American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-15
From the N. o. Pcayune
Rev, Charles K. Marshalls Lecture.


From the N. o. Picayune.
Rev, Charles K. Marshalps Lecture.
This gentleman so well known and SO
highly appreciated as an able minister of
the Methodist Church South. and as a
brilliant orator. delivered lecture last
evening in Odd Fellows Hall to crowd
Cd assemblare. We should Judge there
were |, 500 persons present, large num-
hor Of whom were ladies'. The utmost
o,aer silence and decorum prevailed.
Dr. Palmer, Rev. J, B. Walker and 9th
ers were present ard took part in the
services. The years that have passed
since we last saw Mr., Marshall have rest
ed lightly on him, and the fatigues and
lobors Of war-the defence Of Vicksburg,
the attention to the sick and dying in
many field and camp, and other labors
in which he has been engaged as minister,
annear TO have left no traces on him.
/ The immediate object Of the lecture
anneared to be to show the hand of God
in history, and that though the prayers OF
so MANY had not been answered IN refer
arce 10 the late civil war in the manner
thew had expected, yet they should not
y, that account lose confidence in God.
For one, he had always believed slavery
to be righl; that it elevated the negro
Rut now that it was gone, he would not
store it if be could The white people
If the South would now go to work them
selves; they would develop the great re-
sources of their loved land; they would
ascertain and develop its treasures Of
coal and oil; would make their own shoes,
agricultural implements and such other
things as they needed. and not buy them
from the North; and the time might ye
come when aboliuonism rage and tanan
c,sm would be cursed at the North, a
he cause of the ruin of Boston, Lowel.
and other places which had thTven il
the manufacture of such things as wer'
needed at the SouIh; and that an arts
mioht vet stand on Bunker Hill ant
sketch the ruins of that city, which hat
been the cradle Of aboitonism. His pic
ture of the faithfulneSs Of many negroe
to their mas'ers-how they had with bin
watched around the dying bed of thel
wounded maslers-how, at one time, tn
ladies of his own household were left i
the midst Of twenty thousand negroe
was most touching. "God bless tn
E time, good African slave" said he; h
, has no better friend than the Souther
, people, among whom lie was raised, an
= he is beginning to find it out He show
5 ed that before tie war the people all,
E use homely expression, put all theI
eggs into one basket; all capital was II
vested in cotton sugar, rice or tobacco
It But now it would be changed. The az
e count be gave Of the Virginia ladies WI
}, one of the most eloquent things we ev'
= heard and several anecdotes, especial
+ one of a gray haired aged man. OF
winters, riding amidst storm Of EulIe
:, encouraging his men, were very impress
/, i've; and bis remarks about "oId tath'
C Johnson, the ablest man who bad ev
:, sat in the Presidential chair since Il
Q DAYS of George Washington" were r
$ ceiyed by the audience With cheer
# "Bat the dead" said he, "shaII we 10
it oct them-lhe wounded, the manned II
y halt, the cripple; are they to be torgo
IS temp / want to raise $1,000 to~nlg
e for these" He called on several Of o.
:. well known citizens who were to receI
the offerings Of the assembly, for Il
e purpose of attending to the demands
. those deserving objects, and we sincere
=, hope the amount realized was larg
y, Unlike so many others, Mr.. Marshall at
s his confrere, a gentleman from Virgin
: are giving their entire time and labor
d the good cause and without remuneraiio
May we hope our citizens will resPor
n worthy of the high character our CT
c bears for works Of charity and benev
0 lence.
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o The PREs1DENT's SPEECH ENDORSED.