The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-11-08
THE negro.
Mr.. Grady's View of His Relations with
the Whites,

the Whites.
Extract II. W. Grady's Speech at Dallas.
One thing further should he ggid in
perfect fraukness. Up to this poinu
We have dealt with IGNORANCE and
corruption-but beyond this point q
deeper issue cOpfronts Us. Igno-
rance may struggle to enlighten-
ment: out of corruption may come
The l~ncorrupttble. God speed that
DAY Every true man in the South
VIII pray for 1t and work for il.
Through education the negro must
he Ted to know, and through sympa-
my to confess, that his interests and
'he Interests of the people of tue
south are identical. The men who
from affair of view this subject
through the cold eye of speculation,
or see II distorted through partisan
glasses, Insist that, directly or in.
directly, the negro race will be put
III control of the affairs of the South.
We have no fear of this. Already
We are attaching to US the best ele-
mont Of that race. As we proceed
our alliance will broaden. External
pressure but irritates and impedes.
'h"se who would 1.-THE negro race
~ supremacy would work against Il
tNt"e and IutaliihIe decree, for tht
"hltt race ran never Submit to Its
DOMINATION because the white race
l. the superior race.
This is the declaration of no new
truth: it has abided forever in the
marrow oi our bones and shall run
forever with the blood that feeds
AngI0-SaXon hearts. In political
compliance the South has evaded the
truth and men have drifted from their
convictions. But we cannot escape
this l>sUe it faces US Wherever we
turn. It is al issue that has been
and will he. The races and tribes Oft
Earth are Of divine origin. Behind
the laws Of man and the DEGREES of
var stands the law of C;oi. What
cod hath separated let no man ioin
together. The Indian, the Malay.
ID" Negro, the Caucasian, these types
stand a. markers Of Gods will. Let
not man tinker with the work of the
Almighty, Unity of civilization, no
more than unity of faith, will never
witnessed on earth. No race has
or will rise above its ordained
place. Here is the pivotal fact OF
this great matter: Two races are
made eqEaI in law and in political
tights, between whom the caste of
has set an impossible gulf.
This gulf is bridged by q statute anu
he races are urged to cross thereon.
rms cannot be. The fiat of the ALL
mighty has gon" forth, and in eigh-
cen centuries Of history it is writ.
We would escape this issue If
We could. From the depth of its
soul the South invokes from heaven
peace Oh earth and good will tc
man, She would not, if she could.
this a c back into the condition
rom which We duly thank God ii
raised. She would not deny its
smallest or abrilgc its fullest privi-
eye. Not to lift this burden forever
rom her people "ouIl she do the
east OF these things. She must walk
Trough the valley Of the shadow, foI
'od has so ordained. But he has
ordained that she SHALL walk in that
integrity Of race that, created in his
wisdom, has been perpetuated in his
strength. Standing in tbs presence
this multitude, sobered with the
responsibility Of the message | de
20 the young men of the South, |
| declare hal the truth above all ct.
hers to be worn unsuilied and sacred
IN your hearts, to be surrendered to
no force, sold at 1T price, c0mpromi4.
I'd in no necessity, but cherished and
defended az the covenant of your
prosperity, and the pledge of peace
10 your children, Is that the white
race can never submit to the direct or !
indirect domination Of the ace tina.
lnsOIent tinkers with divine decree
would put above Us, but that the white |
race must and will control the South. |
III ~ q race Issue at last. Let u
come to this point and stand here.
Here The air Is pure and the light il !
and here honor and peace
Juggling and evasion de- I
Gives not "a ian Compromise and !
'ubserV'ence has carried not a point. I
ihere 10 not Il white man North or
south who does not feel it stir in the
Sray matter Of his brain and throb
IN his heart. Not u negro who does
feel it, power. 1t is not a section
al issue. 1t speaks in Ohio and il
Georgia. 1t speaks wherever the
Auglo-SaXon touches al alien race,
1t has just spoken in universally
approved Legislation in excluding the
Chinaman from our gates, not for
his ignorance, Veins VI corruption,
but because he sought to establish al