The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-11

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survivors Of tho 10000 heroes Miss,ssippi
marshaisd under the meteor mar, your sn-
yoHs stsad
justice and honor, during che years sue.
ceeding Ihs war between the States, have
mainrsined inviolate Ansio-Saxon civiliza-
have not mentioned mere naIerial growth.
mighty Mississippi bears TO the ocean the
hum Ut prosperous cities, where but yes
in ali forms Of modern development. south
Massaesippl mas become An empire In Itself,
With Ito vast lumber and shipping interests:
The very, pencilings OF God are in the heart
Davis i realised in the de deep ~ water b harDor Dor
OF Gulfport, destined soon to become the
tire Gulf coast. North and East Missis-
sippi are everywhere throbbing with a thou.
Of progress. Our Agricultural and Ne.
chanicai College il among the foremost OF
cry avenue OF inoustrial life with skilled
labor. manufacturing here raw material In
se: S As III. sss
{he state holds aioft her .pre-eminence ~
the, the legally Of woman ~ the
her equipment for iite's struggles. Here.
in the Mississippi OF today, Il indeed 4
re. Ss ever fancy 1ns al
In the Contemplation .. whose mighty pres.
ent and 1ar miyht,er future the heart Of
pride And Il we @ extend % our VIE view and IN.
clude the forty -four other states OF this
para ileied advance '' In mases,si r @ sstnsss, rs
the imagination sinks exhausted In the ef-
fort; NO human tongue can picture the
coveries and Inventions adding to material
comfort. the bewildering maxnihcence OF
their advance In all the arts and sciences,
the limitlesS expansion Of national terri
tory.
but. my countrymen have the greatest
on this occasion mar the harmony 81 uni
background over against which blaze the
phosphorescent splendors OF mere material
But Burke says: I'VE must soften with
to to think all men vistuous:" and he is less
for solemn warning, II the republic is to
endure: without stopping to particularize.
been two totally diverse tendencies In oper-
war. Our brethren S'.' Of the Sorth. Ssf flushed
interruption absolute control Of the Federal
government. and the tendency has been
more away from constitutional restraints.
and more and more toward centralized and
irresponsible power, the illegal accumula-
tion. the reckless annexation Of unassimila-
BILE provinces, never to become States, until
we have come to hear it as familiar doctrine
that congress must govern at will. l shall
not offend here by drawing aside the veil
by imperialism. such and so great that the
public conscience stands In mute horror, ap-
Of iniractions Of the constitution. Tor ri /
speak not Mississippian. but an Ameri-
can: invoke the censcience OF the great
sented BY Charles Francis Adams. Hoar,
rapid, has been the stride toward dsspotism
at home as we'll as In the provinces, and
when the patriot voices solemn protest he
that our government Is to endure forever.
SO thought the hattering optimists Of Bah
Of one and the hundred gates Of the other
live only In song. Such were the dreams
Of every nation that has ever nourished
tomb their buried glOries Greece, the 'land
Of scholars and the nurse Of arms"
dreamed. But Byron wrote:
'.spirit of Freedom! When on Phyllis brow
Thou sat-st with Thrasybulus and his
Could'ts thou forbode the dismal hour which
Dim; 1'sie tie green beauties" of thine Attic
Not thirty tyrants now enforce the chain.
Nor raise thy sons. but idly rail in vain.
Trembling beneath the scourge OF Turkish
From birth till death enslaved: in word,
In deed unnamed"
Rome, the Eternal City, SO dreamed. yet
M ass neP atsp, and
had fourished, when the feet t. of % barbarians i
the Rsi. Of her senate " house edps and forum nna
echoed only to the voice of savage tri-
In all these forty years of progressive
disregard Of the constitution. irreverence for
the Ideals Of our deathless past, on the
of the a: IN Rs
but protesting :: helpies: to stay the icono-
elastic destruction Of the faiths and tradi-
lo7ing the restored Union as devotedly as
t SsrR 1as eos sn
ana equal lay. la ana i,,. Without ability e do
back the nation to its ancient faith, to
the splendid virtues which make great Pu-
nd esaeT Re Of
Of the North themselves shall come to see
and acknowledge the sublimity Of your posi-.
subj iected Hp 70 reconstruetios and % legislation,
binding thee like Prometheus to the rock,
die IN s the Of
the least extent. In face Of all manner Of
reprsssive forces, legislative and CONNER
cial. rising in thine own unassisted might
and unique grandeur thou. whilst building
anew the foundations Of social, commercial,
Industrial and educational greatness, hast
with consistent voice called back the I'm
lon to Its batter self. And unto thee, from
voice of thy king. saying:
whereas, thou hast been forsaken and
hated. SO that no man went through thee.
l will make thee an eternal excellency, a
JOY Of many generations. For BRASS l will
bring gold. and for iron 1 will bring sill
YER, and for wood brass, aud for stones
iron; will also make thine officers peace
and thine exactors Righteousness: Violence
shah no more be heard in thy land. vast
thou shalt call thy wallis Salvation, and
thy gates Praise.
y ''Thy sun shall NO more go down, neither
shall? thy moon withdraw itself. for the
Lord shall be thine everlasting light. and
viii our country heed TIE truth that there
is no dispensation Of grace for nations?