY eyes is searching to-day for such
as the brave Georgian, and may it not
find themP Yes, surely! For the very
atmosphere is rife with our country's
needs, and its promises of future glO-
ry, and in all history men have been
fonnd to rise equal to the occasion
that demands them. Mississippi Col
lege has sent forward men of Drawn
and brain who to-day are sharing the
destinies ofour land and it will do the
like again. Our Alma Mater, the c.
f. l., has polished many gem that
shines to-day in Mississippi's crown
and in the diadem of the South.
Sweet girl graduates of to-day,
The women of our land have broad
er field for labor at present than ever
before. A potent factor they are in
every good word and work. The del
icate, dependent lady belongs to an
age now past, and the strong, the
brave and wise-hearted woman is of
your day. l beseech you to look ear
nestly into the face of the future and
unflinchingly resolve to do and dare
for all that pertains to the prosperity
of our land and for the good of hu-
manity. Have steady purpose in
view, and strong, brave and noble
hearted women you will become, for
ever rejecting credit upon your Alma
Mater and adding day by day new
lustre to the land of your BIRTH
The land where the hooking bird trills its sweet
notes,