The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27
Arp Says He Would Like to Have
Heard Il.
SENATOR FROM GOOD STOCK.
Eii Says Aorthern Men are Rapidly Learn.
MG That They Made = Mistake About
the kelso Changing their Minds.

WISH 1 cOuIu UEVo u0Aru 'C0uHtOI'
Eoar mako that great speech in the
United States Senate. That Hos: lam
lily IL no common stock. They have a
hong liss Of Concord ancestors, some
Of whom were distinguished before the
revolutionary war. They are Of Pur-
tan stock, and always firm aud fearless
IN defesss Of their religious fs,th aud
political principles. Tue picture OF
the senator as he was making bis last
aud groatast speech shows hi% solidity
Of character. His forehead Is massive,
His tips heavy aud compressed. his
AOwor Jaw aud chin broad au bllliy-
>reDt. HIS love for his party was
founded in its hostility to slavery aud
ehe South. but his reverence Tor tue
consultation aud all its traditions IS
stronger thau party. He was au old.
line wing aud al abOlitiOuist per sc
though there Is no record that he ex-
erted his snhuence to keep his i'eople
from covert Indulgence Ia The African
slave trade. Hc Is q grest-xrand.o.
Of lto.sz Sherman, aud 80 are William
d.. Evarts aud John aud u sch
Sherman.
HIS elder brother. Ebenezer. was
GRANTS attorney general for u year or
two. mud WAS distinguished III many
blen I%rosii,ous. hav.n. been Il judge vi
the an rene c .urt aud u Der Of the
JOINT high comm ssiOu that framed the
treniy u Washington IN 1871. Tue Old
4 ance>tor. Samuri Hoar. was an officer
in the war IF the revolution. Hts sou.
Samuel. was u kroinlIent lawyer and u
/ wing politician during the first half oi
Ahtn ~ 81 IA Ia vvnS
sent by the Legislature Of Mussacnu-
setts 10 the state Of South Carolina to
test the cunst,tut,onality IF tho law 81
Shat state that foi babe free culoied
PERSONS from coming Into 1t. 1t took =
bold man with . streak Of fanat,c .sln III
has nature to do that, out >aiuuo HUar
dared 10 do it. aud on his arrival 10
Charleaton III 1914 was promptly ex.
PEELED from that city. aud then from
the State. he left with pru lent alac-
rIty. aud it raised au awful ruuuius uii
over New England. AMI they tntenteued
scceds aud ti.h,, but John Tyler was tc
President. and they cuull do notuiug
but talk aud preach aud threaten aud
Keep W the African siuve trade. We
| college boys wanted to fight, too. and
dared fa Q aud Harvard to come down
to tho limo. Is was IA ewspa, er war.
aud soou blew over. bul 1t celneuted
aud enlarged the aboi,tion rarty all
over tie North. aud finally brought on
the war that CAUSED the death OF half q
mllli"n men aud Tut a million names
on the leu>ion roll. What q con-
mersary nf fauutici~m! Grover Cleve
lnnd hit It hard whoa he said, "Ihe
preachers are for ex and %colonl-
cation and POSSESSION of the Philip.
pines that they may convert the ia.
tives TO Christianity aud save their
souls. OF course We will have to kill u
few hundred thousand first. aud wlul
IS to become Of their dead souls tue
preacher. do not tell u. but l suppose
they eau arrange that"
Aud now, after thirty five years OF
yaln experiment aud the wasting OF
millions IL money. the north coniesses
ia mistake. and il taking the back
track. South Carolina, Mississippi aud
LOUISIANA have virtually eliminated tue
negro from politics aud retired hia to
the fields Of industry where God aud
nature e>slsned HIM. and tia able,t OF
Gil republican magazines. The Re.
view Of Iseviews. IN commenting uI,ou
II says: 1T Is the opln,uu Of a larre
majority OF tho wisest friends OF the
negroes that the franchise Of voting ~
political e'ec!ions Is more harmful than
aseiul 30 them aud they eau well afford
to allow white men to DO the votiu. aud
hold tho Offices. II colorel men are nc
eordrd justice In the courts ami have
IAN aud eqnal opportunities to obtain
education aud acquire property. 1t i,
wholly harmful To colored men to b
aPtNoinsed l0ssmastera IN white cou.
eusit's~ Mr.. Mckinley has NAL,
mistakes in shat directioa"
Thai ~ good honest talk aud n III.