The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-08-09


!uuge; The simple truth is Mr.. Chairman,
lhat slavery did not degrade, it elevated the
negro. 1t made man out Of him. 1t train
eu nm Tor citizenship. 1t gave him a name
anu place, and destiny among men: and
the hope of the negro race to-day is in that
part OF II which learned its first lessons of
CIVILIZATION in the slave cabins of the south.
Where sir, will you find any part of the negro
mas aGs any eXcet the
OF the descendants of Ham outside of the
United States who know the English Ian
guage who understand the arts of civilized
laDor, who are under the salutary influence
OF the christon religion. and who stand
where the southern negro stood when he re-
celved the gift of freedom? Sir the north can
never deal justly with this great question
until it admits that God overruled the evil of
slavery; for the advancement of the negro
race; and when it admits this truth it will
think more kindly of the people of the
| south
| Mr. Chairman, it is perhaps easy and nat
| ural Tor you to misunderstood us, You are
a long way from us. You see us in the dis
torting mirror Of partisan press, You
have been accustomed to think of us as the
oppressors of the blacks. as having fought
a bloody war to keep them in bondage, as
being still angry at their emancipation, as
unreconcied to the results of the war, nulli-
flying national law, and banded together to
deprive the negro Of his rights. But sir, is
not the time for such sentiments past! Are
they not unworthy of u free and virtuous
people. and out of harmony with the bene-
ticient spirit of peace and progress that glad
dens America to-day? Must the evil genius
of sectional hatred forever estrange us?
Must we distrust each other forever? Sir, the
time has fully come when we should forget
the aDfmOSitieS of the past and be ready to
do each other justice. For my part sir. |
honor the generous north. 1t has spent mil
lions in behalf OF the negro. Its philanthro-
py deserves the admiration of the world;
i..,Et
way to accomplish its end, it has wraught u
great work for civilization. We In the south
will after awhile come to appreciate its true
value and thank you for it,
But sir, without dlstracting one l0ta from
the merit of the north, / tell you that the
best friends that the negro has on this plan
ct are the white people of the south. They
understand him and are interested in him as
no other people can be. While the north is
bent on using him as u voter, we are trying
to develop him into a citizen. You have Civ
en- twenty millions out of your boundlesS
wealth TO help him on, but we have given
forty millions since the war. out OF our p0v-
erty, to fit the negro for his new place IN
American society. And sir, while the north,
in the name of freedom, demands Justice for
the negro in the name of that truth from
which all true freedom springs demand
justice for the south, the justice of frank
recognition Of the effort our southern peo-
pie are making to help the negro.
Mr.. Chairman, | know the people or the
south. Born among the pine hills or MlssiS-
slSslppi ana Drought Up az ,nv way .,Ji, hn v1
ShlchaSa" 2lunS W Wy i tt ~ :, wI, o
nave peen Wlah fe ,. l'I,r r. ee IN
Virginia. Mississippi kentucky and Ten
nesSee. have not been careless observer
ol lle course VI tNellsa " .a,' pa9o ,d ~,
years III that parV oi Gne thayyo tnNd"V
,lot tlSnoraht OF lhe St.uId'iuit, tmuio . ,"T
and true to the highest manhood in every
usterance lluhni aii,' ~, WIZ tit anoal
oI \ 1ie M t,nsr the triith o
and catllnng heaven 70 Ni!l2Sss Inc t,In tLuIn " "
.hy III III Snabon eattled right
the south want tllls pFofleil aotui'u ~ ~
elr, we want no hioIG pd y, Il We
eterial moral lrulhs ~ Go T.. (soT ~,
II settied N hafinony @ Wlih H. we r I%M u Od fo,
the pasis on nro5htFlIuo" a. ii 10 W.
the hlghest goou OF man. Any We nmIIl li ~
made long strlde toward tLis emu Mlleil ,it
horth IS gEedt eioust aiiu TSi,,
to turn deat ear TO the
tlat con i DIS, Gi Int
,aV wy ~ dno1i,r rtb this ~rn9t ouost0r
the hofth IN deaillS Wlth thla Ert"C uu'n,vD' n,,
De as lust ana laIr III peice a2 40 W., w tWs az
ana DraVe n war, ~ ~ Rractcn "a ',,v MI hH
chaFlIy ol SnIist oia' "a @ ;iI II oo
hopcth all tniisS ai,t ~ We Wi hi,,Janp p on,
multitude OF oD51dclces uiao ho" ''ii"e' o"'
advance.
. .notber essential condition of the
,,nacaahIa so,ntion Of fbe race problem /,
| The soutb is nOn-interference.
| The best way for the government 10 oea
with this question Is 10 let ~ alone ~ Is ~ ~
yond the reach OF polllical a@seilots.n. @ vs. "
must rely on moral aLiu ieis ny, T sn',tI j.
carry US 10 sale c1ilVluslo''. io t,'n,1ri ~,
ready to accept whatever col4SS tlirV"5 ~ Gt5,
| this process OF dcNelopheltt, loI tliS 10 w u9u a.
plan OF progress, But tile llii..ei
takes an unfignIeouS tmu l1iposS,n.o sn c@T
Weli II ai,u1 oI that constitntes civil