The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-29
BILL ARP.
Observation-Disclosures


World put me to thinking. A certain
Englishmsn named Hobson lectured
Sunday night in Philadelphia on ethics
and asked if it was right to accep.
charity from ill-gotten gains or from
such men as Carnegie, Rockefeller and
Rhodes, who made their fortunes by
monopolies and trusts and crushed out
the small dealers.
The editor of The World answered.
IF charity money is to be scanned and
disinfected where shall the process
stop? Shall We boycott Fanuil hall,
the cradle of liberty. because it was
built from the profits. the 0looG money
of Peter Faneuil'ss slaves? The jolly
Bachelor and from his slave trade and
selling beads and watered rum TO the
Indians? These were the bases OF
many New England fortunes "ow
being used for generous purposes. We
are inclined to say let charity have
what 1t can get. The more sinful the
channel through which fortunes have
come the better it is that it should
now be diverted to good uses. Luther
said it was folly to let the devil have
all the good tunes. That is good doc
trine." God sent it, but the devil
brought it." has good foundation. Gut
i dident know that the cradle of
American liberty was built with money
made in the cradle OF American Sla-
very. Appleton says that prior 10 1176
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 and Soli 'hc
young Indians WHO had Strayel too
far from their wigwams and they ac-
tIally stole and carried away and sold
the son OF King Philip, an Indian chief.
who was at peace with the whites. But
what would not people do who would
burn or drown women as witches IS
they at Salem?
My friend from Oregon seems anX-
ious to handle my book and sell ii. but
inists that shall make more proof
that General Grant was slave owner
and hired them out until the surren-
UT. Il ESlSIEcu " dnl OiooAe-
ply. written by General James Graz:
Wilson, who was chosen by Gran: TO
write it If his people will not belieFe
him, neither would they believe if che
rose from the dead. The trouble is
that most of his people are either for-
eigRers or of foreign birth and Gon't
know anything of American histo,!.
The truth is our own people are pro-
foundly ignorant of the history of their
fathers and forefathers. Not one i'll 4
hundred know that Georgia was the
first state that prohibited the African
slave trade. Pennsylvania sold negro
slaves at sheriff's sales as late as lS43.
New England abolishes slavery long
before but continued the importation
from Africa on the SLY until 1861. 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, nos as
an act of humanity, but because they
were increasing so fast and were in
the way Of poor white men and were
demoralizing to the sons Of the rich
and their amalgamation with the
whites was a visible curse in many
families. And so Joseph Henry Lump
kin. our chief justice. began cor
respondence with Henry Clay about his
scheme of gradual emancipation. My
father and many others coopera;ef
with the plan. but the malignant
threats OF the abilitionists smothered
it in it's birth The other day | had
social call from some northern gentle
men and as the subject of the war in
cidentally came up solid veteran
happened to mention something about
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 |, do you
know where he was born? No, he did
not-up north somewhere. No said
| "He was Georgian-born in Savan-
nah, educated in Charleston. His father
was a Frenehman, his mother VIZ"
ginia lady The boy was fine scholar,
but unruly and disobedient. Became a
tutor in mathematics. was appointed
lieutenant of engineers and with Nico-
las Nicolet made typographical sur
vey OF Cherokee, Georgia, in 1888, the
first that ever was maze.
My northern friend was amazed. No,
We don't know very much until We get
too old to make our knowledge useful.
Fremont was a very remarkable GIan.
As an explorer he never had an equal
On this continent. not even Lewis and
Clark. nor Kearney compassed half the
territory nor endured half tie Eerils
that he did. When his men diei or
deserted him he got more. When his
Indian guides refused TO go farther re
went on without them. He was called
the Pathfinder because he found new
paths. He was too restless to wait for
orders, but, like Andrew Jackson, just
went ahead. He ascended the highest
peak of the Rocky mountains. 1t is
named Fremont's peak and is 1900
feet high. He quarreled with Pill
Kearney and Kearney had him arrested
and sent to Washington, where he was
tried and found guilty, bnt President
Polk pardoned him. Soon after this nI>
merous friends began to groom him as
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