The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-05-27
His name,'' he said, all riverently, 81
friedrich L. McGhee."

His name,' he said, all riverently, "is
friedrich l.. McGhee." .
saw men floating long the street their
arms around each other. .. -
And matrOns kissing maidens like hap
py child and mother. -s
And no one had an enemy and every
one a friend 49,.
And women didn't gossip and every
man would lend. ..
| And, I wondering at the brotherhood
| that shOne forth everywhere,
Spoke to an aged ghost man of thu
| peace that filled the air.
And the old man smiled contentedly
as he watched the crowd go past,
Son, we had to die to do it, but we'se
got our rights at last
Symposium of short talks by every
bouy present (See list of subscrib
| ers.) |.
! esponse-Frederick L. McGhee, ESQ
The subscribers to the dinner we're
ADAMS, J. @.
| ANDERSON, r. E.
BARKSDALE, NJ L.
I BOOKER, C. H. S-7,-~- z~sss- *
| BOILING, M. A.
CHANDLER, w. f. T.
CHARLESTON, J. H. .-..+
| CUTHBERT, S. j.
| DILLINGHAM;, j.. H. e..
EDWARDS, B. F.
FRANCIS, w. T.
GROSS, I. A. y ,..
| HALL, 0. G..
| HALL, S. e. .. ...-
| HALL, A. V.
HIRSHFIELD, J. J. g.,
HOWARD, DIR. o. D.
| HOWARD, w. v.
JACKSON, G. D.
JAMES, G. w.
| JOHNSON, M A. --
| JOHNSON, J. E. 49,. -. .. r. .m-
| LEALTAD, REV A. H -.
LOOMS, J. H. u
MCDONALD, REV. E. H.
MORRIS, w. r.
| PICKETT, C. D. a'.
| Reid, DIR. j. H.
| REID, F. e. .,l
| SHERWOOD. J. H. f,-
| SMITH, B. S. a
STRONG, REV. J. S. - >--a
MARTIN, w. 49,,
| TURNER. DIR. V. 49,
UTLEY, w. J.
WALKER, E. C. ...
WEBER, A. S.
WILLIS G. w. ~. -.&-
Each one of the subscribers present
was called on in turn and each one
responded in a short or long speech,
as he felt disposed, but the tone of
each was the same high praise of the
guests of honor.
When all had finished, Mr. McGhee
responded. He was evidently greatly
affected by the spontaneous effort Of
the people of his city to show the high
appreciation in which he was held and
he said so, in the way that only Nc
Chez can say things.
He said:
Nov let me be your follower. Let
each one of you be my leader and let
me say to you brothers out Of the
depth of my heart l thank God to be
here with you. I feel that if 1 could
/ would say some encomiums of that
good man who brought you here
whom hold in high esteem my good
friend Mr.. G. w. Wills. And say
heart, how highly I appreciate this
to you with all the strength of my
gathering, and what high apprecia-
ton feel and how happy am at the
restoration of the friendship between
me and my dear old friend Billy
Francis. AS I sat here and heard men
tell of how well was known and
how, have fought the battles of the
race, am reminded of the time
when was fighting what I thought
one of the battles of the race. When
hundreds of men who ought to have
stood by me and for the thing for
which stood, failed me, when others
had fled, it was upon this. mans
shoulder that leaned and Billy failed
me not. And when I tell you that it
gives me great pleasure to get back
again to that friendship and lean on
his shoulder, I want you to believe
how true it is. There has been one
great thought that has run through
this meeting; there has been one cen
trail ideat that seems to me has per-
yaded and permeated the whole thing
and that is that we get together, and
now we have gotten together.
There is to the race a voice crying.
1t cried in the early dawn of our free
dom. 1t has been crying every night |
as we went to bed, as the whippoor-
will sings it's song, and cries every
with the lark awaking the
moon: and that cry has been, "Ye are
all one" How true this that we are
all one. We have been steadily grow
ing together, we must not grow apart.