The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-08-28

= make money, and kept them for
, money. They were liberated as a
: war measure, and enfranchised as
: a political measure. Throughout
! his whole history On this continent
the negro has been mere foot
ball tor the Anglo Saxon greed
and ambition. That is So" by a
colored man on The stand. The
race question is simply whether he
races represented in this country
are to a~slmilate TO Anglo-SaXon
civilization, or whether our clvili-
zation is to be Africanized in The
South aud toreignized in the
North
Toward the solution of he prob
lem IN the South we have great be-
glunings. DR.. Mayo, Of Boston, or
some rther sensible man, or If no
one has said ii, say it: "In the
tutelage OF slavery The negroes
learned the languages, the religion
and The industries Of the foremost
race on earth. Slavery did not do
all it might have done, but it did
that much. That was sreal com
mon ground upon which he two
races stand. We are ID great relig,
ious brol lherhood.
But we have had our troubles.
Wholesale enfranchisement fol-
lowed emancipation. "A certain
quack doctor had way of throw
ing all his patients inIo fits, for he
said, 81 am death on it's" This
has been the common practice
with .he political doctors. They
crammed 100000 unwashed, un-
cooked negroes in The political
stomach OF the South aud The
South went into fits. In 1865 they
We're vomited out. You probably
heard about it. We were very sick.
We sawLegisAtors and magistrates
who could not read. Sheriffs did
not know the multiplication table.
Debts were piled upon everything
that would carry debt. Taxes
rose till they reached The point of
confscation. Insolence and ieno- !
rance ruled the land. But | must
stop. | feel like the young man
whose mule threw him in a mud
hole, with his best clothes on, when
he was going 10 meeting with his !
sweetheart. He was noted for his |
violence of temper, but on this oc-
ctsion he meekly turned his girl
over to some one else and silently
led his mule away. a friend ask |
ell, "Dick, why did you not say
something swell. simply be- |
cause couldn't do justice TO the
OCCASION" leave you TO make
the application.
The South is through with the
accute stage OF lhe trouble. | take
MissisSi Sippi, one of the worst South.
ern States. The intelligent of
both races agree That intelligence
shall rule, and he South must quit
lying and stufiing ballot boxes. |
said Montgomery, the only colored
man in our late Constitutional
Convention immort allied himself
by advocating an intelligent ballot,
though he knew il would doom his
race to Il minority. | have an old
rolored friend, Uncle Rams. | said :
que day, Uncle Rams, what party
do y0u belong to I" "Republican."
You always voieT No, | amt :
voted in S wears" "Why don't !,
you vote r. Cease they use 10 I
,ome round aud tell us lies before |,
lection and way long after find /,
'ut dey WIS lies, der | quit votin'. :
is dis way. Ii dey is two trains
win to Mobile and one is run by !,
men what knows how to run II, an ),
lie other by men what don't know y
low to run il, | is gwine 10 go +
N de train run by men what know :
ow 10 run it, case when dey git ;.
er Mobile, dar is l." My friends, :
nominate Uncle Rams for United y !
/ ates Senator from Massachusetts. !
lie has more sense than a good "
1any men in that body. =,
The intelligent Southern whites +" t"
ave upheld government for hem !" y;
Elves and the negroes, too, and - =
lat under great difficulties. Now '
nd hen we have had fits, but they !
re wearing of. The future is safe. :, :,
he churches and schools will y
ork out the problem 10 a finish y :,
they are permitted 10 do 1T. | !"
ish here to express my gratitude :,
\ ln III
he North, who, midst many per- :,
lexities have helped us 20 Law The =
for our future safety. "
he South may be depended on 10 :. =,
lainIain Anglo Saxon civilization. =,
the Lord would only send polili- II
ans to that bourne whence no
'aveler returns, and let some OF
reachers accompany the expedi- "
on as chaplains, our troubles 10
ould be at an end. ~
In order 10 have fair idea of CT
le hopeful conditions of The South eI
)u must remember that cur peO- ol
le are by far the most religious ~
\ The continent. About one i'm II
We Of The population in Mississip- dl
Is Baptist and there is a tre- W
Iendous sprinkle of Meihodisls 50
ld Others. And more, we know &C
Dihing of many Of the isms W
hirh pester you. The bible is The OF
reat book of authority. II you ca
| had as much religion as We have :
1t, and We had as much money as 81
'u have got, this would be a great ~
,untry. ed