The Afro-American., 1895-08-03
l Monument no The soutlneril
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Slave.
al wear cr two ago a monument was
erected at H'ort Mill, s. g.. to the mem
orv Of the Confederate soldier who
had died for his country. Italian
scnlpfors I re now a. work chiseling
out u statue gracefully typical ct the
Southern woman, whose endurance
in suffering, fnrtitude in defeat anu
patience in affliciion have made her
immortal. This monument also VIII
stand in- public square OF E1orh
Mill. But still another monument,
the most Significant and nniqe that
has ever heen buflded il this OF any
other c0unt will be erecTed q kOft
MilIs IS Will be fastllol5ed out of
rough fa1lite and vii stand forever
s il tribHte 10 tic fidelity and deV0-
fiofl 0f the Southern slave. Monu-
iii lifs lave been built 10 the Con1ed-
crate soldier III every Southern State
and several memorials have been ded
irated to tile Women of the South,
bus nowhere has any shaft been rear
ed to the Southern Negro. The s. ate
and the South and The world VIII oF
indebted to Capt Samuel +. White,
Of Fort Mill, for this estimonIal OF
gratitude TO the humble and taltnIul
Slave who fed the Southern armies
while thy fought. and who protected
with sublime devotion the women
and children committed to their care.
Tn his great oration at the Texas
State Fair. he greatest in our opln =
ion. of his many wonderful publlc al
dresses, on The Sou,h and her PROP
lens" Henry w. Grady, Of Georgia
paid most eloquent tribute 70 me
loyalty of the Southern Negro, as lol-
lows:
History has no parallel to the faith
kept bv the Negro in the South dur
inc the was. Often $40 negroes to a
single white man, and yet through
these dusky throngs tn" women and
children walked iii safety and the un
protected homes rest ed in peace. I'M
mars hailed the black battalion NOV
ed batiently 10 the fields in the morn
ing to feed the armies their ldleness
would have starved, and at night
gathered anxiously at the bis house
10 "hear the news from marster," "
though conscious that his victory
made their chains enduring. Every
where humble and kindly; the body
guard OF the helpless, the rough com
paniOns of the lltIle ones, the Obser-
want friend, the silent sentry in his
lowlv cabin. the shreWd counselor,
and, when the dead came home, Il
mournerat the open grave. A thOus-
aud torches would nave disbanded
every Southern II army, but not one
was lighted. When yne master, go
ing to the war in which sIayery was
involved, said to his slave, Il leave
my house AID loved ones in your
CHARGE the tenderness between man
and master stood disclosed. And
when the slave held that charge sa-
cred, through storm and temptation,
he gave new meaning to faith and
| loyalty. l rejoice that, when freed
ON came 10 him, after years OF wait
ing, it was ali the sweetC" because
the black hands from which the
/ shackIes fell were ainIess OF a single
crime against the helpless ones con
I tidtd To his care.
/ Mr.. GRADY was right when he said
/ his, Ory has no parallel 10 the taltE
| kept by the Negro i'll the South dun
| ing the war; ana we are glad that al
/ ola Confederate soldier Of South Car
/ olina-who fought tor Southern indt
ptndence III the war between the
/ states even as his fathers fought fOl
American independence i'll tue W2'
OF the revUlutiOn--we are glad that
/ he win have the honorable dist nc
lion Of being the first TO pay this
at tribute 10 Southern slave.