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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-07-11
Collector Hillsman Takes Charge.

Nashville Banner.
Internal Revenue Collector j. T.
Hillsman took charge of his Office at
9 o'clock this morning. There was
very little formality about the mat
ter. Mr.. Hillsman stepped in and
hung his hat and coat in the corner
and Mr.. A. M. Hughes, Jr., walked
out. Three or four of Mr.. Hillsman's
political admirers called to pay their
respects during the forenoon. A
Banner reporter called at noon and
found Mr.. Hillsman doubly engaged
in writing a letter and telling a fun
ny story to Representative Sadler, of
Robertson county. In the stamp de-
partment the reporter saw Mr.. ThOs.
G. Cox, whom everybody likes, hard
at work copying an official paper.
Mr.. Cox is the only one Of the new
appointees present and at work. The
Others will probably enter upon the
discharge of their duties tomorrow.
Mr.. Hillsman's first official act was
to appoint John Stewart a deputy
collector of the fifth district to be sta
toned at Springfield, Robertson
county.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-07-11

Buy your Fruit Jars from Frank
MadduX. MasOn's Jars at Sl.3j and
$l.6j per dozen.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-07-11
Sale.

a young cow with first calf.
4. G. BEECH.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19

borst $4,000 Srs., I'M bic Soften teS
gaues elmer &ir@e unb elmer Wafsrlek
tuns Su beden.
Im %. &priI sinsen 4 Stdae un6
bic S9eune bes 6ofmanns Hs. Slinaer
uon 9luteI : bas in 6lammen auf. gI5
oas in Ser Rdbe befinblide @obn6aus bes
6entners Noel fling Seusr uno lpar6 in
af9e selest. Die gerlute b~etrusen 24,s
900 6rs.
@m %. @priI brannten in einem
Eannenseb0l3 bes Gisentbimers s. g.
26onarbp pom Mou9es BET gouiuon seuer
aus uno leste einen 9eftur finfidbrisen
8aIbes nieber.
Us limb e%rnannt worben im
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mar9e:
Gum S~iirssrmsiiter pon gpe, Ser 3.
gecomte, pom &eubsur Ssrr SCUBA. Gu
S9offen BON GREECE 9err 9. Oelneupiue,
BON @ranSm6nil Serr g. Soifer unb g.
.. @rosnaro, uon Sotton SEER s. M6s
mage, BON Mar9e lDerr s. 6enroh, porr
Baba Serr 6. Sci une unb 5. g. De-
tronr.
Nrronbtiemen Heuf9ateau.
Gum Sdrsermsiiter BON Gbanlp 6err 8.
Wabp, pom Qomprs, 6err q. &emp, pos
Noirefontaine Serr s. 9. Mernp, DOE
Vesqueuiae Serr g. s. Ysraur, pon Giprp
9srr 6. Srahsur. gu S96ifen uon Sers
beumont ST.. s. s.. Sdcques uno 6. 9ots
ion, BON ct. Marie 6r. s. @reiIe, uous
Surp 5r. 6. 2anotte @iaet uao s. gots
Iisnon.
arronbiiemen 9 a It osne.
gu S9Sffen pom gopignp bic Serrem
5. 9iuaume nnb s. 90. 8saupaiu.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Sirton.
Gum S@6ffen pom Sermes Ssrr s. 9.
Yerin.
gtptIffanb Der Sta6t MrIon.
9etratben. -gom 7. @priI: 8.
8. Nsenpt nit MoeIine Wearie Matbien;
pom g.: g. W. u. S. @srarSon mit
Gath. 2eieune; pom H.: 81. 5abed NIT
nit 81. l1rtb unb s. Clement NIT Wars.
Osder.
EobesfdIIe. = Som 80: Inna
Miuer, 40 Sabre aft, sbsIos; pom 49,:
Sen. Sos, So Sabre alt, Satin Don Gerf
gb.. gen. Ilfonis; Barbara, gen. Natbae
lie NaRosne, % Sabre alt, g6ssattin uou
Sr. Hcel.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19

2uremburg. Im %. Ipril lief
Der Sunb bes Metsers g. Oiti3 aus
@run, nit benz @dselben, auf wsldem
elm Ralb lag BON 6eti3enboi bur9. Ser
9unS ~saIoppirte nun ben Berg binunter
sesen bas Grierer Ebor, no pieIe 8inber
ipieIten. Der bort wobnenbe Sdmieo
&uppert'9 atto ersriff i9neI einen Sanbs
tarren unb periperrte ben Wes. Beibe
Gabrssuse sertrammerten, Sunb unb 9aIb
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19

aufssfabrt perben unb binnen Sabresfrif
pollsnoet ieiu. Ole Soften iin6 aui $40,
900 usranidIast.
Oi6eefe IIton.
9m 20. april wsibte Der bo6u'ite gi
Idol SaItes sa Moutt Sterling. Die meme
i'm eotbiibeu Stple, einfnd nnb out &c:
balte Rirde Der beuti3en fatbol. @emeins
DC eiu.
0t6ccie Beoriu.
Sic nene aatbcSrale, beren gau jebt in
Qnsriif senommeu wiro, ioa cine 2dnst
pom l65 SUB. cine Sreite pom 80 SUB unt
eineu 200 SUP bobeu Sbnrm erbalter unS
aus Saus unb 8nditcin se6aut perSen,
fin beren 9ieferurs i'm greiie pom $40 600
Gin Contract absei@Ioiien porosn lit.
Oi6ceie @reenbap.
IN Scar Greef, 8aupaca &c., wirt
segenudrtig cine i9oue neue Rir9e sebdut.
OaS 6unoamsnt lit bereits selegt, uub
wsnn Ser gau 10 raid mie bisber forti6rei
tet, 10 miro beriel6e bis gum Monat Iu>
quit 10 melt fsrtis seiteut iein, SaB er Dem
gOttesoienitIi9eu @ebrau9e ~i5erse6en
psrben tann.
Ipo1olii9es yteariat Oa:
fota.
Im B. Sreiialtissiunntag wirb in griss
bin, Sarboru &c., Oatota, oas erite Sod:
amt-uu4 bas erlte in SanbOrn County
celeb int.
@uSfano.
Ser Cardinal. Yitar bon &oH bat im
Muftrase bes beilisen SaterS neuerbinss
ofIentli9 segcn baS pom 8rdfsttsn Der
Stabt srsanssne 0erbot, bic ;u ben 8rans
fen setrasene FL. @es,ebruns in feierli@er
BroSeiiion gu be9!eiten, protetirt. Oas
Terbot bsbeutet in Der Sbat cine birette
gsrIssuns Der bur9 bic 8~erfaiiuns ses
wabrleiiteten@ swilIensfreibsit unb seist pom
neuem bic llnbaltbarteit Der bsitebenben
3ultdnbe. gs IdBt iih, iast Der vWtoni'
teur be Hom" nur ersldren aug benz 0aB
sesen bic &ir1e unb aus BENT Strsben,
bieie unS bas Bapiftbum gu uernidtem.
Nu9 bic tatboliidsn 8ersiue Gom's babsu
sssen bic 8erfisuns YrOteit erbOben.
Sic Grms1 Der staSt Neapsl unb melt
barber binaus = idreibt man Der y&6In.
9. :Sta." = betrauern ben Cob :bres uns
psrseBlibcu Woblt5dters, bes Sransistds
~nerpatsrs 2ubopico oa gaioria. Die from.
men Stiftunsen, bic 4 in europa unb
@frita sur 0inSerung ieopsoet Dirt msnid.
Ii6en @lenbss ms 1eben seruien, ueroen
iein anoenfen nod LANCE erbaltsn. Sn
Heapel erri6tste er elm Spital FIR erfrantte
Yrisiter uno M0n9e. gu wieberboIten
WfaIen bsiu6te er afrita, uon no er ressls
mdBi9 cine Geibe Mobrenfinber mitbradte,
welde In benz pon inn in Heapel 9s9riin.
beteu ,,Collegio del Moretti" (Wobrens
NipD .untsrridt .uno Iusbilouus empfins
gen. Oas aipl liest on sinem Der reisenos
ten Yuntte Nsapels, unpeit Der bsribmten
Stride ct. Wartin. auf ienem Siigel, an
weldsn Die StaSt Ii9 anlsbnt. 0eim Nuss
bru1 Der Gbolera 1854 CAB ct a9tbunoert
&inbern Mufnabme IN benz uon inn erri1-
teteu Soipital. Sn Sorrent rief CT cine
Idsrbaui9uls, in aiiiii cine 9lnifalt fir
Saubitumme ms 2ebsn. gin benz BesrGbs
nib nabmeu GbsiI Ser SpnSicus unb Der
Stabtrutb uon Reapel, Der Cardinal grs:
bii9of unb aGe iibrissn Notabeln seiits
liben unb weltliden Stanbes. Die Oiients
li9eu gldtter auer Yarteien ~feierten ben
armen M0n9, benz es se!unsea, 10 piel
Glsno gu. liabern. unb p%erIansten bic Ssis
istuns Ser 9ei3e auf ienem Tbsile bes
Sriebbofes, welder fir bas BesrdbniB bers
uorrasenber DISQUALIFICATION bsitimmt lit.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19
2mrembursii6es aus Yelsien,

3u aps, Bel Iurds, 1T tiirslid elm
i90ner Sannenwalo, wobl 4 Seftare
srOB, benz Srn. SOnbomms Suseborenb,
absebrannt.
Ole @emetnbe TIorenptIIe
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19
Sir&fi&e 2%lenigReitem.
Snlano.

Grsbi6eeie YbiIabeIpbia.
Ser budtp'ite Grsbii6of Gpau BAT, ais
Serwalter Der peri9ieSsnen fir9Ii9sn 9lns
italten Der gr3bi6,eie, bereitS teitamsnta:
ride Yermi1tni6e bss per torbsnsn Dan:
quisrs unb W%iuionairs Srancis u. Orerel
gum 8etra9e pon $40, 600 ausbeSablt err
balten. Serr Orsrel bat betanntlid ans
seorbnet, bab, mad @b,us GINGER fleines
rem Yaar:G ermd1tniRe, elm 3ebntel ieines
(auf 10 Miuionen Dollars seiddsten)
8srmSsens ben BON ibm nambaft sema9s
ten fatbolii9en &ir9sn, llntsrri9tss uno
@obltbdtisteits: glnitaltsn ii~berpieien wers
ben iou. Mande rsi9e Ratboliten ioIten
fi6 baran elm Beiipiel nebmen. rOas 1T
elm i1le9tes Geitament", iast cardinal
Manmins, has ni@t @Ott unter ben grs
ben nit aufiibrt."
grsbi6cee so iIwautee.
Gle columbia" beri9tet: Der bod.
piirbisits Ssrr Sii9of Slai9 wirb sessn
gnbe bisies Mouats Yrairie bu Gbisn be-
iu1en uno bort bic giumsibung bss neuen
@ebdubss Ses pon ben beutl6en Seiuitens
patrss seleiteten 9ers : Seiu sGoIesiums
pornebmen.
gr3btSceie Marquette.
Sie oeutideu Satbolifen gu Sancod,
Mi9.. wsl9e tart senus an 3abl iinS, UNI
cine cine siaens @smsin6s su bilbsn, wers
ben bsmnadit cine Stride bauen unb baben
az benz gnbe bereits einen Uauplas gum
preiie BON $4,000 Sstauft.
grsbt6eeieMew 0ort.
Scr fiir;lid Deriiorbeue Senrp Mc'
Glostep, Der friber In Nsp Yort wobns
BAIT mar, bat in isinsm Tsitamente benz
@aiienbauie unb ben Little Sisters of
the poor" an 8uibmid 4penue unb Gbsits
nut: Strabe ie $1,000, benz ct. Marp's
Soipital an Deans traBe $4,000 unb benz
ct. Marp'S 9oipital on Marts @usnue
$21 600 perma4t.
DtSeefe Oetroit.
Die franSUfIden 9atboliiea in Detroit
bausn al Der gde Der Sil. Sorts unb Der
Dubois Strabe cine sweits &ir9e, mel9e
benz 81. Soa9im seweibt werben ioa. Oas
ueue @ottssbaas lou im romanii@eu StpIs
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19
s uxem6 s.
8ereiniste Staaten.

SerrS $. g. Saminet 1T pom Stabt:
ratb in Monrce Midisan gum Stabt; @n:
malt sewdblt worben. Seim formeueu
Ballot erbielt 6r. Saminet 8, iein Sppo'
nent Sobn SiQmeier BLOB 9 Stimmsn.
Wir sratuiiren unierem seiddsten HTreunbe
gu Der mobluerbienten 8abl. Ct wirt
bas Amt riibmlid psrmalten.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19
gorrefponbens
6ente Dir, muraen mir

,Yereint i'm @laubsn, usrsint i'm Eobs
weroen mir uns pieberieben."
Seute, Mittwo9, ben Is. Mai, NOR;
gems 8 llbr, peri9ieb, psrieben nit ben 81.
Saframenten, In Sometoun, Yrown gouns
tp, Minnslota, i'm glitter pon A Sabrsn,
Oominit Bertrand, sebiirtia su Sberanusn,
0ursmburg. - Der geriforbsne bintsr.
ldst feline 5rau, seborene Maria Soif:
mann, sebiirtis aus S0uinsen. 9uremburs.
adt unminbiss 8iuoer, 9ater, Mutter
unb 7 @eIdmiiter, aue aniaBis in GONE:
town. = @laubiser 9eisr. UNI elm titles,
anbd4tisss Batter Infer" gum Seile ieiner
Seele bittst
OteTamiIie.
Su Oregon, Osle Co., Sas., itarb
am Sorntas, ben 20. Mdrs, plOsIi6, obns
peitsre Insei9en elmer &rantbeit, I'M III:
ter pom SO Sabren, bo9seebrt uon allen,
Die i'm fanntsn, Sobn Yoif. @is nj,
uniern 9eiern mittbeiltsn, feisrts bsrs
ieIbe tir,lid feline qolbsne So1seit.
Der Ysritorbsne marble Su Oregon bon
&su. &uuslase auf benz @ottesader be,
@emsinbe bs9raben. Yof, pom Yrofsi:
iion Elm 6ifer, mar sebiirtis NJ Bed, in
Der @eneinoe @eleniteiu. M0se sr rui
ben in Srieben!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-05-19
DiScee Oetroit.

Die fran36fiden &atbolifea in Detroit
bausn al Der gde Der Sitl. Sorts unb Der
Dubois Strabe cine sweits &ir9e, mslde
Dem 81. Soa9im seweibt werben ioa. Oas
neue @ottssbaus lou im romanii@en StpIs
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01
A REPLY.

In the Parkersburg Daily Journal
Of August 6, appeared quite lengthy
criticism, in which the editor brandish-
es the party CAD most unsparingly
over the brow of one of the editors of
this paper, because of an article which
we published in our July issue under
the caption Of Through Colored
Spectacles,
Now, we have too much faith in the
integrity of the Journals editor, to
say that when he knowingly misrep
resented our position, that he evident
W had a purpose other than the high
est good to all classes of citizens ir-
respective of color or nationality, for
we know Editor White, only as a
liberal minded gentleman, a radical
republican and brilliant scholar; so
high is his standing as an editor,
that when in his presence we feel as
though we were pygmy standing in
the shadow of a giant.
But for reasons best known to him
self he assumes for us q position
which the most forced construction
Of our language would not admit of,
when he says the burden of our arti--
Gle is to the effect that the colored
people do not owe their allegiance to
the republican party, and that the
colored voter should support only
those men who represent principles,
the race issue being paramount to all
others Now any one who has taken
the pains to read our article must see
that we said no such thing, that we
meant no such thing. He names
three things here, none of which
were under discussion, viz: Allegi-
ance to the republican party, princi-
piles, (other than those enunciated by
the noble mon which he names) and
the race issue.
But when the able editor uses our
language to prove that we were at
tempting to show that the cozored peo-
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01
The High School is a good test of

The High School is good test of
the relative appreciation of the col
ored people for educational advan-
tages. There will be about 100 pu-
pills in the white High School when
it opens in September, and 225 in the
colored. That number has applied
and been admitted
Washington is city of 100000
inhabitants, one-third Of whom are
colored. Now when you remember
that the wealth Of the whites isimore
than ten times that of the colered,
and, therefore, their ability to give
their children High School course
much greater, the number Of color
ed pupils as compared to the whites
is significant of their appreciation.
The pay Of Teachers in Washing
ton is also very good. The prici-
pals pay of the white High School
is $2,250; of the colored, 81 800; of
the Assistants in the High Schools,
the males receive 81 500, and the fe-
males, $1,000 The Principals of
the Grammar Schools get from
ST. 900 to 81 500, and the Assistants,
5000, $40, $720, and so on down to
$500 year according to the grade
they teach.
You can thus readily see that 155
colored teachers employed at sala-
ry from 81 800 year, down to $500
must enable the colored people to
live comparatively well, and must
gather here the ablest colored talent
from all parts of the country, as
good teachers are accepted from any
State they may choose to come.
The consequence is that the color
ed society Of Washington has long
been noted for it's culture and high
tone.
The question is not exhausted by.
any means, but must not trespass
further on your columns.
Yours truly,
f. L. CARDoZo.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01

Sherman, Grant and Logan, who
were ably assisted, and it shall not be
forgotten by such noble representa-
tives of the Negro race as Douglass,
Langston, Downing, Poindexter, Ell
hot, Rainey, Cain and host of others.
Do not attempt to crush the Negro
by obstructing the current Of thought.
You can't rise while you hold him
down for he is determined to rise
with you. We both belong to great
party, one which can afford to be Sc
verely criticised, but which cannot
afford to be unjust. And being what
we are from principle, in the lam
guage of the good booE (do you ever
read it?) Let there be, I pray thee,
no strife between me and thee, and
between my herdsmen and thy herds
men, for we are republican, brethren,
j. L. c.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01

Very many have famines because
they do not learn a lesson from JOS
eph in Egypt, and in the. years of
plenty lay up some corn for the
years in which there shall be no har-
vest. They do not look ahead.
They eat at once all they have in
hand, and if tomorrow does not
bring a new supply they go to bed
supperless. Now, it is part of the
duty of to-day to remember that
there probably will be tomorrow,
and that to-day is the time to get
ready for it. No man should live up
to his entire income, no matter how
small it is. From every days re-
ceipts he should lay aside even lit
tie to meet the.wants of those days
in which he shall have no receipts.
If he is getting only seventy five
cents in cash, his outlay of cash
should be only sixty. True it is
that at this rate his preparation
for "a rainy day" will be very
slow, and his readiness for q great
storm Of adversely, will be complete
only when he is old. But such peo-
pie generally have other qualities
which keep "rainy days" away from
them; and when they do come they
have got q house ready to go into,
and when the storm bursts they can
sit there in comfort and let it blow.
Let us get out Of this miserable
feast or famine way of living. Make
everybody about your house, who is
able to work, earn his own bread.
Be sure to set the example yourself.
Hang up over your table the motto,
eff any man will not work neither
shall he eat!" And see to it that if
there is little in the cupboard that
not all of that little is consumed at
ore meal Let us learn lesson or
two from the bees. They keep no
drones over winter. They kill every
son of them off when the hon
ey flow stops. They eat every day
through the Summer, but they lay
up some honey every day for the
Winter; and when Winter comes,
and the flowers are dead their hives
are homes Of plenty and comfort.
BoAZ.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01
Good Advice From u HUM
Orisl.

To young men Bob Burdett says:
''You take basin of water, place
your finger in it for twenty-five or
thirty seconds, take it out and look at
the hole that is left The size of that
hole represents about the impression
that advice makes on young mans
mind
Don't depend too much on your
family-the dead part I mean The
world wants live men; it has no use
for dead ones. Queen Victoria can
trace her ancestors back in direct
line to William the Conqueror. If you
cannot get further back than your
father you are better off, Your father
was q better man in his time than old
William. He had better to wear, bet
ter food to eat, and was better housed.
Ii you are a diamond be sure that
you will be found. Cheek, brass, OF
gall never gets ahead of merit
Glove a young man who is straight
forward. Ask for what you want.
Ii you want to marry a rich mans
daughter or borrow $500 from him,
ask him for it; it amounts to the same
thing in the end. It is always better
to astonish man than to bore him.
Remember in the morning of life
come the Woodworking days. Hard
work never killed a man. It's fun;
recreation, relaxation, holidays that
kill. The fun that rsults in head
the next morning so big that tub
could hardly cover it is what kills.
Hard work never does.
"Those who come after us have to
work just as hard as we do. When T
shovel snow off my sidewalk, if, per-
chance [ take threequater piece off
my neighbours walk, I put it back, be-
cause if | didn't I should be doing
him an injustice.
You can't afford to do anything
but what is good. You are on dress
parade all the time.
Don't be afraid of pounding per-
sistently at one thing. Don't be.
afraid of being called a one-idea man
or crank. If you have one idea,
you have one more than most men
have. It takes smart man to be a
crank
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01
FEAST OR FAMINE.

Nobody doubts that there is a great
difference between feast and fam
inc, but there are persons who have
no knowledge as to just what that
difference is. Some have always
feasted, and they know Of famine by
heresay only. Others have lived, or,
rather, starved on the borders Of fam
ishing; and to them a real feast
would be an experience like be-
coming the subject of q miracle.
But our people, who, as race,
have only of recent years become SO
much their own masters as to be
able to choose as to their supply of
creature comforts, have a pretty
good personal knowledge Of both Of
these extremes. 1t is because I
think so, and because I believe it is
to our disadvantage and discredit,
that I,wish to talk little about it
to-day.
In this good land there is food
enough to supply the wants of all,
and everybody who works can earn
enough to keep him in ignorance of
a famine through all his mortal days.
The climate, especially where most
of us colored people live, is the
kindest in the world. 1t is cold
enough to make laziness inconven-
lent, and warm enough to secure an
encouraging return to even those
who labor much less than they are
able. Why, then, is it that so many
of our people live in the ''feast and
famine" style?
1t is so, with some families, be-
cause none Of their members man
age well enough to secure regular
employment When they have work
they have wages, and wages bring
supplies. But it is poor way of
living, and at their table the signs
of want are much more constant
than those ofplenty. In other fam
lilies one or two work, and the others
are dependant upon them. The num-
bers who eat idle bread are in the
majority. Of course when disasters
come to the bread winners those
whose mouths are more diligent
than their hands, have hungry stom-
achs.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01

which he held his answering CO
worker
selftaught-unaided, poor, reyiled, contem-,
ned
Beset by enimies, by friends betrayed:
AS mailman and fanatic, oft condemned,
Yet in thy noble cause still undsmayed!
Leonidas could not thy courage boast;
Less numerous were his foes, his band
more strong;
Alone, unto more than Persian host,
Thou hast undauntedly given battle long,
Nor shall thou singly wage the unequal
strife;
Uuto thy aid, with spear and shield rush,
And freely do I offer up my life,
And bid my hearts blood find wound to
gushl
New volunteers are trooping to the field
to y5eJd. j. l.. G.
August, 6. 1885.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1885-08-01
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Leaving wheeling in the afternoon
of the 4th of August, three hours
drive through one Of the most pic
turesque regions of eastern Ohio,
found us in the quaint old town of
Mt. Pleasant, situated in the south
ern part of Jefferson county.
This having been the home of our
youth, we are always received with
that unreserved welcome so charac-
teristic of it's good people, without
regard to race, color Or political affil-
alton.
Though avirginian by birth as we'll
as by adoption yet when we ap-
proach these scenes, SO interviewer
with our earlier history, q feeling
akin to sacredness seems to pervade
our being, for, we are always, on such
occasion, impressed with the thought
that if we have had any success in
life's battle, it is to these friends and
the surrounding influences that we
indebted are.
It was here that the tender flowers
Of our youth faded away, giving place
to the maturer fruits Of manhood.
It was among these historic associa-
tons that we were first inspired to
study to be something more than
cipher in humanity's aggregation,-
Historic did we say? Yes, for without
the part here enacted the cause of
freedom, it's battles, it's repulses, and
it's final triumph, would have lost
one of its proudest pages.
It was in this village-a soil fitted BY
nature for the growth Of freedom,
that the little Quaker philanthropist,
Benjamin Lundy resided from 1912
to 1915, crystallizing his thoughts
and strengthening his courage for the
great battle which he afterwards wag-
led against that sum Of all villainies.
It was here on the 21st. day of
January 1921 that be published the
first Abolitionist paper-The Genius
of Universal Emancipation paper
though beset with many vicissitudes,
which gave to the cause of the OBJ
pressed new impetus. It was from
this paper and it's interchangeable Edi-
tor, that Garrison received his inspir-
alton.
If there be one man among the
host of great workers in the cause of
emancipation, to whose memory the
colored people Of this nation should
erect monument that man is Ben
famine Lundy, and the site should be
in Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county,
Ohio, where stood the building in
which was published The Genius of
U'aioersal Emancipation Indeed
it may be said that Lundy only lived
to see the great cause, so dear to his
heart, spring up in isolated localities,
viewed by each as one of those nee
cessary evils that afiict society but by
the nation as the seeds of a deadly
poison which must be eradicated.
Garrison lived to see it become the
watch-word of a great Party, the on
ly antidote which could save the Re
public from the death throes of re-
bellion.
And to his friend and instructor
he dedicates this sonnet, which shows
not only the current of his own
great soul, but also the estimation in