New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-23

forces o. this Ideal governmsntchargng ~ WIN suon
tremendous meann, AMI so elevatng II above human
suffering that mar!yriom, though infamcusly almei
cane as a fitting crown to life consocrated from its
cradle TO human liberty. Loud and PROLONGED cheor-
Ing Let ia. cherlshIhg HIS traditions and honor
' si%"s S' SUBLIME S1e iSso'ia %
honored and IN the eomnon glory we snail WIN yon, s
forefnthers AMI for mine. tRenewed cheering
WHAT THE NEW SOUTH MEANS.
In spoakng TO the with which you have houored
accept the term. The New South" as in no
disparaRing TO the Old. Dear TO me- str. ia the
home OF my childhood and the traditions OF my
people. There n Now South, not through protest
against the Cid. nut hecause Of conditions. new ad
tustments ,nd, If III please. new ideas aDa aspirations
men 80 picture II yon can the footsore soldier WHO
taken. testimony to his children Of his hdel ty and
farm tur led his face souhwari from Appomattox Ia
teN y-hcarted, erfeebled by and wounds having
oaGht TO exhaustion. no snrrene his gun wrnss the
hands OF MS comr ;ies and Listing his tearsained any
pad face or the last time TO tho that dot the old
AMI %esns the s" .w and painful jour journey Whist
does he nnd-le YOU who homes eager
TO find oil the welcome haiusty earned full payment
for your sacrifice What does he lind, when he
reaches the home he lett four beoref He iinds
hs stock killed his barns empty his destroyed hs
money worthless his social svstem fenda In It's magnn
status. his comrades slain. and their burdens or
others heavy mis- shoulders. Crushed by defeat his
very ira tonl gone Without money, credit, employ
ment maeri Tor training beside all this confronted
with the graye-t problem that ever mel human IN oi u,
his liberated slaves
What does he do-this hero in gray with heart OF
gold-does he II down In snenness esparl Not for
a y. surely God, who had scoursed hln In ms pros
perliy, inspirsd him in hi, adgerstyl As ruin was
never before so oyerwhelmne never was restoration
swter The stopped from the trenches into the
furrow; horses that had Charge Federal guns marched
before the plough. fields that red with human
blood In April were Rrsen vita the harvest In 'uei
reared in luxury cut up their dresses ana
brooches their hu bsnds and with aIaen'e ana
herolsp that ITS woman always as garment saV V t f'
Choertuness and irantneSs prevailed. b Eia arp "a
mnny Of them as thew dbl Of me and now am going to
work flaugnte and applause or the soldier return
roadside. who made the remark to his conrad GU
leave the south. II you want TO- bat am gong 10
Yapkses fool with any more will whip 'em again"
Re cwed laughter want to say 10 General sherman
people think he a careless about frethat
from ashes lott us In 1864 we have raised orave
caught sunshine in the bricks and mortar OF our
homes and have buded therein not one single gnooe
prejudce or mAmory Applause
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
But what is the SUI al OF work. We have round out
that IN general summing up the Tree negro counts
than he did as a slave. We have planted
the the hill and made 1t free to white
ard BLACK. We have sowel towns and cities In the
place OF theories aud put above politics. APP
plaise.l We nave challenged your SplDners III LASS
have ,earned that the 100000 900 annually received
from our cotton crop win make Us ha1 ne SaSpcsd
the commercial rate or interest from "a 10
per cent are boating a per cent
u worth Gfy foreigners and have snotbed tbs attn to
the south ward. wiped the place where Mason ana
you aud yours. Prolonged applause Wo nave
reached tine point that marks perfect harmony 10 every
wife cooks good as those hs mo her
used to bake ard we adult mat Tue sOn shnss S Ss
brightly and ths moon rs softly as II dd before tae
wat" Laughter We have established thrift In ely
and country. We have fallen in love with work We
have restored comfort to homes from when culture anu
elegance never departed. We nave lot economy take
which sprung cavary camps. until we are
ready lay odds on tue Georgia Yankee as ne sqeLs
olive oil Of bis cotton seen, against any 40 ~"
easter that swappel woo len nuness Tor Hammer
In the valleys of Vermont Above ALL we know
that have achieved In these piping tunes vi Ieace
fuller independence for the south than hat when our
fathers sought to win IN the forum by their eloduence OF
compel Held by their sworis. Loud ap lause
1t is priyie ige sir. 10 have had part 10 ssyer
TO hn sn hands than the uplifting and building OF the
PROSTATE and Olee ng South, misguided perhsi ot
beautiful her suffering and hoaest crave and generous
trial and political restoration we await with confidence
But what Of the negroi Have solved tho prob,
ism he presents OF ,oaon Let the record
speak to this point No section shows more pros.
so1in none in faer paihy with the employing aud
land owning class He shares our school fund has
tue fullest projection OF laSs and tue friendship OF
people. eefnterost as well as honor demand that
he should have this. our failure. very eIisterce
depend upon ou7 working this problem IN foil aud
justice We Understand that when Lincoln signed
assured for hs then committed you to the cause OF
human liberty AGAINST winch the arms OF nan cannOe
prevail lapplansel-while those OF our statesmen VINO
made slavery the cornerstone OF the Con-
a cause that reason could not defenG or the sword
maintain the light OF advancing civilization. IRE
neved arplau-eD Had Mr. TOombs said. which he
did not say tat he would call the roll Of his slaves at
the foot OF Bunker Hill, he would have been fool sh
for he might known that whenever slavery be-
came entangied in war it must perish and that the
when your fathers-not to be blamed Tor
parting with what didn't pay-soh their
slaves to our fathers-not to be praised
for knowing paying thing when they saw It, laugh
ter The relations of the Southern people with the
negro are close and cordial We remember with what
fidelity for four years he guarded our defenceess wo
mon and children, whose husbands and fathers were
fighting against his freedom To his eternal credit ne
il said that whenever he struck blow for his own lib
crty he fought in open battle, and when at last he
raised his black and humble hands that the shackles
might be struck Off, those hands innocent of
wrong against his helpless charges and worthy to be
taken in loving grasp by every man who honors loyalty
AMI devotion. (Applause) RuIlans have maltreated
him rascals have misled him, phlanhropists estGb-
lishei bank for him, but the South with the North
eople. To liberty and enfranchisemcnt is far a.
law carry the negro. The rest must be left TO
conscience and common sense. 1t should be left to
those among whom his lot is cast, with whom he Is
indisoluby connected and whose prosperity depends
uron their possessing his intelligent sympathy and
confidence. Faith has been kept with him
In spite Of caumnious assertions " the contrary, by
those who assume to speak for by frank oppon
cnts Faith will be kept with him in the future If
tho South holds her reason and integrity. Appause)
THE SOUTH HAS KEPT FAITH WITH TIE NORTH.
But have kept faith with youl In the fullest
sense yes. When Lee surrendered-I don't say when
Johnston surrendered, because understand he still
allndes to the time when he met General Sherman
last as the time when he determined to abandon
my further prescott on of tho strUgge"-when Lee
rendered. say and Johnston quit the South became,
and has been snce, loyal to this Union. We fought
hard enough to know that we were whipped and in
perfect anness accepted final the arbitatement OF
The sword 10 which had appealed. The South
found her jewel in tOad's head. The shackles that
had held her in narrow limitations fell forever when
the shackes of the negro slave were broken. ZAP
pauseJ Under the Old regime the negroes
saves the South the South slave 10 the sys
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