Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-21
DO Quiet People Encourage VIC.

PaPofs VI tuat uay, AUG up Nlhtn 10
Walnut and down Walnut to Fourth to
there dismiss" was d part Of it. The
declaration that the clubs went to that
piece to create a row is sd unsupported as
are most tie other statumenta made to
break the force OF the evidences going to
show that they were deliberately attacked
there. We do not pretend to say
whether the original intention Of the
negroes who did tue shooting Was too
attack the procession or not Tue prob
abilities are that some one or two lawless
fellows precipliated the attack, but these
doubtless had knowledge of the prepare
tons which enabled peRrues TO promptly
appear uuskst and gun in hand in the
hall and bshlnd fences the moment
the first shot was fir, d, AMI this
kno Wedge was not such as 10
discourage the lawlessly iuciped from
making an attack. Now we ask the PEG.
pie who are trying to make themselves
believe that the negroes are NOT at fault in
this matter to suppose case and see what
they would think OF such plea with the
parties reversed
Suppose Republican procession we're
going through some part of the strongly
Democratic Tenth ward and some worth
less fellow who dlsliked Republicans
should throw brick into 1t. Would they
not expect these nearest the fellow to be
very likely TO fire back 2 Do they Lot
know, IN fact thar party of negroes did
Immediately make an attack when
they say stone was thrown into
their ranks on Fourth street
But suppose that had occurred in the
Tenth ward. and Immediately afterwards
numerous Democrats, armed with shot
guns, should begin firing trom behind
fences and from hall, would the Il pub
licans of this city believe that these men
had 10 intention TO attack the procession,
but were merely armed for defense, and
were drawn into the fight by the attack
caused by the first stone throwing?
They know they would not believe
such a story, and that they would
laugh to scorn such II suggestion. Yet,
this is tho only lire of argument by which
the immediate appearance of numerous
armed negroes the moment the fight
began at Ninth and Walnut, can be made
to appear otherwise than part of a
deliberately planned murderous attack on
procession. So far as we are concerned
We are willing 10 show fairness we know
those opposing us in this matter would
not show. We do think it possible
that those men with guns did not oriei-
nally intend to attack that procession, but
that their excited condition led them to
expect al attack for which they prepared.
| Yet their presence there armed, must have
been known to men of their own color
and il could not but dispose the rowdy
element among the negroes to bring about
Aght.
In response to question in the Morn.
ing Mems, to-day, we do say that men
"who are everywhere known as order.
Glowing and peacsble" have taught the
negroes that they must take care oil
themselves" have taught them that the,
must Lot look to the laws of this State fol
pr 1tection and have filled their passionat,
natures with hatred against the larpel
part of the white men Ct this community
all Of which has led right up to THU
very outbreak. That they have done THU
Intentionally with n view TO crontinp rio
no one will imagine. They have done i
in urder TO make the negroes stanch an,
faithful Republicans ready to assert thei
right, us it is called, by force again.
officers of the law whom these Republican
gentlemen declare are trying to depriv
them of their votes. We SAY. further
that the disposition of entirel
quiet Republicans 10 throw ssid
all the rules ny which they, themselves
are accustomed to judging evidence, il
order to sustain the the DRY of the Juno
cence OF the negroes i'll this affair, doe
nuke such occurrences in the future nor
/ probable, and that such false letters q
! John q. Baker and Robert C.. FreiI
! have written to the Philadelphia Pre-,
9 denying the statements of one OF il
own reporters, ure calculated to max
the negroes believe that the whol
Republican party here upholds au
I defends them in this thing, and 10 Their,
E fore encourage them. The Neaos. itself,
d doing as much in this line az some reear
Il for its duty as a newspaper to give II
!. facts permit it 20 do, and its evening col
d temporary goes further aud openly Just
# ties the attack by the negroes on Il
1t ground of revenge These are fac
&c which the quiet people of tn
e community cannot shut their ey,
r to, and we insist upon il tn
'e they are bound to think how far the bi
!, tetness of feeling desgnedly raised he
(. is responsible for the violence we ha,
ar witnessed, such bitterness as the Ne.
lie itself miListered to, for instance, by gro
81 misrepresentation of the utteranees
$ Messrs. Baysrd and Grubb.