Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-17
A FERGUS FALLS SENSATION.


Il COl0red Nan Marrtes White Girl Much
to the Disgust OF Everybody.
To the Editor of the Daily Globe:
Our quiet Western village is not without
its occasional sensation, and the form in
which it came last night quite surpassed
anything of former days.
The event which has so set the whole COM
munity agog, afording abundant material
for street and indoor gossip, was the mar
riage of negro to white girl, both resi-
dents of this town. The negro, Prince
Honeycut, came to this place some six years
ago as the protege of Capt. James Compton,
cashier of the First National bank, and an
active church and Sunday school worker.
The girl belongs to a respectable family in
this county, and the marriage bells strike
upon their ears like death knell. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr..
Brecount, a Methodist minister, at the house
of the groom's foster-father, Capt. Comp
ton.
All measures that could be peaceably used
were resorted to by the sister and brother
in-law Of the bride to prevent the marriage,
but it seems that the religious sentiment of
the village was in favor of the event; and
that sentiment to-day must be held account
able for the most revolving and dis
gushing chapters in the history of
this community. The parents of the
woman have not yet learned of the occur
ance, but no words can picture the feelings
of the girls brother-in-law, while the sister
is reported, at this writing, as lying insen
sible from the shock occasioned by the dis,
grace to which she felt herself brought by
the action of her sister. But the entreaties
and sobs of these relatives were powerless
to touch the heart of the negro's friends
who have since declared that had an attemp1
been made to prevent the marriage, the per
son interfering would have been met with {
shot gun. The grief of these relatives a
this living death forms picture in strong
contrast to those pious souls who clasp thei
hands in prayerful thankfulness that TIN
equality of Gods creatures has in this even
been recognized.
Any teaching which sanctions this DISCUS
is pernicious in it's effects, and as baleful i,
it's influence as the advocacy of the most vii
and unnatural lusts. And if it be the teach
ing of the church God hasten the reforma
ton of that church, The encouragement o
: the event was but the encouragement of tn
most horrid and CHASTITY form of legitimize'
. concupiscence; and the victim had bette
far, be held in the embrace and crawled owe
by the no less odious and much more natura
vermin of the grave.
$ It is not question of sentiment, but
! question of the degradation or elevation o
the human stock, and no maudlin sentimer
tally can relieve the occurrence or its dis
graceful nature and degrading tendencies.
q Aside from it's serious aspect, the atfai
has its humorous appearance. Some teri
e it wedding in high life;" others, sit is
e move to secure the colored VOTE" Will
n some say the thing was encouraged with
e view to an increase of the Republican major
: ity in this county. The latter view is hardl
= probable, foa it is immediate voters'' thu
y the promoters look and long for.
"All's well that ends WELL" but we fes
: that the principals to this affair will not iv
e long enough to witness the end of their foo
! ish step. FOREIGNER.
! Fergus Falls, July Is, 1873.