Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-05
Rather II Sudden Change.
(For tho Dispatch.


A few DAYS ago the New York World, no.
tcing the fact that there was mixed jury
of black and white in the Mellow case,
lust decided in Charleston by the acquittal
OF Mellow. noted the contrast between
slavery times and the present, and compla-
Gently philosophical on the way that the
cOlOrcd question was settling itself. But
the verdict in this late case has shocked It
into III admission that mixed juries will
not deal fairly with any matter which In
wolves such questions y; that 10 such cases
the machinery of justice is broken down,
and there is an end Of security"
Now, as most of the cases of felony or
misGemeanor involve mixed juries, it is
seen that. according TO the World there is
an end to security" The World concludes
alt IS for the people of the southern States 10
fnd remedy for acODdition Of things 60 intole-
rabe and 50 certainly destructive Of society (;
and II the effort 10 hnd and apply lawful
remedy is honestly made al the South IL should
be candidly and fairly regarded by northern
opinion. The situaion Is an exceedingly dim
cult one 10 deal with. as well as one ful OF dan
ger, ana It's difficulty should be recognized and
fairly considered throughout the country. The
whole republic sprofoundly concerned with the
prompt and eioctual cure OF an evil which al
tacKs the very roots Of civilization and orderly
selI-goyerpment"
This is better sense than the World. which
marriages. generally talks on this question.
In response, the FIRST thing the South has
TO say Is that northern opinion" the self
constituted Judge IN the premises, knows
nothing in the world about the question (;
and that the difficulty and danger of treat
ing il is largely increased by their ignorant,
conceited, and malignant intermeddling in
a matter Of which they are naturally in
capable of taking fair and candid view.
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continue. because the first step 70 be taken
in the courts is TO exclude the negro from
the iury-box. But this northern opin-
ion" Will never agree 10, and We may ex-
pect their opposition to be backed by the
white Republicans of the South. and by
some sordid Concihationists among SOUTH
ern Democrats.
Virginia has not forgotten how negro
Jurors were forced upon the State as a con-
stitutional night of the race, nor how the
partisan efforts Of the scalawag Judge
Alexander RiyeS were sustained by the
Supreme Court of the United States. And
Is nOt that court infalliblel
The World says that anarchy begins
when courts cannot enforce rights and Will
not punish crime"
But is it not part of the plutocratic
conspiracy 10 encourage anarchy, that they
may have an excuse to get what they call a
stronger goyernment-that is. govern
ment mat will protect the rich in plundeT-
ing the poor and the middle classes?
1.-THE most difficult and dangerous of the
problems.n says the World, growing out
OF the race conflict in the South is the pro-
blem of securing an impartial administra-
ton of justice" Not so. The greatest
danger is the alluring equality at the
polls. That risks copfliot somewhere At
every election. The greatest . difficulty y
is 10 convince the North of their dense
ignorance on this question and the neces-
sity Of letting the South settle the question
for itself. s nt. -s'