The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-20

The blacks OF the north are making a
| great outcry about the lynching OF blacks
10 the south for rape and murder. much
wiser course for them to pursue would be
to iuaugurste a movement Of some kind
that would impress upon the blacks Of the
south that they need expect no sympathy
from either the whites or blacks Of the north
as long as they do not condemn in the
strongest manner those of their number who
ore guilty Of the heinous offenses which lead
to lynchings. Although the press Of the
south is all the time urging that all persons
charged with crime be punished only after
fair trial aud conviction in the courts,
nevertheless the fact is recognized that mob
law is resorted to with increasing fire..
quencT.
More blacks are lynched in the south than
in the north because there are many more
black criminals in the south. Toe crime OF
rape committed by black men is becoming
very frequentin the south, and the crime
Of murder committed by black men is also
Lecoming common. Only month or two
ago a white man was brutally murdered in
cold blood in tnis city by number of
young black men. The motive was the Sc
curing of a few dollars that the murdered
man had in his pocket. Had such muir
der been committed away from the center
of a large population, in either the north or
the south, the murderers would have been
lynched in all probability.
Speaking of lynchings of blacks in the
south, the st. Louis Globe Democrat, an
extreme republican paper says:
The fact that number of negroes have
lately been lvr ched IN the south for out
RACES upon white women is to be deplored
10 the sense that it is always better to let
justice be enforced by regular means than
10 resort TO violent measures; but there Is q
peculiar atrocity in these cases which goes
tar 70 excuse the action of the lynchers. In
all the list of crimes there is nothing more
revolving than an otfense of this kind: and
it is no wonder that white men hasten to
hang black ones who are guilty of it. The
same quick and conclusive penalty should
undoubtedly, be visited upon white often
ders under ike circumstances but it is easy
to understand why special indignation is
aroused when negro outrages
white woman. There are
reasons why it is difficult for
a community to be patient when such
deed is perpetrated, and it is useless to
quarrel with the sentiment that Endorses
by defeat the ends of justice. Little con-
sideration is due 10 the brute who does a
woman the worst of wrongs. When he is
known to be guilty, there is no room for
sympathy or forgiveness. He ought to have
formal trial when it is convenient, but the
fact that u trial is dispensed with does not
imply that he deserves better treatment. 1t
is well known that these outrages have
Increased in recent years, and it is probable
that many occur which are never reported,
the victims preferripg to CONCEAL their
terrible shame. The crimes are surely
committed as represented. aud so long as
they continue we may expect to hear OF
additional applications of lynch law to
those who thus shook and infuriate society
with their depravity."
The same paper tells Frederick Douglass
, who is just now making himself particu-
larly prominent by threats as to what the
blacks will do if the lynohings do not cease,
that the blacks OF the present day are very
different from those Of the days Of slavery.
One Of the most noticeable changes is this
tendency to criminal assaults upon white
| women"
! 1t is doubtful if any of those who are
| lynche6 for rape are innocent. In all the
cases, 1t is quite certain, the commission OF
the crime is fully established and the crimi.
nal identified.
! Mob law is not to be commended, but
there is no doubt that the lynchings will con-
tinue as long as black men are ravishers OF
! white women and children.