The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-07-08

IsIlc tal'll. lie is AT neaft an AM
erican. Let The North become Ir-
ish, German or Anarchist, the
S0nth will remain American If fill.
ed with christian negroes. But
emancipation will produce a horrl-
bic tragedy if it is moi speedily
supplemented by moral training
which will make The negro a man
and not a worse challle than he
was before The war. An indict-
Ment is swelling agains! he Am.
erican people and the muse Of his.
tory with her iron pen will so m
scribe that he future will summon
the American Church and people
to answer before the bar of univer.
sal justice The charge Of freeing
and then ruing a subject and doc.
lie race"
Senator Hoar says that many of
us will live to see 50,000,0 900 of ne
groes oozing out Of the cabins in
our land. The North American
Reaie,c has recently declared that
all efforts 10 elevate the negro are
failures. The American Common.
acedlth says that the negro question
is the greatest of all American
questions. The negroes of Boston
have recently held a meeting and
breathed oul ,hreatemngs OF dyna.
mite in the dark hours of The night
and Fred Douglas has been to At.
lanta for purpose we know not
what.
Well, now, all this looks omin-
ous of evil, and would be alarming
If our people were guilty of any
harm TO the negro race. We do
lynch them for certain crimes
lynch them jnst like we would
white people for the same crimes,
and | do not think there is enough
virtue in governors proclamation
so stop il in any Southern State.
In proportion to the number OF
similar ou'rages lynching is just as
common at The North as i, Is in
The South. The difference is that
ii is white people who are lynched
up there and negroes down here.
Our white people are not guilty OF
it, and as rule are far more law
abiding than The white people of
the northern States. Georgia has
about 100000 whites and only
lS9 white convicts IN our p-niten.
iiary, and not one while woman.
Massachusetts has 100000, and
1,7OO Of them are conVicts, includ-
ing siXty.seven women. This same
disparity is general between the
North and The South, and yet the
question is poinledly asked: "Are
we barbariansD
Well, reckon we are in that
sense. | know that | am and 50
are my neighbors, II the foul crime
ever comes home to US, which
God forbid. The color would
make no difference to me, not
would | wait for as much proof as
the law and lawyers demand. 1t
is very proper for the Governor to
issue his proclamation and advise
everybody to let the law take its
course, and it is very conservative
for the editor TO denounce such
summary vengence, but | wouldn't
risk either the Governor or the ed.
itor il their own homes were viola.
ted. The editor of the Preston
Gazette, IN Iowa, was right when
he said: "rhe northern white
man understands neither the
Southern negro nor the Southern
white man." The danger is all
ours and We will devise our own
remedies as far as we can. There
is none that is elfectual and every
week and almost every day adds to
the already black record. | lived
in the country on farm for ten
years and we built school house
and hired good teacher, but there
was mining going on not far away,
and wandering, idle negroes were
gong to and fro and it broke up
The school, In fact, 1t broke up
The settlement, Tor one by one my
neighbors moved to town to edu-
cate their children in safety, and
finally followed them. Does the
northern white man understand
that?
Unhappily, there are thousands
of farming families who can't move
to town, but they may feel the
peril all the same, aud when the
crime occurs they are aroused as
one man and rush like a cyclone
for vengeance. We understand il
and feel It, and ii the mighty north
were to rise in arms and say 10 the
Southern people: You shall not
lynch negro for this crime. they
would simply say, "We will" and
run all the risks. You might as
we'll declare that we should not
shoot a burglar who was breaking
in our house in the dead of nighi,
but must wait until he steals some
thing, and then have him arrest ed
and tried by the court. Rev. Mr..
Clarke says that The negro's con-
science is diseased and that he is
consti,u,ionally thievish and un.
chas'e. He is more than that
when his bad passions lead hlm ON
he is a brute-not unlreqnenlly lie
kills his victim so as 10 leave no
witness. There are hundreds of
them wandering over the country
IN idleness and who would do any.
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