The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-14
RuEder 1orIl, nnd south.


NuT,Ier N0rIh Hhd south.
'I',e!p rs pretty war Of words going on
bnoefn the Louisville Courier Journal and
Chicago Tribune. each standing up Tor Its
own hOuls civilization. The Tribune how
ever, r!mits that 10 the matter Of murder,
the Northern record Is not 30 good rs II
ought, TO be. Comcing nearer.home 1t might
admit that Chicago has been Obliged to
cry out against sand.bagging and other
incidents OF low life in that city OF rapid
growth. 1t IL question whether city, as
well ~ an individual, may not grow too
fast Tor its well being All sorts OF people
Of all sorts Of nationalities have
cone together in Chicago in a great
mass. The process Of assimilation has
been yell nigh impOSOiblei Tor, tho city
hsvlrS nissn as II by magic, q small part
aiiAS population having been there before
Iks ~ coming part and 80 on to date,
who 5 to do the assimi!ating. Butsand'
rsS ias, murder and like hideous diver.
Nsas ore not taken by the people as things
a1srAsn unavoidable, and the press
doe; Hct defend or condone them. With
~ rs aickedness there Is no higher civil.
Es,ioa IN America than is 10 be found in
Chicago ..
B.t .ie Courier-Journdrs lance Is net
psiNNA st Chicago alone, but at the whole
Rettth IA retaliation for what has been
sai4 Sbsut the prevalence Of murder in
Kersat7 and other States, where the
courts 10 not punish and public opinion
does MT regard it as the most serious oil
offences MIR. WatteSon is himself respon.
,ls a the new turn the discussion has
tst,n, Tor he made Southern murder the
rIfic-! Of his Tennessee University ad'
drta,, sgain adverted to it in speech at
public dinner in New York, and in his
paper sets forth views which have strange
sound in higher latitudes. By way OF com.
parison the Tribune puts at the Courier
Journal this very striking exhibit:
L.: year tbs haugmAn strung up 12l
eNnlAals In the United States, OF whom
sMi9ple were hanged 10 the North and
eiShtY 10 thu South. as follows: Missouri, I;
Ir9uii.hna, 0; North Carolina, Z; Georgia, II;
TtTlS 0; south Carolina, III Kentucky, 4;
SrSs0sas, 4; Mississippi 4; Virginia, 5; Ala
EaMa J; Tennessee, 5; FIUrida. 5; Delaware
|. iSIf ypar Judge Lynch executed III
+lSAchsI fifty In the North and sixty seven
~ y, South, as follows; Virginia, 2;
TerSS 10 West Virginia J; Georgia, s; Ala
eENGa Kentucky, $; Florida, 3; Missouri, l;
LOUISIANA y; south Carolina, o; Arkansas 1;
TEnnex,s, 2; Mississippi, 3 Up 10 the pres.
G6i ~ this year forty.iIine criminals have
eeShlES ally executed 10 tie Uoited States.
thriy ioar Of them IN the Sgulhesn States.
Fos.i-..sss have been illegally executed
du-r- Gs same period, twenty-five OF them
IN :atrl ia the seuIh, the meiD'ty in the
North tsiag cus 10 the lynchius oil no less
THAI sixteen horse thieves and murderer on
las extreme lTOnters Of Montana, where
tGera Is 10 law OF any sort, 90 thatIt cannot
reasonably figure 10 auy dhqulsttiOn on
crime orr criminal comparison bHtween the
tao sections At The raie II is now progress
iuE too gouth will be even we're fl At the
close OF 1888 than 1t was a. the close OF 1889.
Seeing that the greatest number Of MUIR.
ders s not on the side Of the most numer.
Gus population; and that in the South the
conviction OF murderer is lees likely than
in thu North 10 follow the commission OF
the crime, this is bad showing Tor tho
South. 1t Ia no pleasure to point out aud
Owed on these Thugs But the harm is
net in pointing them out. They ought not
10 be. The people Of South have the mat
ter IL their own hands. They may not in
every case he able to convict murderer;
at least they can make such q
public sentiment rs will forbid gentle
men" to kill each other. TIE
good example having been set by the best
circles other circles will initiate that as they
do other Things, until only the desperadoes
viii BIZ left very small part Of long settled
communities. Lie is not absolutely sac
al where and ne Ter will be. There isroom
for eat improvement in the North; but
the murder average in the South, as cum
pared with that in the North, is out Of all
proportion to the population.
NJ. Watlerson has made point in the
controversy for which the South ought to
wen credit. lie says that strangers are
.Lere. The unpublished murders in
tic south which have shocked the country
ha, been largely family Ieuds and neigh.
b,i. oo1 Affairs, and in almost every case
tn, murderer aud his victim have been
natives. But strangers do not feel safe
where old neighbour are Strengthening each
oIJer