Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-10

reconstruction measures adopted by the
republican party, at the close OF which
eney make the statement that the treat
nleht OF negroes in the South Is better and
more kindly than it is in the North.
sou THERNERS THE NFGRO's REAT
FRIEND.
They say on this point, through all the
North no blacks will be seen engaged in
any but menial labor, unless it be that
they have establishments of their own.
In the South you will find them occupv-
ing offices of every character-municina
county, State and national, in Legisla-
lures and in magistracy. In the North
you will fnd-none in the Legislatures
and next to none in elective OF
fees. What became Eof one whom
the Governor of Massachusetts attempted
TO put upon the bench? How many have
ever come to the Congress of the United
states from Northern constituencies
How many eOlOred Postmasters have
been appointed in Northern towns and
cities! How many cOlored men are clerks
in departments in this CITY? How
many have ever been rendered
positions IN the Cabinet? How many
have ever heen appointed Ministers or,
Consuls to foreign country, except ne
gro countrlesf As an evidence of the ex-
lstence OF objections on the part of the
Republicans to admit the negro to a plane
OF social equality they refer to Congress-
man Wlse,s statement about receiving
negro political workers in his kitchen.
THE INVESTIGATION MERELY POLITICAL.
They reassert their opinion that this in
Festlgaton was for political purposes
alone, and ask how it would be if a Demo-
cratic House of Representatives should
order Investigations into the thousand
and one outrages occurring in Northern
States. They say: ''Whilst the Senator
from Ohio was Investigating the riot in
DanVllle and holding up his hands in hor-
ror at the shooting OF four negroes in
crowd OF some two hundred. who
had attacked and crowded to the wall
some 10 or 20 whites. blOOdshed. murder
and arson were running riot in his own
city of Cincinnati, during which more
than 90 persons were killed, twice that
number wounded and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed" The mi
norlty ask how it would be if commit
tees were appointed to investigate the
notorious charges of the tanning of hides
OF negroes and Starving and poisoning
paupers, and the state Of the corpse in
dustry in the State of Massachusetts: to
loqulre into the killing of negroes in Ohio
for the sale of their carcasses. for
medical colleges and to report
upon the state OF the trade
in that branch Of American industry. and
whether it is likely to interfere with the
pork packing business of the city of Gin
cinnati; into the killing of negroes for
going into barrooms in New York to take
a drink; to investigate the great riot of
lot! and show corporate greed and ex-
actions; the tyranny of capital which
caused all that misery, loss of life and
destruction of property, and trace it to
the subserviency of the fostering care of
the Republican party"
They say that the reply to these sup
positions is that these things are liable to
happen everywhere, that they are purely
OF state concern and that Congress has
no business with them and ask WHY il is
not the same with a common street riot
in the city of Danville.