The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-01-23

through the whiripooIs and narrows which
envroned IL during that tempestuous period.
THE FUTURE.
In discharRing the various and delicate
duties devolving upon me, j shall strive as
siduously to deserve, as shall at ali times
| need, your sympathy and approval. Public
opinion is potent factor In the building up
| or the pulling down OF that fabric which up
holds and maintains good government. A
public Official should ask nothing more than
that Justice should be done him in discussing
| his official acts. IL deserved censure and
| criticism are meted out to him unsparingly
| he should not complain; but he is entitled to
expect and TO receive generous CONNIE uds-
tion for duties we'll and faithfully performed,
! or difficulties met with resolute and honest
endeavOr. without your favor and support
those DIFFICULTIES wiz ,e greatly mag mssPi1ed hdIr
| ing hearts and hands l shall be uplifted TO
i where feel that success Is assured.
AGRICULTURAL
| While we have much cause for thankfulness
| to the Great Giver of all things, we can but
| realize the fact that in most parts of the State
| the soil has refused Its accustomed yield to
the husbandman. The people. therefore, are
the stap,e crop. MANY of them will be un.
able at this time to meet the liabilities incur
red. and the demands made upon them for its
| cultivating and harvesting. We are encour-
aged by the fact, however, that even partial
failures in our favored cline are unusual, and
| that total failure with U.S. as in some cOun-
| If we fail in one crop the loss is usually
| largely compensated by abundant returns
| from other crops. And while our cotton crop
| for the past year was generally unremuBera-
tive, on the other hand the yield of corn, hay
| and other crops grown In the State was
usually abundant. The farmer who, by mis-
fortune, or from other cause. finds himself
| unable to respond TO the just demands upon
him may be oppressed by the consciousness Of
his condition. but IL he has been honest, fru-
| gal and industrious, we believe that he eau
| look with confidence 10 the relief which can
| be afforded him by the kind indul lgence OF his
| creditors. May we not entertain the hope
| that with natures accustomed bounty to our
| laboring husbandman, the present year will
bring more ausp. .cious seasons, and more
| abundant crops to compensate for the short
the leading pursuit of our people, and will,
for many years, continue 20 be our greatest
source of wealth For years past, and in some
| parts of the state now, no soil could or can be
| found which responded more abundanty, or
was more easy of cultivation than ours. But
in some portions of our State. from system
of injudicious culture, the lands have become
so worn and starved that the yield of the cot
ton crop upon 1t is often insufficient to pay
the cost of production. The remedy, OF
course, lies not only in diversifyIng and rotat
ing the crops, but in restoring TO the soil by
cheap, but effective, homemade fertilizers
the elements of which 1t has been so ruth
lessly deprived. Has not the time come when
many can proiitaSy initiate the examples of
older agricultural communities who, by thu:
inteligenty assisting nature, have made fer
tile and productive the worn-out places ol
their ancestors, and made them TO bloom
and to blossom as the roser
INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS.
Manufacturing In Mississippi is yet In itt
infancy, but the steady increase OF the cap
ital invested in State enterprises, particularly
i'm cotton mills, while not SO rapid as we could
desire. proves cOnclusively that we have toe
long overlooked or neglected our opportunt
ties and peculiar advantages for adding 70
our industrial wealth. To foster and encour-
age such endeavors should in the future. as
in the past, be the policy OF our people. They
% mil n m a a
| many of our products, but will give remuner-
alive employment TO many industrious and
deserving persons among US who VIII gladly
| avail themselves OF the opportunity.
| JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Fellow w-Mississipplans In the early days OF
last month the state lost it's greatest citizen
the South its most distinguished, its most
gifted patriot Jefferson Davis. Eloquent lips
and eloquent pens, within and without the
State, have recently made the story of his
ilustrious life household possession.
recount @ NIT the Virtues, the Serosm, the gifts aud
grsces, both of person and of mind. which
cluster about his name. These will live in
history and in the traditions of generations
which shall come after us, when the bosom of
| our beloved State shall give nourishment to
millions of her sons and daughters yet to be! q!
of life, after career of great achievement
| and heroic endurance! After lifes htt ul
fever he sleeps we'll" The leader OF great
| and chivalrous people bore himself before the
world with such dignity, with such shining
talents, with such knightly pose, with such
Sc t-abnegation, with such grand. unfaltering
| endurance, with such devotion to the South
| and its lost cause, that he became imbedded
| in the hearts and affections of bis people. and
| identified with their pride of our race and our
civilization. The W hoe South recently wept
| at his bier. Mississippi's love will ever make
a halo of reverence above his grave. If his
| memory is dear to our Southland IL Is still
| ness hers must be linked. And should a cruel
| fate withhold from her the care and keeping
| of his mortal remains, would it not mitigate
| our grief IL he should rest in the Capital City
| of the late Confederate States, where he is so
| loved, and to which Mississippi yielded him
| for the four most ardsous years of his life,
| and where, as chief architect he built a ma
| ton that is dead and gone? But wherever
| his ashes may sleep let Missfssippians be to
| the front In giving freely of their substance
| that a shaft may be erected to pierce the sky.
Not to illustrate his virtues and great abilities.
for fame will take care OF them, but ever to
| testify to the affection IN which he is held in
| our memories.
| The CONFEDERATE AND FEDERAL VETERANS
You will pardon me for referring just here
with commentator to an association recently
organized in the State. which is making pro-
| eral veterans at the city of Vicksburg in Nay
next. l trust that their praiseworthy under
| taking will meet with the encouragement and
favor of our people throughout the state.
| With rare exceptions the brave veterans OF
both the Northern and Southern armies have
long since turned their swords into plow-
| shares" and bear each other no malice. they
can easily fraternize and tell tales OF valor or
| which each may be prout. i cordially COM
mend the enterprise to the favoring care or
| my fellOw-citizens.
| Senators and Representatives, feel that l
| must share the grave responsibilities devoiv-
| ing upon you as Lawmakers OF the State. AS
sociated with your position as well as my own
will be great honor, and as the people
trusted servants great responsibilities. NAV
| not hope that your every action Will be the
result of deliberate and thoughtful consider r
alton? .HaSty aud incOnsiderate legislation 1s
not only unnecessary, but dangerous to the
public welfare, and should be carefully
| avoided.
My worthy predecessor hvs submitted to
terest as his position has enabled him to ac-
quire. and has made such recommendattoRs
| as his wisdom and experience have found
worthy of your notice These matters VIII
| doubtless receive from you that careful con
sideration which their importance demands
Like yourselves, come fresh from the peo
pie. and from the private walks of life, j.
| will not therefore be expected that shall
discuss. at this time. the condition and wants
of the State, except in general way.
| CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
The question of a constitutional convention
will command your attention during the
early days of the session and should be mos
carefully considered. IL involves conn., lett
revision of the organic law, and should b
thoughtfully and patriotically examined. ant
hande led with the utmost care. Never was
have confidence that in the hight of the recen
discussion by the people, you will nc. wise
| in the matter. laying aside all persona
preferences and prejudices. as well as all loca
determined in such manner as will not pro
| woke division among our people, but sha
| best promote the public welfare. and tn
unity of those entrusted with our civilization
EDUCATION. -H
The subject of education must ever be on
| n DA0nlG MlRSf4&lnn