The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-11
THURSDAY, SEPT. II, 1890.
A yILLAINOUS ISLANDER AGAINST
THE SOUTH.

A yILLAINOUS ISLANDER AGAINSI
THE SOUTH.
There is a lying blood and thunde
sheet published in Philadelphia, called
the PAiladeLbhia Sentinel We neve
saw or heard of it until this week
The editor is one G.. w. Gardiner
and as malicious South -hater and
wanton liar and villfler of our people
he shows himself an apt imitator Of
the illustrious Col. Elliot +. Shepard
of the New York M1H anu Express,
and others of his kidney. The paper
was handed to us by Mr.. w. S. Wal
den, into whose hands the copy in
question accidentally came a few days
ago. We publish the following edito-
rial article as a sort of literary curios-
ity, and to show how our people are
maligned by certain class of time
servers and campaign "thunder"
manufacturers of the Republican party
in the North. 1t says:
"That the blood thirsty bourbons of
the South could and would find some
excuse for the continued assassination
of colored men, even if the Federal
Election Bill becomes law, is evident
from the recent outrages perpetrated
in that section. In two instances dur
ing the week conflict has been pre-
cipitated, not by the attitudes Of the
Colored men, but because the white
bourbons sought the collision, and by
their unwarranted pursuit of what they
were pleased to term 4 mob drove
them to defend themselves. In one
case refusal to work for inadequate
pay was considered sufficient cause for
the murder of some two or three per-
sons. In the other instance the troub-
les of fishing party, which resulted
in the defeat of the white men, was re-
garded as an abundant reason for
bounding the black men and in the
end doing little execution Of their
own. With these facts staring the
country in the face this question natu-
rally arises: What must be done?
The regret is felt that hot headedness
should prevail to such an extent in the
South; but who can blame the colored
men3 The worm will turn, and SO
great has been the torture endured By
Colored men that the distant tread of
the foe, whether bound on 4 hostile
mission or peaceably inclined, is sufti-
cient to make them curl up and as
sumo war-like attitude The South
ern bourbon, with all his pride of lin
cage and pure blood, has not cultiva-
ted that feeling of generosity which
would open their eyes to their faults
and guide them into the path of JUS
tice. The rapid strides made by
portion OF the race is an eyesore to
them, and, embittered by dwelling
upon the ills they magnify to suit their
disordered tanCies-ills which are but
the creation of their diseased brain
all the impurities of their boosted blue
blood are given wide range until the
entire system becomes impure. Be-
ginning with petty prosecutions they
end by perpetrating the highest crimes
known to man and go forth with the
brand of Cain upon their brow. The
hot-headed South has not stopped to
consider the end. The wisdom of
Cain has not been given them, or they
would fly from the land of their crime.
They must know that the very soil
that they have caused to be watered
with the blood of their victims is cry
ing out against them and refuses al
times to yield them the returns they
hope for. The brand of the murderer
may not be written upon their brows,
but the consequence of giving way to
their evil passions will be seen day
after day."
The utter recklessness OF the VIII
ter of the above in charging that the
most high handed and brutal crimes
are committed by the whites upon the
blacks in certain sections Of the South.
without giving single case in point,
bears the impress of the lie, manufac-
tured to order, upon its face. Where
so many outrages and cold blooded
murders are of such frequent occur
renee as alleged, why does not this bold
champion and defender of the lives
and Liberties of the compressed and |
down trodden colored people of the
South emphasize the truth of what he |
writes by stating when and where they
occurred, and give the names of the
victims along with those of the perpe-
traitors of the dastardly deeds? Sem
sible thinking persons who are unprei-