The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-14

one employc On account Of the failure
of another TO do hi, duty, though il
will be held fully liable for any injury
occurring through any defect of road
or equipment which the company it.
self should have rrmciicd.
rHE ENGLISH ASD M NEGRO.
The New York Press. one of the
ablc,t Republican journal, in this coun-
try comments on the English and the
Negro ~ follows:
while we believe the motive of the
London Times IN giving up columns.
and in some issues Il page OF space. 10
the negro question in the United
States. i. al ignoblc one. these articles
will attract universal attention in
Europe. Not that the Times cares
any more about the future of the negro
than those who terrorize Owe him i'll
the Southern States. The animus OF
the British journal may be found in
the following from a recent editorial:
But il is permissible to think that
a portion of the active interest which
not a few Americans are good enough
to give to the condition of ireland
might well be turned to the dcplorable
and alarming state of the black belt.
"Iiatred of the Irish and the fact
that from America the home rule
cause obtains much of its moral and
material support has actuatcd this
crusade and thus lifted up the curtain
50 that all may get a glimpse of the
shocking condition of affairs in the
I Southern States. Here is 4 fair si,cci-
men from one OF these letters 10 the
London Times:
"And here LET me say at once de-
libcrately and without hesitation. that
if the racial crimes and outrages in
the Southern States were taking place
in a semi-civililiZed part of Europe
and were only half rs well advertised
as the events in Bulgaria were, the
public sentiment Of Europe would at
once insist upon and would within six
months secure reform even at the cost
of war. Such a situation as sullies
the South is a disgrace TO the fair
name of Anglo-SaxOn civilization. 1t
is not for me to attempt to apportion
the blame. Doubtless there are grave
faults on both sides. As an unpreju-
diced observer. | can merely declare
generally that the condition of affairs
is not only q scandal. so far as the
tunited States are concerned. but also
a matter of which all civilized
humanity has cause TO be ashamed.
"Iieform ever at the cost of a war,
That is the view an unprejudiced OBJ
server takes of the present condition
of affairs in the Southern States. and
yet when the Republican party pro-
posed TO put an end TO some of these
outrages by the simple process of
United States law, traitors enough
within the party were drummed
together to aid the beneficiaries of
these outrages TO defeat its passage.
a scandal on the United States and a
matter of which all humanity has
cause to be ashamed, Is it surprising
that foreign newspapers, iniInical TO
the United States, should thus de-
nounce these crimes: And we arc
not obliged to admit that this assault
is made on a very vulnerable point, a
point made still weaker by the failure
to pass the Federal Elections bill? l.
not the irony of the Times well ap-
piled when il alIudcs TO the interest
take in the affairs Of unhappy Ire
land2 And will not the Russian
journals who support the action of the
Gar as respects the Jews and 81
bcrian political prisoners bc able To
point with derI'ion to the unhappy
Of the South?
..Ou ono MONT however tbo T;,oee
anu
would nave d"he wen 10 wait Tor
the population figure, of 1890. The
notion that the negro population will
If had i,s orioip from Tho