The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-07
That Barnweu Outrage.


The New York Tribune wants TO know
what the state Of South Carolina PRO
poses to do about the atrocious crime perpe-
tratei in the town of Barnwell." The Trib-
ltne knows what the governor Of South
Carolina has done about It, ana its question
is only intended as text for some very
unjust remarks relative TO the people Of
that state
The press and the people of South Caro-
lima, and, in fact, of the whole south, have
condemned the Barnwell outrage in the
strongest terms. The governor of South
Carolina has offered as a reward for the
conviction Of the perpetrators Of that
crime all the money at his disposal. What
more can be done! If the guilty parties
were known they would be arrested. As
they are not known the authorities are
powerless to do any more than they have
done already.
The course of the Tribune in assuming
that the governor and people Of South Car
DINA sympathize with those who committed
the atrocious deed is one that journal hav-
ing proper amount of respect for truth
and fair dealing would hardly adopt. II
the Tribune will point out what more the
South Carolina authorities, or the people of
that state, can do toward securing the
punishment of those who lynched
the Barnwell prisoners. it will have
some ground for assuming that the crime
was committed with the consent of the peo-
pie, if its suggestions are not considered. 1t
knows, however that nothing more can be
doae. Still, it tries TO make it appear
that more can be done, but is
not because there is a general de-
sire that the perpetrators of the hor-
bic deed shall escape punishment
Are there not deeds as atrocious committed
in the north, and by northern men, fire.
quentlyl How long has it been since, in
one of the territories, white men shot to
death many inoffensive Cinnamon who had
committed no crime whatever, and who
We're not even charged with a crime of any
kinda Not only were they brutally muir
dered in cold blood, but their homes
were destroyed. The government had
to pay large sum of money on account
of this outrage, but the perpetrators of it
were never punished, although they were
known. Does the Tribune remember that
outraged Will it say whether the national
government, or the territorial government,
made any great effort to punish those who
committed it,
This is only one of many outrages COM
mitted by northern men that might be
mentioned. 1t is not recalled to excuse the
Barnwell atrocity, because there is no ex-
cuse for it, but simply to show that such
outrages are not confined to the south, and
that the south is as quick as any other sec
ton to punish those who are guilty of
them.
1t has not been very long since the white
caps were committing brutal outrages in
Ohio and Pennsylvania, but if any of them
were caught and punished the fact has not
been made known to the public. The truth
is that one section of the country is no bet
ter than another in so far as brutal crimes
are concerned. If the eight men lynched
at Barnwell had been Cinnamon,
or even white men, the Tribune would
have had very little to say about the
matter. 1t would have probably said that
such thing was liable to occur in any
state. But because the victims Of the out
rage were blacks, it sees fit to adopt
different course and SANDER the people of
whole state by insinuating that public sem
timent in South Carolina approves the
outrage