NEGRO.
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Rev'. J. C. Price thei. olored Orator, on
the Race Question.
Ghesier, January I The twenty-j
seventh anniversary of Abraham Lin
coln's Emancipation Proclamation w
duly obeivf d on WedDesd&y by the
negroes of Chester. An extensive pro
gramme had been predated and sev
f 4ral tpeakets took a hand, but alt
era .. - feature nf the celebra-
the-remainm,, t ecjfpse by thr
uon wcrecompifit.; D I) of
lironoupced him the . formic sf colored
orator of tne South to d' . ti i 4 effort
at the Court -House on Wednc dy wa
a strong proof of the wisdom oJ-ttatTj
criticism, 1 lie. subject was
: negro'8 pad in the so;ujjoo
broblerrj.
Dr. Price is as black as thc blackest
Only a few tfhit we-prcs?nt, chough
mar'y others uou dhave been, had it
been generally'kuown who the orator
o! the diyv a?. ' )
'he speaker divided his remarks ir.to
iree groups, arraninncthem under the
religious, the intellectual and the in
dustrial pha.-es of the subject. In the
opening he made a powerlul p!ea lor
trust in God, instead of a reliance upon
men or parties. What was the secret
of Samson's power? Was it in his
sinewy arm, muscular frame, or flowir g
locks? His strength lay in his alliancr
with Cod, and when that &'s broken
the giant was helpless in the hands oi
Delilah. Ir strength lie in long hair,
we are indeed a race of bald heads
Samson's source of strength is yours
100. All hMory attests this truth, that
departure from God brings ruin to a
race. The Babylonians gave them
selves up to indulgence in sin; the'r
lust eat them up and they went down
ro death. Egypt's pyramids, towering
toward the sky, tell of her former
might; she, too., forgot God, and now a
requiem of death xs weeps over all the
land. Many have spoknn lightly of our
re igiqus natures Taking- rco as a
maximum, they say the negro relgion
is not wof th more than 40 or 50. Jti?.
neverlhclesNtruc that the hero is
peculiarly a religious race. Dr. Hay-
. trood. one ot tht) foremost thinkers of
the South, says he will lose cunrideno
in the relii.jn of the negro only when
he loses confidence in relicion "itself.
noise the negro makes-jn his wor
shipnot a peculiarity of his race, but
is common with all in his condition.
- While ijv;EnIand sometime ago, I
was invited by a minister to occupy his
pulpit. 1 went, indwas the only col
ored man in Uie house. After getting,
started awhile vaVd becoming warmed
up a little, I wasstartledto hear a rain
near the door cry bHt:Amnn!. Bless
the Lord!1' It scHrcdmeItVvras so
unexpected it'almost took -me off mv
teet. I son found it ivAs common,
and eyen more soxdown inXComwalL
As nun become more educated,; the
tendency is to repress those enio.iotis
that are allowed tdrun ''free wi:h the
ignorant. Many colored preachers
rn Ke advantage 01 in is and play upon'
me iecwngs wnen tney ought tope in
forming their bearers. v
, And here comes in the question of
education as another factor in the sc
lution of the problem. Amid the dark
days of our enslavement a little, piece
of chalk, a hidden page read by a pinex
torch, showed that tuere was a mind
and a heart struggling for intellectual
v advancement, even though it was a
xcrime to place a spelling book in the
hands ot a black, and the strong arm
of the nation's Constitution backed that
iaw, A white man was een present
at our religious meetings to hear what
wc said and for what we prajed, and if
you prayed for emancipation ah, but
the negro was sly. He did not pray
for freedom then," but he did pray for it
off by himself, and his prayers . rose
Jrom the fields of the cotton and the
corn, up. up, above the clouds, up, up,
to the gate of heaven, and on up to the
great white throne itself, until there
those prayers took hold on the mighty
arm of Go&and brought it do An to
earth, whereit broke every tettr r, and
God said to the nation: "Let mv dco
pie go.'
When wc look at the progress made
sin:e then we flatter ourselves too
much, and this is a hindrance. Don't
look at what has been done; look at
what must be done. See to it, above
all things, that your children arc edu
cated. Never mind their clothes.
Make that boy wear his old hat another
year; let him go with a great long
patch down his coat, but keep him at
school; sharpen his wits, and he will pay
you back and support you in your age.
Dun't wait on the State. Two or three
months in school and the rest of the
year out won't educate. Do the work
yourself. Claim what the State has for
you, but do not stop with that. Some
ha e said that the negro would not
take an education. Look, they said at
that head: that flat nose; those thick
lips; those jay-bird feet; look at " that
ankle joint in the bottom of his foot;
why, when he makes a track, you can
hardly tell from it which way he is go
ing. A man out in Tennessee tried to
show that the negro hns no soul, and
as the greater includes the less, if the
soul is wanting there cannot be much
intellect left. You can't judge a man
by his physical features. These are
not. the measurements of manhood.
Judge by what has been done, and to
that record I appeal. As to losing faith
in the intellectual development of my
race. Pdas soon doubt the attributes of
my Go.l, who said, through Paul, that
t he. would make one nation of all kin
dreds and tongues.
In regard to the industrial phase of
the question, it was once thought that
the sting 01 tne duii wnip rausi uc icn
before the black man could be spurred
to action. UP in Massacnusettes re
cently a man said to me: "What are
the neetoes doing now. anyway? When
I was down South they seemed a mis-
erably lazy set, spending tneir time
holding prayer-meetings ana sunning
themselves aiong mc jculc iuws,
When were vou South? I asked.
"Along in the sixties.'' "Well, sir.
aid T. vnu missunderstood the situa
tion. That was not laziness you saw.
THE DESTINY OF THE
address of Kev. j. C Price. '.:! There are lazy nfgroesad lajyhi'c?,
Salisbury. N C. Dr. Price is already t despise them both. Mary1iae erred
well known both in hurtpe Dd Amer- . -d-ing the raceby.a f ;w ut
ica. 1 Indeed competent, critic have n ' . -nrim-nA nWrn mis-
THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER.
It was rest. For 250 years the negro
had ben working for his food 1 and
ctothes. while Lis master rested in the
shade. Jiving in1 luxury and ea e. From
thi- tte negro took it for granted ttyat
freedom mt-aat rest, and be prayed to
the Almighty for freedom, promising
Heaven that when he got it he would
take a long res!. He was rue to his
prom-Re, The negro is learning now
thht fie:dGm means work; he feela
it. the South feeU ir. Slavery robbed
labor of its dignity; freedom n-s'ored
it. The negro now icalizes that his
tutf-l&ee whs wron:-: aod he is at woTk.
worthvs Piraeus; n nrgiu
appropriates 2 chicken, and they
say" thetace is 'e ot thievef.
A Witemn l.rcikii a bnk
jind runs to Canada, anc t"
hint a rxxjdler, without once rcnectmg
n his race, li-caur-e there are black
loafers, that does not prove that we arc
a lazy race. 'You would not say that
there is no work goii:g on Philadelphia
and New York becau-e you see hun
dredsot loafers around the siloons
There were many significant facts inthe
Boston speech of the lamented Grady
alorg this line. Th cotton yield has
been doubled since the transition from
slave to free labor.and tht negro makes
nearly all of it. The negro Jazy! Look
n the fie d, on the 1 ail oids, in the
kitchen, wnerever the niuular arm is
needed or the hand of business ap
plied, there you will find the negro;
and the whitening c tton, the yellow
ing grain, the tall, tasseling corn, ail
proclaim to the world the negro's
faithfulness to labor.
Some are worrying themselves to
kno'w what is to become of the negro.
Where will he be fifty years from now?
Men said to Lincoln,- 'if you free the
negro his race will die out. He knows
nothing of the laws of health, ot physi
ology, of hygiene, and if left to him;-elf
he can't txist. An eminent statistical
says that the negro race doubles every
twenty years. Consult the census and
see if that looks like dying out. Do
yo.3 feel lonesome? I don't. Why some
of our kind white friends want to send
us home to heaven too soon. The
negro wants togo there, but not in a
hurry. He's sympathetic, and he wants
to stay here awhile and help others on
the wiy, and then he'll come on in due
time, uiheis say we'll disappear into
the white race by assimilation and ama
lgamation and absorption. I have read
Prof..Scomps article in the December
Forum, but I hive no faith in tbe doc
trine of assimilation. The ancestral
pride of the white man, the growing
pride of the negro, forbids that this
amalgamation take place save on ; the
high ground of matrimony, and there
is only one intermarriage out of every
200,000. Some blacks want this. They
say that their color is against them; if
that could only be changed all would
be well. I believe that color has noth
ing to do with the question. Black is
a favorite color; a black horse we all
aHmire: a black si'k dress is a gem; a
black broadcloth suit its a daisy, Black
only loses its prestige, its dignity, whtn
applied to a human. It is not because
oj hiscolor, but because of his condi
tio, that the black man is in disfavor.
Whenever a black face appears it sug
gests a. novert-stricken, an ignorant race.
morality lor Xmorality, ignorance lor
intelligence poverty for prosperity,
andlhe prejudkreCaga'nst our race will
disappear likeihe morning dewdrop
before the rising sun.. x . 2 .
Others would haveVus disappear by
emigration. Your digtinguished Sen
ator has just introducedvinto Congress
a measure intended to Help us away.
As for mer I don'twant tb,xgo.v (No!
No! from the audience) This$urjny
Southland, where lie the bleeching
bones of my fathers, is dear to me, and
I, too, feel to the manner born, "this
soil is consecrated by the labor, the
tears and the prayers ot my ancestors.
Talk about Ethiopia, talk of Africa, but
I believe that God intends the negro race
to work out hete in the South the high
est statue he has ever attainedlMf any
body wants to go to Mexico, or Kan
sas, or anywhere else, let him pack his
trunk and go of his own free Will. Let
Congress appropriate if it wants; I will
respectfully ask them to take back my
part. It may be that God means us to
go some day. but that is not the way
and this 13 not the time. When we
have gathered up the prosperity, the
intelligence, the Christianity of this
great, grand nation, then will we heard
the mutterings in the mulberry trees,
and God will giye his marching orders,
and we shall ero forth to lighten the
ii'nri nu w w - - - - - - r
dark places of Africa, and to tear down
every blood-stained heathen alter, and
to overthrow the strongholds of s a tan's
dominions and to build up the inde
structable Kingdom of Christ, the
Lord. - :
Remember, friends, that long ago two
little barks came to Amer
ica. One landed at Plymouth her
load of freemen; the other came to
Jamestown with a freight of bondmen.
Two separate civilizations sprang into
being from those two ships: but we are
all away from home. The red man
alone is at home here and he won't be
much longer, if they keep on pushing
him westward into the Pacific. When
Congress legislates the black man back
to Africa it would be just as wLe to le
gislate the white man back to Europe.
When one goes the other ouht to go
too. I am here to stay. I have an un
bounded confidence iu the future of
the Southland; her broad rivers, her
rich fields and well-stored mines, will
one day produce the richest harvest of
prosperity the world ever saw, and I
want to help reap and eijoy it,
The negro is an imitave creature, and
this a sign of much hope. The Indian
always does the opposite from what he
sees the white man do, hence he has
gone down. It is just the reverse with
the negro. A white man gets a house
painted white with green blinds, the
negro does the same; the white man
rides in a buggy, the negro gets him
one too; the white man drives a horse,
the negro buys him a horse, maybe
built in the Gothic order with rafters
in view, but it's a horse. This promises
well. Rome imitated Greece; England
imitated Rome; America imitates En-
-
gland, it's a help every tirre. and the
jnefr) is foUovitg right on to the white
man s steps. x
Their Business Booming,
Probably no one thing has caused
such, a general revival of trade at
Robert R. Bellamy's, wholesale and re
tail drug storejis their giving away to
their customers of so many free trial
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption. Their trade is simply
this verv valuable article
Krom the fact that it always cures and
never disappoints. v.ougns, coias,
Asthma. Bronchitis, Croup, and all
throat and lung diseases quickly cured.
You can test it before buying by get
ting a trial bottle free, large size 01.
Every bottle warranted.
One reason why a man can't, wade
through a crick in his back is be
cause he can't get his boots of?, on
account of his lame back.
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Poor Humanity!
jiht common lot is one-of torrow, tsay
at least the pessimist, they who
look at the worst dey Certainly what
would otherwise be a bright existence,
i often shadowed by some ailment that
overhangs it like a palt, obscuring per
petually the radiance that eUe would
light the, patr. Sucn'an ailment, and
a very common one, is nervousness, or
in other words, weakness of .the nerv
ous system, a condition only irremedia
ble where inefficient -or improper
means are taken to relieve it. The
concurrent experience of .nervous peo
ple who have persistently used Hostet
ters Stomach Bitters, is. that it con
quers entirely supersensiti veriest of the
serves, as well as diseases o called
which are invited and sustained by
their chronic weakness. As the nerves
gain stamina from the great tonic the
trouble disappears. Uto the Bitters
for malaria, rheumatism, biliousness
and kidney troubles.
The average countryman is in a
jugular vein about this season of the
year.
Temperance Wine lor Invalids.
It is well known that there are cases
when the most strict advocates of Jem
perance are obliged to use some sort of
wine, especially those who are old and
infirm. ManjT weakly females as well
as invalids and debilitated persons in
warm weather need a little strengthen
ing wine. The great dittiulty has been
in procuring a rich, wine that is relia
ble. There are many cases where wine
would be used to great advantage in
place of alcoholic drinks, if only a gen
uine article could be had, and upon
which physicians could rely as being
strictly pure. The Wine of Alfred
Speer, of Passaic, New. Jersey, and his
Unfermented Grape Juice have been
analyzed by chemists in nearly every
State, and have always been proved
strictly pure and beneficial. These
wines are now being used in hospitals
and by families for medical purposes,
also by Churches for Communion ser
vice. It is principallv sold by drug
gists. Mr. Speer's modo of preserving
is such as to retain the rich flavor and
sweetness of the fruit. Tivmcrijit .
What is the greatest athletic feat
ever performed? Wi jy th diug
up of a train by masked men,
When a man lets his face fall is
rarely breaks into a smile.
A bald headed woman is unusual
before she is 49, but gray hair is com
mon with them earlier. Baldness and
grayness may be prevented by using
Hall's Hair Renewer.
Taken as a (w)hole, there is very
little to be paid in favor of a dry oil
well.
Rheumatism and Catarrh.
Rheumatism and catarrh are blood
diseases. In many severe cases they
have yielded to treatment with B. B.
B (Botanic Blood Balm), made by
sBlood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. vvrite
convincing . proofs. Sent
for , book of
free
K.NP. Dodcre, Atlanta, Ga., says :
"My wife had catarrh and nothing did
her any good. Her constitution finally
failed andvpoison got into her blood.
I placed her on a use of B. B. B., and
to my surprisexher recovery was rapid
and completely .
W. P. McDaniel Atlanta, Ga., writes:
'I was much emaciated and had rheu
matism so bad I could not get along
without crutches. Talso had neural
gia in the head. First class physicians
did me no good. Then I tried B. B. B.,
and its effects were magical. I cheer
fully recommend4t as a good tonic and
quick curo.'N A '
Mrs. MatildaX Nichols, Knoxvills,
Tenn., writes hstiI xhad catarrh x six
years and a most distressing cough, and
my eyes were much Swollen. Five
bottles of B. BXB.,HhankGod ! cured
me." X,.' - V V
John M. Davis, Tyler,. Texas, writes :
"I was subject a number ofyears to
spells of inflammatory rheumatism,
which six bottles of B. B.B., thank
heaven, has entirely cured. I havenot
felt the slightest pain since.";
Lovers can live on love in the par
lor all right, but not in the dining
oiom.
"How to Cure all Skin Diseases. '
Simply apply "Swayne's Oint
ment.1' No internal medicine required.
Cures tetter, eczema, itch, all eruptions
on the face, hands, nose, &c, leaving
the skin clear, white and healthy. Its
great healing and curative powers are
possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggist for Swayne's OiNr
ment.
no 16 6m tues thur&sat&wk
Piles L PUes ! Itching Piles !
Symptoms Moisture; intense v itch
ing and stinging; most at night; worse
by scratching. If allowed to continue
tumors form, which often bleed
and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Swayne's Ointment stops the- itching
and bleeding, heals ulceration; and in
most cases removes the tumors. At
druggists, or by mall, for 50 cents. Dr.
S wa hq & Son, Philadelphia.
no 16 6m tues ttmr&sat&wk
THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER of
Bourbon, Ind., says: "Both myself and
wife owe our lives to SHILOH'S CON
SUMPTION CURE." For sale by
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Our Crockefy Department
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Both Plain White and decorated gods of our own direct- importation. Merchants cannot do better any i..
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IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
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A CAR LOAD !
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-We thiols tbc-
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GO TO-
NO. 119 PRINCESS STREET.
OUR HIGH AND DRY BOOTS have been wel
tried in water deep and they proved true .
MY DEKP WATER HOOTS goes o the bot
torn and comes out dry. Try a pair.
Do come ia and see thse
Fine Ladies' Fnncli Kid Boots
That fit so nice, t.nd the handsomest lot of
Children Slioes
Ever brought to the city. If you Jo not believe
nae come and see them.
Mv whole department is filled with goods of
every kind at the
LOWEST PRICES.
Harness Leather. Oak and Hemlock Sole
Leather at Bottom Prices. Shoe Brushes, Shoe
Dressing, &c, at
II, C. EVANS,
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Cocoanuts and Lemons-
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THE WILUKGTOH CilDT FACTORY
J. S. HOOPER,
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nw A R R
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and show them hrcjd."
Our store is full of ci JSTM A9 GOODS. We an aUi prejutred
to store g-oods in unlimited quantities. Our building1 beinfr both
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others? pi ve u?. an advantage.
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Heating and Cooking for burning Wood, Coal, or Oil.
Oil Stoves! :: Oil Stoves!
We now have the largest variety of these goods over offered in this market
They aro useful, handy, convenient, economical and guaranteed safe. Jut the
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o a;fewcak2loads
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M rcuutca prices, we muo
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