Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-26
man, General Henry r. Jackson. who
was then assistant attorney general Of
the United States.

| nisnop G, L. Elliott. d. D.. OF the
| episcopal church. one of the grandest
| eclesiastics Georgia ever produced, in
ueiense OF African slavery. especially
as II existed In Georgia. writes: MY
IeeIng, Just now. Is that I would de-
reno II against all interference. just as
should defend my children from any
one who would tempt them to an i'm.
proper Independence; just as should
defend any relation of life, which man
was attempting to break of, or to VIC.
| iate' ere the purposes Of God in It
mad been worked out At this very
moment there are from three to four
million Africans lat least five thou.
sand IN Georgia) educating for earth,
and for heaven. in the so-villited
southern states-educating a thousand
ways. OF which the world knows moth.
Ing AS race they are steadily i'm
! proving. So far from the institution
being guilty of degrading the negro It
has elevated him in the scale Of being
much above his nature and race. A
man that has been made out Of bar
barian an intelligent and useful labor
er out of an ignorant savage, a Chris.
tian and child Of God out OF heath.
| en-"
A NEGRO WEDDING.
AS commentary upon the slaves
and their conditions, l add three clip
pings taken from the newspapers Of
| 1856. the account of a negro wedding.
the description Of a negro funeral and
break-down:
June "a. 1861 send you herein
the originals of three invitations to a
negro wedding which is to take place
on the 9th. The envelopes are in the
| best style OF De La Nue. & Co.. open
work embossed. and of the finest tex
ture. They inclose an embossed card.
inscribed thus:
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor will be pleas
ed to see you on Wednesday evening,
June q. at 500 o'clock.
MARIA JOHNSON,
adam HAWKINS.
"The superscription is as follows:
Mr.. Charles Jackson and lady pres
ent; the second is to be Mr.. Henry
Cassie and lady, present; and the
third Is to Mrs. Jane Hawkins. The
notes are written in neat Italian hand
writing and tied with white satin rib
bon, la mode de Paris.
These invitations were all received
by members Of my family. Mrs. Haw-
kins is my cook. Mrs. Jackson is my
laundress, Mrs. Cassie is my file de
Chambre. Thehy are all slaves, and
| their husbands are also slaves owned
by some of my neighbors. The happy
bridegroom Is related to my colored
family. They will doubtless have a
happy time Of it. and I commend to
| Greeley the case of these oppressed
| children Of Africa. am sorry that
every abolitioinist in the land should
not have the opportunity Of one such
wedding.
"A colored man by the name of
Samuel Jefferson, an original deacon
Of the Third Colored Baptist church,
was buried yesterday afternoon. A
very large number of his. friends fol-
lowed him to the grave. We noticed
in the procession three uniformed fire
companies, two or three female benev-
olent associations, distinguished by
suitable dresses. The Porters' asso-
citation, Of which he was a member.
turned cut and wore black scarfs and
| white rosettes. A spectator counted
thirty-fve carriages well-flled, besides
number Of other conveyances and
many on horseback following the
hearse. It is estimated that between
1000 and $500 negroes were in the
procession.
John Guerrard, q colored fireman,
and member of engine company No.
5, was also buried yesterday after
noon. The members of his company
we're in uniform and a large num-
Der of friends following him to the
grave.
I'VE will also add for the informa-
ton of our northern friends that the
funeral professions above noticed
were perfectly quiet and orderly. and
everything connected with them was
conducted with the utmost decorum
and propriety."
| DESCRIPTION OF DANCE
"At our own settlement mo. ~ I
found everything in a high fever of
preparation for the ball. huge boat
had just arrived from the cotton plan
tation at St. Simon laden with the
youth and beauty of that section of
the estate who had been invited to
join the party, and the greeting among
the arrivals and welcomers and the
heaven defying combination Of colors
in the gala attire of both surpass all
my powers Of description. The ball
place in the infirmary. AS the room
had fortunately but few occupants,
they were moved to another apart
ment, and without any very tender
consideration, for there was remote,
though visible suffering The dane
ing commenced and was continued.
have seen Jim Grow, the veritable
James, all the contortions. filings and
kicks and capers you have beguiled
into accepting as indicative Of are
spurious, faint. feeble and impotent,
in a word, pale northern reproductions
of that ineffable black conception. 1t
is impossible for words to describe the
things these people did with their
bodies, an| above all with their faces,
the whites Of their eyes and the whites
of their teeth and certain outlines
which either rather naturally and by
the grace of heaven. or by the prac-
tice of some peculiar dexterity. they
bring into prominence and most ludi-
crous display.