Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
Methodists and Negro Rapers.

The general conference of the NJ. E.
Neb., took peculiar position on the
question of what it termed southern
outrages,' but what is really the meet
ing out of summary justice to dozens
of black brutes who have, during the
past year or so, committed the dam
nable crime of forcibly cutraging inno-
cent women-and generally white
women-of the country. They passed
a set of resolutions in which the south
only is mentioned, when the fact is
that more lYnchings for the crime of
rape by negro brutes have occurred
north of Mason and Dixon's line, in
comparison with the colored popula-
tion of the two sections than have oc-
CURED south of that line during the
past year. The great and hOlyrepresen-
| tatives of a powerful church enter into
long harangues upon the enormity Of the
crime of lynching those sensual brutes,
and call upon congress, upon state
legislatures upon their church members
to take decisive action in the matter;
but they have no word of pity for the
outraged victims of brute force; no
word of consolation for the ruined lives
of those victims who suriye' the shock,
and no prayers for the souls that are
ushered into eternity to satisfy the
lust of animals in human shape but
but devoid of any of the saving graces
of pure animal instinct.
The DEMOCRAT does not uphold
mob laW as general thing; neither do
we Believe that the sentiment of ma
jority of the church membership. We
hold that there is no greater crime
known this day than that for which
number of black brutes and some
white ones have been strung up by the
neck or burned at the stake during the
last twelve months, and the slow pro-
cess Of any law in any country could
not bring about punishment adequate
to the offense.
An observing public will be slow to
chime in with the action of those
would-be moralists at Omaha, and if
outrages of the nature referred to con-
tinue to be committed by inhuman
brutes-black or white-the popular
voice. north or south, east or west, will
cry out: Punish the fiend and do It
quick; make an example of him to warn
his kind against such acts. No Mason
and Dixon's line will divide that senti-
ment; mo man with a spark of man.
hood will defend the cravens who &C.
complish by brute force that which the
lowest order of animal nature would
not stoop to.
The Register of this city, which pub.
fishes column and half of the most
paftizan part of the Omaha proceedings
and does it for political effect only, viii
find but few sympathisers in this com
munity. The intention is to cast al
odium possible upon that section O
the country which the editor of tn.
Register knows has political views op
Justice may be done by his misrepre
lsentation of the south. For man,
years his party has kept up feeling o
bitterness between sections by tn
same misrepresentation and falls
charges, and he hopes again to vii
place and power by the old methods
Had the preachers resolved against tn
prevalence of outlawry among tn
colored people of the entire land
regardless of north or south. Carawa
would not have found space for thei
J resolutions and speeches; but as thei
| action in the matter in question coul'
} be turned to play into his hand as
, northern sectionalist he greedily i'm
bibes the worst essence of such actio
and hopes to influence votes by If
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