The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-04-17

During the latter part of March, DR..
. G. X. Marshall, of Vicksburg So
= journcdin the city of brothcrly love. Of
course they drew him out on the sub
iect which northern philanthrophy
, and northern political economy al
ways considers pre-eminent. DR.. Mar
shall properly recognized as an in
telligent and progressive Southern
man, and what he has to say on pub
lie questions commands an audience
from both sides. On Saturday even
ing, March 9th, the Pennsylvania col
ODization society rendered a reception
to him in the parlOrs of the Colorado,
and he gave, at their solicitation, in-
formation concerning the wrongs per-
petrated upon de'enseless Sambo. On
the Sunday following he delivered a
sermon on the same subject which
the Enquirer reports rs follows:
From Philadelphia Enquirer March 80.
Rev. c. X. Marshall. d. D., of Missi>sip-
pi, delivered an able and exhaustive address |
last evening in the Arch street Methodist |
Church on the above subject. He gave an |
interesting account of the colorcd race in |
the South after the war. That they would |
ultimately be able to take care of them |
selves he thought could not be doubted |
but when the war ended they were not in |
a condition to dOso TherOnly ideas were
that they were to dominate and to predom-
mate over the Caucasian race, and the lib
erty meant license. Freedom they under
stood as a patcnt-right to do as they pleas
ed, and any remOnstrance for irrcgularity
of life, even in the coniugal relations,
whether coming from whites or one of
themselves, was answered with the indig-
nant exclamation, "Am not free ?!
To the Caucasians this eXaltation of the
inferior race was humiliatng, IL well aS
incOnvcnent Had the South conquered |
and treated the North in similar way
Philadelphia would have been up in arms
protesting against the shocking cnOrmity
the negroes supposed that they were all TO
be enriched that they were to have lands, !
the money, the houses, the wives and
daughters of their former masters, even '
going so far as to divide the spoil, 10y '
agreement among themselves beforehand. q
10 all this there were some noble cNcrp- i
tiOnS. .
The Legislature of Mississippi was at {
lnc time composed Of a majority of me- |
sIbtSs L ne Nlltdktl wa Il Ht4Its anu llt ] I
vas superior to most men in the House. II
When the session was -oyCr both parties 4
oined i'm a vote of thanks to him. But i'm II
many cases men were put into office. ne :
-rOes and carpet-baggerS. who would have q
'een a disgrace to any wel-regulated PEN "
tentiary. When the Southern Christians b
and the Southern wOrldlings de- h
ended themselves with the strong hand a o
~ was raised in the North that the ne Ii
rOeS were being prosecuted. "
Among the Southern cUlored people any / v
Nv fellow who had gift Of the gab could N
nt up A. a preacher. With no education in
nd no church authority. or even conncc- 70
on, such pcddlcrs of religion circulated
trough the country, leading. for the most
art, irregular If not abandoned lives
Ow and then one Of them would get HIM
If shot i'm bar room row. aud then the
orthern press raised wall over him ~
he had really been q worthy. sincere.
nj hard working minister Of the Gospel Ia
he speaker hoped that the people Of the n;
orih would remember that the SOUTH -
nrrs were their brothers. their kiu,man. "a
Icir sisters. their cousins and their amniS. al
nj would make allowance for them bv re- IN
citing what would be their own feeling 70
the dregs Of society were suddenly Put
,oye them.
A. for race preiudices they were a thou
nd fold stronger in the North than in the e
,uth. In neither had the negro a path he
zen to his higher destiny, II they re- =