New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
not wholly good, or promodvc of general
THE BARYWELL ATEocITE.

AHL DdIsfb - HI<b y j 'A'|A 4 l.
What does the state Of South CaIoIina pro-
pose 10 DO about the atrocious crime perpetracd
eight days ago in the town OF Barnwcll? South
Carolina has boastcd p great deal about her
sovereignty and her rights and has insisted ii
tones ,ar .oudcr and in attitudes far more
naughty. not 10 say offensive. than have been
assumed by other Southern states, that she, at
least. did not propose 10 tolerate Federal laws
which sought TO protect negroes in their guar
autccd liberties and just rights. Her news
papers and public men have seemed 20 feel
that South Carolina had q lccod n his re-
Srcct which it was their chief function 20 main
tain and that they must not fail to let i be
understood that the civil rights of her citizens
black rs well as white constituted state
question solely which She felt herself entirely
competent 10 deal with. Her influence has
mover been wanting in southern councils in
support of the position that all Federal laws
dealing with he social aud political status OF
the negro must be opposed 20 the last prac-
ticablc extremity, and that his place and priv
cecs must be- left solely 20 State control.
But surely South Carolina will not expect
The great American Nation 10 bc blind 20 such
% fcndsh outrage as that pcrpetIated at Barn
we'll She cannot asst, that public opinion should
imprison itself with regard 20 so monstrous
aud so significant crime Nor can She hope
that there shall be no expression of curiosity
rs 10 what . State so mperiouS and Selt-rc-
liant viii 40 20 purge herself OF the niamy
into which She is brought by such dcvilish
performance The annals Of post-mlitant war
iarc in the South nowhere contain darker or
hloodicr page than that contributed by the
Barnwcll mob. Eight negroes had been thrown
into Jail at Balnwc charged with the murder
of two w1litc men. Against one Of them the
evidence was almost conclusive, against the
others thcro was nothing but presumption.
They had not. however. been oven indicted.
but while awaiting the laws processes, and
within Ten days OF The events ont OF which their
accusation grow mob of several hundred
white men. armed and masked. at night broke
INTO The 1l oautucd thc nogIooS. hanged them
without mercy and riddlcd their dead bodies
with bu.lc', Five hundred armed whlto men
10 eight poor. dclcncolcs> negroes Where
could -hc spirit OF Southern chralIy' have
been u hiding
EIGHT days hayc passed bu' nothng has been
heard from south Carolina 'Nc'pt that thc
leading men of Bamvc1' have ,>ucd % cir
cular ju>tityiuc thc crime. and insulting thc
whole Nation bv declaring bat 'hcv uc COM
id-nt any other community .u ,he country
would layc acted DO .br sumo manner Tine
Governor . l- -r1n. ha, Produced 4u argument
.ueenIou,v suited 20 .he -outh Carolina intcl-
Get, ia which bc show, that .hc r.lme e 20 'c
condemned because ".t .> b blow 40 'hc pro,-
prr'y of .Ac state % uobIy mora, rousidcra-
non. 'o Doe ~'uc Tie ua, 30 .ar Jared public
opinion lS 20 lyow that d Joe had lad any n-
.ma'lou of 'hc proposed ,uchiug would havc
been prevented at any cost. and 90 demon
,tratc how thoroughly hc #, aroused, hc mas
offered the colossal reward ot ~2uo for -ho
conviction of each Of 'hc mWdrioi-. 4 Charles
.ou paper 1a~ mcou>cio. ~I' furnished c1uou~
comment upon South Carolina public sentiment
bv atouou,Iv proving .aHt 10 i> nor "1mvc
lr manly tor mob n' 300 uucd men 'n Io.i
eight uarmcd Ones Iud nctc -hc record of
prosecution ends.
The people of South caroliua can have no
appreciation oi thc temper of -hr country g
hey suppose tha' failure .1 i'1l out to .hc
Batuveu mmdcrors ull and 'Nac' Justice will
loo .ieh'iv regarded They uow lare q buil-
ihi opportunity '' N'I''il .i'H ''i>'' oI com
potency .o ical with Negro ou'1ecS. Events
oi th- uud have been growing moro and more
l"0ucut 10 .lc last .our roai. and lS often
without rs with proyo.arou. It "I not do
% pretend hat evidence eauno' Doe occurred of
q massacre % which 900 or ev"n dozen men
engage. i. 10 .s NOT secured Inc reason vlil
.o pIain. and II v.l disclose % situation which
must ,o mr'. This ,or ot human 1uichcr'
uu~' .c stopped and % south Carolina las uo
Nothicr mour" for 1fous,us 1cr honor sine
should lind at ca~f sufficient ou" 100 'lc
universal horror oud disgust winch thc Barn
Hcll itroc.ir na, excited.