The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
tina. NEGRO domination must DO prevented.

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Ored citizens and their brutal torture with.
u form OF law. from the Ohio to tho Gull.
ts heralded in Christian ears as II Heroic
effort to protect civ ~lization against the in-
roads of barburism." 1t is just as reason-
able and just as valid an excuse Tor reckless
dtabolism as the claim tint slavery was tho
only method OF preserving the Christian
civilization oil the men who tui nod its
thumbscrcws and profiteu by its tniamies.
What excuse really exists Tor tic widely
Haunted claim of thee racc-cunGicts in II
single day?' 1t is the old. old story SO often
traced in blood before the eyes OF the
American people and SO often unileaael.
No. 2 amour SIMPLY to this: A train
up to q depot. The woie Very lew people
living near the stat on. The police OF the
town seem to nave Leen gathered in force.
however. and nrovidentiaily armed with
Wtnchesters. Tho negro - and the police
The police say one OF the excursionisfs
shot n of their number in trying to make
an arrest. Tho negroes say thai tho train
was fired into before 1t stopped. and tho
crowd stampeded as soon MS they could
got out. Five hundred shots from Win
chesters and revolveis were fired" tho
police q "tn five minutes" 1t is not
claimed that the negroes had Winchesters.
One white man was wounded, and several
colored men and me Til, next NOM
ing. a colored church near by was fred.
and those who hastened to b scene OF
destruction found II Gordon OF white men
armed with rifles guarding tho flames that
consumed tn. altar u r.eo lad contributed
OF their poverty to buill to the worship OF
the Most High God! 1t was n desperate
effort to teach civilization and Christianity
to the inferior rucel"
No. 2 is like IL curious mixture of absur-
dtty and apparent falsehood. A rumor
ZONES fromChatlestown w. Va.-so says the
dispatch-"that the ne .roes had collected
on New iiivcr. and u concerted movement
on the whites was intended" Result: Or
ders were received for all tho "Winches-
tiers" available. Assigned cause: a negro
had threatened to do up" the employees in
a store. and had been Shot dead by one OF
them.
Why did n one think tho negroes were
about to %"rise." Why did Shakespeare write
OF that conscience which doth make cow
ards OF us all!"
"hace war No. 3 wns moro serious and
deadly: Its thenter was Shell Mound. Miss.
IT Is said that the negroes iludbeen .o;gan-
izing alliances" whatever these NAV be),
sas it was thought. in this part of the delta
Tor W weeks" In consequence of threats
maize it%ainst some OF their leaders. il is
said that "seventy-iive armed negroes cane
into Smell Mound. Miss. and boosted what
they would do ii their leader WIS intnrIered
WIZ. This WIS the c;sus bclii as stated
by the whites-nothing more.
What was tho result? \. call for troops;
tlt VAC 'tlll.
panics; five hundred white c~itixens volun-
teer to assist; the Governor ustens ON by
express and %feivcntly cautions the people
not to violate the law"
back as eNpeditiously us he anne. .'Tho
state troops were withdrawn" says tho
dispatch. FOR the reason that tho posse did
not van them there. because they woull
restrain them from their determination to
kill every ilegro who had anythin. to do
with the mob!"
Final outcome-"Ovcr fifteen negroes
have been hanged and shot already. and
the soldiers shy tho citizens had begun tho
killing before they got out OF sight!"
States. on the third day of September. in
the year of Grace one thousand eight hum
drcd and eighty nine! Governor Lowry
will probably be sent to the Senate, at the
first opportunity. to Keep company with
tho South Carolina butchers, Hampton and
Butler!
But the burning ut the stake-thut GER
tainly was justitlablc? The crime charged.
was a most atrocious one; of this there is
no doubt. There is no one who can desire
TO eNtenuate 1T or shield its Derpetrator
prove and harder still 10 defend. 4 eolored
boy nearly gown" is said to have over
como two white girls about his w ago
and ravished one of them. If The charge
Was true Kentucky law Furnishes the crime
vain ucdIIs iIere Wis no clisncc oil the
victims cscape-no possibility of u failure
OF justice. Possibly. us in IL similar case IL
few months a.o. there may come. by and
by. u tardy acknowledgements that it was II
mistake. But granting the crime TO have
been committed. ii such barbafity is ner-
among tho statutory punishments OF the
Commonwealth? Wa ii n horror of tho
crime or IL wild rage tor barbaric brutality
to the negro that inspired those who con-
One can not help wondering what would
have been done had the conditions been
revcrscd-if the girls face had been black
and the nearly grown" boys white. The
punishment for the crime in all the South
ern States is death. In the twenty-four
years since it became unlawful for u white
man to compel u colored woman to his
will. has a single white mar been executed
for r%avishment of Il coiorcd woman?
After reading these reports of one days
horrors, can anyone full to ask himself
these questions:
Is tliere anydoubt that there is yet n race
problem. anu one of infinite difficulty and
danger. to be solved by the American peo.
pie?
Is it true that there is one law for black
and white" at the South?
Is 1t possible that tho ordinary civil
rights OF the negro" are likelyto be secured
n preserved" by u people who are SO
ready to shed his blood?
can AChrtSttan civilization recO rnize the
claim OF the South to be permitted to settle
the race question for themselves?
Is 1t not U part of the duty of the Govern.
and people of the United States to
find u way to secure to those to whom it
has guaranteed the rights of citizenship,
the protection of law?
Are murder and church-burning the most
methods of preparing tho negro
for civilization and tho Clristiunization of
OF Africa?"
DO these often recurring and almost I'm.
provoked conflicts. ending always in fresh
slaughter of the blacks. indicate IL purpose
to do equal and exact justice to the col
ored man. or IL determination to crush
and destroy him?
II YOU We're IL colored man. would YOU
feel that American Christianity desired
your welfare and eXcrted itself for your
protection?
Are the Christian people OF the North
OF the blood shed by their white
of the South. simply because
those in whose veins it ran have colorcd
skins?
These are ugly questions. but they must
DO answered sooner or later.
q. A. II. Recruits.
The men who enlisted in the Union
armies during the rebellion numbered
2,ss3, 600. and if one-for1sh of them are
still living they number 100000.
There is no doubt that there are fully
that many old soldiers in the country.
Then why sIOu11 H. o1oru, 41,o nn.