The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-08-09
pE RACE PROBLEM
soJ Inv Rev. Sam A. Steele
n,o Rayyiew Cllautauqua.
I,,sterful Handling Of the
yexed Question.
soutbern People Must be Left
~ with the Negro, --Iniquities
of the Force Bill.

following address on "The Race
am" ,O was delivered Monday July
se0 eI at the Bayview Chautauqua,
Gov, ;ow Michigan, by Rev. S. A.
! i'~ of Nashville, and which is taken
Il the Nashville american:
ni,,onn and Fello,c-Citizens::
,orc ago | was travelling through
ia The sun was setting behind clouds
"son and gold as | passed the kenne-
o"ntain. Fertile. fields smiled with
Esryests of corn and cotton and golden
pretty little farm-houses were en-
a in orchards that bent under the
eof u ri mrinening fruits After the tolls of
:" tba ploWman was slowly vending
!oward way, and the patient cattle
nt the gate for his careful hand to fold
.r the hight. The birds were chirping
Vines, the katydids were making their
lons music in the thick branches of the
and the swallows were spinning their
"ircles high up in the darkening air.
oace NJ God lowered like an evening
ctiOn over the scene..
Sazed on the lovely landscape which
was so calmly folding under the star
% Of night could not help contrasting
the mast, for in the memory of, men
mnr in years old Kennesaw looked
m other scenes. Then the tramp of
pgions echoed along its base: the red
Of war rolled high up its woode d ram
the rock ribbed earth quaked with the
of batteries that crowned its wrinkled
Ms hoary crest was wrapped in the
! fires of DEATH and "the standards of
Fople plugging through the battle storm
Where the nation grappled in mortal
Ect with one of the great problems Of its
| land is thrice hallowed by the blood Of
Heroes who fell on those slopes, whether
wore the blue or the gray, for by their
yr lives it is conseerated to liberty for
|more, There is not "a home in all this
brous land, whether under the palmetto
IpsOuth, 0runder the northern pine, that
fst kindle with the patriots pride at the
A of the legends that linger around
| battle-felds.
Ia Athenian could look on Marathon
Iout feeling his heart swell with love for
&ce so no American can tread the soil
A sacred by the blood of patriot heroes
hot feel his bosom swell with devotion
4 native land. And if it shall ever come
&ss that the lusts of material civilization
Eve our people. the traditions Of glo-
Dast will awaken the spirit of freedom
n, As long as the grey cliff of Lookout
Il watch above the peaceful valleys that
le as its base, or the calm. blue heights
bnnesaw lift their sentinel submits up
|the limitless. golden air. so long man
cannot forget that this is the land Of
tFee and the home of the brave"
|tmy friends, all of that is in the past. 1
to you from the Kennesaw of to-day
Its brow no longer flashing with the fires
EEbut radiant with the morning light of
Ee, with its slope no longer trembling un-
The march of hostile hosts. but beautiful
the embroidery of golden haryests with
alleys no logger resOunding with the roar
pttle but vocal with the songs of pro-
$, come from a glorious land trimmed
he blue ocean, riven by many u silver
rushing to the sea, walled about by
mountains that hold in their eXultant
p riches rivaling those of "Ormus or of
and 0yerarched by summer skies than
c on Italy itself: land that has risen
the ashes of its ruins TO a larger freer,
lger life; land where the spirit OF pro-
5 rides on every breeze and thrODs in
heart and rushes along thousand
OeS oftoil; a land where we hold the
ic past in sacred memory and build
uments to peerless'men like Lee: and yet
il that keep step with the union, clasp
Is with our brothers In the north ana
ing the dag of freedom to every breeze
rom stout old honest Saxon bearts-
Ring ost the shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust ofgold;
Ring out the thousand years of old.
Ring in the thousand years ofpeace."
ONE in the spirit of peace and love and
that broods over all the south to discuss
you one of the gravest problems with
h our nation has to deal, | shall speak
ky. | am here to tell you what south
nan thinks of this subject, and to reflect
hat say the opinions of the intelligent
ervatiye ssnd christian south. 1t is like
at my views will be different from you're
any points. But II do not always say
you wish ane to say, | hope that ,yo9
give me the generous attention whicl
ers after truth are ever ready to accord
fellOw-seelter; and let the fact that W.
at this problem from widely ditferen
lpointS, and that we sustain very diff
1t relations to it, make us tolerant O.
others views.
o not pretend to see through this great
problem. NOliving man can see through
he drift Of the Maker is dark, an Isis hit
vail Nor is it necessary for rs TO SEE
ugh ii in order to understand our duty
IRE in. the midst of some great purpose o
which is slowly working to its end. W.
making history on q subject that affect
lestlny OF the human race. Let us real
ur situation. and be reverent and true t.
and man, Let us take one step at
only concerned that it shall be on th'
OF truth and in the right direction.
nall speak of some of the condition
n seem to be essential to the wise ant
eeaDle eSolution of the race problem in TIN
condition essential to the peaceful
non of this race problem Is for th'
n to believe that the south will trea
'egro fairly.
! very difficult for northern man to ad
mat any good could come out of slavery
las been reared in the belief that 1t wa
sum of villainies," and he holds 1t re
slble not only for the degradation Of TIN
Q but also for the dissolution of the I'M
md the terrible war that was necessar.
eserye 1T. This is natural. But truth 4
and must be reckoned with sooner o
! ana we can never make the progres
ught to make until we admit certain
"tt u WIG hlntoIy VI hHtFlCbll SlbNSl.
dainty proves. You must not misun
land me here. am not about to maxi
lense OF slavery. 1t is idle to dream o
re-opening. that question in America
cry is ended forever and the south, tina
fed most by it, rejoices that IL is gone.
when we remember what the negroe
before they become slaves. and whel
5lect on the fact that the only negroes
world who have made any progress
are the negroes of the south
ISL be evident to every honest man ca.
OF thinking about this subject tha
cry was not an unmitigated evil to tn
race When the negroes were brough
u country, they were abject barbarians
J, nad n lived as savages, They were cap
y y IKE wild beasts and were naked as an
y y They had lived for ages In their pri
ilalhts in this low state, and never too
igle step toward civilization. SLAYER
lhe school to them in which they wer
iAed, instructed in the arts of life. til
u. ,.s Or industry and the religion of Chris
n the war ended, before the north ha
"a school to teach the liberated slave, G
y single missionary to enlighten hin
found the negroes fit, according to you
5nent- mark you, not ours! to COVER
10 ana SIT In the senate Of the nation