Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-01-28


Englishman named Henson lectured
Sunday night in Philadelphia ON ethics
and asked IL it was right TO accept
charity from ill-gotten gains or from
such men as Carnegie Rockefeller ana
Rhodes, who made their fortunes by
mGHopolies and trusts and rushed out
the small dealers.
The editor OF The World answered
"if charity money Is to he scanned and
disinfccted where shall the process
siop? Shall We boycott Fanuil hall
the cradle OF liberty, because it was
hu'it from tGo profits. tic olooi money
OF Peter Faneuil'ss slaves? The jolly
Bachelor and from his slnvc trade and
selling beads and watered rum "a ;he
Indians? These were the bases OF
many New England fortunes rnw
being used for generous purposes. We
are inclined to say let charity have
what H. can set. Tho more sinful the
channel through which fortunes have
come the better il is that it should
now be diverted to good uses. Luther
said it was folly to let the tevil have
all the good tunes. That Is good doc
trine. God sent it, but the devil
o''NShI H. HdS SOOl IOUHudLlOn. Lux
l dident know that the cradle of
American liberty was built with money
made in the cradle of American sla-
very. Appleton says that prior to no
New England had brought from Africa
over 100000 slaves and sold them fur
ther south, and for awhile they were
in such demand that the negro traders
In Massachusetts seized AMI sold the
young Indians who had strayeu too
far from their wigwams and they ac-
tuallYrstole and carried away and sold
The sen OF King Philip. an Indian chief.
who was ct peace with the whites But
what would not people do who would
burn or drown women as witches 2s
they at Salem?
My friend from Oregon seems anx-
IONS to handle my book and sell it. but
inists that | shall make more proof
that General Grant was Il slave owner
and hired them out until the surren-
der | referred him to Grants biogra-
ply. written by General James Gram
Wilson, who was chosen by Grant to
write it. If his people will not believe
him. neither would they believe IL one
rose from the dead. The trouble is
that most Of his people are either for
eisners or of foreign birth and don't
know anything of American history.
nv - hti ~ Jul OWn people are pro-
foundiy ignorant of the history of their
fathers and forefathers Not one in :.
hundred know that Georgia was the
first state that prohibited the African
slave trade. Pennsylvania sold negro
slaves at Sherih'S sales as late as 1913
New England abolishes slavery long
before but continued the Importation
from Africa on the SLY until 1851 Our
people bought them because they were
profitable In the cotton fields and in
the culture of rice and sugar cane For
twenty years before the war our bes'
people wished to abolish slavery, not as
AN act OF humanity. but because they
were increasing so fast and were in
the way 6f poor white men and were
demoraIizing to the sons OF the rich
and their amalgamation with the
whites was visible curse in many
families. And SO Joseph Henry Lump
kin, our chief justice began n cor
respondence with Henry Clay about his
scheme OF gradual emancipat!on. My
father and many others coopera ,c6
with the plan, but the malignant
threats of the abiltionists smothered
ii in its birth. The other day | had
social call from some north ern gentle
men and as the subject of the war in
cidentally came up a solid veteran
al
Fremont and said he knew him very
well, for he was the first man he ever
voted for and that he served under him
during the war. Well. said l. 90 you
know where he was born? No he did
not-up north somewhere. No" said
]. "He was a Georgian-born i'm Savan-
nah, educated in Charleston. His father
was a Frenchman, his mother q Vir-
ginia lady. The boy was a fine scholar
but unruly and disobedient Became a
tutor In mathematics. was appointed
lieutenant of engineers and with Nico-
las Nicolet made Typographical sur
ey of Cherokee. Georgia in 1888 the
first that ever was made
My northern friend was amazed. No.
We dent know very much until we get
too old to make our knowledge useful
Fremont was n very remarkable rian.
AS an explorer he never had an equal
on this continent, not even Lewis and
Clark, nor Kearncy compassed half the
territory nor endured half tie Deriis
that he did. When his men died or
deserted him he got more. When his
Indian guides refused to 20 farther re
won; on without them. lie was called
the Pathfinder because he found new
paths. He was too restless 10 wait for
orders. but, Eke Andrew Jackson. just
went ahead. He ascended the highest
peak of the Rocky mountains. 1t is
named Fremont's peak and Is $500
feet high. He quarreled with Phii
Kearney and Kearney had him arrested
and sent TO Washington. where he was
tried and found guilty, but President
POLK pardoned him. Soon after this nu-