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the SOUTHERN STAKEHOLDER.
NUMBER TWO.

occasion took with him to Plymouth
church slave woman by the name
of Sarah. His object was to raise
money for the purchase of her free
dom. She was all octOrOon; was
twenty years of age and described by
Mr.. Beecher's biographer as woman
of commanding presence, well roun-
ded features, and a most winning
face.
OF course such a slave attracted the
eager attention of Plymouth's refined
and wealthy congregation. She was
requested to unlOosen her hair and as
she did so it fell in glistening waves
over her shapely shoulders and below
her vast. ROBBED in spotless white,
her face q crimson, and her form
heaving under the excitement of the
moment, it is said she stood perfect
venus in form and feature.
For some time the famous preacher
remained by her side without uttering
q word and then in his eloquent and
majestic way told the story of her
wrongs. The congregation was arous-
ed to frenzied excitement and a cry
of pity went up for the slave and
horror and Kisses for the institution.
Not satisfied with kindling this
blaze of wrath against the institution
of slavery in his own country, Mr..
Reeeher crossed the Atlantic aud with
his matchless magnetism aroused the
English people sgainstit
In one of his bursts of eloquence
Mr.. Beecher said that the negro should
be flesh of his flesh, bone of his bone,
and blood of his blood.
The sections were arrayed against
each other in mortal and relentless
hate; civil war ensued and both
sides were bathed in innocent and
heroic blood.
With the termination of war came
the emancipation of the slave.
The freedman's bureau was estab-
lished and the newly enfranchised
negro was fed from the public COM
missary.
We quote from an article written
by us tweRty years ago:
Trained to the labor of the farm, blessed
| with health, strength and muscle and wonder
full powers of endurance, given lands. furnished
with mules implements and supplies, thesfact
that not one negro in a thousand has succeeded,
| tells its story
A northern man writing in Gun
ter's Magazine on the subject Of
whether the negrO's freedom has been
a success or failure selects Carlisle,
Penn, for the object lesson he wishes
to enforce.
At Carlisle all the environments
were favorable to the negro. The in
habitants were entirely in sympathy
with him. 1t was one of the depots
for the underground system" for the
harboring and protection of those
who had escaped across the line from
slavery. In Carlisle the negro was
fed, clothed and educated by sympa-
thizing friends.
The conclusion of this writer is that
Judged by his efforts in Carlisle the
negro as freeman is a dead failure.
He has failed to raise himself in the
scale of civilization. In the part of
the city where he is located property
has deprecated seventy five per cent
in value. Respectable and wealthy
white people refuse to live in the
same neighborhood with him. OF
the entire negro population in the
city of Carlisle only one has succeed
ed in business and his success is due
entirely to the rise in the value of
land properties, which he purchased
years ago at nominal cost.
This writer says that the younger
negro population in that city is not
worth killing.
The negro lahOrers who were taken
from Alabama to Illinois to work in
the mines were greeted with shot
guns and were refused a landing
place. Famished and starved, thew