The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-01

BLACK AND Whllt luollpt'
The Waco Regisia aud tho heEia
Ledga both alude TO the TACT that lhore
are more negro criminals hung In Tex
m than theroare whites, They both
either positively or negatively strive to
leave the mind impressed with the Idea
that this state Of things 10 due to the
general prejudice existing In the pub
Ito mind against the negro No more
uulenable position could possibly be-
assumed,
N isa burning shame 10 the white
population Of the state, that II furnish
os examples Of crime 10 the negro II
Is u shame that armed desperadoos with
hlrakna aud blue eyes ridorough ahod
over peaoeablo citizens, and often 20
unwhippod Of Justice The negro Ia an
initiative creature, and Ia ~ prone
TO ape the vices as he Is the virtues OF
tho whites, The white desperate II u
peripathetic criminal, here to-day and
away Tomorrow, Tho negro IL pure.
~ u local owl, hc lacks the enter.
Prise, daring and intelligence Of his
palor compocr In crime, aud 80 II falls out
out that his crimes are confined TO ono
locality until the local feeling becomes
personal aud strong enough TO secure his
arrest aud conviction, but after this
the contrast between tho black aud
white 10 still more marked, aud ~ still
true TO tho raoe pooullorities Whom
arrested and convicted tho white rogue
bonds his every energy ingenuity and
intelligence TO tho work of securing his
release or escape. The negro sends for
II minister aud takes TO praying, and in
nino cases out OF ton whining con.
lcssion follows This state Of things ~
unlhyorablo 10 escape, and tho hang.
man Ia not cheated M in the case Of the
moro oulorprising white rogue This is
just tho difference, and when our faulty
lais are considered, we can estimate
tho chances the white man really has
Both of our esteemed contemporaries
have lnllon into error in placing the
mortality among negro murderors to
the credit Of Nco prejudice.
Thoro are entirely too many orimi-
nails of both races in reNas, 40 in MI
now countries but n tremendous change
Is working, With each passing day tho
perpetrators of crime are being decreos.
cd in number the gOllows, tho ha2.
yards of their course of life, and the fear
OF the law ARE the influences ut work
which must finally drive cut this
class altogether whether they
be black az night or M fair
as the lillic, The Register is too
intclligcntly edited to believe its own
assertion that n negro murderer stands
n better chance for Justice than the
white solely by reason of this prejudice.
We have Icebly skotchod the only true
explanation OF the disparity between
tho whito and the blacks in this res
spect, Tho class OF people who applaud
tho act of killing for any cause is nearly
extinct in FcXNs, and the pistol practice
IL no longer respectable In the future
tho courts will have less hanging to do,
but what ia to be done will be done
surely and effectively, and the color of
the skin of tho criminal will hardly
be taken into the count, Neither grand
or petit iurios should caro- whether it is
John Smith white or John Smith col,
orod who has stained his hand with tho
blood OF his fellow, Nor do We believe
they do or will, and tho insinuation of
the papers named that such is the pres
judico against the negro that he is
hanged and tho whito turned loose is u
grave injustice done the yeomanry--
the jury lorce--of the state, II
has also been our observation that
oolored mon on iurios are no
moro lonient to criminals of their
own race than those of the other No
intelligent observer who is at the same
time unprecedented, would claim for him
u higher sense of justice than is crod-
itod to the white men of Texas, 4 lit
tic sober reelection on the part of tho
editors of both papers will teach them
that in this matter they have inflicted
an injury without cause, and they will
hasten TO undo the work, We know
both we'll, and from such knowledge
can truthfnlly say We are really sur.
prised vt the position assumed.
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