The Newtown bee., 1888-02-03
Col CheYes's Lecture.

Considering the unprecedented weather, | last Friday evening, with the theImome ter at zero, a piercing wind ana drlfted roads, a fair audience gathered to hear the lecture of Col k. S CheveS. line praseucr, distinct uttrrance aud pleasantly modulated voice make il a resTtul pleas ure to listen to him. He held the clrse at tention of his hearers throughout and treated very interesting SubJect, "Ihe Blue and the Gray" in fascinating man. her. Born and reared on plantation Tn Georgia, with contempt for work, ha fred for the North and love for slavery which he had been taught to think dl- vine institution, he spoke of the freeing 0f i the blacks as blessing in disguise. 1t was A New Euglander who first traded 1 New England rum for blacks on the coast i of Africa tra nsported them tn thlS cOun- try and sold them to New England peo- nip Men were once mObbed ln the streets of Boston for anti slavery opinions. Later the holding of slaves became unprohtaple and then Northtrners began to see the siufulness of the traffic and 1t was banlsh- ed south of Mason x DiXon's line. War
 was the only means of removing the curse of slavery, for the Southrrners weie un- appruaehable on the subject. This was IT. lnstrated by the case of Cassius M. Clay
 who emancipated his own slaves and after
 ward attempted to convince his SouthtrI
 brethrrn that slavery was cursed ihing
 n one occasion Clay spoke in the streets i. nd said. This is free country and mean to have my say If 1 die for It, < Holding up Bible, 'l carry this to pro !, tect me from all God fearing people o Displaying the constitution, Il carry tnl n to protect me from all law apldlng cltl a z.ns. and, holding out derringer in eac l q h.aq.4 tp shoot he N---1
 calls He then proceeded, but was seize
 by the infuriated mob, nearly killed au h thrown oyer a fence to die and no on 1T dared % near to help him. Secession wa .s fatal error designed by God to detea k thr South, for. if the issue had been II P freeing of the blacks, instead of to pr
 serve the Union, Jefferson Davis coul
 have raised thousands of men north rs Mason & Dixon's liue and the negro wou to-day be hoeing the cotton and the cal is on southern plantations. In the ear io part of the war. the Southerners were VI N torious on nearly every battlefield and Il d until Lincoln recognized his mission an to in the face of bitter opposition from
 cabinet, issued the Emancipation Procl .d nation did Victory perch on the Fedel at tanners. He gave touching account "a the death of his body guard, dark hu n. Anderson, who followed him to the W
 and pay. so many evidences of his lo
 even refusing freedom for his sake. Wh be dying, he begged his master Q do what it? could to elevate the black race I
 Southern soldiers got no pay, clothes he horses and sometimes no ratlons but sn- nail of meal and piece If bacon. so os- prisoners of war could not be expected
 fare we'll Statistics show larger dei
 rate in Northern prisonst nan in South he rse Col Cheves could speak from exptriel .o as to the sufferings of a prisoner of W an having many time when in North oiu prison paid five cents for rat and ga CTS il so hungry was he The horrors of j H. dersonvile and Libby were admitted.
 laid at the door of individuals rather u s.. the Confederate government. as orc .'.d were repeatedly issued to treat all pris . ,"1 v. CTS humanely. He gave thrilling a ture of the suff-rings of Southern faml .an during the war and the gloomy gatf
 ing after the war. of the renaining l"
 ones at the devastated mansion to plan by the future that looked so dark The
 tnrer was with the remnant of Lee al are; at Appomattox. which stood conque ], he but not subdued. filled with hatred
 bitter thoughts of the conquerors. aN <, .l ing the results of Lees conference rms Grant But when word came down $. line: "Grant says tell the boys 10 |, their horses. for they will nred them N ,hss they get home in getting in a crop. hearts. unsubdued by rpverses were T
 ed by kindness and to this day, c out Southerner loves the name of Grant.
 time would fail me to tell of all the
 ture contained May he come again nan. may we be there to see