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Show MISSISSIPPI ORATORY. Jasper county has been noted for the high grade of eloquence produced by the public men of that part of Mississippi. An apppal to the "mighty men of Jasper," made by one of that county's great men when a candidate to the voters who elected him, is ns follows: "Mighty men of Jasp?r! If I ran be instrumental in tho hands of my people in' adding a fev jewels to those that now shine in imperishable luster on the queenly brow of our proud commonwealth, whose associated asso-ciated radiance, like the lambent beauty of the stars, is to guide the footsteps of her children along the paths of peace and prosperity, security se-curity and happiness, I shall then have accomplished tho ambition of my life." Mobile Register. |