The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
CHAPTER III.
A DEMOCRAT OF THE OLD SCHOOL.

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"ProvIdencs ha. fllsd our mountains and GU,
pains WIN minerals, and Siven us climate
ana soil for the growing Of hemp and wool.
fhese ought to have extended to them adequate
and fair protection, that OR manufacturers and
iaborers may be placed in fair competition
with those Of Europe 1t Is hmo we should be-
come little more AmoricaEized. and in stead OF
feeding tho paupsrs and labor-rs OF England,
iced our own. "-ANDREw JACKSON.
After the gentlemen were seated at tho table
the conversation turning upon certain past
events INCUR history, Miss Fletcher. fearing an
other discussion on party issues. took the sub
speaking OF past mistakes. Mr. Peyton. 1 do
not soc how We can blame our ancestors for
them. No man Is ahead OF his time"
You are right, Miss Fletcher, for nature
IN axes no leaps. 1t has taken centuries for
man to stand whore he does to-day. We cannot
pass at a bound from the savage to the states
Velopment lie between. We must learn to walt. ="
1T Is 30 much easier to labor than to ait. -
said Miss Fletcher. ''This talk aoout future
generations ssems SO hopeless. so far away. I
am human enough to want to gather the har-
vest plant"
II We that feeling myself" answered Psy
ton. II find working FOR mans advancement
impossible unless buckle on tho shield OF
Faith. as st. Paul directs. Human Development
Is 81 slow while the patience to work for 1t and
Ethel Fiether studied Maurice peyton's rather
plain face, As he spoke. and wondered wherein
LAY the charm OF this mans personality.
Sofs o6iaSIo with Has HOf1u OnpfnXlOH. Der
fect features and we'll bred manner. testifying
~ his noble Saxon lineage and her brother were
Ihandsomsr mon, as tho world would judge yet
would she change the finely cut, boardlos face
beside her. for either OF those?
Maurice Peyten, phflanth repist and Christian
teacher. had spranS from good old Virginia
had, upon gaining hts majority freed Thorn, and
because OF this and certain bold utserances
from his pulpit. had found himself socially
ostracissd In the conversstive city he had made
his homo.
He had dared call his slaves brothers, had
lopened school for their benefit and had even
encouraged their entrance into the fold OF the
All this had reused the caste feeling Of the
times. Vague mnrmurs grew into muttered
threats and he was finally requested to resis1,
his charge and advised to seek a field Of labor
The desire to study life in the industrial
Northern States caused him TO close up his at.
fatrs and prepare for an indefinite absence from
his Southern home.
Col. Ogilvie glanced curieusly from Peyton to
Miss Fletcher as they talked apart and half
lost the meaning OF what Thorpe Fletcher was
saying.
He now turned from Fletcher and addressed
his sister:
'Miss Fletcher. Jon sheuld plant some of our
You Americana need moro cosmopolitan train.
ling; you are too narrow"
Miss Fletcher smiled.
81 cannot agreo With you., Col ogllvie. The
trouble 10 that. as a nation, We arc not fnderen
don't enough OF monArchlcol ira lisfons ]"
i "Tho idea being" laughed Psyton, .sthat ne
wish to cherish Individuality in this country,
and to copy 70 other people on the face OF the
earth. Who has said that "a narrow orbit 10 IA
vorablo to . powerful Individuality There is
world of truth In It. for too much space Il fatal
| to concentration Of thought or purpose. As In
tdividusls We, work bsttsr by not sxhnusting our
Vitality upon too many duties. II No live for
others. Is 1t not wisor to have tho numbor linn
ited7 Only Christ could hope 10 save ali.
~ agree with ar. Poyten." said Miss Fletcher
II have purposely curtsflcd my own work. for I
have found that by doing . little do It WE'LL"
'What do you cay to those philosophers.
Miss Ethef, who condemn Jour womanly mis-
lsionf sniiingly taquired Col. ogilvie. s.You
know there are these Who contend that your
harmless, pretty oh arftes are destructive forcos
Undermining society, AAa that = cAsselaiAe with
her whites hand. Is soxfns the sssds Of future
psuperfsm and Misery's. :.
'1t u eesy foe thess wf1p aee not hungry TO be
philosophers" answered Miss Fletcher. "Away
frsA tndiytdual suffsr1Hg n lsssry comfortable
20 SIS and tAsox1es about the race. How few men
or women would be ph!lsntAropissa did not
Lazarus beg and lie 1t thAy sry doors OF their
homer we cannot g abroSd without being tor
msntsd BY sight OF his Poverty aad physical