The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-11
An Assistant FaIsiaer.

/ an AzzlzE6uE aAsllcEs
The south has no more malignant enemy
than the New York Press. Il Is the mouth
piece Of the administration and the mat who
controls it Is the superintendent Of the
census II misses no opportunity to put the
Z south in false position. and 1t is never
/ happier apparently than when it finds some
thing in another publication which justifes
its attack upon the south, or affords it an
excuse for misrepresenting the southern
| people.
The London Times is now devoting q
good deal Of its space to what it calls
tie social crimes and outrages
in the southern states" Its purpose
IS to create the impression that there
is a wore condition Of affairs in a section Of
the United States than in Ireland in order
| to have an excuse to say that it would be
more becoming in the American people TO
| devote their attention to the evils in their
! own country than to express sympathy Tor
Irishmen and send money to Ireland.
What the Times says is not, Of course, Of
much consequence in this country. 1t is
the organ Of the English government, and it
is fighting the battle Of that government.
he Irish cause is largely sustained by con-
| tributions from the people of this country,
d the Times would like to check Ia Sc con-
tributious. 1t knows nothing of the conditi
of affairs in the southern states Its articles
are based, doubtless. uUon the reckless false
hoods which appear in the republican news
papers Of this country. 1t is not SO anxious
for the truth as it is to make point against
the American people.
But the newspapers Of this country know
that the stories Of political outrages in the
south are manufactured for pol tical
purposes. Only one of them, therefore, has
shown such a want of respect for truth and
such lack Of national pride as to publish
extract: from the articles of the Times
with favorable comments, and that one is
the New York Press. In It's comments
the Press says:
when t. Republican party proposed 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 10 aid the political beneficiaries of
these outrages to defeat its passage.
scandal on the United States and a matter
OF which all humanity has cause to be
ashamed Is it surprising that foreign
newspapers, inimical to the United States,
should thus denouncs these crimesl And
are we not obliged TO admit that this as
sault is made on very vulnerable point, a
point made still weaker by the failure to
pass the federal elections billl Ia not the
irony Of the Times we'll applied when it
alludes to the interest we take in the affairs
Of unhappy Irelandl And will not the
Russian journals who support the action of
the car as respects the Jews and Siberian
political prisoners be able to point with
derision to the unhappy negro Of the south?'
The negro of the south is unhappy, is hsl
Well If there are any other people on the
face of the globe WHO are as happy and con-
tented ss the blacks Of the south we should
like to have them pointed out. Are the
southern blacks complaining of anything?
II SO, whatG There are a few contentious
and dissatisfied black politicians perhaps
who think they haven't all they are entitled
to, but it is impossible 10 satisfy them.
Some of them tell outrage stories to the
northern republican newspapers, but it is
worthy Of notice that they do not make
their residence In the north. Indeed, none
OF the blacks 60 north to stay, although
they are free to do So If they were SO
badly used in the south they would emil
CRATE to some other section Of the country.
The whole country is open to them. They
are not compelled 30 remain in the south.
But they do remain. and whyq Because
they are more kindly treated in the south
than elsewhere, and because they have
more privileges. They have their churches
and their full share OF the public school
money, and. as a race, their material and
moral condition is improving about as fast
as it could be expected to. II the white
republican politicians would let them alone
they would be entirely satisfied with their
surroundings. Whatever troubles there
have been between the races have been due
in almost every instance, either directly or
indirectly to efforts of the Republican
party to retain power by means of the black
| vote.