The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-09-07
VOL. XXXV.
AZ OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR
WALTHALL.
written for the Sentinel by a PrOmi.
nent Citizen of an AdjOin.
ing County.
.sERAL E. G. WALTHALL:

This open lotCer L nave great To6pcCC lOT
you and am only prompted by love of
ruth and love of country. l wish my
letter read by thoughtful men, and I
know of no better way of getting it read
than to connect it with your name.
know your lofty nature towers beyond
the reach of fattery, tut were it other
wise, I would not willingly drop so
poisonous pill in any mans hat. Your
speech in the Senate is the best ever
made on the Race Issue. 1t is no flat
tery to say, it pleased all patriotic Mis-
sissippians. Your liberality pleased,
while your arguments convinced the
Nation. Your adversaries are convinced
hut not sienced, illustrating the truth OF
1.-The the sarcasm of Macauly, when he
|ssys, "selfshness would find arguments
1to disprove gravitation." am obscure,
Iyet mediocrity under favorable circum-
Etances may discover facts overlooked by
wiser men in the busy walks Of higher
3life. No amount of genius will always
#prevent men from falling into great er-
Sors. Lord Bacon, the most comprehen-
live mind in modern times, laughed in
kcorn when told the earth turned around.
BThe present Earl Gladstone on entering
parliament in 1889 wrote book and
&lrced in great length and eloquence
hat no man not an Episcopalian should
be- allowed to hold an Office in England;
8NIacaulay convinced him of his folly,
End when convinced, he had the good
E|kpnse and manliness to recant and apollo
|SEize for his intolerance. In 1880, Michel
Ehomas Sadler, also member OF Parlla-
hent. published 4 lbs of logic. He
IEbroved with mathematical accuracy,
That densely crowded population would
be the greatest evil that could befall a
zpeople. His piety showed how God
kayed Scudan from such misfortune,
NV reducing the average births to 2.35
In each family, the happy betwixity be-
Mween too much and too little Again
gN[acaulay fastened to rescue the truth
He rested his facts on the same mathe-
Smatical base taken by Sadler and proved
&beyond controversy that If his facts were
trie then the average births in America
would be 1.762,500 to each family.
sader though overwhelmed was not
senced. II he could not reason cor
rectly he could insult and wound. so
in answer he published some OF Macau-
lay's silly juvenile poetry. Europe is not
the only country where public men fall
Into great errors, and when convicted
Hinstead of submitting to the truth as
#Gladstone did, all their nature is turned
into gall and vinegar. Such has been
tae history of the Republican party since
the war. Their leaders have turned
n into vinegar cruits. I will briefly show
that the Acknowledgement of the negro
Immediately after his emancipation iron
slavery, outraged the fundamental prln
ciples OF human nature, and was prompt
ed by revenge and not humanity. To do 81
will define clearly, words we Will hav'
occasion to use. In the year 1856, th'
word dirt occurred in one of the Stat
papers of one Of the Courts OF Europe
it smelt so much of sarcasm that ever
cabinet of Europe was requested to glV'
a definition of dirt. Lord Palmersto n
was accepted as the best: he defined dir
as something out of place. 1t then tol
lows that the tear in the eye OF beauty
so fruitful of sentiment, becomes dlI
when dropped on her handkerchief. Il
place it was theme for poets, out c
place a poison, to be treated as othe
dirt. Sanitarians only speak OF phys
cal dirt, but will consider moral an
political dirt. In this light ! will hav
something to say of conscience but NJ
that divinely enlightened conscience thu
our Divine master taught the astonishe
Nichodemus. In considering a sup]e
it is not always necessary to look INTO u
exceptions. Christ taught that exec
lence consist in quality and not i'll qual
tity, Our Government is founded c
the reverse, hence our motto, "c'
popuzi, vor dei."
Conscience is one of the faculties
the mind. It's often called the NOR
eye-sometimes the moral judgmer
Now, it is a we'll established fact, al
taught by all Psychologists, that consta
exercise is necessary to keep, 1ac1i
and organ vigorous and healthy. II
man is confined in total darkness tor
number OF years when brought to t
light he will be incapable Of distinguis
ing colors and objects, and the eye W
be no longer a safe-guide: The same
true of the conscience and every iacu
of the mind or body. Civilization teacl
us that the conscience is capable OF G.
tivation by exercise and instruction ; !
its advancement is much less rapid th
the intellectual faculties as shown in
difficulty of rescuing barbarous natit
to the higher planes OF Christian
The reasoning faculties may adval
and the arts and conveniences OF
multiply, vet the moral faculties rem
in degraded and primitive conditi
During the reign Of slavery there W
many good mechanics among our slav
and many OF them displayed great ia
in dress and manners. Though slav
was abolished, and the negroes have
joyed entire freedom for "a years in
tact with an enlightened and moral +
pie thev have made little advancem
in their morals. Public opinion is
standard to Judge Of the growth OF
l moral nature. It is an infallible gu
As a proof that our negro population
no growth in public opinion indica'
no progress towards a higher moral
mosphere, preachers, libertines, fell
escaped convicts, prostitutes, assoc
on terms of equality. They have no
tinctions in their society. Their pres
M ers teach it is wrong to steal and C.
" NIT adultery, yet, preachers and chu
members openly commit these crir
without affecting their standing
they all enjoy a good conscience,