The Washington bee., 1889-07-27

While looking over a copy of
the Nation, OF the 18th inst, our
ewes fell upon a communication
signed GA Southern Pastor" and
a more disgraceful adm ssion OF a
more disgusting state of affairs.
we have notread. After comment
ing upon the Mellow acquittal,
the writer says:
"But there is another part of your article
which shows you do not apprehend the true
situation in the South, viz, the lynehing OF
negroes for IA pc on white women. You lay
stress on the fact that there is no indigna
tion il the crime is the other way. The truth
is, that such crime is practically unknown.
A white man was lyncne1 recently 10y ne
grnes tor rape on Nero glrl-lt turned out
That ne was haf-witled. The fact is, ii would
be impossible, except in Il few cases, 10 get
ilry OF negroes to believe mat an alleged
rape on negro or mulatto girl was sucn in
fact. The estmatiOn of lapses om virtue
among Them is fairly indicated by this in
stance. A ladv's cOachman, a married negro.
seduced the daughter of her cook. When
the lady was about 10 dismiss him, the girls
mother demonstrated: "LOr, Miss =, you
amt gwine send him way jeS' for
dat" Immoral white men. alas. lind it only
TOO easy TO crafty their lustS without resort
ing TO rape There are many seli.respecting
coored girls, but they ale unfortunately a
small minority"
This man knew when he stated
that white men had not commit
ed rape Oh colored women that
he lied. More than one instance
has come to the notice Of the
Press and the public, else why
should he take the Nation to task
for making that charge? The
case in which the Negroes did
lynch a white man is disposed of
10y this ''pastor" on the ground
that the man was "half-witted."
They are all half-witted when
punished for ottenses against Me-
groes. Again lie lied when he
stated that a jury of colored men
could not be brought "t0 believe
that an alleged rape on negro or
mulatto girl WIS such in fact. /"
The fact of tie matter is that,
Negro jurymen have been forced
hv threats and intimidation OF
their white fellow jurymen to
vote for conviction or acquittal as
the case NIGH be, when they be-
lieved otherwise. Never until the
Mellow trial could white men be
found willing to vote with color
ed men, and even in this case it is
"a question In the minds ofthe i'm
telhgent, if the colored men were
not forced 10 vote With the white
men. Then / s an illustration of
the low character Of this "pastor"
and to what prejudice he can
stoop to malign those he himself
has helped to destroy, he cites a
single case Of one Of the most ig-
norant of the race he could iud
as proof of bis charge. This case
is to his mind the standard by
which the morality of the race is
TO be gauged. But, as il not
ashamed of this cruel, mean and
dirty fling at our women, he goes
Oh to confess that, "immoral lCht6
men, also, find it only too easy to
crafty their lusts without resort
ing to rape" Great God, only
think of it. Here is a pretended
minister of the gospel, teacher of
the people, confessing that his
own efforts and that of the com
bined white ministry, is powerless
to reform the morals of the whites,
and yet he has the audacity to
asSail the character of colored
women. Supposing that those
white scoundrels are successful in
many instances Of taking advan-
tage Of an ignorant class of color>
ed women and by whom they
have chiIdren, thus making
white set and a colored set, what
must be the feelings of those high
toned white wives? To see a lit
lie ragged colorod boy playing in
the street, barefooe ed aud hatltss,
with the hurniliatlng fact staring
her in the face, that her own
beautiful blue eyed and blonde
haired daughter is half sister to
that dirty Negro boy. What
must be her tethng? Reader can
you guess? This "patsor" says
such is a fact; WHO will then deny
il? Mellow confessed himself a
seducer of white women aud this
Southern pastor" is slanderer
of coloreI women. Take your
choice.
Again the character of this
minister C?) is seen when he ad-
mits that there are a few respect
tble colored women. One almost