The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-06-13

The unlon' because | had been
reared beneath its magic folds ;
aud the mystic stars and stripes
had iaspInd my young heart with
patrloiic devotion 10 this great
cpunify OF whwhthey seemed to
be 20 fitting ah emblem. (Ale-
plause.)
But when the conflict came,
aud this great and powerful gov
crnment threatened to place her
mighty heel upon the neck of my
adopted state, aud Mississippi,
proud hut insulted Mississippi,
stood heipre ns, felt that was
10 The presence Of my Injured
mather, nn'l that right of wrong
and ! believed then, as | have
eyer believed, and as / beiieve
now, that she was right-but
right or wrong. she was entitled
To my ALLEGIANCE aud affection,
first last and furefer. And to-day,
if there Is one erea'ed inaninate
thug upon the fuce Of (iod ) earth
which ] love above all others,
that thing + Mississippi,
! When the contest ragged, and
our fortunes wnNed and wanrd.
iIf the sorest trials, and darkest
hour of th' (I0nfe ieracy. whra
npon lis hndcrs ne struggled
amid the last expiring thr es Of
lis existence, The love of our
home, the iove Of Miss sssIppi and
all within il. inspired us with re
newcd energy aud action. and
hope WAS never lost.
On the 27tl, of June, 1862,
when The immortal jefferson
Davis stood upon the heights Of
the Chickahominy, gazing intently.
and anxiOusly across the vaisey
at he raging battle of Gaines
Mil, dark shadows passed before
him as liz beheId the brave troops
from other States. column after
column, reel AMI recolI before the
overwhelming forces of the North
ern army. With glass in hand he
surveyed the field ahxioasly and
long. Aud when the day was al.
most lost, and his great heart
seemed 10 sink within him, he
was heard to exclalm, 'tOh. where
i Jackson? If jackson, with his
command, were only there. all
would he sayvd.' In a moment.
with swelling heart, he saw the
aide Of baflle turn. jackson had
arrived, and with hin., Whltlng's
Mississippi Brigade. And as the
VICTORIOUS sh iits of tho adyanc-
ing Coniederates reyerbearted
from hill; to hill, they reached
the heights on which Davis stood,
and 10 tones olconfident security
and relief, he said, to those
around him, "Thank God. the
day is ours! Those are Missis-
slppians y
Mlsslsslppl,ln peace and war,
has ever been at the front; and
has never lowered her standard Of
virtue, honor. ambniou aud glory.
| love Mississippi for the glorl-
Gus hIstury she has made, / love
her for the trlais aud hardshp>
she has endured, | love her for
"tlle dangers she has passed.
The heart of every true Missls-
sipplan swclls with patriotic pride
when he reasIs aud thinks ot the
achievements of hrs State. Aud
from Name 10 California, there
q hardly "a Slate 10 the union, IN
which There ARE not hundreds,
gilo, becaase of these achieve
ments, aud OF the high character
If osr peopl., IN Witch mlngles
their kindred blood, pronounce,
ugilh ineffa bic pr rde and love, the
honored naase Of NJ Mlssissippi.
Whefs is rIie man who watch
cd the progress pf The baneinl
legislation recently attempted by
Congress when our faithful rep
re.eniatlves in the S,nate of the
Umted States stoo,, there fCr DAYS
and weeks and months. suecess-
fully resisting the de:eimIned as
saults Of anequsl numbers, vino,
While Kissing ibelr poisonous
anatbeHias 10 our ears, were
ready tospflng on us and fas:cii
their deadly ianga In the very
srals of four liberties, who dos
not feel proud Of his State he
cause IL Is able 10 furnish such
iefend, rs as George aud WaIthalI,
(cts 4 prolonged applause }
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