Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-28
His Magnificent Speech Upon the Con;
dition, the Hopes, the Possibilities "
and Duties of tbs South.
The Race Problem aac How 1t Must Ee
solsed-IsSussviai aid o her q nations.
adSic. fos Young Men.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX Ocs. q.


It fled the immense grand stard to Its
utmost cspac!ty, croSGipg muca oaSond
Tie limits Ct comfort ard over Il wed into
the surrounding territory Eve thousand
you'd rrohSb!y be lea estimate OF
sdose who made pretenss OF hearing,
md their Intelligence Was equal to their
numbers.
Itwssl1:45 when M. Grady appeared
upon she plsttoEm which h.d beer erected
IL front Of the grand etard, ard ha was
yreaiet with greet cacegi0g, which Was
continuation CT the Uptbarsi evoked by
Liberals rendition CT d x'e.
Cc.onel Henry Ega!l called The rnee.icg
% cider, end Colonel Chsr!es Ficd
Tucker, q gchoclnate Ct M G-ndy's,
IN peas li.,Ie speech, introduced the
o.ator. Mr.. Grady sid:
WHO saves BIS country saves all things. Il
Ard all things ssYec will ble.s him;
Who lets hi country die. lea all things die.
And ell Ih!ngS Gyidg c1rse ain.
These words are gfavan on the statue
of Benjanin &. aii Ia the city OF AtlAn;e,
and in saeir 2irl: ehsll speak to you
today.
Mr.. President and Fellow Citlzans-
Tsau.e the frat city CT the grendest state
of the gr. ates. government on this earth
Ia psyIpg earnest compliment TO this
thriving City and this generous multitude,
Feed not cGmb,c speech with argnm sat
/ o. eis.isl:c6. Ii Is enough 70 esy that my
! iceEcs ard myself msks obeisance this
morning 20 the chief metropolis OK the
s;ate Of Texas. II II but holds this pre-
! eminelce-ani who can doubt In this
suspicious presence that 1t Willie up
rising tide OF Texas prosperity viii carry
! /. 10 glories upspaakablg. For | cay il
scbel aess, the future Of this msrvalOu5
and tGsz ng empire, thai gives brozdeC
s1G deepeT si9D!fcaace to statehood by
ACCEPTING lis modest namirg, the mind CT
! ESn ccL nei.ber measure nor conipre-
herd
J I 81 il be psEdoned fer resisting the
! inspiration Of this presence and adherinG
To-Day to hluut snd rigorous speeca-for
tEaEe are times Whea fine words are
pr TT, SID this Seams to me to be "uch 9
! ine. 50 shall tufa away from ih9
,nuaiacs Of the political battle upon
! aich ev, ~ America hangs intent, and
rsn.gas egdo- that Ct this time riaaa
iatva,3 American be.rt-tor there are
issues that STRIFE deeper than eny politi-
CD theory las reScaedi and conditions q
which pa;tiaenrY hss taken and ciE tsEe
brt I.t:le account. Let me therefore with
g.ui!ed pIgicaess, sad Win sucl pre-
clsion as is possisle-!1 c spirit Of frs
teTni.y that Ia broader tasI pS-tv nmi.s
:ions, an1 DEEPER thsn political mo'iYc--
Ciacuss vita you certain problems upon
tie wise and prompt solution OF w1tch
depends ths glory Sl6 prosperity Of The
south.
gu. why-s0r let as make our wlJ
.loWly-Nhy "the SOUTH" In an IN
divisible union--in repu ois against the
integrity Of which sword shsll never bs
drawn or mortal hand uplis,ed, snd IL
which the rich blood gatheriJ 6 st the
common heart is nttbro obing into every
part Of the body politically is one Sc.
ton held separated from the rest In e;ieI
consideration? We can understand VIII
this should be so in q city thst hiss .
community Of local interests, or In q stst'
still clothed In that sovereignty Of whtc!
the debsies OF peace ard the storm of wa
hss not stripped ner. But why should
NUMBER OF states, stretching from r ca
II bud to Galveston, together BIZ no 10
Gil interests, held in no husonom'
be- thu combined and draw
TO o common center? Tha
man would bs absurd who declima t
In BufIio sgainst the wrongs OF tn
middle states, O. who demanded In Cal
cage convention for the west to cen
der tie needs ct that sec Ion. II, then
it be provincialism thai holds the s0uA
together, let Us Gu grow It; il Il be SEC
tionslism, let Us root it out OF our hearts
| but II It b something deeper than thes
and essential to our system, let US de
clare 1t with trankuess, consider 1t vii.
respect, defend it with frmless, and Il
, dignity abide its consequence What
IL that holds the southern states-taoug
true in thought and deed to the Uaion-
80 closely bound in sympathy to-daj
For century these states ccanp!onsd
. governmental theory-out that having tri
umphed In every farum, fell q last BY tn
sword. They maintained az institutio
! but that, having been administered /
, the fullest wisdom OF men, fell ct last i
! the higher wisdom OF God. They tough
, q war-but the pr JUDGES OF that wa
! have died, its symp.tties have broadens
| ard Its memories are already the price
] less treasure CT TIE republic that Is CT
7 mentsd forever with its blood. The
.
3 their homes and the desclstion OF tkei
. felc-5ut out Of pitiful resources the
2 have fashioned their homes anew, an
. plenty rides on the spripging hirvestl
3 In all the past there Is nothing to dra'
them into essential or lasting alliance
: nothing In al that heroic rec Ird that c.r
i no. be rendered uufesring from proviu
clai hands into the keeping Of America
; history.
Bat the future holds Q problem,
sowing which the south muse stand alone
in dealing with which she mus. com
closer together than ambition or despa
nave driven her, and on the outcome {
which her very existence depends. Tn
problem is to carry within her body poll
TIC, two separate races, equal in civil sn
political rights, and nearly equal in mum
oers. She must carry these races
peace-for discord means ruin. she mu.
carry them sspars:ely-for sssimilat!o
means debssement. Sac must carry thel
In equal iastics-ior abe ts pledge