The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-02
o,rp.cys NORTH AND SOUTH.

=, ;. M longer a matter OF doubt that the
asnublicans in their perpIexity, will en-
daavor 10 revive the old and oft-repeated story
Of Southern outrages during the pending CAM
naien and that the outrage miilr will soon be
hard AT work trying 10 grind out some CAM
ns;gn material. This has been clearly fore
sbadowed both by the Force bill plank of the
Ninneapolis platform and by the resolution
Of inquiry Of Senator PETER, which has been
referred 10 Senate committee, and from
which in due time will be evolved campaign
document. giving history of the negro and all
his wrongs. We will then be told that the work
Of reconstruction is only half finished, aud
the mission OF the Republican party Will
never be ended until the negro IS fully pro-
tected in all his rights and that. therefore
stringent force bill. which will require Fede-
raj soldiers and marshals to supervise ana
control our elections, will be absolutely neces-
sary.
II is gratifying TO know. however that IN
advancing these arguments. our friends the
enemy will not have everything theii own
way The Port Jervis lynching will always be
Banquo's ghost T. them which will not down.
1t will never be forgotten how the jury in that
case. although the crime was committed IL
broad daylight by unmasked men, we'll
known 70 oil their neighbors, could not hnd
witnesses 10 fasten the crime on any one, but
we're compelled 70 bring IN a verdict that the
deceased came 10 his death at the hands OF
persons unknown. Nor will it be forgotten
that at the very time that this farce on JUS
tice was being performed, the white people OF
Memphis. Tennessee. were holding an indig-
nation meeting, in which the following reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted:
The white people Of the South compose the
dominant element, and have control. there
fore. of State and municipal legislation, while
they have the making also OF the social laws
and customs, together with the pubnc seht-
ment and thought that prevail N the South
ern States.
Under these conditions justice and human
ity command them 20 give adequate protec-
ton from outrage and wrong TO the weaeer
and more helpless element. comp sed OF the
cOlOred people whose former service and de-
votiou to them through q trying ordeal APP
peais SO strongly for sympathy and Kindness:
Outside the sublime laws Of justice and
right by which the actions Of men should be
guided and controlled Wise puOlc pOHcy
aud due regard tor the material interest OF
the Southern country require that the cOlOred
people should be given such assurance OF
projection from violence and wrong az VIII
relieve them from all apprehension of danger
and as VIII encourage them IN acquiring
habits of virtue, industry and obedience 10
law.
Resolved That the people Of Memphis re-
spect the law and abhoT violence and crime:
that they regard the taking OF three cOlored
men from the Jail OF Shelby county and their
subse0uent murder by an armed mob not only
as a fragrant ohense against the laws and dig
nitv % the State but a crime against clyiliza-
ton and humanity which cannot be justified
or q. cused-for. however guilty the victims
may have been, they were under arrest, con-
fined in the public prison Of the county and
could have been tried and adequately pun
isned. aud therefore Il is deemed proper that
tho committee speaking for the meeting
which appointed them and in the name OF the
whole law-abiding people OF Memphis, should
in this formal manner express unqualified
condemnation of this lawless act.
This is in very decided contrast to the
action of the citizens Of Port Jervis, New
York. and the Republicans viii find, if they
pursue this course, that bloody instructions
literally return some time 10 plague the in
yentor. The contrast between the North and
South in these two cases mentioned will
certainly prove that If the mission Of the
Republican party is 70 set the negro right
they had better be like charity and begin at
home