The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-09

earth and the world even from everlaSt-
| ing to everlasting Thou art God!'
| The people instinctively bowed their
heads, fred by the subtle quality OF in
tense emotion the tones Of his voice
| communicated, and many of the people
| were already in tears.
''Thou turnest man to destruction: and
sayest, return, We children of men.
.Who knowest the power of thine an
ger?
Return, Lord, how long? and let it
repent Thee concerning Thy servants.
"My friends he continued sit was
| permitted unto. your fathers and brothers
ana children TO die for their country.
| Yours Is the heavier task. You must
| live for her in the black hour of despair.
| There will be nc roar of guns, no long
| lines of cleaning bayonets, no flash OF
pageantry or martial music to stir your
| souls.
"You are called TO go down, man by
man, alone naked and unarmed in the
! blackness of night and fight with the
1 powers of hell for your civilization.
"You must look this question squareiy
/ in the face You are TO be put TO the
| extreme test. You are TO stand at the
Judgment bar of the ages and make good
1
your right to life. The attempt is to be
deliberately made to blot out Anglo
Saxon society and substitute African bar
| barism.
There's something terrible in the echo
| of Gods footsteps in history.
| "A few years ago q Southern Repre-
| sentative in q stupid rage knocked Chas-
Sumner down with a cane and cracked
| his skull. Now it is this poor cracked
| brain, mad with hate and revenge, that
| is attempting TO blot the Southern States
| from the map of The world and build me-
| gro territories on their ruins. In the
madness of party passions for the first
/ time in the history of the world an an
archist, Thaddeus Stevens, has obtaiG~F
/ the dictatorship of a great Constitution
al Government, hauled down its flag and
nailed the black flag of confscation and
revenge TO its masthead
1.-The excuse given for this that the
lawmakers OF the South attempted TO
1 reinslave the negro by their enactments
against Migrants and provisions for APP
premiership, is so weak a lie, it will not
deserve the notice of future historian.
/ Every law passed on these subjects since
/, the abolition of slavery was simply
copied from the codes of The Northern
States where free labor was the basis OF
! society
Lincoln alone. with his great human
| heart and broad craftsmanship could
! have saved us. But the South had no
T; luck. Again and again in the war, vic
/ tory was within her grasp and an unseen
/ hand snatehed it away. In the hour OF
| her defeat the bullet of a mailman
1 Dfsns
| last refuge in ruin!
/ God alone is our help. Let US hold
| fast to our faith in Him. We can only
1 cry with aching hearts in the language
OF the Psalrnist of old, How long, Lord
+, how long,'
1.-THE voice OF three men now fill the
world with their bluster-Charles sum
ner. a crack Drained theorist; Thaddeus
Stevens. a club-footed misanthrope, and
3. f. Butler, triumvirate of physical
and mental deformity. Yet they are but
the cracked reeds of great organ that
peals forth the dfscord Of a nations blind
rage. When the storm is past, and rea-
son rules passion, they will be flung into
Oblivion. We must bend to the storm
Ii is Gods will
The people left the church with heavy
heard had little power to comfort. They
| were hopelessly depressed. In the after
noon, as the churches were being slowly
emptied. groups of negroes stood on the
corners talking loudly and discussing the
meaning OF this new Sunday so strangely
observed. 1t began to snow. 1t was
late in March and this was an unusua
phenomenon for the South.
l No orkh urng
cred with four inches of snow, that giis
tened in the sun with a strange reddish
hue. On examination it was found tha'
every snow drop had in it a tiny rec
spot that looked like a drop of blood
Nothing Of the kind had ever been seer
before in the history of the world. SO fal
as any one knew.
This freak of nature seemed barbingel
of sure and terrible calamity. Even ms
most cultured and Thoughtful could rn
stake of the impression it made
When Charlie CASTOR reached his home
after a never to- forgotten day in tn
woods with the Preacher, he found
ragged little dirt -smeared negro DO!
peeping through the fence into the WOOD
yard.
what you want?' cried Charlie
'Nuttin!"
whats your name?'
Dick
who's your father?'
''Haint got none. My mudder say sh
was tricked, en- Use de trick ~
chuckled and walled his eyes.
Charlie came close and looked hin
over. Dick giggled and showed tn
whites OF his eyes.
what made that streak on your meek
Dick?"
"Nigger done it wild err axe
What nigger?"
Low life niger name er Amos VIVA
stays roun' our house Sundays.
What made him do it,"
He low he wuz me daddy en- / seq h
wuz er liar, en- den he grab de axe en- tr
ter chop me head off.
Gracious! ne most killed you.
'YassiT, but de doctor sewed me hea
back, en- hit crowd"
| Goodness mel"
"Sayi" grinned Dick.
''What?"
] Il likes you"
! do your
3 'Yassir, en- l amt gwine home no mo
done run away, en- | wants ter live wi