The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1891-09-05
GRENADA. MISS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881.
States. there are 20, ,OO0, 900 souls. No

less IMAM lG,UUU,UUU OF THESE are pure
Anglo-Saxons with the traditions, prin-
ciples and ambitions of the Revolution
ary fathers. They hold all the ideals
of what I heard the negro Bishop Tur-
ner call 1.-THE great Anglo-Saxon race. ="
The Southern negro ID every whit an
American and follows his white broth
er. This is the nations reserve.
There is another thing that counts.
There is no end Of babies in the South.
It is easy to find a dozen children to Il
family. One of our preachers had
nineteen and he didn't brag about
it, either. Tho race that laid the foun-
dation in the South will build on them.
Does it not look very much if the insti-
tutions of the country are saved from
anarchy and ruin, the South will have
to take a great hand in the business?
But you say that in every contest the
South allies itself solidly with the for
eign element Of the North; that the
South is doing all it can to break down
the conservative truly American ele-
ment of the North. Yes, / grant that
is so, and you don't like it, do you? Let
me ask you if in every contest since the
war you have not..done your best to Al
ricanize the South to put the intelli-
gent Anglo-Saxon under the good
'natured, but ignorant Africans? The
South has given you your own medi-
cine and you find it is bitter.
There is passage of scripture which
ought to be dear to your hearts: 1.-The
Lord preserveth the simple" We
have all been doing very foolish things.
1t is time to pause. The destiny of this
great country is in our hands under
God. We have given hostages to fu-
ture generations, and We must meet
solemn issues. Fairly treated this
great Anglo-Saxon vote Of the South
augmented on the negro basis Of rep.
resentation will come to your help, and
it will be as the coming of Blucher OF
Waterloo. You must meet the South
on broad American issues if you would
have it SO.
must close my friends. 1 read once
of two people, u man and his wife, who
after living together for years happily,
and gathering about them many com
forts in comfortable home, allowed
outsiders to allienate them, the one
from the other. BY and by they
parted, and then after II while, mutua
| friends induced them to meet and peac
ably divide their belongings. They
were both unhappy. The wife said
.'John, let me have your coat; it need
q few stitches, and when you go ava,
there will be no one to take them fol
you." They came to the money, ant
John said: ''Sarah, you take itall;
am strong, and can earn more, and 20!
are not strong, and may need it.
Thus they went on, each irving to b'
cOnsiderate of the other, till John LOOK
ed and saw the big tears in Sarah
eyes, and he said: ''Sarah, have bee1
to blame in our troubles. l was no
careful of you, as should have been.
But Sarah said: mo, John, was t
blame; was pettish, and expected to
much Of you when you were tired;
Johns heart swelled with great It'd
of the old love, and he said: ''Saraf
could YOU ever love me again?' why
John, I love you just like I used
when we were young" They were /
each others arms, and the home wa
rehabilitated.
Friends of the North, VIC have ha
our trouble. There have been wrong
on both sides and together we hav
suffered.
Your mothers mourn their sons bul
lied in blue, and Southern mother
mourn their sons buried in gray. "
have a common sorrow. But shall "
not reach out our hand to each othe
in a pledge of a new era of mutual he'll
fulness? Let us once more unite I
} Americans to set our house in order /
. seeing to it that our revolutionary fat
: ers did not die in vain to establish
government to preserve liberty. pea
, and postertty for their prosperity 70
ever. The South needs your ,sympatl
, and help in her difficult task; you eve
whit as much need the help Of IL
South in the conflict which Is thicke
ing around you. We hear Of the 1ril
: vote, the German vote, the negro vot
, shall we not hear something OF
, American vote which shall represe
: the best things in American life.