The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-28
Outrages in the North.

OutrageS In Cne NORTH.
1t is curious fact that the philanthropic
northern papers which so vehemently
assail the south always look at one side of
the question only, especially when they
strike subject the facts or circumstances
of which can be tortured into an article
about another outrage in the south
Then watch how the editorial lash
is applied and how they inveigh against the
''ex-rebel barbarians" This is all done I'M
der the cloak of morality aud christian
charity which covers the hatred and sec
tional feeling, kept alive all these years,
ong after the south, true to its record for
chivalry, honor and magnanimity of senti-
ment, which characteriZes the great in de-
feat, had forgotten the time when the north
wrote with its bayonets the constitutional
amendments.
Hatred and sectional feeling are not per-
mitted to slumber. They are torn from their
resting lace, to which the south consigned
them, whenever they can be made to serve as
a pretext for a renewed attack. Among
these editorial ghouls is the Springfield,
Mass, Union, which, like the vulture eager
for its prey, watches its opportunity and
swoops down on its victim.
The Union takes exception to the state
ment made by the MORNING NEWS that
''outrages are continually being committed
in the north, and that they are of such fire.
quent occurrence that southern papers have
long ago ceased to point out that there is a
missionary field at home which these zeal
GUS friends of the .colored brother seem to
have neglected in their anxiety for saving
the barbarians of the south from eternal
damnation.n
The Union, in burst of righteous indig-
nation, covered by the same cloak men
toned above, and actuated by the same mo-
tive of propriety and christian charity
mentioned in that connection, exclaims:
"Outrages are being continually committed
at the north, are they2 When did anything
of the description of this Bibb county diver
sion ever occur in Massachusetts? Do
readers of the Union remember any such
| occurrencew
Speaking of the Bib county affair, the
Union has reference to a sensational ac-
count telegraphed east by a sensational
correspondent, about an attack of three
white men on three colored women with
whom the degraded wretches had Intimate
relations, and which the Union published
IN a conspicuous manner with an incendiary
comment as southern outrage
| The MORNING NEWS has neither tims nor
| inclination to enter into controversy about
the matter, or to keep track o: the numer-
! Gus brutalities reported from the north, but
a recent occurrence at Athol, Mass, which
| for atrocity and lawlessness surpasses any
thing since the days of the ''Molly
Maguires," serves as evidence to support its
position. The account of it, taken from the
Springfield Republican,, published in the
same city as the Union, is as follows:
The wife of Fred Rogers of Athol, Will e
being severely beaten by her husband
| Wednesday night, jumped from a windo w
to escape him and was badly injured.
Rogers was visited later by about fifty
| citizens and treated to taste of White Can
justice. The summary treatment given
Rog gers created much excitement in town,
but the action is sanctioned. Little attempt
was made at concealment, and the White
Caps were well-known citizens. Mrs.
Rogers is still in a critical condit ton.
Rogers has been threatened with tar and
feathers should he again attempt any ill
treatment. There will be no prosecutions
OF the w hlte Caps.
Did the Union hear of this outrage. Do
the readers of the Union remember such an
occurrence in Massachusetts? OF course
not. The editor of tue Union only deals in
southern outrages 1000 miles away, but
outrages occurring within forty miles of the
Union Office he never hears of. From
this it appears that the Union and its
south-hating contemporaries may find bet
ter occupation at home for their moral per-
ceptions, only acute when directed to dis
tant objects for censlre, than in hunting in
the south for something to condemn.
The French government has sent out 8
circular to its representatives in foreign
countries, calling for detailed information
in regard to labor in the countries to which
they are accredited. This is a new depart
ure in collecting labor statistics, and wher
complied they cannot fail to be of cvraai