Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-30
WINCHESTER INFURIATED
THE RECKLESS RAILROAD EN-.
GINEERS IN DANGER.
Lynching Only Escaped by Flight
Trouble Which is spared Kentucky
republicans" DIR. Haygood's Utter
ances on the Negro Question Gov
ernor Knott's InaueuratioD

! AFouDle which is Spared Kentucky
Republicans" DR.. Haygood's Utter
ances on the Negro Question Gov
ernOr KnOtt's Inauguration.
Correspondence Of tie Morning Mems.
NRAYsON, KY, August 24.-The recent
railroad disaster at Winchester. in this
/ state, is certainly one of the most reckless
| ever known in the State. 1t was alto
| gether the result of careless Indifference
ON the part of the engineers of each col
Hiding train, neither having blown his
slghal whistle, as imperatively compelled
ooth by the laws of the State and the rules
OF the roads. By this careIessness the
hVes OF two of the best conductors OH the
routes and several firemen were lost be-
side number of others seriously injured
upon being apprised of this reckless neg
llgence Of the engineers, the people of
winchester became so outraged that they
had lynched them had they not fled the
country. Their infamous lives were mi
raculously preserved, when, If finite iudg-
ment mad been executed, they instead of
the innocent had been blown to atoms. IT
does really appear that those who MANAGE
the running of railroads. steamboats,. etc
are growing more Indifferent as regards
the lives OF passengers daily. and NOTHING
short OF the most extreme SUMMARY
punishment can arrest them in their
deYlllsh carelessness. The Governor has
oHered a large reward for the arrest and
uenNefy OF tne fugitive engineers to the
legal authorities of Winchester. and if is
to be hoped that they will be made to feel
the terror of the law they have so reck-
lessly lntracted. Since GoyernOr-elect
hn0X,s Official majority has been ascer
tanned to be $4,000 the Republican DaDers
North and West, assert that Kentucky is
not safe State for Republicans to reside
IN. Ihere never was greater mistake.
because the elections of the past decade
OF more unquestlOnably prove that Re-
puDHcanS need entertain the least fear of
being elected to official position i'm Kan-
lucky, and therefore need not apprehend be-
ing subJected to the pain and VeXatious
care incident TO any State office. The
late election demonstrated so clearly the
dupllcIty of the Republicans in their de-
claratlons of friendship for the negro that
hereafter that party Will fail to get the
votes OF that race. Asbury. the negro
candidate for Register Of Public Lands
was defeated by Cecil, the Democratic
candidate, to the tune of 10000. sneak
ing OF the negro, l read with regret the
ADDRESS OF Rev. DIR. HaygOOd, President of
Emory College, delivered at Monteagle.
Tenn, lately on negro education. He
is doing more to hurt Emory College
than all the rival schools of the South.
ana, IN my, opinion, the Methodists Of
georgia Will see this college soon tOtter
to It's fall unless they depOse him from its
Presidency. The UddiSOnln was one of
the first papers in Georgia to accuse DIR.
HaygOOd of fanaticism, and |. as its
senior editor, am convinced that much
learning, supplemented by the Senev
donation to Emory, has made DR.. Hav-
good MAD. should greatly regret to see
Emory college, one of GeOrgia's most
brilliant ornaments, fall from its nroud
position. 1t is my Alma Mater, and |
love the grand old school with ali of the
lerVOf OF an enthusiast. DIR. HaygoOd. if
sincere IN the sentiments aYOWed at
Monteagle, should aspire to the
Presidency of some negro college.
where he can have an expansive
neld In which to plant and culture his
extreme educational views touching
negro education in Georgia. Should he
continue to hold his present position. and
teach the youths committed to his charge
the principles enunciated in his Brother
IN Black, and more ore. .pallpabbly emphasized
no distant day to see Emory College a
mixed school. DIR. Few and ,i,dpn
Long gstreet never dreamed that one Of
their successors would become the advO-
cate OF such educational theory as DIR.
Hayg0od now expresses. | look. how
ever, Tor the Conference who control the
management Of dear old Emory to enter
their protest against DR.. HavgOOd's
negro educational traVesties in such en-
phatic manner that he will either change
Dase or Yacate his present position, either
OF Which would prove beneficial to the
school and church.
Governor Knott will be inaugurated
with great pOmp the first Tuesday i'm Sen
tember. L have been hOnOred with an in
Vitatlon to attend, and nothing short of
physlcal debility prevented my accept
ahce. nave seen the programme, and
am assured it will be the most magnifi-
cent occasion of the kind ever celebrated
IN This state, so famous for its grand in
augural ceremonies.
notice with regret the severe criti-
clsms OF the Louisville Exposition by the
Cincinnati press. Such unfriendly com |
ments upon their neIghbor's great indus |
trlaI eXhIDltl0n is as unmanly as unmerit- |
ed. am proud to say that the Louisville |
press did not sneer at Cincinnati's late |
Musical Exposition.
Notwithstanding one murderer was con- |
vlcted in the Circuit Court last week and |
Will be certainly hung, another foul mur-
der was perpetrated in this county last |
Sunday. | learn that blood-hounds have |
been dispatched for and the murderer will |
be hunted down and either killed or cap |
tured. ihIs closes my letters to the MORN |
ING NEWS from Northeast Kentucky. | |
wish Iney mad been more interesting to |
It's million of readers. Written as they |
nave been during great physical debility |
and pain, have done the best l could.
j. Z. {. BLACKBURN.