Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-03-01
THE PLANET


BosroH, MASS, Feb. 25.-1he
Fair, starred at the Ebent xsr Bap-
tist Church on the 18Th still goes
on. The concert OF the 18th OF
which which we gave description
in eur last was repeated on the
Both and was a very nne affair.
The famous Handel Male Qusrt=tt.
rendered some very fne selections.
Refreshments, CONTEMPORARIES, fan
cy articles, dry goods, glassware
and crockery for sale at the various
tables. The tables were handsome
ly decorated. There is also q
sabbath School table, post Office,
fishing pond, Rebecca at the well,
Cashier and Cash Girls, all pre- sid
ed over by youth and beauty. The
proceeds Of this fair are to aid the
church in making it's final payment.
The revival still goes on at the
different churches aud there has
been upward of 90 converts thus far
The old warriors have taken their
harps from the willow and say they
will make one more fight.
Joseph Cook, in a recent lecture
at fremont Temple said if the path
TO political preferment is to lead
often in this country either in the
State or the National field through
bribery, force or fraud il is not sGG
mnch 10 say that free government
Is q farce, and It's future likely TO
be tragedy. Ballots OF outlets
which, That is the future ques
ti0n when We discuss the future os
our representative institutions. The
wider and deeper you make
the grab bank the greater
the temptation to partisan greed
and fraud and therefore the great
or will be the necessity for ballot
reform. At this day 5000. 900 of
the population of the South are
denied their rights. The South
trsmples on the 14th aud 10Th
amendments. have spoken of
Southern swagger and scouudrelism
would not go back to compulsory
reconstruction bat there is q meth
cd by which National rights may
be made to represent realities. Al
present southern nullifiers, II "a ans
and swaggerers lock hands with the
northern city slums. TIE Repubn
can party lies behind it's own pied
ges OH this matter. Mr.. GRADY
made here in Boston u misleading
and almost reasonable speech.
He said that if You fill every south
ern election district with Federal
soldiers the South will yet find
means 10 nullify the 14th and 10Th
Amendment. For one, L think
Boston ought not cheer treason.
MIR. Grady was q man OF genius
and he is now in his grave, but his
principles ale not in their grave.
and therefore l take OCCASION TO
say that since a southern senator
threatened TO call the roll of his
slaves on Bunker Hill, nothing has
been said more atrocIously Insul
ting TO northern sentiment than
the affirmation of the southern
orator before his Boston audience.
that even If the nation was To put
forth it's whole military power, the
south would yet trample on the
newest paragraphs of the Constitu
ton. He said, ''GOd forbid that
any blood should be shed on the
field of our discussion over the
freedmen, but little energy, q
little more self assertion do com
mend TO the black race. / give as
q motto to the freedmen the words {:
DO not take Your ease in the ordi
nary sense, bus in this sense-ed
ucate, evangel re, economize, ener
gize and do not emigrate."
Mr.. j. b. Simpson, of Colby
University, Waterville, Me-, is il
the city stopping with MIR. ]
Bush, +.