The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-07
He TALKED OUT.
A COlored Preacher Praises Gen.
Wheeler in a Serman.
SkVERLY CRITICIZED

SkVERLY CRITICIZED
Booker Washington, Whom He Style
the Arch Enemy OF All American
Progress and Yilest Strife
Breeder Between the Races
on The Continent.
a dispatch to the Atlanta J)1rna
from Macon, Ga, says that the Rsv
J.. G. Robinson, D. D., coiored, Pas
to of the African Methodist Church i,
that city on the Sunday after Genera
Wheeler died paid a glowing tribute tt
that old Confederate hero and veteran
andseverly criticised Booker T. Wash
ington. While he was talking many O
his scongregattoa forgot themselves 81;
applauded his u5.ersnces as though b.
Wss addres. i1g IN ordinary c0lven
ton. The remarks made by DR.. Bob
inson created q lite q SENSATION, ant
Is the topic .uf general dAc1ssior
among the negroes OF the city.
Among Other things be said: Th:
nation, yea, the civi.izsd world hangs
It's head in mourning to-day God ha
called from sarth's iaoo1s one CT ths
greatest factors:of civilization. I re-
Ter 5y Gen. Joe Wheeler, the mos
d4shing military genius OF mods.r
times Tais mighty Ran-this braVs
soldisr-5uls great military nero in
pressed bis greatness upon the wor!c
oy bis dare and bravery during tie
struggle OF the COS. 81 couags GUS.
yet Sympathetic was be that be WOE
6ae love, respect ard c.nsaence ol
every section and evary race IN thiS
country. His dashing mi issry ex
pioits, :ha coLGualiGg manner ir
.hich be sat in us saddle and lee
he famous calvary thas made his
nane iuu.tr;cu5 cauQh5 the eyes OF
jhe world and all nstions looked OF
with wo1dsrnen5 and lined ia one
voice acclsinaing him the most bril-
liant cavalrymaa that ever sa5 astJide
horse.
when Cuba was bleeding on &C.
count OF Spain's ctuel tyranny, and
our o1n dear country had became sick
Of tue bloody Shirt and our tEo
great secsions-she north and the fair
south, still had wids gap between
them, the Maine went 6oan in the
Havana hafbor and the sons OF
America called for reVeDg:; yea, their
blood Grief for justice, AID Tnen tae
lamented Mckinley called men o.
every section and race to CONS f,rWa1d
and defend American honor and man
hood, Gen. Joe Wheeler heard the cry
and said: 'Lst there be no north, NJ
south; our country must be defended,
aad Left the councils Of the IA
5ion's congress and rushed to the
front, giving not orly his courage,
but bis influence TO wipe Spanish in
tr;gue from the face OF the earths ano
to cement the nard5 Of love and pa
5riotism between the blue and tbs
gray.
The story of his bravery and mill
tary leadership during the Spanish
American 1ar is too receoS for 7e
hea1sal. I will not say mo5e. Adisu
General Wheels! you nave gone uo tt.
neat Joab, Alexander, Napoleon,
Jackson, Lee, Grant, Maceo and tn
nllitary heroes Of the ages pas.;
out among them ali no ole will shine
brighter ahrcu5sl the ages t. come, no
name will be more greatly reVersd, NJ
life has left greater inspiration TO:
the young manhood Of the world ano
no character will be studied more
than that OF yourself. Dust to Guss,
ashes to ashes; adisu, till ne al mee;
in some brighter cline, where al ~
items will know each other BITTER, and
under the leadership Of the Prince Of
P3sce, the Man Of Calvary, Jesus
CarIss, we will d ~ell in a united king.
dom to livs throughcu5 eternity"
After paying TIE ABOVE uriauSe to
General Wneeler, Rsy. RjbiIson be
gan to taik ca aa5 qlestiors c2rfro1t
Ing. the American people, aod 1ocl-
dsnlaily referred to. tns negro qaes,
tion. he safe:
I'VE are hare 2 part OF this coun-
sryss population; We folioTed Wash
in93ou during the reyo!usicn; we fol
lowed J6ckson in 1872; we followed
Granu and Lee bo5n during the ,60's,
and We followed Saaf@sr ano Whealei
during tbs Spanisa-Ansr.cal co1h;c:;
;ss haze trtsa 10 s.otde tie Will o. the
national and stste legislatures during
the forty ysars CT Cur f16edon, Jet
aodsy cur existence here and our fu-
tnre destiny is the buraiag topic in
American politics. 70 sSJ tsa0 our
bs;ng brought 2ere snd enslaVsd un.
der tie Anericaa whi3e people, where
ee could 1noiba 51elr c:V.lizstton was
c-oUdect:al si:ou.d net b. questioned.
Baa to sake Us azd thrust tee bal-
io5 in our nandS While the country
aas yet bleeding aad the two sect::n,
a:era apayv 4&s sha greatest olurdaf
:;vcr cImni;tud by ciTil,z5d country.
Yet :ne nsgro Vas not responsible for
snis tlunder, AID shoald not be made
10 suffer. Other tlunders and His-
:sk.s nave b=el aade to taaG ex.snt
that TIE southern hear5 las becon.
excited AID thus S1uIa Carolina pro
.auass a TillGa3, Georgia Hardwick
Mississippi. :. Vardsmaa, T,un2:ces 2
Carnack, Arkansas JEFF Davis, and
Texas q Morris SnepherJ, and chfse
aaa with eloq'iaii<e charged siah fir
keep The Weakuess2s before the eyef
Of the world. Ccsxtensive with taest
uea End sheir ssntiEea:s has BOOK
ar 7. Washington ope7assd to the e1.