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DISCUSS NEUTRALS' POSITION AM KHK A MKKLY TO Ol'l \ COR Ri:si><>.M>KN( K WITH R1UT A1N AM) GKIIM WV VaJted Kiate* Will Prohn Mn i?t..K t Agatnet Action tubulated to I n danger MttJI or It- < tti/cu^ at sea? ?Informal Consideration \lrcud>. Washington. Feb. s.?Informal dis? cussion b> President V\*U?*>n with advise re on the German aotlflonUon <>; the dangers to which BOUtrel ahipl may be subject In the to w scribed war sone* around Ores Britain snd Ireland and the ass 1 ' ? he British liner I American flag for *t a diplomatic correspondence b? ret the United States and both Great Britain snd Germany on Ihcot ?i tes ttcna The American government, being neutral, can not discuss rules ?vhlch the belligerents may adopt towards each other. The prescription of the Wer sons itself, however, or tue ure ef a neutral flag bv bsIHgsrsnl own vessels ss a strategem of war has n given the American odi nC'.'rn eo much as the prospect that these arts may endanger |h# Meet of Ann r tean cittse whose right to ira* I en the high sens on heotral during time of wn- It is und? I od, Will bo vlgorouslv tiefend? d The situation will be dis< us: ? d f - snorrow at n cabinet meeting. Form 1 Inquiries as t<? what step the German naval ?Commanders wdl take to pro? test neutrals t iveling on merchanl ? hips, and requests for Information as to the use of American Sags by Brit? ish ships generally M si will follow. Many neutral diplomats m the state department today and while S>one proposed joint action with Mo American government they tough! in? formation for the guidance of theil own foreign offlces. Chairman Flood and Hoprsssntat CUne of the house for?Un a flairs tommtttee also discussed the subject with Mr. Bryan but declined to talk of their visit afterwards. It wss spparent on ad sid? s hen that the German proclamation an I the Lusltania incident touch rn< olosaly. perhaps, the position* of m u Balo than any other occurrence of the war In some quarters Bngland'i attitude toward certain articles of tin. declaration of London was review with Interest. Greet Britain early in the war announced she would a i !? hy this provision In the declaration: "The transfer of an enemy v 10-a neutral flag, effected after the outbreak of hostilities is void, unit it Is proved that such transfer wa* not made In order to evade the con? sequence to which an enemy vessel SO such is exposed. There, however" IS an ?absolute presumption t. transfer is void if the transfer h i been made during a voya<e ??r in ?ort. ' Some, offlclals suggested thai pro? vision might be construed to pply te the case of the Lueltanla. ?The laisitanla Incident ed a h today in th?- hon?,. prc SSntstlve Martin of Be Ith > aho snnounced that h?- farOred leg? islation at this session te prohll it the use of the Ann ncan colors on SMt American vessi-la <" Bsal an offense for the matter ??f any for elgn vessel, wheth? r telllgerenl or not. to fly the American iag orer a ship. He said the penalty ta confiscation of the vessel and a flne for tho command, r the ship returned to American jurisdiction. The state department ftlal of reports that Ai I had telegraphed thai the ernment. "after ha% Im: t h owner of the cnrg?i of th \\ mine would setas all et Stuffs destined to Germ i making compensation Iherefoi Ths understamllng in ex. < utll quarters, hownvt r. n Mrit rt-,. I * fo\.>rnment still n. food cargoes destined t though whether ib?i" w.ll i.y i penaetion la not haot i him* im Hi iiasi ru.ipj RepubU? un-* Mul.ur; a stubborn Fiji! In the Senate. Washington. F?d? | -The Itepuhlb Otn filibuster aga.nst chase bin dragged wearily through ths night, remaining unbroken loda Senator Jones of \\ ! the floor at CIS last night spot;., for thirteen hours ?n I gfty-Wve i . n it< wh#?n at H.4" fhi . BJHM succeeded him. gar oral llm< tor Fletcher eaUed for a i itorum and I **. ?ved aenatorM v.. for a roil call TONM ssfi; sllliltil I Kill : i Chattanooga. Feb i" Nherlfl Hen ry Wegster sjsjg shot 1 Conatable Kn?>x badly wounded Sam Tavlor who escaped fl workhous?? at Trent??n toi. i Tavho ?> i badly woornh negro charged with grime ?sweet*1 VW loh M CVSEl) <>l CRlMIM \i. IHHA1 lt, V.uMod in <?: v nv. od. BfOUgllt to < olmahln AJHl 1'latcu in I'. nilcn tlnry. Columbia, Feb. ?.<--Criminal amnull upon two little white* girls, the one 7 years of acre, the ?>tl>t In n Colum? bia suburb, is charged against John, alias "Swirt," Ta\mr. R negTO Ch) Uf r* ur, who was arrested surly yest r? Any In Greenwood and was commit tod last night t > the state p< niton* tiny for safekeeping, Taylor was taken ihortly hi fon d .y bftnh yesterday, near Greenwood, by T. w. McMillan, aherlfl ol Greenwood county. John <'. M c?": ? in. sheriff of Rtchland county, waa Inform? d 1 y t< l tphouc i?f the capture, Hi left Colum? bia yesterday afternoon nt i.l o o'oloch nnd alnglehunded brought .hl? prlaoner back to Columbia last night, arriving nt 11.30 o'clock on train n; of the Southern railway, due at lo.to, Hardly a dosen people knew of the affair, so that th< re was no e;;cltc ment. T. Ales Helnti deputy sh< riff, had an automobile In waiting and the ah. riff ami his prisoner were conveyed quietly ami swiftly to the i?. i Itentlary. The warrant under which Taylor i held wn** aworn out before James 11. l'V.wlen. Jr.. ma'-ri' -iate of Columbia, by the Ihther of one of the little girls. The gtrla are named in the warrant as i witnesses. it Is alleged that their mtchandllim by the negro occurred some three wc ka ago, The matter was put into the bands of Sheriff Mc Cnln about ? n ? It ago. Taylor ha?1 left the city and an Inquiry extending over several counties of the Piedmont w a a i\i'.'U> in ;V process of locating hi*' \\h: r< a' o?..!;??. Thylor has boon amployi I i chauf? four by s. T. Carter, Btate treasurer. The day after the date on which he i saiil to have gsnos hla attack on the little girls he gent I i Mr Carter a key which was In hla pomaasloni with a message 10 the effect that he SUS leaving town and would never return. Mr. Carter had no knowledge of anj wrongdoing on tlv part ol the negro, i Taylor's wife was employed ai cook In the family of one of the chlldn n and lived on the premises. Taylor there? fore was known to the children and la said to have cultivated their conti? ?1? nee. it is all*;: d that OS enticed them into a room and there brutal!? mlshandh d tin m. Taylor Ifl about II yean of age. He is about 5 fr?et tJ Inches In height, weighs about 111 pounda and la ol Kimri r <ak. c mpb xi'>:i. Ii- ahV-w I rather foppish dreaa and has a pom i poua manner, run i: <>r rkeaii (;ors rr. Increase From Five to six Cent , a Loaf Takes Effect roday, Spartan burr-'. Feb. S.? A u mist <ioii f'.ss. pr? : l lent of the Scuh'. as* -rn Master l'ak r V association, announced here tonight that breo I would 1 C advanced In price from B centa to cents a loaf at once over the six States?North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida?embraced In the organisa? tion. He said that bread la n< w Belling .for 6 cents In Wilmington, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville and Ashevllle, and that price will become effective in ail small towns throughout the section tomorrow, The advance In the price of II ur I.* responsible for the in arcane In the price of bread. From tin- bakery here ),ans, loavea are shlpiied dally, and. according to Mr, Gollfusa, thi 'ran flour contained In this oufi ui costa 111,11 more per day than ? coat before war >*a . clurcd, m/;t>N LOAM frTND UIMMl ? ?.i>. Lnrli cd' Ap|illcatiou> Cau*c of Drop? ping of Sehenm to M l I'inner??. Washington, Vk>h, I,?Loans undor I he |lSI,tat,#ea cotton fund plan have been closed and ihe ;>i. n tin i i\ ended exist nee tonight with an {announcement from iho central com snltteo?the f? b pi l reset . a bi ird, a< Itngj na Individuals -that s.d. i rip Ilona probi bly \.?> ild not be call ?'. for, Appllcatlona ai.int< d i" onl t $28,000, nnd this was nol i aid collate rul oft ereil with the upt-lf ? a* i uts. I? Mils fill I nhllll SEEKS BLOTUBE OH SHIP BILL , REED \NXOUNCEH I N PRE! *3 . DENTED MOVE IN SENATE r; ( I IT ON MEASVIUO. Republican*' Thirty-six Hour Filibust? er llrlugs Forth Announcement Turn Democrats Will Demand Final \otc on Proposal on February III* Washington, Fob, 9.-?Formal no? lle* In writing that ne would seek a cloture* amendment to the Benate | rule* lo end debate on the adminis? tration shipping bill at -' P? m.i Feb? ruary 19, and cause a linal vote to be taken three hours later, was given by Senator Reed late tonight, when the senat9 had been In continuous session f< r more than 36? hours, Under the rule the proposed ami nd-; m< r.t must lay over for "one day," oiid If this Is construed to mean a "legislative day," there can be no jic-! ... . .? i tion upon It until the senate adjourns i and ends the legislative day of Mon? day, Senators Qullinger and :?i* >? valn jly ma I< points of order against 8ena-i tor Heed's notice and the Republi? cans generally let It be Known that) they would fight to the last ditch against an attempt, to adopt any form of t lol uro ruh?. Se nator McCumber, who had yield-I ed i" Peat or Heed on the under? standing thai he would not lose the door, resumed his speech, Senator 'man Interrupted with some n - marks aboul the bill whereupon* Sen? ator Simmons rose and declared that Senator McCumber had loci the Boor, Senator Use In the chair; sustained the pc-lnt of order and gave the Hoor to the Democrats by recognising Sen? ator Moiv. He fn Id fast t<? his de? cision o\<.r ::. vi.ll.-v of objections and : i ints of ord it from the Republican sid , and refused i * gram an appeal ? from his ruling, Senator Stone 11 < n began an ad? dress on the bill while the Republi? can senators retired to the cloak ro< ms for s hasty confer* n* e, Senator Fletcher had thrown the senate Into an uproar just before midnight by suddenly demanding a I yea and nay vote on the pending question, the first of the three prop? ositions Into which his amendment to the motion to ifcommlt the shipping i bill to tin commerce committee has A been divided, The dem&nd was sec? onded Instantly, but o dozen Republic cans were on their feet clamoring for recognition before Senator Lea could order the clerk to begin calling the roll, in the confusion Senator McCumber I was recognised and began speaking ; gain, Thus when the senate had i een in continuous session for 86 hours the situation was virtually what ii was when the session began Mon? day at noon, Appar< ntly word had gone o,.i through the city that the Democrats expected t>> accomplish some parlia? mentary victory, for the galleries v re crowded before the flurry ended. The Democrats apparently aban? doned 'urther efforts to force a vote on one of the three pending proposi? tions win n fonator Stone after n sharp colloquy with Senator Pen rose, yielded to Senator Sherman, and the K?nate settled down to more speech making, The s< na o had settled down early lonight for another all-night dchati on the administration ship purchas< bill after Republicans and Insurgent Democrats called early In the even? ing * nd the session which b< jan early yesterday. When the < nd would .??in -, no ?'in' would predict, Aominl trat leu 1 a lern declared lit" ue?si< n might last for o week vithov.i Interruption, Opposition lead < re, howi ver, raid an effort would be made tomorrow to break the dead? ly ; ;.' llCC v,: l, surprli C 1 I tit" strength commanded by ill-* adminis i rat Ion forces when Senator Clark o* Arkansas moved th< I the senate ad* iouru uti 1] noon tomorrow, They had hoped that Senator Korris would ; ?t stand ii'.- Democratic n..-. Joiity on motion. Senator Nor > ? ?. however, vot< 1 ugaiust adjourn m< nt, as did Senator i > (Toilette. .k ? n? tt??,- Kenyon voted with the ndmlu? Istration for tIi" firsj time since iIi? b< Inning ? ?i . n?- light, Th vote wu i ? l O I U, i lad t he adjoin urni ut- in< 11 a <u. ? eth d. Uepublicnns had plann? d l< I ry to displace the bill lumorr< a bj a trn tlon t<> lake ?,;? fo;- <?< ntdderali' : r i >Hie? appropriation ro<us i i.i Ihn Ii ?bt of th( vot< ton] t h:i il tn MM\ GARRIES SiX iLLS. i RKQVIUEI) BY APPROPRIA? TION i'.if.l. ItKMAIXH L'X ( IIAXtiF.O, I ; rvilson Mmlc for Rxtcnt-lon Work l*ntlcr I ever Act, Tick Krodicatiou, Winthrop (Symnasluui and Maln tcnancc of Warcliou.se System. Columbia, Feb. 11.?The general ap? propriation bill us prepared for the house provides for r levy of five nulls for general State purposes and a levy of one mill for pensions. The levy In the appropriation bill of 19 i ! was six mills. Consequently, the levy this ??. ar has not been increased. The appropriation '-ill carries a total of $2,212,065,60, an Increase or $65,812.40 over the appropratlon bill of 1914. The Increase will be taken care of by the rise In the value of property returned for taxation. An appropriation of (15,691 for farm extension \v< rk under the ?mlth-Lever federal act has been placed In the bill by the ways and means committee, if this Item Is ap? proved bj the house and senate, the 'federal department ?,r agriculture un? der the Smlth-Levcr act will expend ; n equal amount In South Carolina tor farm extension work, i The ways and means committee is i;; favor of continuing the cattle tick eradication work In the State In co operatJ ?n with Hie f?deral bureau of animal Industry. In the appropria? tion ' in there is an Item of $30,000 for carrying on the crusade against the Insect that causes Texas fever. Winthrop college was ths onl5 State ? lucational Institution receiving an appropriation from the committee for a new building. The '-ill provides that the college be given (15,000 in 1916 and llo.OOO In 191C i<>r a neu gymnasium, on condition that i? raise $30,000 from outside sources for this purpose. For continuing Lho ?>tate cotton warehouse system, the ways and I means committee has provided an [item ol $17,337.03 In the appropria? tion bill. This amount is far below ;h?5 sum asked for by the state ware? house commlsiont r. The ways and mean.; committee de I cidod to divide the State levy of si* Imills u,v lmr? by Betting aside five I mllla f r general state purpose s and one mill for pensions, This action ?ras in accord with the adoption in the house of bills Increasing the pen bions given Confederate veterana and their widows by the State. For maintenance of the State llos pltal ft r the Insane ihc appropriation bill provides $309,700. This amount fs not to be used for carrying out the changes In the hospital plant pro? posed In the report of A. P. Herring, i M. D. The house committee on Ftate Hospital for the Insane has Intro? duced in the house n bill providing ? f< r a special State levy of one-half mill for five years to raise the money I to make the Improvements recom? mended i y I >r. 11< rring. The general appropriation bill as it goes to the house from the ways and means committee contains the fol? lowing amounts for Ma,,, colleges: Winthrop college, $156,249.32; Uni? versity of South Carolina. $103, 201.1-1; South Carolina Medical col liege, $37,000; South Carolina Insti? tute for the J >eaf and Blind, $59,000; the Citadel, the Military Academy ??t' S uth Carolina, $36,000. Following Is a recapitulation ?; the appropriati ?n bill: Governor's office, $18,830; Beere I t.'ti-;,- of State, $7,520; comptroller gen I oral, $10,200; Insurance commis? si er, $11,095; state treasurer, $8, j <> t\ superintendent o,' education sMl'."!!?; adjutant general, ^ _:!. i: i?>: attorney general, $5,845; railroad con mission, $1 1,089; public schools, $250,ou0; State librarian, $2,476; pub? lic buildings, $32,620.88; Catawba In? dians, $7,500; department of ngticul I tare, $12,120 judicial department, I $100,92 ; health department, $55, 076.1-5; hoard oi m< ical cxamln i ferred to the president's attitude on the measure. President Wilson lo ok occasion ? i ing the day to reai ?uro caller I that thcro was no Intention of with drr Ing the I i!l oven should it b< |n tssary .<> call an extra session. i t oppi neuts of the bill < an pi? [vent a decisive vote for many mon days an alternative plan of gettini the bill through has he. n sugg ?ted The plan would bo for house lead 1 ? ?? ? to call up I or pasai c a bill in ! trodue d by .-' its tor l\ ce ? ? a tiy I :? s< i -a. whb h pn - ><-d the sen 1 ito, ! ? o> Id ??; for : in oir.-; over S om< .-'i:. of 11 ?? navy i<?r mall and com i menial use betv ecu New ?ork am South American ports, With this bll 1 . fore the house 11 woul I be par! o In- plan I i? .-. ?; an nmondnv nt an : to pai i th I ? ! Administration leaders >u the scout \11 t ! : i....\.? t?> concur In su< h amend moid i to th V\\ eks bill n i ; upon thl It Is believed u record vote might b forced Ii i. : aid I his phi n ha l" en ? eUHi ed at the Whll d IIoui e, althoi: THE REAL FREEDOM. "EMAKCTPATIOK HAK DEEX (WO WO 11ST FOE," KAYS XEOHO LEADER. Dc lures it llicnaUMl I lie Koutlicrn White Man?Address in Little Rock i i( :?.(?? Widsprcad Comment. Mttle Hock, Jan. 23.?In a notable address delivered here to negroes, Dr. Wilkins, :i negro leader, told them thai In the matter of alienating the southern white man from th?3 nesro, emancipation had been the negro's wortf .'<io. His address Is "going the rounds" of the country. Among other things, he said: "I say here now, once for r> i ?. U we are m celebrate this occasion (Eman? cipation day), we cannot in any con? science forget those who, in anguish and pain, still held out to us a hand without which wo must have perished from the earth?our freedom a trav? esty, and Lincoln's proclamation would have had no place except as an epi? taph t?j" what might have been. Celebrate White Man's Kindness. "l.<ft ?s then celebrate this day. In m< mory <>i their helpful friendship and In memory thai we had the good sense to prove our worthiness of their benefactions by not resorting to torch or anarchy, And with ? blush of shame that anywhere In our beloved southland any negro's pretended friends supposed that Lincoln's proc? lamation ever contemplated the im? mediate elevation of the ex-slavo to place and power thai meant the hu miliath n. not only of the negro's best friends but the destruction of that mutual reliance which was the most portant elemenl In the remaklnp; oi this southland. I "i>ia:5 anyone believe that Lincoln would ever have signed a j?n >In i which he could have foreseen ?5.ieh a saturnalia of wickedness as reigned over the south during the days of re? construction? A i>? rlod of our history that every man who rcmembcr.i it would gladly blot out If he could. No, it would have been better for that great heart t<? be still In that noble breast than know that an Instrument jof his making could be so construed as to produce such a condition In the > land of his birth. God was merciful I in taking him from such o scene. He never intended it. No! Not that man, I whose tender heart held no malice. ! And 4lke the master of Galilee, he j taught love of one's enemies. "Please excuse this seeming digres? sion. I remember well, as if it was hut i yesterday, when old mistress came Into the kitchen and told my moth? er: i "'Aunt Jane, you ate free. As free as i am. And you can go.' "She wore a large pray shawl, and as she turned to ?40 I saw tears on her pale cheeks. My mother caught hold of her shawl and with Streaming?eyes sa id: "'Miss Jennie, where shall I go? What shall 1 do? 1 have nine children :. id I know no one but you. Why must 1 leave you? "We were all crying now, . "Oh, no, Aunt Jane," she said, 'you I need go nowhere. You < in stay rlghl here If you wish and as long as i have a crust of bread you and your children shall eat. 1 will pay yon what wages 1 can. And so long as I live and you I stay, if you suffer 1 will suffer, too.' ? \\'< stayed and she did suiter, much more than we. This scene was at that moment being enacted In thousands of homes all over this broad land. Those words were as tilto star of Bethlehem on that dark night to every negro .hon on the plantations of the south, as he stood dumfounded at seeing old mis; re*s iu t? are. Denounces *. 'arpethaggor. "And win a old master came to his dilapidated homo from the war, he suid am 1' to e\< ry word that old mis-' tress had said. And all was well, un?| til the carpetbagger came and. with' his dnmnal ;?' practices, preaching and ' promises hatched the hell Into which the south w as plunged from '05 to '7?? ana out t>f which the i...;r<> cam" reft <?r tho friendship and h Ip of those 1,000; tax department, $97,748.42; !'iit\r:-.->ity of South Carolina, < 103,? ? ?51.44; Winthrop, I15G.249.32; th ? Citadel, f30,000; Deaf and Dumb In siltute, $5:?.?;<">; ?tato colored college, $15,000; other educational purposes si.'tK'; the asylum, s':,;".7'"': South (" ;? ulna Industrial school, $51,000; penitentiary, $7,050; other charitable ?nd penal purposes, $4.305; chief i warden, :: !.!"?'?; historical u>?s mission $1,550; interest un bonded debt, -: -6! ,0:13. 'v: eh lions, * v-7">; v ? ? ' ns< a < omnu a to both nous; . $ *?: t!i" Keimte, Is 7?;". the house, * '10,272.20; engrotnna department, ';!: in 'die: 1 ri I!.???<?. $37.s''."i; mi ; . house commissioner, $17,337.05; Con? federate infirmary, $17,!54.75. Total, ; i 9 ! 2,8 80.23, Tl ? nppt upi n for pensions is i . 1 included .1 ib<' above. A bill j.. vl ling for $300,00 has been ? : bj the house and the ways and uns committee has provided for ;< !? 1 one mill t<? cover this amount. MISTRIAL IN < AM AGA1XKT nn> IH \ RAYIH FOR K l I.LI X<? OP KUGEXE BARGAIN. Rai hol Pott* i use Now in Progivse ? Anthonj Gray Found Guilty of La i - c ciiy of Bk?y< h\ Prom Tim Daily Item, Feb. 11. The case against Buddes Davis, ci lored, ror the killing of Eugene Dar? gan, also colored, on the 25th of March, r.?l2. was concluded late last night when Judge Bowman dismissed th< Jury upon their failure to agree, ii is understood that there were nine for acquittal and three for conviction. Davis, a negro youth, and Dargan, a boy about his own age. became Ml* oraged in a difficulty in Mr. J. D. Gregg's More on Manning avenue and Mr. Gregg put them out of the store, it was alleged by Davis that Dargan stabbed him twice with a knife while be was in the store and tried to stab him as be came out. Davis stated that he picked up a beer bottle as he went out and after Dargan had tried to cut him he Struck him with the bottle, Dargan failing and his heau, ii is alleged .-truck the corner of the steps as he fell. H * died from the in? jury f?nd Dnvw f-sm^or}. beinir caught several iiionLiui at,o. Rachel Potts had no attorneys and thi ? appointed Messrs. A. S. Har by and 11. O. Purdy. Jr.. to defend her. She claimed that her man, Marion Kelson, had shot at her twice earlier in the day. That night he made her come to bod with him and when she tried to act . n to go out he threatened to shoot her. She tried to take the pistol away from him and in the suf f:e it was discharged. She claimed that she did not know he was wound? ed until later When another nexro crime in and discovered that Nelson had been shot. It was claimed by the State's witnesses that she shot him out of ji slousy because she had heard that Nelson was going to marry another woman. The case had not been completed when court adjourned for dinner. Anthony Gray was tried for larceny of a bicycle and found guilty. Dan Howard, Isaiah Rees and Eu gene Rhodus, charged with highway robber, were given bail at $200 each. NOW IX REVENUE SI it VICE. Rock llili Man to Have Headquarters at Greensboro, X. C. Washington! Feb. 9.?Sam Johnson, i Jr., of Rock Hill, formerly secretary to Congressman Finley, was today ap? pointed inspector in the internal n venue service. His headquarters will he at Greensboro and his territory will include parts of both Carolinas. Paul H. E. Sloar., Jr., was today ml ed to be postmaster at Pendle : ton. whom he knew and who knew him, I those whom he loved and who loved him. And the scamp fled with uts ill gotten pains to safer quarters and left us to shift the best we could and meet the storm of an out:aped man hood. Today 1 wish you to celebrate i the release of our friends from a v oree slavery. :? more galling yoke, than we ever wore. And let us cele? brate by returning to our first and best love, and let us join hearts and hands with them and sing with all the soul: ? I never will leave or forsake thee, Where you live I will live, your God shall be my tlod And whore you die there will I be buried*' The Real Freedom. ??J. tlii.- celebration shall mean this io na, linn the..' long we shall have ; .a shout "free at last.' This is the < niy kind of blow that we may strike which will mean liberty and freedom, it is in this way, and in this way i nly, will tin- negro in America ever be free. Let us IIrat free the white man from the impressions we made on him under vicious leadership of false friends, and then we may h?.pe for him to free us from the bonds ? ilch our own hands have welded about our feet. And not Until that lay arrives can a'C have an emancipa? te !. celebration that will mean any? thing. us n in tho love which we forfett? d for the few political husks ou which we fed, and that love will make us rree. At present l think we foolish for celebrating an event ivhlch hoj meant nothing to us but dilation, i>ersecution ami s, I tons ion, riogra lation, obloquy, scorn and LM>ntempt. We are celebrating an event that has never taken place, and you know h as well as J. But some things did lake place on that me ruoraMe tlrst da) of January. The i'uined southern white man pave us homes mid food. lie fed us when bunpry, clothed us when naked, ad istered unto us when sick and , . d as when In prison. Aad our l>ord i iya for one to do that, is to do 'i Him. Let us not forget it, but celebrate it. Remember ail ye who lhink that Lincoln's proclamation set >;ou free, that if it is so. out white friends were our saviors."