The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-06
ALI CARRY rIsroLs.
False Traditions and P%rverse Education
OF the south.
Pfilah.,frh.a Press

False Traditions and P~rverse Education
OF the south.
Philadelphia Press
The lurid tragedy Which killed Colonel
swope on the spot aud gave Colonel Good
Toe only forty -eighl hours Of lingering mur-
der fdh repentance has made an unusually
painful impression on the country. Ia It's
spirit and character il wa not different
from the hundred deadly yendettas Mhich
leave there stain Of blood On the same sec
ton every year. IL produces q greater
sh0ck because IL sSsaSsiuated more eosl-
sEicnons men. But it illustrates the same
false traditions and the satne perverse e1u-
cation which sway high and low aud le&ve
their blight ON every class oil the conn
munsty.
The actors in this bloody drama would
have been regarded a. among The beat
types OF their people Both we're men oi
high inte iigence aud iatSilect; botn he i
prominent stations and had a lasge stake
ia life and success; both were free from
the sfill existing thEal com Of Old pr, ia-
0ices ami lost Institutions. Ccloaei
Swope was gideiy knosn IN his own STATE.
Colonel Goodice Was stiks tisnts4iiy = na-
si9nal figure, and had Certainly MOB tue
respect and estten OF large Number 0f
hard headed puaiic men with WHOM he Was
intimately associated. lie WAS regarded as
true, sincere. manly ani1 chlvalfous. Ills
friends viii RS 10 believe that he was not
the aggressor ia the savage collision ana
that bis fierce fight came oniy under tie
provocation OF deadIy attack bat the story
OF me lasai clash tells tao plainly that both
placed violence above law AMI both were
under the denim On OF she false training
which taints the sociai fabric OF which they
we're part.
The blood 81 these men cries aloud be.
cause thes doomed up absve the mass.
But when the false spirit leads such ~
them 70 srampie upon sii the sanctions Of
he and law. how vide must b. its sway !
We would n0t be unjast - be south. We
gladly believe taat the knlle and ths pistol
are less ard less the rule We wouid ap-
pal % the letter implaaes ana the
letter education AGAINST this haroArous
teaching. Bat gse way 81 truth Il the
u light and the treth is Eh4t the iswi ssuess
81 she vendetta weuld not be 80 frequent If
the law al justice we're not irnpoteaas and
tae sentin ent of s6cisty wsre ret wrong.
Lexington nsourns bat sAoes not G, neeAsn.
Hasl either Of tie assAsSins survived hs
AZ the siAoea. bat toierAteS, II q does noe
sanction, the eos. life is bed cheap;
las has too little saa.tss; qaaFre!s are
prsouaaiy avenges.: aid bsocdshed Is the
episode of the boar
All shis Is The heTitags Of two hundred
years Of wrong system and f2iss soaea-
lien. Ii i Ihe legsey Of slavery anz is
vicious tra4ssians anil iE1u<nces. We
make ala allowances. We speak the ian.
suaee nos Of bitterness. snt Of friendship
and astnaniEson. Use e0ata mU~t enc ge
from thss tasns Of vs.senes ard .awisssness
or suHsE eansiaeee elighs and backward.
meas. Lac snnxt he eniilFcess isIe mast k<
had sacred softety ruisst trown aosn The
sa0tgan; The spssit ct etvi sxAfaon must
drive aug the rellea a kerhaE1sr1-oE tire
sssnah xsa seEever lag To The march Of des-
ssny.