The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26

| other political effect. the question will
| never be solved, for I tell you here and
| now. that the negro as he exists in the
| South will never rule it, and you can
pass all the 'force bills" and "Iodge
bills" you please, they will not solve
| the question.
Now when the red men, the original
owner Of the land. stood in our way,
we Of all sections drove him West and
will finally drive him from the face
Of the earth, and when the yellow man,
the Mongolian, though civilized and in
some respects refined, wanted to come
here and make his home, the American
people protested. and he has been
practically kept from our shores. But
when the black man coming to our
country in 1920, a savage and a slave,
stuck to the soil of one section, sud
denly without education, and inferior
in intelligence is given equal political
and civil privileges with his white
neighbor: that section is expected to
carry the black man to perfection
within a remarkably short time, unaid-
ed by other sections either in sympa-
thy or in a proper understanding of
the subject.
Mr.. PEBBLES reviewed in a general way the
history of slavery in this country, and then
cited the progress of the negro race since the
war Where in the North had the negro
Jared WELL and if it be true that alone he
is helpless, as far as his own advantage and
improvement are concerned, and must neces-
sarily be assisted and guided by superior
race, then who has helped and guided him,
the North the South. There could be but
one answer to that question.
Mr.. PEBBLES concluded by suggesting few
remedies. First, let us pray for war with
some country, say Spain, for freeing Cuba;
second, except for the sympathy and help
you can give them, let the negro and the
white man of the South alone; third, educate
oil 1iTnc 1oid hxr nlYar
Washington, of whom the Atlanta Constitu-
tion said:
GO Perhaps it is too soon for the negroes to
take in the full significance of Booker Wash
ington's advice. But some of them are. be-
ginning to see it, indeed that Washington
himself is living example of the truth he
is teaching. He is treated with the utmost
respect where he goes North or South, and
it was in the South that his remarkable gifts
have received their fullest recognition. He
goes about with clean hands. His face is
an index of his character, and his conduct
stands for ALL
you say to me, will the white people Of
the South do their duty in the premises?'
1 point you to their past since the war;
After two selections by the male Quartette
choir of Plymouth church, Dr.. Smith intro
duced Mrs. Thomas H. Lyles, of st: Paul. who
read an interesting. paper entitled, The Spir-
it of John Brown
In paying tribute to the subject of her ad-
dress, Mrs. Lyles said: "Lincoln's name will
ever shine like bright star in the galaxy of
earth's beloved and immortal martyrs So
will the name of John Brown. The purpose
for which he gave his life was not passing
one. 1t unfolds a fuller promise as the
coming years give it scope. Such purposes
are Gods. They are deathless, and suffer no
interruption by the death of the men who
projected them No wonder the soul of this
illustrious martyr goes marching on. His life
is one of the bright links in the jeweled
chain of Gods providences. He came from
God, he was inspired by God, and he returned
to Cod
Mrs Lyles recounted the important evils in
the life Of John Brown, when at the age OF
about 50 years, he ''girded up his lons with
the sword of Gideon" and became the central
and leading figure of those troublous times,
which led to the adoption of constitution ex-
Guiding slavery from Kansas. Referring to
significant incident that happened on his
way to the scafold, Mrs. Lyles said
ION the I'd day of September, 1853, John
Brown walked through the prison doors in
Charlestown, Va, like one going out of the
gates of fame. On his march to the scatfold he
passed AN old colored lady leading child
This great emancipator stopped and kissed the
dark-skinned child That was his farewell
benediction a race, whose feet had trod
ence to mans tyranny over man.
Patrick Henry was immortalized by the
sentiment, Give me liberty or give me
death yet he only loved liberty for himself
loved liberty for the poor, the weak and the
the rich and the great. But John Brown
oppressed; for John Brown anticipated the
civil war. His mission was to die for the
ensaved. Had he died sooner or later, his
death would have availed nothing. The time,
manner and event had all been ordered before
hand. For John Brown was ordained
as a divine messenger of Gods own decree
against human slavery and lifted the bonds
mans cross. before his eyes; guided him msef
like one born out of due time and plunged
into the conflict.
John Brown was the grandest warrior that
ever buckied on a sword and the greatest
hero eof the nineteenth century. The Afro
Americans owe everlasting debt to John
Brown For this was not Caucasian for
Caucasian but Caucasian for Ethiopian,
a white man for a black man, the man re-
ceived and respected dying for the man des-
pissed and rejected. Therefore we should
erect a monument to that ilustrious martyr,
John Brown.
John Browns body lies mouldering in the
grave, but his great, noble spirit will for
ever march on
Mrs. Lyes' paper concluded the formal
programme, but several brief addresses were
made by Rev. ]. E. Roy, of Chicago district
secretary of the American Missionary society;
Rev. Eli Corwin D. D., of Chicago; Judge
Robert D. Russell, of Minneapolis; Prof. A.
E. Haynes, of the state university; George
Perkins, of Minneapolis Rev. George c.
Topper, of Alexandria, and others.