The Monticellonian., 1905-11-02

The address of welcome to the pres
 ident during his Little Rock visit, de-
 livered on behalf of the state of Ar
 kansas by Gov. Jeff Davis, was in part
 as follows
 Naur ENccIcucy-As governor and on behalf Of great people 1t is Nith peculiar pleasure that welcome you. the president of our
 mon republic te the hest state and among inc most hnspitHhlc and loyal people that tod Al mleEty ; sun today shines npon.
 The president of the United States is not only thus heartily received by the wholc pco- ni" ef this state, bHt he. sir. will he uniformly SD welcomed throughout the sunny south. than whom nowhere exists people who by inherit ance ard culture are more generous. nor. in derd. who possess superior loyalty to our eaufHaau flag. more devoted fo constitu- tonal government, as understood and designed hy the fathers.
 Nlr President il would probably he amiss at this time 10 delay your address. for which this vast throug Is impatient by recital of | tho mriyaled march which this state. and the whete south. has achieved and is achieving. atorg lines of material deFelenmeat- Justice. sir, ta simpi" truth in this regard could not he accomplished in tho single day that Fou hava allotted Indeed Mr President. if yor will permit ta say this much and sHv il without laudatiau. tlat our farms and
 ntiHtzs. orchards, timhsrs and mauufse= teries our diversified industries, our great rail WHt< and great and growing rities. aye. The wuolc daily life of an tntelgeutly indnSiliou. people. were the time propttieus To truly uH- fold ti4S marvellous stary la you. reared. as you have been. yodr cXeellehtv. in that part of. | oar eaiaHry where f take, all summer tp thnw l eut from thr ieeles which imprisnu fa
 winter touf qualification and ainaNneHt would
 Arkansas Citizenship
 am especially pleased to HlYako 3our in= tntfseuf attention tp fha iHermparable eittz
 z"pship If this state. lt fs unfortunate that occasional FeWs writers md agents of eHFieuS localities WheSf population k being drawn hitIar have attempted ta put us before the
 world fa egr dispara geutzt .:ut these de ] s.fFI4 4H#4 IlH- ffs
 ai~ ts aur possibilities. And today. un
 seetian of the Union eln sNeei the people of A"saHsaS in whatever eIemeltsZ thHt assufe the
 b"st iH eitzeuship Churches and free schools.
 colleges and academies. where White and black alike. in their separate institutions. arc sup pprted WistiutinGly and Wi8h lavish hHud. Let | but be true ta my pe2ple Alr. President. for whatever has beau falsety said eontrariwiSe. no people are more affeetianafelv attached ta morality. relicien and education; in no section of thr country. absolutely excepting none. is the love If law and order morr characteristic uf fine inhabitants. And while his is the fact. sir still il is but frnuknesS tb refer te spa radif troubles directly f"ferabe fa the vicious i element of inferior race among These extraordinary and rcvaitiH4 crimes are heal. fheir true natGre Is well understood by the bet | fer rlHss of negroes. and alI eeacnr in the be lief that the southern Nhfrs. the real friend, of Hue It gro in his appropriate sphere. should
 hn uuhHdered ia their Wise and reSolute pur=
 pose To snlNe the veNiug problem none other
 eaa far the best interests of both races
 Sir. fer myself and oil behalf 0f our people permit me In express feeling of gladness that | our president has hdn0rpd fine south hY coming i among HS by miugliuc with and partakiug i of hospitality. Iu Il nest respectful spirit.
 sir. hrt prrsuminE upon Snur we'll known defne= crat.c habits. trust that may venture the hope, 1fth6ut uuseemliness that your present tour will afford the means of greatly enlarging
 and hrftering Your information of the southern peaplc That this k also the hope of your ex- ettleneF, 1 haVe ID doubt. Learn, sir of our hospitality. of our ineomparable progress. of | our support of law and attachment La Loyalty and justiee: learn of our unfaltering self-re- ' sIfr r1g frrpIr uEfa
 ancestry, who while thcy loved peace would fight the drop of hat. in defense of home or country. of this not Your exeelency. but only strangers to our history. might require
 substautiation. To them would say that the
 valiant sons of the south have stood for their
 counfrv In every conflict in which her armies have been employed. Who is there to gainSay that they were the mainstay Of Washington, enduring uncomplainingly all the hardships of the revolution? They at Buena Vista and rallied around Jackson at New Orleans. An. Mir President. many of them were at the fore front with the Rough Riders ' and I expect yea and old Joe Wheeler were made to feel
 mighty gead the southern boys set up 'the rebel yell at San Juan Hill. And some of the sons of Dixie-I nm informed. goodly mum hei- rallied ta "od Jo' far previous oeca- sion when. modest old eX-Cenfederatp has put +. the south wore herself out whip ping the Yankees pon that occasion, yoHr eNcellency. as upon all others. our people, act | ing upon the right they saw fl. but Illus trntiug the nyinciblc spirit of the American citizen Sodicr-they themselves did enough
 hard fighting to whip the combined imperial
 armies of Russia and Japan; formidable fact. should a foreign power hethink to Just war against the now united armies of this
 unconquerod republic! Happily. however your
 recent good offices looking ta the now accom- plishcd results in the far east while vouch- s1flrg to the nation the blessings of God upon
 ''the peartmaker, at the same time Illustrates
 not only the words which eharactrrize Wash ington hui less the spirit of all our people
 first in HeUcei' Hut. sir. they have been
 and will be first in WAT, if WAT shall ever
 become necessary to maintain tho honor. or
 pretret the constitution af tho republic
 Mr President. you must be sensible from
 these hrnry demonstrations that the people
 are welcoming yon to this state. This vast
 cnRe"urse attestS nur sincerity. Here VOL.
 president. among friends the ehivalrous
 manhoed and par excellence womauheod of
 southern state, sir. while you not find another state quito good. regards material
 advancement. Your Itinerary to the gulf will bring 5ou at every stcp in eoutact with the
 same noble. generous, law. abiding. God fearing reorlo
 Governor Discusses Lynohing.
 Sir. charitable and indulgent as we have ever heeu to inferior race. chccrfully con
 tawHrd their material and moral hettermcnt
 still. if the brutal criminals of that few In comparison. lay uuholy hands upon our fair daashters, nature is so riven and shocked that
 the dire compact produces social cataelysn.
 often in It's terrific sweep far beyond the ut
 most counter efforts of all civil power But let t be said, Mir. President. here and now. and my observations he attestcd. sincerely and tlnthfully, hy tho many respectable negroes here present. that these occasional outbreaks
 of summary justice. unlawful and universally condemned. are by no means the fruits of race ennltN The negro. as race. has com plant. can have none. justly, against his white
 friends of the south. To fully realize my words you have but to hear their preachers. their bishops and their learned men iterate and rcitrrate to them the very forms which | em- ploy. l make no excuses. do l attempt to
 nalltate the crime of him who would take the law iRtu his hands. The civil powers
 throughout the south faithfully meeting
 this condition with every means at their com mand Nor do l at all doubt that the efforts thai have been nut forth in this behalf have tended 10 rcduee this crime in full proportion as like efforts against other crimes in other sections of our country have tended to reduce those crimes Sir human passions wrought into cNcesses by most grcvous and revoltng crimes against female purity. the the world over. if there true manhood has a representative or virtue a worshipcr. To the father. the husband the brother. suddenly be- holding the fresh marks nt the brutal clutch. seeing the tender. trembling flesh and listening with swelling bosom and shortening breath to the agonizing story of the frcnzied victim. it Is vain ta plead for abstract justice or talk law. Moreover. sir this crime. fearful as it is, is in n" sense pccuiHr to these states. If there have been more instances in this partlcu- lar section of the Union. We have nlso by far the greater proportion of negro population; gtv- ing to us. too. far the larger number of well disposed. self-rpsnecttng and law abiding grocs and. sir, he it said in their behalf that claSs of citizens are quicker to condemn more ready punish not only as n crime against society nt large. but as peculiarly crime against their own race. the brutal assaul upon female virtue.
 Again Mir. President. welcome you to the paragon southern state. Unfortunately for ns yonr solourn will be far too short and too hur ried te enable you to carry back Washington more than passing glance You behold it Is true our beautiful capital city and witness from the thousands who greet you, earnest of the thrift greatness and beauty which lie beyond the view yet. sir. it is to be reflected that Arkansas. much of it.. lies be- yond Our prolific domain lies on the west and north by Indian Territory and Missouri with Tennescc the enst and on the south with the great states of Louisiana and Texas. Why Mfr President, while my observations are mt ha yharo hoe