New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-18

don't mean 10 say that the disposition TO deprive mo
freedman biz legal rhts is universal OF e'en vice
spread On the other hand believe that Tho great mass
Of the peope Of the south ara determined that the negro
shall enjoy. uunocstod every right ana !iiFieso u
which he is legally entitled, but think there are com
parstiyeiy few Southern people who have the came ce
ing Of Indignation when an outrage Is committed on
negro OF one murdered whcn Tie victim i "A!t'
man. There are ~ courss exceptions to tis ie' rs "
the cases % favoritc servants TO whom the people neto'o
greatly attached Nor DO TANK this feeling or tnt {"
feeling is confined the South although, oWns 70 the
pas, relations oi the two races, it is probably more
marked there than cscw The suffering OF Tie negroes
of Washington from poverty, during the last Two years
and the ieariul mortality among Them oiteh thlto lut
rs great per mil. among he white p"pu!"l"h '".'
not arouse the !mpahy N the hears OF Toe ef"
of this city that the same amount Of suffering among
white people would.
RECKLESs MEN IN THE SOUTH.
Acon The south ha. larger proportion ~ Idle worth
irs. desperate young men tlan the North JAs too Is
due 10 the institution OF slavery and the ccn"'du@tS
Influences 81 the Idcncss and bad WHISKY NJ men
of this class for almost any deed OF violence ana 1t ~
true that while they form very small pereenaSe q" inc
whole population, which is composed Of upright, Jaw
abiding ucople il is more difficult control ticm than
* to control the rougbs OF NcwYOrf. While do hoo
the Southern people 10 whole responsible, TO certain
degree for the awcss deeds OF tho class speak o. We
cause they have not always been as swift to condemn o
as sure to punish crime they should have beeh 10
not fail to recognize the fact that public oi Oh III l'
regard Is daily growing healthy in the Srrtl rs j.
shown 10y the unanimous and outsp"ken condemnation
Of the Hamburg outrage by the press Of South Carolina
and Georgia.
Think have now indicated Of the causes which
make occurrence, like the lac riot in South Carolina pos
sibe First the dread ~ gro upIsing' ana me WHO
spread almost universal suspicion Of ne freedmen "ch
influenced by the advice Of bad men; second the TACT
c1 4 "a
man. and an infringement his rights not quite us Sc
rious n matter ~ tludgh white man u TIE VlcIh'
third tie lax admini~traa n OF criminal law ~ many
paris of The South which prevents crime from being
properly punished These three causes prepare mo way
for the desperate with hs pistol and his shotgun
HOW RIOTS occur.
Affairs like that at Hamburg generally arise IN thi'
way: The negroes pufcI up with their own Importance
neglect some courtesy which they have been a'cn't"m'
to show to white people prrhop' ;hcy Ie in7o' OF
insulting: or u drunken Thi,c nan Insults ' gro VINO
does not take it representatives. OF Eis race "'.o
formerly Obliged to. meek y Tie rcsa Is bad "io"d ana
threats il not a H. int TIE negro arms himself Tor lie
fcnsc and gctssone Of his icuas 10 assist HIM when
in the ewes Of the lawlrss class which have described
and perhaps Of Others 10 becomes dangerous ana must
be put down at all hazards Then there B. hSA'
and the negroes being worse armed lean Hl'
white men, and unaocus:omed To- handle "r'P
on-, suffer most. Whom blood has once ',Sun
flow tf NNtfc lit UhlNlc Ut H''' - %
white man is killed. DID, comrades furious for r,'cn'
aud in thcl, frenzy shoot down untuurd negroes Who
are tryl. 10 escape even helpless rri-"nofs lIS a
substantially the history 81 the Hamburg mot II was
Gissrac" to south Carolina, where 1t occurred an! To
Georgia from which stltc some II the murderer went
If GOV Chamberlain would send some good detective. d"
Augusta and Hamburg hui out "h" TIE vh.i' men were
who were engaged IN the dg.t. and convict nHd hahE
them be- would do an incs,mahie service not Only 10 M
oyu state hut to the whole south.
said m the ginning Il thus letter that IN" ri"i 81
HAMBURG and similar ONES, could not be- P,c''i,! ny
military Interference NJ huovs when an affair
Of tln, Kind IS 10 occur, md when 70 docs happ'n i-
over before troop, could lc r-l Alarrr .n.ec ui td
statcs aoIirrs IS moss stationed at Columbia F. g. than
Al any other point BOO tine south, except oa ,a" I''t
border aud yet GOV. Chamberlain could no; I'vg ara
one Of them on that fatal -atur ay night n te I'D "id
them all ia Hamburg.
lido not wish 20 bn misuudrrtou FROM what hHtc
said about the relation. between the two race n in'
south Tho instruct which have sr.aeA i- e neral
IN its character and not individual Personally In
ordinary bu,in.s. transactions and IN their inter e
with each other the whites aud N' bl,a' 'J'i e''H
OILERS confidence 10 wonderful d'-so ..a tu'Ic u
more harmony and good ic 'rs ihau could ''lc'i"d
when the radical change eir relations Us considered
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