The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-30
Negro 0,sfrages.

The title Negro Outra9es," is becoming
SO common IN The news papers Of the day as
! to almost merit the distinction Of island
( ing head like deaths and marriages
These negro outrages, which comprise the
whole catalogue of forciblc crime. murder
rape, robbery and arson are almost new
thing in our history. Uatil within u COM
paratiyely short period. the negro waS
scarcely known to our criminal law, except
as petty piferCr now he aspircs to high
er and more tlagrant ofcnscs, aud IS fast
gaining al unhappy noto.iiy in the Fore
most ranks Of rufianism In short, the
events Of the last four oriye years seem to
have had the effect 10 resolve the bulk of
the colorcd population ofthe United States
into two classes. paupers and criminals; the
first rapidly rushing to their graves through
disease and destltuticn and the last, the
barbarity Of their natures stimulated iAto
activity, becoming the NEST dangerous cE
the dangerous orders by which society :s
infested
We are not about to utter q complaint
against the negroc, In ther normal con
diiion they are peaceful, timid aniiue.inDd
to be o1edient TO constitI,cd authority -
Left TO themselves, IN the relations iato
which they had fallen, society was IN no
danger from their acts mor mas the public
peace often disturbed by their passions
The average negro was 10 more inclined
to inaict pain than III. average white, and
his besetung propensitics seldom carried
him further against the law than row and
then 10 mistake tie difference between Ike
pr perty q another and his own. II he is
different now, it i: because he has been
made 50 by extraueous Influences. Like
ali les Of 4 low grade CT intellect, &c
IS susceptible to such influences and with
less reason to guide him Elen his passions
are excited, he is capable Of beins trans
formed from thing comparatively iAno-
cent 70 one extremely dangerous:
We are not left 20 conjecture who the
are that have exertel the in1ence which
has wrought this work OF tranS:ormat ion
II il had not been visible in all acts Of ihe
leading members Of great political party.
1t can Ice found in the reports OF officers OF
the G0vernment--Een whose LOYALTY is !
sputable-to whom the of;cial over
81 lght OF colored populations in the South !
has been committed They tell as that
led throughout the country, wherever
there are negro soldiers, or c iectioas oi
negroes, there are p.lilau ;hrop:c gcuticuicn
dong the work oI incendarcs, urging on
the negroes to assert their rights. to ylHl.- !
cate their MInhood, TO revenge themselves !
fer ages of oppression il other words, t.
defy the laws and commit outrages, che
seed Of doctrine i.,ils upon ftting ground,
aud the result s llea;.tul crop Q! crime,
cruelty and iniamy.
1t is not the negroes who DO this; it is
hose who set them on and promise them
1t is the philanthropists -
This is shilanthroiy. There is au or
,an;zed society Of lAilanthr0pists, with
MAJOR Charles Z. SteArncs III lis b -ad,
with meribers III this city as eisew here
hroug hout the country, with funds at its
,0mmaud, ard missionaries under its COM
rol. and with au ayowed object TO ag;tate
tt the y 0rth and enDroil at The South
It's natural fruits are negro ou;rages; It's
md is to promote them, and II protecl the
guilty parties and it is THIS society and
IS members and they who operate acce:G~
NJ TO It's programme, vhetter Ii.iatcl o.
lot, who are morally responsible for the /
murders, ranes olberies. arsons. and 9th
r crimes OF violence which are committed
- On. Eheaircr.