Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-13
GRADY In BOSTON.
The Atlanta Journalist Talks
for the South.
A DISCUSSION OF THE RACE ISSUE.

mol Give IL Lne-An Invitation Tor
Northerners to Take Up Their Resi-
denee In the southIsnd-Progress of
the Negro In acknowledgements by
Cleveland and Carnegie.
Boston, Dec. IS Over 400 OF the solid
business men OF Boston and New England
crowded the spacious apartments of the Ho-
tel vendome last evening on the occasion of
the annual banquet Of the Boston Merchants
association The special guests of the occa-
sion were exPresident Cleveland, Andrew
Carnegie, Henry W. Grady, and Hon. W. L.
Putnam tof Mainel. A reception was held
from TO o p m, and the banquetters sat
down TO the tables in the dining-hall at a
little after q o'clock. The president of the
association, Hon Jonathan A. Lane, pre-
sided, and at his right sat President Cleve-
land, II. W. Grady, Hon. W. l.. Putnam,
Hon. p. A. Collins, Hon. John Lowell, Hon.
William T. Russell, and Leopold Morse; at
his left were Governor Oliver Ames, Andrew
Carnegie, Gen. Clinton B. Fiske (of New
Jersey, and others. Besides these, at other
and public men of New England and Boston,
anu ibo ContllBent OF southern gentle
men.
The Preliminary Addresses.
Chairman Lane, in a brief speech, intro
duced Governor Oliver Ames, who, in few
words, welcomed the guests Of the occasion
When he mentioned the welcome extended
to the distinguished guest from New York,
the assen-blage greeted the reference with
loud applause. Governor Ames then turned
TO Mr.. Cleveland and said IF the wicked
Democrats speak as well of me when / re-
tire from Office as Republicans now do of
you, shall be abundantly satisfied" This
sentiment was also loudly cheered Wei
coming addresses were also made by Mayor
Hart and President Lane, who closed by
introducing Grover Cleveland, who was re-
ceived with long continued applause, the en-
tire assembly rising and cheering.
CleveIand's Remarks.
Mr.. Cleveland opened his address by con-
trasting the self-reliant attitude Of business
men in the earlier day with the attitude they
are now invited TO assume "as dependents
upon the favor OF the government and bene
hcisries under its taxing power" He ar
gued that when any class of citizens ac-
quired the habit of seeking to increase its
advantages through the favor of govern
ment, conscience was apt to be stified by the
plea that such advantage was also identical
with the public welfare. He then dwelt
upon the Importance OF ballot reform, and
predicted that like civil service reform it
would rcfute the hasty criticisms passed
upon 1t and speedily win success
Mr.. Cleveland's address aroused great en-
thusiasm and his points were frequently
greeted with cries of Good, and applause.
The Atlanta Editor.
President Lane then introduced Hon
Henry ". Grady, of Georgia, whose subject
was The Race Problem of the South Mr.
Grady was received with great enthusiasm.
He spoke for over an hour with great force
and eloquence, and his treatment of his topic
evidently met with the hearty approval OF
his bearers, for there were frequent cries Of
'Good," True and vigorous applause
A Hard Nut to Crack.
Mr.. Grady said that he was invited to dis
cuss the race problem No missionary could
stand deeper in need OF JUNCTION and address
than he in planting the standard OF a south
ern Democrat in Boston. He should speak
in perfect frsnkness and sincerity The
south, the fairest and richest domain on
earth, Is 20 scautily peopled that but IS per
cent OF its lands are cultivated; the sons OF
New Engla seek with troubled eyes some
new Fl Dorado, yet since 1850 the emigra-
tion OF northerners 20 the south has been de-
because of the race problem aud
the suspicion it breeds. The southerners
were 50 beset with this problem that their
very existence depends on its right solution.
Unjust Treatment OF Negroes.
Replying 10 the charge that the south
treated the negroes uniustly, the speaker
said that this year the south raised
100000 bales of cotton, which enor-
nous crop could not have come from the
hands OF discOntented labor The negroes OF
Georgia, who twenty-five years ago were
slaves, now possess so OOO, 900 OF property.
For every Afro American "agitator stir
ring strife he could show thousand ne
groes happy Ia their cabin homes and with
their children IN the SHOOK Since 1865 the
south has spont sl22, 600 600 in education and
this year Is pledged TO s37. 900, OOO more, al
though the blacks. paying 80 OF the taxes,
get nearly one-half the fund In the south are
negro lawyers, teachers, editors, doctors,
preachers, multiplying with the increasing
ability OF their race to support them. In the
courts the negroes have q distinctly better
showing on account OF their color
Disorder and Violence Misjudged.
II Is admitted that there Il disorder and
but II Is rnisjudged. Lawleszne-s
In Iowa is accepted as an accident while
that In the south Il Ascrfbed to racial causes.
The black Will cast free ballot when ignor-
Ance anywhere is not dominated by the will
Of the intelligent. The whites are bandsd
not In prejudice but Of necessity. The ne
gro remains an ignorant and credulous fac
ton, the prey OF the INSCRIPTIONS OF both
parties, and plays part In q campaign in
which every interest OF society Is leopard
zed and every approach TO the ballot-box de-
oauched Against such campaigns as this
The southern whites are banded, a. Massa-
,husetts whites would be in similar circum-
stances.
Comparison of Votes.
In reply to the challenge as to the alleged
'mallness OF the southern vote Mr. Grady
'aid that the sixteen southern states in
lSes cast 81 per cent. OF their total vote;
the six New England states, but o3 per cent.
OF theirs. The negro has learned that the
ballot-box which promised him most, has
yielded him least, and at last has realized
that his best friends are his neighbors, with
whose property his own Is bound up.
Intelligence Must Rule.
II would be well IL northern partisans
would understand that the negro vote can
never again control the south II there be
any human force which cannot be withstood,
It Is that OF the banded intelligence and re-
sponsibility of a free community. Upon that
the south relies, not upon the cowardly men
ace Of mask or shotgun Force bills will
not avail The north may surrender its lib
arties to federal election law, but never
again will a single state, north or south, be
delivered TO the control OF an ignorant and
Inferior race. Time alone can tell how the
problem presented will be solved
The solution of the Problem.
The speaker believed 1t would he solved by
the people most bound in honor to its solu-
ton. he asked OF his hearers: "FIrst-Pa-
tiencs. out OF this alone can come perfect
work; second--confdence in this alone can
you judge fairly; third-sympathy, in this
you can help us best; fourth-give US your
sons as hostages, that they may help to swell
the Anglo-Saxon current until IL can carry
without danger the black infusion; fifth
loyalty t. the republic, for there is sectional
ism In loyalty as in estrangsment. Give us
the brosd and perfect loyalty that loves and
trusts Georgia alike with Massachusetts
that knows no south, no north, no east, no
west, but cndears with equal and patriotic
love every foot Of our soil, every state of our