The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-03-15

Cot. tees speech Before the southern
sositiy In sew IoTk.

sofisty In Sew iOTk.
The following i, The stenograph
ic report made for the Ba,limoT'
Sun Of the speech delivered B.,
Gov. Fitzhugh lee, Of Virginia
at the banquet of lie Somlheu
Society in New York recently il
response to the toast, The Souil
Since The Revnlution,n a summary
Of which has already been pub
lished /:
Growing mp under those leach.
ings Of Jefferson, Mason, Madison
Monroe, Tyler, The South cannot
admit to-day that there is a single
line in HAT instrument called
the Federal Constitution which
prevents a Slate from Withdrawing
from the Union; and she point,
with prde-she would be ~recreant
TO The memory Of her brave men
who fought upon SO many fields
and died, it she did not feel CRATE
ful for the heruISm and devotion Of
her sons in defending her position
on this question. Applause. She
submitted all these questions to
the sword, and she acknowledges
that by the sword they have been
settled. Applause.
John Randolph, brilliant and
eccentric, was listening tuihe de
bates Of this, the Virginia cJuven.
tiol, and said {: Il see the poison
under the wing of The American
eagle, and il should be extracted
lest II shed pesljlence and death
over the country ii is his duly To
overshadow and project That
poison under the wing Of The
American eagle was The failure Of
the convention 10 stipuIate in ex-
press Terms that a State once rati.
lying that instrument was forever
4 member OF the American Union.
But any careful student Of the his
tory Of those times can tell Us that
had thai qeeslIon been brought 10
a decided issue at that lime The re-
quisIle number of States would
not have ratified the Constitution.
And so they lefl it for the future to
decide, and in the future it has
been decided. That question is
behind MS. We are once mere part
and parcel Of This great American
Union, interested w promoting its
growth, its grandeur aud lis pro-
gress. Applause. All those
troublesome questions decided, The
South again enters INTO The great
march OF Improvement and civil.
IzatlOn, and IN my own State to-
day she has m other thought, no
aspiration, bat that she shall
be an equal member of the AmerI-
can Union, and that The star that
represents her in the >far-spaneled
banner shall be upon a perfect
equality with the star that repre-
SCENTS Massachusetts or OHIO.
Loud applause. II is her bust
ness 10 make that star a bright,
shining, brilliant jewel in the
crown That binds the brow Of the
American Union.
My friends, with The settlement
Of thai question by the sword a
problem, a. You SAID here Tonight,
Mr.. Chairman, Was still left to be
settled. 1t is this problem that
vpu see every day referred /
10 as the race question. God
for his own wise purposes, made .
hose two races as different
habit and character and The al
of mental faculty as lie
lid in color, and | want you gen
.lemen here tonight TO ask the
great North TO assist a. in deciding
his question. 1t will not be
many years before the American
people are called upon to decide
whether il is best iOI The prosperity
d This country. stretching from
he frozen lakes of the north TO
where the great father Of waters
10 the gulf. and from where
he waves break upon the Atlantic
coast TO the golden sands OF the
Pacific, whether the progress and
prosperity Of tins great country
IAN be best promoted by a union
If white American SIates. or by y
of while and African States!
Wy friends, We want The North
md the other sections OF this
10 remember that in our
the growth and progress
If not only the whole country. but
# both races, depends upon this
acknowledge as "A white
mans government applause and
hat there is no place fOT black soy
,Ignties OF African States in The
American si>terhOnd. We have
he kiudest feelings for that race.
We desire that they shall prosper.
We rejoice in their progress. We
them ia the South. We
axe care of their insane in the
We maintain. We clothe
md feed them. But when II be
zones a question Of whether this
government ul ours shall be an
African or a white American gov
eminent we want The white Amer
can government every time. APP
Dlausr. II we are 10 have peace
md harmony. if you gentlemen
rom the North who have invested
,our money ia the South want TO
rff reInrns IL Is 10 Ynnr inIere.f 10