Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-25
GOD and SOUTHERN WHITE
man TO SETTLE RACE ISSUE
Reviews Part That Tennessee and the
South Have Taken in National A.
fairs and Predicts Bright Future for
y Great Mississippi Valley.


Governor Joseph w. Folk, of Missou-
ri. native Tennessean, spoke as fol-
lows at the Home coming" this after
noon:
occasions such as this emphasize |
how closely the states of this union |
are Joined together in blood and in |
interest. For when Tennessee says,
Come Home" the response comes
from Missouri, Texas, Arkansas and
score of other states. The people OF
Tennessee came chiefly from North
Carolina and Virginia; the people OF
Missouri mainly from Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Virginia and Illinois. Texas
is made up of Tennesseans and Mis-
sourians. The new state of Oklahoma
is composed largely of Tennesseans
and Missourians. Missouri, the grand
daughter of Virginia, is herself, the
mother of the West. And so 1t is the
states of the American union are now
one family united by the ties of kin
ship and interest, and Joined by patri-
oiic bands to common country The
achievements of one are the common
81 ~ of all. Those of us who have
wandered away from the scenes of
childhood have found this to be true
good people are the same every
Where and bad people are alike wher-
ever they may be found. Here in the
oid home state we love and admire
the leople for their sturdy honesty
and sterling characteristics. In the
great state of Missouri, where many
RpNs.uve, the people are hig',
- mobile, who honor virtue
~ God, and their character
$780, c1nded on the rock of prin-
t:iple [, 4nsmitted to them from thei
fathers. Go to the East or North,
and one will find the same true hearts
and patriotic souls. Some are Ten.
nesseaHs, some are Missourians, some
: Dexa ns-all are Americans. In all oi
the states manhood is the only patent
of mobility and honest blood is royal
picod. 1t does not matter so much
whore man is born as what he IL
III the lines of Kipling;
"There is neither East nor West; Dor
der nor birth
When two strong men stand face r.
face, tho they come from the
ends of the earth
From many lands and climes, aL(
from foreign cities and distant states
the sons of Tennessee have gathere,
and beneath the same sunny skia
that frightened the footsteps of on
youth, we meet again. 1t was Gus
tom among some of the ancient
when a colony was to be founded, 7
carry. fire to them from the mothe
-.aild and with it to kindle the altar
Yof the new country. We have carrie
no outward symbol to the four qua
tiers of the globe, but in our hearts W
have nurtured and will carry so Ion
as life shall last the fires of civ
honor and love of country, of fortitud
and patriotic devotion. With that III
burning in his heart, Tennessee ser
forth the gallant Houston to do bait
FLOR the independence of Texas. The
THE peerless Davy Crockett took wit
8 him that same fire, and with it bla
ing at the Alamo showed the worl
that most sublime spectacle of her
ism in the annals of history. To II
music of the song;
"up with your banner, Freedom, I'll
companions cling to thee
They'll follow where you lead 'em,
death or victory"
they fought and died. Thermopyls
had three survivors; the Alamo lie
none. But the spirit of the Alan
has gone marching on and has b
ome the spirit that is leading Amei
forward to greater things.
IL was with this fire in the
breasts, Old Hickory Jackson ana B