 There was a South of slavery and secession — that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom — that South, thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour." These words, delivered from the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill, at Tammany...  The World's Famous Orations - Page 141edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Greek letter societies - 1887 - 296 pages
...gallant and gifted and able statesman, Benjamin Hill, " There was a South of secession and slavery ; that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom, living, breathing, and moving on forever." Its prosperity and its possibilities are conspicuous before... | |
 | Wallace Putnam Reed - Atlanta (Ga.) - 1889 - 922 pages
...attuned to the symphonies of the skies. — who said : " There was a South of secession and slavery — that South is dead ; there is a South of union and freedom — that South, thank God, is living, growing, every hour." It was he who named the new South. One of the upstarts said in a speech in New... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1888 - 236 pages
...the annual dinner of the New England Society, 1887. was a South of secession and slavery — that J- South is dead. There is a South of Union and freedom — that South is living, breathing, growing every hour." I accept the term, " The New South," as in no sense disparaging... | |
 | William T. Alexander - African Americans - 1800 - 662 pages
...question. But in the words of Ben. Hill, delivered at Tammany Hall in 1866, true then and true now: "There was a South of slavery and secession — that...thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour." The colored people are enjoying the full benefits of this new life and growth. " They have been made... | |
 | College students - 1890 - 410 pages
...through her veins. The hum of factories and whir of machinery, rise like a New England hymn. "There wan a south of slavery and secession; that south is dead. There is a south of union and freedom; th.it south is living, breathing, growing every hour." Noilh and south, universal education is elevating... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1800 - 338 pages
...attuned to the symphonies of the skies — who said : "There was a South of secession and slavery— that South is dead ; there is a South of union and freedom — that South, thank God, is living, growing, every hour." It was he who named the New South. ^ One of the " upstarts" said in a speech... | |
 | Ermine Owen - Readers - 1891 - 306 pages
...be found By red clad fishers in their round, Why, who shall say but he was drowned? THE NEW SOUTH. " There was a South of slavery and secession, — that...thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour." Dr. Talmage has drawn for you with a master's hand the picture of your re turning armies. How, in the... | |
 | 1894 - 478 pages
...as the " School of Billroth." AGG Editorial Correspondence. A MiD-WlNTER VISIT TO THE SUNNY SoUTH. "There was a South of slavery and secession, that South is dead ; there is a South of union and fraternity, that South is living, growing and flourishing every hour." These words, uttered in New... | |
 | Ralph Curtis Ringwalt - Orators - 1898 - 360 pages
...reputation. It was called by the New York Times the greatest speech ever made by a Southerner in New York.] " There was a South of slavery and secession — that...breathing, growing every hour." These words, delivered from 5 the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill, at Tammany Hall, in 1866, true then, and truer now, I shall... | |
 | Ralph Curtis Ringwalt - Orators - 1898 - 360 pages
...a South of slavery and secession—that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom—that South, thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour." These words, delivered from 5 the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill, at Tammany Hall, in 1866, true then, and truer now, I shall... | |
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