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TI DEAD EDITOR. Brilliant Career of the Late ? Henry Woodfen Grady. AN UNTIMELY DEATH, INDEED. Bet Thtrty-etf-ht Years Old and Yet One of tfce Bent Known Bf en In the United j States-Journalist, Orator, Patriot and j Befsn&er-UniTemal Sorrow. The state of Georgia, the "New South'* and the entire American Union have sus? tained an irreparable loss. Henry W. Grady is dead. Dead in the very morn? ing of bia fame, when all the elements O? the business and political situation seemed to combine to promise him the brightest future of any young man in the United States. He was but S3 years old, and vet he had rounded the circle of achievement in many lines and gained fame a? editor, correspondent, orator, patriot and reformer. The peculiar sit HZ5RY W. GRADY, nation demanded just such a man to make the two sections known to each Other, and the man was just fitted for Che situation. His first step in active life was to at? tempt to fill the place of his father, who died fighting for the south. His last achievement was a speech at Boston de? fining the views of his people so clearly and candidly that even hostile critics were charmed. And bb last audible words were, "If I die, I die serving tho south, the land I love so welL Father fell in battle for it: I am proud to die talk? ing for it." It is hard for a limited in? tellect to reconcile itself to his death at such a time, vet it may well be that his Sorrowing mother spoke an important truth when she said that his work was well nigh finished. It may, indeed, be that bis death just at this time will add weight to his words and do more than bis continued life could lia ve done. MIS PERSONAL HISTORY. Henry Woodfen Grady was born in 1851, at Athens, Ga., of stock in which runs the blood of the Irish patriots Cur? ran and O'Connell. Athens is a pretty place nestling among the hills of eastern Georgia; it is called classical Athens, being the point towards which many young men of the south turn for an edu? cation. Grady's father was a colonel in the Confederate army and lost his life when his son, later on tobe so intimately connected with the rise of the then suffer? ing south, was but 14 years old. It was about this time that young Grady entered the University of Georgia, which is located at Athens. Here, after a brilliant course, he graduated first in bis class, and then went to the celebrated University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, where he continued bis studies. The gift of eloquence was apparent at an early age, and before he became distinguished he had established a reputation among a limited acquaint? ance as an orator. Upon leaving college Mr. Grady be? came a correspondent of The Atlanta Constitution, the paper ?e was to after? wards edit. In this field he soon gained a reputation for being a pungent and fbcobie writer. Desiring to act for him? self he established a paper at Rome, Ga. The paper soca became remarkable for the strength of its editorial comments from the pen of the proprietor. HIS RISS ES JOURNALISM. Bo* Mr. Grady desired a wider field. Atienta soon began to attract attention as one of the new southern cent?n), and lhere Mr. Grady went. He l^ecame one Ci* the proprietors of The Atlanta Daily Herald. His work on the piper gave bim a reputation from the racy and pict? uresque style in which be commented on current events. But the paper was not destined to live long. It was in direct opposition to The Constitution, and there was not room for both. In spite of The Herald's brilliant management it went to the wall in about a year after Grady undertook it. He made one more at- j tempt to establish a paper of his own. j Be started The Atlanta Courier, but .gain failing he abandoned the attempt altogether. Mr. Grady was still quite a young j man? He held a pen which was always ! in requisition, writing for The Louis- j ville Courier-Journal, The Atlanta Con ?Citation and other papers. James Gor- j don Bennett the elder appointed him j Georgia correspondent of The New York Herald,and this position he held for six years. In this way he continued to grew j in experience and reputation till fortune \ carno to him by a lucky railway specula- ; lion. Making some 8?0.000 by a rise in railway stock he purchased with it a quarter interest in Tho Atlanta Consti? tution. FROM THE DESK TO THE PLATPOaH. As a journalist Mr. Grady was at once j pan gent, brilliant and possessed of excel? lent literary taste. With a kee n instinct | of what the public require in the shape 1 of news and editorial comment, ho man? aged the paper in the interest of tho com? munity in the vicinity of Atlanta and ' not without a careful regard for national . events. In the south he was considers] j the most thoroughly equipped journalist south of Mason and Dixon's line. Mr. Grady's opportunity to thus lift \ himself above other southern journalists j came with the Charleston earthquakes in 1886. "It's an ill wind that blows no body any good,** and the sufferings and terrors of the people of Charleston proved a flt subject for Mr. Grady to show his powers of description. A seri<-s of letters to The New York World sud- ! denly gave him an enviable reputation. I As Mr. Grady thus suddenly gained a j national eminence in journalism so ho ! attained national repute as an orator. Indeed, it is as an orator that he is l*>st I known, especially in the north. At th? ; annual dinner of thc New England s<>- ! ciety. held in New York in Iteifi. he wa?. . invited to speak. The effort was worthy to place any man on a high pinnacle of oratorical fame, and it at once announced the speaker aa an orator to all the American people. That speech was so important an event in Mr. ! Grady's life, it is so full of eloquence, that it is here appended vertxttim. It is j an impassioned oration: ono spoken upon the sour of the moment, and full of that genius which conies with inspira? tion. Before tl>e dinner a correspond? ent of The Atlanta Constitution asked him ?'hat he would say j "The Loni only knows," he replied. "I have thought of a thousand things to sar, five hundred of which if I say they will murder me when I get back home, and if I say the other five hundred 'hey will murder me at the banquet." Yet the result of Grady's eloquence was that the New Englanders gave him an ovation at the conclusion of his speech, and the soutlierners stood in crowds for hours in the rain to cheer him on his arrival in Atlanta. BILL ARP*S COMMENTS. After the speech (1SS6) Bill Arp wrote in Mr. Grady's paper: One of these old Ow 'federates whom I mot in Mississippi swung his empty sleeve around as he squeezed my hand and said: "Bi!!, where is Grady ? Why dido t you bring Grady* We want to^-e Grady. God bless him! Didn't he put a head on old Taimare? Didn't he everlastingly clean up Taimare?" Well, it is Grady, Henry Grady, all along the line. I see his speech in almost every paper. I saw it in three papers today, and ont? of them was a negro paper published in Grenada, and tho colored editor was lavish rn his compliments. I wonder if G rudy has captured tlie nation* Ile has the wh:"ces and tho negroes north and south, east and west, and 1 expect hos got the Indians and the heathen Chinee. These Mississippians say they want lamar for the next vice president, but if they cant get him they want Grady. Mr. Grady was often very poetic in some of his work for The Atlanta Con? stitution. One year ago, almost one year to a day before his death, ho spoke thus beautifully of Christmas day: Ko maa or worooa now living will KT*? ashlin such a Christmas day as the one that closed yester day when the dyinj: sun piled ti ie western si; i cs with gold and purple! inter day it was, shot to tb? core with sunshine: It was enchanting to walk abroad ia its prodigal beauty, to breathe its elixir, to reach out tlie hands and plunge tisvn open fingered through its pulsing waves of warmth and freshness. The hum of bees underrodc the whistling winjrs of wild geese flying southwanL The fires slept in drowsing grates, while the peopl", marv clinic out? doors, watched thc soft winds woo tho roses and the lilies. Truly it was a day of days! God's benediction came down with th* day. slow dropping from tho skies. God's smile was ks light, and all through and through its SJ jornal beauty and stillness, unspoken but appealing to every heart and sanctifying ever}- soul, was his invocation and promise, "i'eace on Earth, Good Will to Mea!" Dr. Charles Pinckney, the Georgia poet-an admirer of Grady-took a fancy to paraphrase this, putting it into verse. It is noticeable how little ho was obliged to change the original. Here is Dr. Pinckney *s erse: No man or woman living now will see Again, io raptured ecstasy behold The day of Clirist's adored nativity Which closed our glorious yesterday. When the dying sun. about to yield its sway. Bedecked tho western skies with purple gold A winter day It was, with sunshine shot; Amid its lustrous lovelin;;ss to move And suck its life's elixir with tao breath. OT reach out open-flagcred hands an 1 plunge Through its pulsing waves of freshening glow Could mortal hope for better things b^low? *Neath whistling wings of wil l geese flying souta The hum of bees, while drowsing fires slopt Within the grates, and peoplo out o' do^rs. Marveling, watched the soft winds wo J the rose And lilies. Dare one hope tho like again? A day of days it truly was! "God's benediction with the dny came down. Slow dropping from his own ethereal skies; All through and through its beam, supernal enm* God's smile, which was its light-a stillness whilo Unspoken, yet to every heart appealed. And sanctifying every soul his word And promise. Peace on Earth. Good Will toMra. Truly, if this man did not write poetic prose who has ever done so? KO ''TAKING THINGS BACK." Grady established a rule for The Con? stitution that no errors should be cor? rected, or at least that no error should I be acknowledged. He was called upon one day by a gentleman who boiled over with indignation because Tlie Constitu? tion had announced him as dead, and he was very sure that he was not dead, and wanted a correction made immediately. The man was very much alive, as Grad\ saw with half an eye, but what could be done? To acknowledge the paper's blun? der was against the one rule of the office which must be kept above all others. 'TH tell you what HI do," said Grady; "we have put you in as dead, and yet you come to us alive and ready to kick, if not kicking: so I'll make it all right by putting you among the births," and, notwithstanding many protests, hedidso. Last January Sam Jones, the evan? gelist, was preaching in Augusta, Ga. He touched vigorously upon the differ? ent roads to hell and was especially hard upon baseball players. Mr. Grady was in the audience, and Mr. Grady was the president of the Atlanta Baseball club. Ile had come out in response to a press? ing invitation of one of Mr. Jones' most ardent admirers. When the sermon was over, this apostle of Sam Jones said to him: "lam very sorry you preach ed against baseball today." "Why?" asked the evangelist. "Because Henry Grady was in the congregation, who is an en? thusiast on baseball, and I am afraid your sermon will drive him off from coming to church again." "Well. I am sorry I didn't know that; you tell Mr. Grady that if I had known he was pres? ent I would not have preached against baseball." This message was delivered to Mr. Grady, whereupon he sent the following reply to Sam Jones: "You tell Mr. Jones that I am not afraid of going to hell because of my love for baseball, but that if he was preaching tlie Gospel lie ought not to care who it hurt." Before the expiration of Senator Col quitt's term Mr. Grady was s,/oken of to take his place. Indeed lie became quite a prominent candidate, but Senator Col quitt carried the day in spite of GraJv's suddenly acquired brilliant reputation. PERSONAL (.ITARACTEIilSTICS. Mr. Grady was a medium sized, heavy? set man. Ile wore no l?oard. his face al? ways being smooth shaven. He was of dark complexion, with black hair and eyes. His voie- was pitched on a low key, but with great carrying power, j Like such speakers usually, he was a man of remarkable personal magnetism, and like men of genius, he took no thought as to conventionalities, and u ns full of ec ceniricities. He wasextremely popular, j and counted his friends by thousands, not I only in Atlanta, but ail over th** south. HIS MISSION OF RECONCILIATION. Henry W. Grady liada mission if ever man had. And since the ajK>stolic d ivs ' few men have realized their mission so j clear)v or entered on it willi such cour- 1 i a;^e and perseverance. But fourteen years old when the civil war ended, he j entered on active life with none of the j old h;itr.-'lri and prejudices to handicap him. A.* soon as he cou] 1 secure a hear- j ing he d?*clared the trie- policy for the i young men of thc. south substantially in j these words: j "We honor our fathers for th^ir brav- ? erv and respect them f >r t?e-ir uufalter- i iw? devot ion to tle-ir conception of duty. We refuse to apologize for or belittle I them, but with all o;:r !i.\irts we accept \ the setti":ii'-:il of the xvaran 1 devot? (?ur selves to tho restored I" don. SI ivery i . forever done with, and secession will never again be attempted, bm..ur rights as American citizens remain, th? south remains and we will make it more glori ons than ever. We. dedicate ourselves anew to its upbuil ling. As {.< thc negroes, we will do ail that justice-and humanity require; we xviii guarantee their freedom and insure them an edu? cation; but we cannot submit to th"ir rule. Civilization aihI progress impera? tively demand that the whites shall re? main the ruling power.** Such, \x itlt minor variations, has been the refrain of all his speeches and ad? dresses; and it is no small proof of his ability that lie spoke these sentiments to applauding thousands tn the north and south alike. In Georgia affairs lie was a progressive of the progressives. Proba? bly no other man in the state had so much influence; and certainly no state is more liberal and progressive than Georgia. In the common schools of that state, sustained by general taxation, are more than 100.000 colored children, and the colored people of the state are the owners of over ?20,000,000 worth of prop? erty. Commenting on facts of this na? ture in his recent speech in Boston Mr. Grady said: Con it bc seriously maintained that- we arc ter? rorizing tho people from whose willing hands comes every year $l,OO0,O0O,OW of farm crops? Or have robl*\l a people who, twenty-fiye years from unrewarded slaven", have amassed in one state $20,000,000 of proporty? Or that we intend to op? press the people wo are arming everyday? Or deceive them, when we are educating the?h to the utmost limit of our ability? Or outlaw them when we work side by sido with them? Or re-enslave them under legal forms, when for their benefit we have even imprudently narrowed the limit of felonies and mitigated tho severity of law* My fellow countrymen, as you yourselves may some? times have to apjieal at thc bar of human judg? ment for justice and for right, give to my people to-night the fair and unanswerable conclusion of these incontestable facts. Arid the solid men * Boston ap? plauded lon-- and earnestly. Mr. Grady's happy faculty of presenting unpleasant truths was shown by the cordial recep? tion given to that part of his address in which he apportioned the blame for slavery. The slave ships, he said, sailed often from New England's ports, the south of the olden time took the slaves; and even as New England does not now def nd the traffic so the New South does not defend the system. By as much as New Englanders know that tliey aro glad to be quit of the traffic and would r ** dream of renewing it, by so much Mr. Grady claimed that they should realize that the south dreams not of restoring slavery. HE ADMITS TUE EVIL FEATURES. Nevertheless, he did not ?eek to hide any of thc dark features of the race problem at the south or disguise the fact that the whites are fixed in their deter? mination to remain substantially a unit and rule the blacks. The conditions, he added, are ''indeed appalling. Two ut? terly dissimilar races on the same soil with equal political and civil rights almost equal in numbers, but terribly unequal in intelligence and responsi? bility; each pledged against fusion; one for a century ia servitude to the other and freed at last by a desolating war the experiment sought by neither, but approached by both with doubt-these are the conditions. Under these, adverse at every point, we are required to carry these two races in peace and honor to the ead." The people of tlie south, he added, carry this problem ever with them; they are necessarily far more interested in ! its correct solution than the north can bc, and "they know the absolute neces- ! sity of political unity in facing it. There isa vast ignorant and purchasable vote, j tito possible prey of the cunning and un- i scrupulous of both parties. Its credulity j is imposed on, its passions inflamed, its \ cupidity tempted, its impulses misdi rected, and even its superstition made to ! play ns part in a campaign in which every interest of society is jeopardized I and every approach to the ballot box . debauched. It is against such campaigns j as this-the folly and the bitterness and ! the danger <;f which every southern com- j munity has drunk deeply-that thc white | people of the south are banded together." j HIS MOST FAMOUS SPEECH. Here is a report of his speech before ' the New England society in New York \ in December. 1SS0: "There was a south of secession and slavery that south is dead. There is a south of union and freedom-that south is living, breathing, growing every hour." These words, delivered from the ' lips of Den jam in H. Ilia, in Tammany Hall in ; 1S-3G, make my text for to-night. Mr. President and Gentlemen-Let me express j to you my apprec iation of the kindn<*ss by which : I am permitted to address you. I make this ab rapt acknowledgment advisedly, fur I felt that if, ! when I raised my provincial voice ia this ancient j and august presence, I could find courage for no ; more tlian thc opening sentence. It would 1? ! well if. in that sentence, I had met in a rough ! sense my obligation as a guest and had perished, so to speak, with courtesy <>n my lips and grace | in my boa rt. Permitted through your kindn-^s to catch my second win*! let me say that I appro- j cia te the significance of vmg the first sou th em? : to speak at this board, which bears tho substance, if it surpasses thc semblance, of original New England hospitality, end honors a sentiment that ! in turu honors you, but in which my personality j is lost, and the compliment to my people made | plain. I liespeak the utmost stretch of your courtesy | to-night. I am somewhat indifferent to tiloso i from whom I come. You r. nember the man j whose wife seat him to a neighbor with a pitcher Of milk, and who tripping on thc top step, fell. . with i-'.ich casual interruption as tho landings ! afforded, into the basement, an 1 wilily picking ; himself up had thc pleasure of hearing ht? wife j call out: "john, did you break th j pitcher?" "No, I didn't." said John, "but m Iw dinged if j I don't." So while those who call to me from behind may j lnsi?re mo with energy, if not with courage, I ask i an indulgent hearing from you I beg that you j will brin^ your full faith i:i American fairnea and frankness to a judgment upon what I shall i say. There was an old preacher oaey who toi 1 ? some boys of tho Biota lesson he was to roi 1 in j the morning. The boys finding the place, glued ! together tie connect inj; pa.^es Tho n-'.xl m arn? ing he read on th? bott > :i of one pag "W.ien Noah was 12J years old he took unto himself a wife who wa**'--then turning the r?*e-"ll") cubits long, 40 cabir?wide,. built of gopher woo ! and cove re I with pitch i is: ir; ntl 1 out." lie was naturally puzzle 1 ai. this. Ile na I it a-c-iia. veri fir?d it, an 1 thea said: "My friend*, tbs U the first time Lever met this in the Bible, but I ac oept it as evidence of tho assertion that sri a.-J fearfully and won lerfally male.'* If I c 1 g 't you to hold such faith to-night I coul l proceeJ I cheerfully to tho task I other :vis? approach wit i i asease m? consecration Pardon me one w ml. Mr. President, spoken for I the purpose of. getting into thu r^Iu.ae; thatgo : out annually freighted with th ielojuenc * of your ' speakers-the fact that the c ivalier .ii well a-, the ! Puritan was on this continent i.i j:s early days. ! and that he was "up an 1 able to bo about." I j have read your books carefully an d I fl id n > mention of tliat fact, which s.-em to rao impor i tant for preserving a s:?rt of historical euui librium. With thc cavalier once ?stablisho I at a fact ta ! your chai ning little boa*ts I shah tat htm wor'-i 1 . ut his own salvatioa, as he ha; always doa > with ; engaging gallantry, and wy will hold e.o ejn j troversy as to his merits. Why should we? Neither Puritan nor cavalier long survived as, such. The virtues an 1 traditions of both happily ; st ill. live for the inspiration of t;i"ir sou': and t'iA saving of tho old fashi on. Bat b .?th Puritan au 1 . covaiier were los;, in the storm of tlieir first r?*vo iution, and the American citizen, supplanting i Ixtth and s?r >n : ?r titan eit.ier, t ?ok |?osse.:-;:o:i <>.' the republic-!*** ;ht by th-ir common bl??.xl and ! fashioned i:i wisdo: ra. an 1 eharged himself with ' teaching tuen free government and establishing ; tin* voice of the people as the voice of G?>1 ( ?reat types, like valuable [Wants, are slow i . flower ' and fruit. But fro'ti the union of the-? colon?:K. i fr>;n titestraigiiteningof t.V-ir purposes and the ? crossing of t.i'-ir blood, slow [>erfeeting through a <.> iii arv. cam . h j who stan ls a> tu ? ll st. ty ?ieal ' A iicriean. t ie first who comprehended within ' lii:..s??if ?.il t;i?> ?.tr-'u-th and gentleness, all th?? majesty an I i^r.ac" of tnis republic-Abraham Lin- j coln. II-- was the sum of Puritan am! ci va lier, f >r i:i his ere jut rial 'ire w-re f;?s.-1 I : ? - virtues < f tx ?iii. and ii the dept'IN of hi* greats "il the faults of r>.?th w??r?? lust ll" was ^r.-afr than Puritan, \ .greater ' ian cavalier, in that ti?. was American, and that in bis homely form w.*ro first gathered j the vast and thrilling forces of this ideal go\'?*rn j ui"nt -^charging il wirti s ic i tr >;u -ndous m-uning and so elevating it above human Kuir*rin; that martynlor.i. though infamously ai ie?l. eauievis a : fitting erowri t > a lif * eons ?ci af 1 fro :i i: ; era lin to .hitman ii:*erty L't us. each ch"ridii.j ; his ti .. ditionsa id honoring hU fathers, bu 1 wis t rev ?.. 1 eut han 1 . ' ;i * ';? ;>" .>. t?iis si n i? . o it su dim . lil--, in which all t rp ? Mr.- h< . v >r . 1 an 1 i i : Ii?.? <:.i non ? glory, wo shall win as Americans I will I -e pl<?nty and u> spare foi y?.?ur ft/refathens and 1 >t min .. I lu sptakincr to t'i<? V ?ost with whiehyn ha*'? hont)r'?J mo ia?.pt tho ter-u, "the n~ ? s???r h." \ as i i ?io sens.; disparigin^ t? tie i?2J i>-.ir to^m?\ sir. U the homo??f my chil l.?-.?oI ai l tlio j fr.iili;i->*i. of n!7 p . J >! . Ti- i. a n v s-?uth, ; n< t . pf ?t'vst JIU uh <i the I. li r b ..: m ^ . . >!" new <->ti ??ir ?:is. it .v ;i !; i.: ii'it; ail. if y # i j m* ; -. n?*w i ! 'os rm 1 a vpira* ? ?ns It i ? t-? thi? t"i.V I ad iln'x< ruy j-:f 1 ask y KI, gmt!'" 'i ei t ? p 'ir . if you cm. tii?? f?.?f.vire ??Mi ?r. wiio but?*, ?liing u?> in !ii-< f i-i -1 ?ray ja?^k?-t th? par.? . --\ i??.h .-?. f:t*."n. t?_-st-i ii'j iy t > h ; <. IP I 4 ? i of li ; ll 1 dity a r l ; faith, turn-' I his fa?-southward from A-pp -mi t/>x ta Aprl. ist?i Think ?.f him as r.tggvl. half Starked, h-' ivy ?|.-i?-r -1. 1 liv wilt and wounds, having f??u-tit : > .*:.: i;i.r.>i. br? sur rentiers hi ; in, wrings th ? h vu 1 of Irs c ? ara I . and lifting his far :. tin 'I ail pilli I fa" ? fer t >.> Last time to the griv v; t-hnt ?1-rt th ?oil Virgi.iii hills, p ills Iii-; gmv inp .>. ?r hi - t.i i .. an 1 begins the sl<iw and painful j > ir;i ?y VV i ir ?1 > ?; li ? Ii i 1 -let me ask yo i who w?mttoyoir li>n*? cager t?? llii'l H!1 the welcome you had justly earn" 1. full payment for y->'ir f<>'ir y ; ir s i-id . * w:i it does he find wh J j bo teacher the hon: bj left four years before? Ile fin ls his house in ruins, his farra devastated, his slaves freed, his stock killed ai d his barns empty, h is trad j destroyed, his money worthless, his soeial system, feudal in its magnificence, swept away, hi ; propio without law or legal status, his comrades slain and tho burden of others heavy on his shoulders. Crushed by defeat, his very traditions gone. Without money, ?credit, employment, m iterial for training and, besides all this, confronted with the gravest problem tliat ever met human intelligence-the establishing of a status f jr the vast b jdy of his liberated slaves. What does he do-this hero in gray with a heart of gold-does ho sit down i:i sullenness and de? spair? Not for a day. Surely Go 1, who ha 1 scourged him in bis prosperity, inspired him in his adversity! As ruin was never before, so over? whelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldiers stepped from th? trenches into tho fur? row; horses that h:ul charged Federal guns marched before thc plow, and fields that ran red with human blood in April were green with the harvest in June; women reared in luxury cut up their dresses and made breeches for their hus? bands, and with a patience and heroism that fits woman alwa3"s as a garment, gave their hands to work. There was little bitterness in a!l this. Cheerfulness an 1 frankness prevailed. "Bill Arn" struck the key note when he said: "Well, I killel as many of them na they did of mo anl now I am going to work"-or tho soldier, returning home after def eat and roasting some corn on tie road? side, who made tlie remark to his comrades: "You may leave the south, if you want to, but I am going to Sanderville, kiss my wif e. and raise a crop, and if tho Yankees fool with me any moro I will whip 'tai again." I want to say to Gen. Sherman-who is considered an able man ia our parts, though some people think ho ii a kind of careles;; man about fire-that from tho ashes left us in we have raised a bravo and beautiful city; that somehow or other wj havo caught the sunshine in tba bricks and mortar of o-ir homes and have blinded therein not ODO singlo ignoble prejudice or memory. But what Ls the sum of our work ? We have found out that in tlie general summing up the free negro counts more than he did a; a slave. We have planted tlie school house o i tho hill top and made it free to white aa 1 black. Wo havo sowed towns and cities in the place of theories and put business above polities. Wo have challenged your spinners in Massachusetts and your iron makers in Pennsylvania. We have learned that the $400,000.(XX) annually received fro n our cot? ton crop will raak; us rich when the supplies that make it aro home raised. Wa havo reduced the commercial rate of interest from 21 to C per cent and aro floating .? per cent bonis. Wo have learned that ono northern immigrant Ls worth fifty foreigners and have smoothed tho path southward, wipod out the place where. Mason and Dixon's line used to ty!, and hung our latch string out to you and yours. We have reached the point that marks perfect harmony in ever household, when the husband confesses that the pies which his own wife cooked aro as good as those his mother used to balee, and we a imit t'.iat the sun shines as brightly and the moon as softly as it did before the war. Wo have established thrift in city and country. We have fallen in love with work. Wo have restored comfort to homes from which culture and elegance never dr-parted We have let economy tate root and spread among us as rank as the crab grass which sprung from Sherman's cavalry camps until we are willing to lay odds on thc Georgia Yankee as ho squeezes pure o?vo eil out of his cotton seed against any downeaster that ever swapped wooden nutmegs for fianacl sausages in the valley of Vermont Above all, we know that wo have achieved in these "piping times of peace" a fuller independ? ence for tho south than that which our fathers sought to win in the forum by their eloquence or compel on the field by their swords. It Ls a rare privilege, sir. to have had part, how ever humble, in this work. Never wes nobler duty confided to human hands tha:i the uplifting and upbuilding of the prostrate and bleeding south, ruLsguided, perhaps, but beautiful in ber su.Ter ingand honest, brave and genero?us always In the rccorS of her social, industrial and poetical restoration we await with confidence the verdict of the world. But what of the negro? llave we solved the problem which he presents or progn-s-r J in honor and equity toward its solution? L,it the record speak to this point. Ko section shows a more prosperous labo ing population than the negroes of tho south, none in fuller sympathy with the employing and land owning class. Ile shares our school fund, has the fullest protection of our laws and the friendship of our people Self interestas well as honor demand that he should have this Our futuro, our very existence depend upon our working out this problem in full and exact jus? tice. We understand that when Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation your victory wa: assured, for ho then committed yon to the causj of human liberty against which the anns of man cannot prevail-while those of oar statesmen who made slavery the cornerstone of the Confederacy doomed us ti defeat, committing us toa cause that reason coull not defend or the sword main? tain in the light of advancing civilization. lia;! Mr. Toomba said, which he did not say, that he won! I call the roil of his slaves ut tho foot ci Bunker Hill, ho would have beca foolisii, for ho might have known that whenever slavery became entangled in war it must perish, and that tho chattel in human flesh was ended forever ia New England when your fathers-not to bc blamed for parting with what didn't pay-sold their si ives to our fathers-not to lk.< praised for knowing a paying thing when they saw it Tho relations of las southern people wit!1, the negro are el> ?se u'A cordial Wo reinem ber tvith what fidelity fur f-mr yours he guarded our defenseless women and children, w^oso hus bands cr? I fathers were fighting against his free dom. To his eternal cry-lit Ixs it said that when ever he .struck a blow for bi> own liberty he fought in open hattie, and when at last he raised bis black and humble hands that tho shackles might be struck oiT, those hands were iunoeeut of wrong against his helpless charges, aud w orthy to be taken in loving grasp by every man who honors loyalty and de%-otion. Ruflians have maltreated bi J, rascals have mL-led him, philanthropists es tablished a hank for bini, but tlie south with the north protest-; against injustice to this simple and sincere people. To liberty and enfranchisement is as far ns law can carry the negro. The rest must l?" loft to conscience and common sense. It should bo left to those among whom his lot Ls cast, with who": he is indissolubly connected and ?hose prosperity-depends uj>on their possessing bis intelligent sympathy and confidence. Faith has been kept with him Lu spite of calumnious as? sertions to tho cotitrary. by those who assume to sjx-ak for us or bf frank opponents. Faith wLU bo !:?-r>t with him In tho future, if the south holds her f?ason and integrity. Dut have we kept faith with you? In the fullest sense, yes. When I co surrendered-I don't say when Johnston surrendered, because I understand li? stdl alludes to tho time when he met Gen. Sher mau la>t as tho time when he "determined to abandon any f urther prosecution of the struggle" -when lx-e surrendered, I say. and Johnston quit, tlie south became, and has been since, loyal to thin Union. Wc fou -lit bari enough to know that we were .whipped, ?nd ia perfectfrankness accepted as final the arbitrament of the sword to u hieb, we hal ap{ Healed. Thc south found her jewel in a toa l's bcd. Tlie shackles that h;ul held her in liuii tations fell forever when the shackles of tho negro sliivo were broken. Under the oi l regime the Degrees ?vero slaves to the south, the south was a slave to tlie system. Thu.-; was gathered in thc Lands of a splendid and chivalric oligarchy the sub tance thal should bava been diffused among the people as the rich blood L? gathered at tho heart, hoing that with atUuent rapture, bul leav? ing thc body chill and colorie:?. The ol-.l south rest d everything on slavery and agriculture, unconscious taut these could neither give nor maintain healtny growth. Tile new south presents a \* rf oct democracy, the oligarchs lead ing into the popular movement-a social system compact and closely knitted-less splendid on tho surface but stronger at the core-a hundred farms for every plantation, fifty homes for every palace, und u diversified industry timi meets lae complex iic'ds of this complex age. Tho ww ?south isenamorcd of her new work. II--r s??ul Ls stirred willi lae breath of a new life Thc lig?tof a grander day is.falling fair on her face. Sheas thrilling, sir. willi tho consciousness of growing prosperity. As she stand* fuil staturod and equal among the pcoplcuf tiie earth, breath ing the keen air and looking ont ui?>uon expand i:;g horizon, she imderstan ls tuat lier cmnncipa Lion eume kvau** in ti)'- ii.seniu->bie wisdom of ti.nl her ie ?nest pu.*|?ose w.^s crossed and herbrave ai"...i--s were l>eat- :i This Ls said in no spirit of tmie serving a:td apology. 1 should b? unjust tc tli -south a i did not make 'ats plain m lu:.? pres euee. Thc south UM nothing to lu..e ?>ack: n??tli ing for which she bas excuses t" make lu my native town <.f Athens i .a raonumei.t u'uit cm;? ius its central Li Us a j.lani white sliaft De?-p out into its shining sides is a name dear to me above i.].' mt mes nf men, that <?t a brave an ! simple u:a:i who die J i:i bravo and K: n pie faith N??l for n'A the glories of New England, from Plymouth li??ek all the way. would 1 ex ciian ;e thc berita ;e li? lett me m bis patriot*s death T<? the foot- of fhn! shaft I shall send my ehUdn-us children to ivv.-rvnce bim win?ennobled their nam . w iib lus lr r.?ic bli ~ ? 1 Dut. si;-, sp.-a;; mg ii'uiii the shadow ol (hut memory, wi ii?-ii 1 tl.?!i??r us I d- > not bing els.- on earth. 1 siy thal th . ca. s-- m M hieb lie suth r?-?l ai.-i l??r wiacii he ga?, .? his life was ad-jutige?] in Id'h-ra! i fid?-r wis?!oiii t cm his or mi::?*, and 1 am glau t un ; "innis clent ( I? ?1 be|.J the b.d.'- - of Imtfl?. ia bis al mi jilly han I m?l that i American Uuio.j was saved fr.?rn th?; wnvk of war This ru-ssn -.. Mr Pres; lent; c?>::i?*s t?> v?? i from cous ?-rsii?! gr?>:ri.| Kv cry foot eft h ? s..;l in-th.* e;l? ia winch J b?e i- sacred ns a battle pn?u::?l <?i'thc republic Every hid that invents it i.. ballow.*.] i ? v.?ii by liie l.iool i,f \.,'ir brothers *.. !??? ??i"d f??r your victory, and doubly b diov.?'..I t.; i!.? by t.:?- b?ort el I i<?--> ?Vit?, di? ?i ho; le ^?... but mi la;uib.sI, i i defeat saerc 1 s.?ii t-? ' 'f t.. r. li v.it'i I:I :i":i'-. that make us ?..ir? r rm-l sti ?ti.-? r an l l?-t!.-r sile??t, but stniieh. w I ness iti its rich desolation of t:??' inatebli-ss \ : -r ??f American benns ati?l the il.-atbless-fck?ry of Am-nea'i arms speaking and eh'?qlient Wiliei.l i." ?! while l-'.l'?- a:id J !'. >s?MT ?ly lo the ?r.?iissohi?.le Union of tl. . Amerii-,?i sfites and the mip-'iisiiablc brotlierbootl of the American |>*<-?'i ? What answer lias New Englaedtothismessage? w ill she permit the prejudice <?! w ur to romain in the heaxta of tiie conquerors, when il b..sdied ?n the hearts?..' tlie conquered* Will sib* transmit t.'ds prejudice t?> the next generation. I brit In hearts which never felt the generous ardor of conflict it may perpetuate itself; Will she with hold save in strained courtesy the hand which straight fruai hu sower's h??ait Grau_l offered t-tp Ix? at Appomattox? Will sbe make the vlsior a restored and happy people which gathe: above tho couch of your dying captain, filling heart with peace, touching bis lips with pta and glorifying his path to the grave-will i make this vision on which the last sigh of expiring soul breathes a benediction, a cheat delusion ? If she does the south, never abject asking for comradeships, must accept w dignity its refusal. But if she does not refuse accept in frankness and sincerity this me-ssa of good will and friendship then will the proph* of Webster, delivered to this very society foi years ago amid tremendous applause, bo vt fled in its fullest and final seuso when he said: "Standing hand in hand and clasping hands, should remain united as we have l?eou for si? years, citizens of the same country, memliers the same government united, all united nowa united forever. There have be?:n di.Hcultics, c tentiutis and controversies, but I tell you that my judgment "Those op?>osod eyes. Which, like the meteors of a troubled heav< All of one natur?', of one substance bred. Did lately meet in th* intestine shock. Shall now in mutua!, well beseeming ranks, March all on/ way."' GRADY'S LAST DAYS. Some time during tho latter part November Mr. Grady was attacked wi vertigo while standing at his resident Some time later he was confined to 1 room, but gob out of a sick bed to attei a Masonic banquet, where he delivered short address. In that speech he refon? te his health and said that while t fever was pulsing through his veins thought of his boyhood days and cou soe the white pigeons fluttering in t air and hear the music of the hirds. He went to Boston against the ad vi of his physician, as he was threaten with pneumonia. In Boston and otb places he visited he greatly exposed hii self and contracted a new cold. Ile w attended by Dr. Goldth waite in Ne York, and acting under his advice, i turned to Atlanta. Dr. Goldthwai stated that he thought all clanger pneumonia past. On the journey hon Mr. Grady was despondent and suffern from nervous d?pression. "I am going to he seriously sick, know," he said to all who inquired abo his health. Ile complained of naus< and weakness and refused to take ar food. At Lula he telegraphed Dr. Ora to meet him when the train arrived Atlanta. For a day and a half he r maincd conscious, but since Thursdz night lie was delirious. On Thursdr ! Iiis son spoke to him and told him ! something to be done when he got we! j "Your father will never get weil, tr boy," was the answer. "Mr. Grady," said _Dr. Frank Orm his family physician, "was a man wi thought so much of doing for others th; ? he was careless of his health. Ile wei j to Boston against my advice, and wh< i I told him that it would not do he replie I that his speech was prepared and it w; j too late for him to back out. I sent hil j off willi medicine to take, and in case 1 j might need medical attention i:i Bostc gave him names of physicians whom 1 : could ?roto. His speech was a .great e I fort, especially for a man in las corni I tion, and it completely exiiansted hin I learn that afterwards he rode in a open carriage with Governor Ame-, an I during the ride complained of fecliu i chilled by the wind. On the way bac ! he was taken sick in New York, an I was compelled to consult a physiciai i In Washington he became quite ill, an expressed himself as very anxious to g* j hack home. j "Before reaching Atlauta he tel? graphed me to meet him at the depo . ami when the train stopped in the c; ! shed he stepped out, immediately ci : tered my carriage and was driven to h; ; home. From the time he left the trai ! all the way to his home he coughed vi< ! lent ly and had some fever, and I realize I then that he waa going to be sick, bi i thought that a week or so of good nur: 1 ing would bring him around all righ i Ile suiTered from a violent bronchi j cough und fever. Ic was on Friday th: ! the pleuro-nneumonia developed an I this, with a compilcaiion of diseases an j an unusual degree of nervous prostrr j tion, proved such a determined attac i upon his entire system that he was ur ? able to resist it and could do nothing hu j yield. j "Dr. Lucius Morse, formerly of Men I phis, but now of this city, and Dr. A. !; i Kverett, of Denver, Colo., who is no* visiting Ids brother here, were both calk? in by me. and kindly consented to joi i me in informal consultation. We ai J agreed on the character and treatment o I the disease, and-we realized that ther ! could l>e only one result. It was just on j of those cases where the determine character of the attack is irresistible am cannot Ix- coped with by human beings. BOSTON MOURNS FOR HIM. A Boston dispatch says: The remarka j hie fact about Henry W. Grady's deatl ! is that the cold which ended in a fata illness was aggravated, if not contracted while he was making a speech on Ply mouth ?cock, visited by him for the firs time on the morning after he captivate? his audience at the Merchants' associa tion dinner by his eloquent discussion o the race problem. This was on Dec. 13 ! when Mr. Gradv and his southen - friends, at President Choate's invitation took an Old Colony train and ran dow] to the historic little town the Pilgrim; founded. The morning was raw and damp, ant the cast win 1 made the unaeclimateJ southerners wrap their coats al>out then more tightly. Even the northern mern bers of the party, accustomed as the] were to the coast winds, felt uncomfort able. As Mr. Grady stepped upon the bowl der there were calls for a speech. Iii: face at once lit up as if hy inspiration First he related an amusing anecdote and then he quoted Dr. Samuel John son's famous paragraph written on th( Hebrides, that he pitied the man wh< could not gain patriotism upon the fielt j of Marathon or piety among thc ruins ol Iona. Such were his own feelings as lu stood upon this rock, i "I have a boy," said he. "dearest of al j to my heart, and of all places upon thu i earth when' I would have him go to leart I the principles of piety, patience, patriot j ism and justice is tiiis sj.x?t where I now stand reverently uncovered." I Returning to Boston, Mr. Grady was . entertained by the Bay State club al j Parker's, and the first thing he said ir j ids speech was that, having contracted a ! cold that morning, his voice was not in ! condition f<?r public speaking. However, I he mad?-a strong and impressive address and. as on the evening In-fore, drew tear* 1 from th?- eyes of his auditors. During ! his two days' slav in Boston tho mercury j fell from ~>b' degs. to 1(3. mid it is to hi* \ exj>osure to this sudden change in tin weather that Mr. Grady's pneumonia \> undoubtedly duo. D: ;(!.?:.th bas ; ?d Boston-citizens 1 m??re <. fi 1\ than if ho bad I?-' :i Boston . bom. Men of all si tades of polineal be 1 lief deplore uni tun-ly tah ?fig iii. He ! met v. h:ie here mo-1 ol' Boston's citizen ; leaders, who were al.?ve ehaniu.-d by his j wonderful eloquence and impr?ev->?<l bv i i-, maulv Ix'aring. His sp?-<-eh gave ' hirth ty a kindlier finding towards thn land he spoke for. oven among the rabid New r!:ig!:md B "publican . v ho an?* still lighting - b<' ...".ib . i n \ Ki "bs." ---?????? A I) VI CK TO MOTHERS. I Mrs. Winslow's Soothing .Syrup should '-HIWHVS he ns:-d tnt children teething. Il ! soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25c a bottlp. -. - --- Send Twenty-Five Cents ; To "The Dispatch," Blacksburg, S. C., and j receive that large, wei I-printed paper two months on trish H tells all about the rapid ' gruwib of that magic city of South Caroliua. A SOLID COLOR. Of merchants, our town has had many Of fortune, of fame and renown, But never a combination Made up of a Brown and a Brown. The aforementioned rare combination lias brought together a stock of pure, fresh and popular goods, staple and substantial, good to eat and good to wear-?ill of which goods are enhanced in value by the men who are putting them before the public, for it gives us pleasure to say The famMy of Brown reaches backwards, Aod is kiu to the kings of ol?! ti?s>.e ; But the climax of fame is accomplished In this year of our Lord, eighty-nine. The climax referred to is the low price at which our goods are being sold. In SHOKS we are running a line of specialties, and the open-eyed amazement that smites our customers as they behold our lay-out, is equal to a seventy-five cent show. And further, We stand in the end of the ages, A Brown by the side of a Brown, And declare to the town and the country, We'er not seeking gold, but renown. To enable us to lay a foundation for the said fame and re nown, we have put dowri a solid substratum of low prices and formed new purposes of honesty and uprightness in the hand- j ling of FLOUR, BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE, and GROCERIES of all kinds. In the line of DRY GOODS, we have displayed our best taste and are prepared to knock out all competitors in four rounds of four minutes each. We are cosmopolitan in principle and philanthropic at heart, with a strong leaning towards the doctrine of man's universal brotherhood. We believe in the Alliance, in Free Trade, and Protective Tariff, and in Tariff for Revenue only. We accept all the creeds and isms of our cus? tomers, and we believe heartily in the nebular hypothesis, and meanwhile endeavor to keep our stock full in every depart? ment. Store on Liberty Street in rear of the famous Clothing: Store of Brown & Chandler. Our clerks are models of politeness and affability, a supply of good manners and suaviter in modo having recently been im? ported from France for their individual use. Sept. 18. ! OUR NEW STOCK -TS ARRIVING. We are Chock Full -OF BARGAINS -IN All Departments. Call and get our prices before purchasing. ALTAMONT MOSES. PIRE mum We are Agents for several large riEE Insurance Companies. We take Risks on GINS and GIN HOUSES, RESIDENCES, &c. ALTAMONT MOSES. Sept. 4. YOU A QUIET POINTER. WE CARRY THE Largest and Most Complete LINE OF FURNITURE, WALL PAPER, SHADES, PICTURES, <k, EYER SEEN IN This Section of the State, and Buying direct from the Largest Factories Are enabled to sell at Prices that DEFY C03IPETITI0N. An examination of our Goods and Prices will convince you that THIS IS A FACT. Don't forget our Prize Suit* DURANT & BELITZER. TH ANDS OF DOLLARS! CAN BE SAVED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. NOW IS THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! Stoves ! Stoves ! Stoves ! PUMPS ! PUMPS! PUMPS! HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, CROCKERY, GLASS? WARE, HARDWARE, WOOD EN WA RE, CHINA, FANCY GOODS, TOYS, TINWARE. in fact our immense assortment of ]NTew Fall and "Winter Goods js now in stock and opened for inspection and offered at extremely hie prices. While maintaining the uniform standard of qunlify and excellence bv good management, careful buying and being content with SMALL PROFITS, we have raised the standard and lowered our price, until it is now a fact that the nicest stock of goods in this soe!ion is new being offered for sale by us for the least rooney. COME AND CATCH ON NEW GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. Roofing, Tinning, Guttering and Repairing done at short notice. Pumps put down and taken up at Lowest rates. Sole agent for the Safety Tether Machine for grazing stock. Thanking thc public for their past kind patronage and soliciting a continuance of the same, I remain, respectfully, T. C. SCAFFE, Aug 28 Sumter, S. C*