The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-04-14

yah and pluck from heavens diadem
Gods brightest star as to snatch the |
laurel from the brow of the cOnquerOr
or tie conquered that stood under the
apple tree of Appomattox. They go to-
gether; they are all famous; and there
were good men on all sides. They dis !
agreed, and they fought for it; bnt when
one side conquered and the other was
conquered, we took our Oaths of alle-
glance, and / can hold up my hand e.
fore high heaven and before this Sera'e
today and say Inever violated that oath
that took to he good citizen of the
United s. ates, and l never knew of a
soldier of tn e Confederacy violating
that obligation.
This is my fathers house. am prond
to he in it. ! am proud to be associat-
ed today with the men whom I see
around me. have read the papers and
I have heard You all abused and CEN
sured, but I find that this is the finest
working body of men with whom have
ever been associated. had no idea of
the amount of work that was incum-
bent upon man who occupied seat
in this Senate. If he does his duty, he
has great amount of labor to perform
for the benefit of his country-of our
country. know no North, no South,
no East, no West; but love my country,
every part the best.
l love Mississippi because it is my
home. A man always loves his home
little more than any other place. |
love the particular spot where | live
better than any other spot, and you do
the same. We have there ties of friend
ship and love and everything that we
have not any where else.
1 come to you to talk of friendship
and love for one another. My religion
is the eleventh commandment of Christ
when He said, ga new commandment
L give unto you; that ye love one an
other" That is what | want to bring
about here; that is my object i'm stand
ing here today to talk to you as / do
/ want to implant in you, just as it is
i'm my heart, growing love for the
country live in and the people live
with. I live with you all: you are not
divided from me by Masonand Dixon's
line, isOthermal lin 60, or any other pla
gued lii es. Laughter l want to wipe
out all lines. That is my desire.
/ want to see you join me in taking
away the bayOnets that are on those
guns you sent down there to race OF
people who came out of a jungle ant
are only partially civilized. We cal
not civiliZe them in half a century. W,
were not civilized in thousan year
as we are today.
We do not want to hurt the negro
We all love the negro. | want to reat
you here little sentiment of mile.
, have got a little book here, and l wan
to read from it and show you just hOy
we feel toward the negro. This is m,
poetry, but will not bore you wit
much of it [langhter,l and, understand
} am not advertising it either; it is no
on tie market yet. Laughter.]
. THE OLD BLACK NANNY.
i IT'S easy to wander off from my them
When travelling over the ground;
Thro' evergrt en- pa a,tures across tn
! bright stream
When in fancy wander around,
d And see in the picture which neve
= grows older
= Tho age chills the blood which neve
grows colder.
In fancy | see those good negroes agai
u l loved in the days lcng ago,
t AS they worked in the fields of cOttO
and grain
y And sung as they chopped with tn
hoe;
: can never forget, where | roam,
u The scenes of my childhood and hOm
II The dear old black nanny, so gent
g and tender,
;. So faithful and true to her trust
9 [ loved her so we'll dared not offer
her;
u She is gone, yet honor her dust
e From the wells of my heart arise tea
1t of regret;
% Tho she sleeps meath the sod, cs
= never forget.
40 She was lovely to me in her color
bandanna
With which she turbaned her head
l Her songs were far sweeter than flu
M AS she put me to sleep in my bed,
IN Her soft grooming voice can new
Ve forget,
xs Like an angel in dreams, she com
to me yet.
I'd Those are our sentiments, la
s. plause.l Ithink my friend Bailey W
IN testify to that. Excuse me for calli
TX your name. Senator
Of Mr.. BAILEY. That is all right.
av Mr.. GORDON. l a m not famili
It. here. They call m 9 'Jim" down
ar home, and hardly recognize mys'
lie when am called by any other nan
all Laughter
an want to read another little vel
it. here to you fellows who do not love
We make our own sorrows, the ev
To- of fate, :.
ell When we take in our hearts mali
10 envy, and hate.