The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-28


pardoned General Worth and that you
have no rights on the land without
his contract / tell you old Andy
Johnson has no right to pardon rebel,
and that he will be hung before an
other year. Thaddeus Stevens, Charles
Sumner and B. F. Butler are running
this country. Mr.. Stevens has never
failed yet on anything he has set his
hand. He has promised to give you
the land. Stick to it. Shake your
fist in old Andy Johnson's face and
the face of this bureau and tell them
so.''
Dat we will!' shouted negro
woman. as Tim Shelby rose to speak
"You have suffered" said Tim. Nov
| let the white man suffer. Times have
changed. In the old days the white
! man said, John, come black my boots
| And the poor negro had to black his
boots l expect to see the day when
l will say to a white man, Black my
boots And the white man will tip
/ his hat and hurry to do what l tell
him."
Yves, Lawd! Glory to God! Hear
dat nowv'
1--WE will drive the white man out OF
| this country. That is the purpose or
our friends at Washington. If white
men want to live in the south they
can become our servants. If they
don't like their job they can move to
more congenial climate. You have
congress on your side, backed by
million bayonets. There Is no presi-
dent. The supreme court is chained.
In San Domingo no white man Is al
lowed to vote, hold Office or hold
foot of land We will make this
mighty south a more glorious San
Domingo"
frenzied shout rent the air. Tim
and Legree were carried on the shout
ders of stalwart men in triumphant
|, procession, with five hundred crazy ne
groes yelling and screaming at their
| heels.
The officers made their escape In the
confusion and beat a hasty retreat to
town. They reported the situation to
Headquarters and asked for instruc-
tons.
) The spirit of anarchy was in the
tainted air. The bonds that held So
| ciety were Ioosened. Government
, threatened to become organized crime
instead of organized virtue Of the
community.
? The report of crimes of unusual hor-
7 ror among the, ignorant and the vicious
began now to startle the world.
The Rev. John Durham, on his
rounds among the poor discovered
little negro boy whom the parents had
abandoned to starve. His father had
become a drunken loafer at Independ-
, ence, and the Freedman's bureau de-
livered the child to his mother and her
, sister, who lived in a cabin about two
. miles from Hambright, and ordered
= them to care for the boy.
:. A few days later the child had dis
- appeared A search was instituted,
:. and the charred bones were found in
: an old ash heap in the woods near this
cabin The mother had knocked him
;, in the head and burned the body, in
= drunken orgie with dissolute COM
- panions.
o The sense of impending disaster
! crushed the hearts of thoughtful and
n serious people One Of the last acts
. of Governor Macon, whose office was
. now under the control Of the military
;, commandant at Charleston, s. c., was
to issue a proclamation appointing a
day of fasting and prayer to God for
deliverance from the ruin that threat
q ened the state under the dominion Of
% Legree and the negroes.
It was a memorable day in the his
! tory of the people. In many of the
n places they met in the churches the
v night before and held all night watches
n and prayer meetings. They felt that
pestilence worse than the black
Al death Of the middle ages threatened
10 to extinguish civilization.
n The Baptist church at Hambright
was crowded to the doors with white
e faced women and sorrowful men.
o About 10 o'clock In the morning
q pale and haggard from a sleepless
night of prayer and thought, the
q preacher arose to address the people
q The hush of death fell as he gazed
l. silently ovex the audience for mo
ment. They had never seen him sc
moved with passions that stirred his
inmost soul. His first words were
addressed to God. He did not seen
J. to see the people before him.
u lord, thou hast been our dwelling
q place I'm all generations.
Before the mountains were brought
forth or ever thou hadst formed thu
&C. earth and the world, even from ever
u lasting to everlasting. thou art God?'
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