The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-08-28
THE RACE QUESTION.
Outline Of an address Delivered Before
The Martha's Vineyard Association,
Mass. August II, 1891. BY Rev.
J. u. Ganbrell, Of Meridian.
Miss.


Miss.
, My friends, you must not be mis-
led by the veiy kind lniroducior,
remark of your chairman. hav,
been accused of many things. t.
part OF which | must plead gully
but | have never been guilty OF elo
quence. That is quite out of my
line. | shall not be eloquent, bu
my purpose is to lie truthful. II i,
the truth that we need now, and
shall give il to yon. II any of you
have yonr feelings spread Out
around you, it would be a good
idea to tnck them up, for | have
all | can do to tell you the truth
without taking care Of your feel.
ings.
When The PuriIans landed on
these shores they brought many
things with hem. The Mayflower
was a wonderful vessel. Artemas
Ward said there was enough furni.
tire brought over 10 stock The
Great Eastern Fix times. Among
the things aboard was he race
question. No sooner were the
Pilgrims landed than they began
10 settle matters by the bible.
THE saints shallinheIit the earth, y
they read, and proceeded TO say !:
1--WE are the saints and therefore
he Indians must 20 west" And
they have gone and gone till there
is not much place for them 10 go
to and not many of them to 20
there. That was one phase of The
race question now almost settled.
But our fathers brought. with
them TO this new world the seeds
Of great government. They had
ideas and ideals. They belonged
mainly 10 that race which has for
centuries represented the highest
civilization of The world. Cava.
lier and Puritan we're Anglo-Sax.
on. The Husuenoi strain assimi.
lated easily 10 The English. enrich
ing it IN peculiar manner so that
the 100000 colonlsts who whip
ped the British lion back TO his
little island were Anglo-Saxons,
and they sci up government on
the great principles winch have
made this race the torch banners
of civilization. Let ii not be for
gotten, that this was the work of
the South and the North, of Puri-
tan and Cavalier. 1t is The fash
ION IN some quarters TO date every
thing from Plymouth Rock. Along
about the time this government
was forming there wa. Cavalier
gentleman down in Virginia OF
some notOrl1ty, who took some lit
lie hand in what was going on.
His name was Geor,e Washington. |
Perhaps, some of you have heard !
OF him. There was another gentle
man down there who wrote a nice
little Fourth Of July piece, called
the Declaration of Independence.
His name was Thomas jefferson.
You might have heard Of him too.
Ii would be a good idea for YOU
people 10 read up on the early his
Iorv ofihis country.
From Runny Meade TO this hour
he Anelo.SaXon race has led The
world for liberty limited by law.
This was one of the ideas brought
over by our colonial fathers. An
1ther was an open Bible. The
Puritans had thai idea about half.
they believed in liberty TO wor-
'hip God as they chose aud 10 com.
lel everybody else to dothe same.
Free. religious liberty came later
md south of Plymouth Rock. Lab.
,riy limited by law. free religion, |
! free press and with tree schools
Ire The nerve centers OF our civil
.ation. And these are The trophies ,
# the Anglo-Saxon race, and our
to all races. These
ave made great England, and {
hese have made greater Amerca, I
because they had fuller develop F,
nent in America. They constitute
he patent right of The race, with
is assimIlated elements, 10 gov |
I'm this great country.
Another phase of The race ques- c
ION was introduced in this lati. /
ude. j read in a Boston paper as |
came through the city. that the /
'rnnie Cushman, an ex-slaver, bad '
ut been sold for $4,000.
There is nothing connected with {
he slave trade in The South that =
gould sell for 80 cents. That ship |
ught to be condemned, and the G
money sent South 10 educate The
egroes. The only thing that I
'rieves me about your goodness Is I
hat il came leo late. IL it had a
one before Won sold the negroes .
n us. il would have saved us '
reat deal of trouble aud money 9
Do. a
won't saw that The negroes are 9
q no sense to blame for all The v
rouble we have had about them. c
hey were kidnapped on their ma
i've shores BY The North for mon- &
Y, sold 10 the South for money; c