Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-04-03
GOOD BLOOD IN ARKANSAS

ies OF Arkansas Came From tn.
;. southern Blood and Yankca M
:, ana Race Of People Who Love r.
non Josiah II. Shinn, ex-state !.
perihtendent Of public instructio, ,
I.e state OF Arkansas, is guest at Ii
Lawrence hotel, says the Jackso
,"iss' correspondent of the New O.
,eahs flcayune. In an interview wit
] MN the Picayune corrcsponden
gieaned some facts which will interes
'he citizens of two states-Mississinn
ana Arkansas. Prot. Shinn is the a.,
.nor OF history of the United States
winch is used in many counties of M;s
shs,ppi and throughout the south. II,
IS also the author of a history ~ A.
KANSAS and another upon the educa.
eoh OF the south. He Travelled manv
noh'hs In the Russian empire. and Is
now engaged upon history Of that
empire. For two months he has beer
occurring upon the Russian emn;re ~
mississippi, ana speaks very highly Of
.n1 interest which Mississippians take
Ill russian affairs.
Mr. Shinn is also penealoo;s. o,d
spends his leisure hours in not;no tha
migration of names and the Influence
.mey exert upon living affairs. Con.
nary 10 the general opinion, he hold.
' .nae arkansas was peopled by the best
people from the olden states and tb.t
from the very beginning the best neo.
pie have had control. r.'
Before railroads were lono ,;nos
covered wagons and rude flatboats oar.
ried sturdy people to the interior
where they began the formation of a
s;ss; s.a:e. sporadic towns along the Mis-
siSsippi caught the riff-raff of tho
wofio, ana through passing steamboats,
gave The world an erroneous opinion ~
lhe state. In the interior law and Nv
ier prevailed; churches and schools
lourished; farms were opened and a
'reae wealth created. Honest and
'.u,uy men far away from steamboats,
.nu .'iu 'eiegraphs were building a state
sith law and order as cornerstopos
ney were not known to the optsido
'oria' however, and the unenviabla
ePu'aton OF the old river town. Ma. ,
o,eon' soon passed to the whole state 7
a careful reading of the territorial c
iws' ana OF the early state laws. To- t
e'her with an investigation of the old
'urt records and law reports show a l
a'e OF affairs which negatives law.
Ashess IN any form. The native Ar. ,
ansan is OF composite blood. contain o
g IN his veins the. very best blood ~ "
'e Older states. In territorial davs 6
e Ashleys, Crittendens, SEWERS. John h
US folks' Fultons, Borlands. Millers Il
III hundreds of others from the best h
al the states from Massa chusetts 70 IL
joined to make galaxy II
surpassed by the dominant settlers
any state. w
=. nrSt the influence Of Virginia and fir
was most strongly felt. Then DIR
ne That OF Tennessee and North 20
ha' Thousands of men and women
10 no" BOAST OF being born Arkansans an
0 speak with becoming pride of their La
'estry in these great states. But tn
sc were not alone. From the very pl,
a long line of emigrants pushed KIN
N Mississippi and the other gulf cia
-es INTO Arkansas. These, with the M,
ers' took with them their family IN
'e, thelr education, their moralitv Bv
their wealth, and although com. p
ed to relinquish wealth, they have o
ays maintained their other charac. n
sues. They made state as rc. DIRE
.'aole as the states from whence day
calne, and it is passing strapre ia vail
q mat lRe world for so ion~ a time con-
gnu otherwise. Md all Artsansoue pub
'hahkful that from % manv go.5 stac
> 50 many good people moved IA y Ns
lnsas. COR
e best Yankees the best Trencb cts.
'ne pest OF the great southern ploe
5 found homes in the new common. Lon'
IN, ana with zeal and energy made uree
'rthy TO be home for anv man uowl
all Arkansans. wh;la thonon1 .l"n' With
10 ARKANSAS and while remember. haa
l'h becoming pride their ancestry .o 81
other sections, are proud of the 'oh d
'slpplans who crossed the Miss;s. utes
river and united their destinies Ab'
theirs. broke
very township of the state NAV navy
f such. Ann Will ~ WY ueseeh" der &C
Mississippi birth, with all tb, ueeh
ne pride of the virginian. his de- . .he ci
mt boasts of his Arkansas birth 'nT 'r, w
wreckless abandon that browns nc
de OF the father, and ties them ohc "
} the ne,ver st,to D.. '".in story
If each tbero l. ~ ~ .he widdie
Mississippi. ate 1T
sslpplans have held places in III M
constitutional convention. and nv
een members of every legisla- furu;..
among the great names of those walls
ia gone stands that of Gen. T. 10 nro,
imam, who migrated to Arkan. -
which s,,u... ~, a lit maze posted
ID sert r., =. '"iouehout the At 81.
be uon congress AS troll. l
AN "oH lame and rose of +L
rank of major-gencral. and o;,,
Mississippian by birth is ant;on I .,il :
, Ar,,,ns. W H. 'ohes' lie no fats
ia .nd 49, "e'er' when Catholic
without knowing that he came nro,on. 'uOo.
broad. But whether as con. -. 49,
n or senator he has the conf. ee'e
every Arkansan, and by yipi.
d ability has gained the high ST. IL
. in the confidence and a.tae rich, SO
ood and great throughout the wiIe an
'e Jefferso
er Mississippian is tho ,oo,,. and des
Rogers, of Fort smith CraSs' bedroom
Oxford and at Danv;lle E ~ is supp
reconstruction he was elected ''0"N "'
Judge. Fearless, learned and BE
$, ne made, his court respecta-
caused the law to be reyered American