The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-07-06

greatness and undisputed lei1e snip In the
Can we turn from this roll of immortais
who made luminous the history OF their
country without paying to another the
Unsandaled and uncovered we enter the
Pantheon Of the South, her Westminster
Abbey, and d r of tSa gyyeot S9w of o hero sont the
great as the greatest OF any land-Mlssiss-
ippi's contribution to the fadeless glory. Of
tai not less high than those of Hampden,
Sidney. Burke and Cheatham, Of the father
land, and Washington and Hamilton, Jeffer.
words Of an eloquent MisslssipT ian, HE
was one of the ,purest and %loftiest charac-
became the. pride Of her chiyairy; at a
Later period her Ter , ereat gIs sn1ansia ren ana
was Mississippi's, rarest Jewel hi; teachings
her doctrines; he represented his people
with a personal purity and patriotic pur-
pose without peer or parallel, and in the
hour of misfortune was their willing. I'M
complaining, vicarious sufferer" And when
rout and ruin of the Mexican forces at
Buena Vista the annals Of out country blaz-
oned no brighter name than that Of our
years were filled with sorrowin. oyer the
wrongs .perpetrated against his beloved
people, though the bitter cup Of cruel per
roll of honor and splendid achievements
marked by exalted patriotism and W
up in this country by the Impartial Siss
torian without the name of this magnif-
cent Mississippian and Southerner. stand
ing high and lumlI GUS among the most
conspicuous of the nations immortals.
This, discussion Of the pr,minout position
taken by the South In eve,rythin,' that per:
civil liberty In the American Republic Is
necessarily incomplete, but I leave the topic
IN Its suggestive state for your tontempla-
tt0n and mndifnfIEn
Scan, If you viii the history of this Re.
public. recording, the founding of a
great people on soil only pressed iy the feet
of wild beasts and savages. the termination
and full Towering. OF civil libc,ty- going
Constantine. kindlng the tight Of hope in
the despalring eyes of tn. oppressed and
doyntrodden Of al nations on his globe.
IS written in bod letters the names of
southern patriots Erect, IL you will. a
mighty %trinmphal arch to. he heroes of the
American Republic. inscribing uL on each of
Its marble stones the name of a conspicuous
genius who contributed to its .permanency.
ture rests, and its Keystone crowning It's
completed glory. will bear he names of I'm
mortal Southerners.
Misslssippian, talking to Mi~sslss'ppians, In
no apologize spirit 1 declare tLat to us
tnere Is great eau e fer self lauda; ion at the
brilliant ages in the history OF the arm
establishment Of c;vii liberty wrl'ten by the
illustrious sons of our owl beloved State.
ny the side Of the hero Of Biena Vista,
others who gave their trdnscendant intel
lects and genius 10 the cause of the free
man idea Of government and tmbellished
the annals OF human progress with heroic
personalities. Their unselfs1 labofs, prompt.
ca by a consuming patriotism and love for
the whole people of this ReDui ie entitle
them TO places in trat galaxy o. immortal
statesmen the South has given to the world.
Dear to the hearts Of ali M~lssissippians,
armament, will ,yer illu nine cur path.
way. Need l, in this presence, nsme them?
Turn with me a moment and look upon the
dice and abuse sweeping like the resistiess
waves of an angry sea over this country
Immediately succeeding our great civil war.
throughout the land. sweeping through the
halls of Congress, and lashing its spray
on the very lintels of the White House, L
seemed that civil liberty and a freeman's
government had become a mocking shadow,
and millions of hearts were bowed as our
beautiful Southland 'trod the wine-press
memories of her great sons, and viewing
with almost resignation the rising tide OF
s Zee l nate. But when 1t seemed that
darkening twilight OF a fearful night was
settling upon us; the spirit of American
liberty, always afame In his breast, nerved
one of Mississlppis sons to stretch forth
ms hand bearing the olive branch of ma
tionai tranquility, and lifting his l%ustrous
y 49, 'aN " AZ hiN tlpuuenI
vas. the God Of nations nations az snn seiiii h Mississ st
ipprs beloved son, L. Q. c. Lamar. | will
character; These walls, these ancestral
oaks, and many of these ears have heard
the strange music of his voice, and MANY
flames that burned within thoje dreamy
eyes as on this very rostrum he his pointed
inc way to a realization Of otr highesi
Go with me TO another period. The at
tention OF the nation is alta ted to a
soil. Ignorance and incompetency were
entrenchlne themselves behind The only
safe bulwark of the people of he whole
Banquo's ghost. would not down. was draw
Ing, TO its solution the minds and hearts
avert from our glorious people thl threaten
ed dominance Of Ignorance and inferiority
in the affairs of state, giving disturbance
and unrest to the whole country. And ar
a time when our hopes were 'urnlng to
nshes on our lips, a great hearted Mlssiss-
the trailing banner Of civil libecry. wrote
INTO our fundamental law. our constifu-
ton OF $500, a New Declaration of hide
franchise laws of our State we gave to the
nations temple Of fame one or its most
illustrious adornments, that rugged. sturdy
Southerner, that grand patriot, j. a.. George.
Following where lis great intellect had
blazed The way, state after state 1as caught
- 10y otloh' dhA tue time Is near at
hand when the lame kindled BY his great
Mississippian shall have severed the cords
hat Ignorance and %venality .ws:, twinipg
around the freeman's ballot, that palladium
OF liberty In Amerit an governm. at.
Splendid contribution of Miss,ssippi TO
the augmentation and glory. OF the
OF the South and southern genius and
greatness. would be complete without the
recital of the peerless character and per,
sonality of another Misslssippiaa whose life
Is a blessed memory with us, OF TIE ~loftiesu
patriotism, his character as pure as the
iimpid dew drop or the rose leaf his great
heart Overlooking with unselfsh 1--we for his
country and his people, his pubic services
IN war ana peace consecrated 10 the holy
cause OF civil. liberty. he was ind led a TYNE
OF the Ideal AmeriCan And when the last
trumpet call fell upon his en-. and the
portals OF the world beyond received him
INTO the presence Of Washington, and Lee.
and jackson, and Davis, and Jetf rson. and
George. and Lamar. the angels proclsimpd
that no more princely soul. no more exalted
character. had recruited that olJny of typi.
cal Americans than this ChevanIr Basard
OF mississippi, her own knightlv WalthalI.
lhoughtful men and women of The South.
t. us Is committed a priceless heritage.
from the clarion battle cry OF Patrick
Henry to, this hour, there coma, ringing
through the century the swelling chorus Of
southern voices. leading In the great
charge against the peoples ODD 'essors. as
tbn any nave In every contest with their loyal
precious banner Of civil liberty. With 1ust
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