The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1891-09-05

into fits, for he said, II am death on
fits" This has been the common prac-
tice with the political doctors. They
crammed 100000 unwashed, uncooked
negroes into the political stomach Of
the South and the South went into fits.
In 1875 they were vomited out. You
probably heard about it. We were
very sick. We saw legislators and
magistrates who could not read. Sher-
ifs did not know the multiplication
table. Debts were piled up on every
thing that would carry a debt. Taxes
rose till they reached the point of con-
fiscation. Insolence and ignorance
ruled the land. But I must stop l
feel like the young man whose mule
threw him in IL mud hole, with his best
clothes on, when he was going to meet
ing with his sssweetheart. He was no.
ted for the violence of.his temper, but
on this occasion he meekly turned
his girl over to some one else and 81
lently led his mule away. A friend
asked, ''Dick, why did you not say
something?" 'Well, simply because I
couldn't do justice to the OCCASION"
I leave you to make the application.
The South is through with the acute
stage of the trouble. take Missis-
sippi, one Of the worst of the Southern
States. The intelligent of both races
agree that intelligence shall rule, and
the South must quit lying and stutfing
ballot boxes. said Montgomery, the
only colored man in our late Constitu-
tional Convention, immortalized him
self by advocating an intelligent bal
lot, though he knew it would doom his
race to minority. have an old COL
ored friend, Uncle Rams. L said one
day, Uncle Rams, what party do you
belong top Republican" You al
ways vote?' "No, I amt voted in 8
years." ''Why don't you vote?" Case
they used to come round and tell as
lies before lection and way long after |
find out dey was lies, den l quit votin'.
Its dis way. If dey is two trains gwine
to Mobile an one is run by men what
knows how to run it, and de other by
men what don't know how to run 1t, l
is gwine to go on de train run by men
what knows how to run it, case when
dey git to Mobile dar is L." My friends
| nominate Uncle Rams for q. S. Sena-
tor from Massachusetts. He has more
sense than u good many men in that
body.
The intelligent Southern whites
have upheld government for themselves
and the negroes too, and that under
great difficulties. Now and then we
have had fits, but they are wearing Oft.
The future is safe. The churches and
schools will work out the problem to a
finish if they are permitted to do it.
I wish here to express my gratitude to
the noble men and women from the
North, who midst many perplexities
have helped us to lay the foundations
of our future safety. The South may
be depended on to maintain Anglo
Saxon civilization. II the Lord would
only send some politicians to that
bourne whence no traveller returns,
and let some preachers accompany the
expedition as chaplains, our troubles
would be at/an end.
In order to have fair idea of the
hopeful conditions Of the South, you
must remember that our people are by
far the most religious on the continent
About one in five of the population in
Mississippi is a Baptist, and there Is
tremendous sprinkle Of Metnodistt
and others. And more, we know moth
ing of the many isms which poster you
The Bible is the great book OF authori
ty. If you all had as much religion as
We have got, and we had as much mon
ev as YOU have got, this would be 1
great country.
i What of your end of the country
We Southern people are becoming
alarmed about you. Look at you
I great cities, all foreignized, and tn
double tier Of Western States NOR
than half foreign, with alien languages
; customs, and tramplirg under foot th'
Bible. the Sabbath, the free schools
and defying all restraint on a licens
spirit, bred in the slums OF the .ol!
world. How are you going to assimi
late these millions pouring In on yo
, from every part Of Europe? Alread,,
thew dominate, and have un-American
! lied your cities. They hold the bal
ance II power in your State policie'
? largely. The foreign element control
! national policies. Every week tina
, side is strengthened by fresh intiu
I from the old world. Your sons u
Q coming South and helping us to bull
+ up the magnificent South. Every on
t OF them is an accession to the rigt
: [slde, and helps to secure our safety. an
t theirs. But the going Of these tro1
you puts you more at the mercy OF th
9 unseasoned, un-American foreign ell
2 Iment. Foreigners will not come al,
\ work with negroes. Their race ant
9 uathies are too strong, and the Sout
y will not ostracise the negro as labo
\ Sr; the negro will stay In the Soutl
> because It is his home, and he is kind!
. trested, and the foreigners will main
Y stay North. ~
y There is another drift worth mentio
J. ing. It carries death with 1t. I a
. tod that the foreigners have lare
!. families and that the American famili
II are small. have in my pockets stat
y ment from IN authoritative source
= the effect that one and half childrt
'oI TO the pair Is all the New England fal
y lilies are producing on an average. "
see that less than two is annihilation.
y have seen but two babies since I car
}. Oh! / am hungry for babies. I wa
4 to kiss even Yankee baby. What
y he matter? Think Of it; you are dool
|e ed to foreign rule right on the land