New-York tribune., 1885-07-06
THAT ALABAMA OUTRAGE.
ATTEMPTED EXPLANATIONS THAT ARE WORSE rH,>
SILENCE,
To hs Editor Of The Tribune.


To the Editor Of The frtDuno.
SIR: Will you kindly permit me to say n
few more word. concerning the Alabama outrage Of May
30 The Worid attempts 10 make jest OF 1t. and no
comes The Bro kiyn Ede with half column. purport
ing to bs extracts from letters OF two witnesses OF the
affair seeking plliate 1t aud explain II away IL IL
natural that tho residents Of Alabama should desire to do
this, but possibly The Eags would like to make an ex-
planatlon also How Is II that when two well known
and rret roaclable Brooklyn pc,rle the victims Of
southern outrage and assault The EdJe condensed n
notice Of the affair into few lines, prnted2t with tho
smallest possible heanns. and hid IL away where few
peopls were likely 10 it, In supplement chiefly given
No 10 adycrtisementsi And how is 1t that now The
Fagie could deyots a half column In prominent place,
with garing and sensational headlines to the defence OF
the Iawless and brutal asslans VIII The Eagle for
once assume the role OF Truthful James and rise TO
c1plsin"i
Az or the defence offered by ne Eagles correspondent
I'm Mobile IL il hardly necessary TO say that 1t Is weak
and In part contradictory and rdicuously untrue or
the thonsan OF people who during the last twenty live
vers have known Mr. Morrow, both In social and bus-
,ess relations there Il but would emphatcally
repuatc the idea that he used Insulting language or
made any suth SPEECH as IA imputed To hiip lie Is
known to be siugularly pure eheartcd simple kindly
@. e.nteman, who In tho most heated argument
never uses harsh INN oderato language Moreover
hi. simple word better than most mems SOLEMN oath
rb, state,nents published ia TnE TRIBUNE are truc
taken from hls letters and simply and moderately stated
and they arc In every particular by his wife
bo,e word and reputation like his own are absolutely
above son IL IL useless for other Inpcrs to seek to
cast ridcle or doubt upon them.
There was no political thought nor Import In Mr.
Morrow sact lie simply asked that justice and common
honesty be shown the clergyman AMI his wife, rs he
would have expected any other honorable man to have
done for himself and Mrs. Morrow II the conductor
had attempted to deprive them of something Tor
winch they had paid and to which they were
dIstnctly entitled by the highest authority In the
Land. His only offence was that ne beloved III thc
eclaratons of the Constitution 0 the United states ana
that they mean the In Alabama that thcy do III
Irooky IN aud Ncw- York. But this Ia an oHchce thali
which there be none greater III tue estimation ui
Government aud defrand thousands OF their Fellow
citizens Of their rights and whose peculiarly eHecVo
methods OF controlling free action ahu suppress ng oo
speech hnGs apt an illustrator In Conductor Suiy
II Il Interesting 10 note that while me hdyes Mo.io
correspondent attempts to deny some parts Oh Mr VT,
MOrrOws testimony, ana 70 soften tue point iuluhs I"
the treatment received 1t Is acknowledged thtt the
Rev Mr. Lindsey and wife, OF Illinois, were ordered on
Of the white peoples car, 10 MAKE room or otner I
ear -: aud that they were compelled 20 so anu hls
despite their cstclass tickets and letter rom Que Oh
the agents OF the railroad, guaranteeing tlen th'ir
rights. If the nlthcst oinsfant tlai ever hhuei ~
Castle Garden forced out or MS hyo-cent seat IN
what shricks he Edgc aud me W0d and hundreds or
other papers, would nave sent up To an outraged ieaNoh
against menoposs- and IN hho name o. coSan
and his wife-ueOplc OF eminent reSpcetahlhy anu
natural bSn ctiLens OF .e Lcpdblio-strtslg on long
iouruey as travellers having PAID Tor all thc
accoIu tions OF the same. forced ont OF tho seats
that honestly aud legally theirs, alo lor "nvu
tney lad expended goolly SUM- and Christian Z Iay
and gentleman oder protest that any honest persons
uat nave offered AGAINST such act or Ouras ana
robbery and quote Federal Constitution u defence OF
irSe,,ty and assault and called respectable papers
attcpt to lmpugn motives aud yeracity of honorable