The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-03-26

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by crowd OF men and boys carrying
guns gun st ire on Main street was
crowded and did rushing business in
gus and ammunition. The street cars
were l. AIDED down with men going to the
scene OF conflict. only to find that not
Negro was in arms, nor any uprising any
where. The facts in the case are that
through the daily press the effort wss
constantly made to fas'e the charge of
"conspiracy" and "riol' upon the Col.
ored people. Every rrmr was sent
abroad inten2ifying the alarm. There
was an effort to qliet the unnecessary
fear and thu: prevent violence which
might have bt en- provoked by any per.
sonal encounter liable to happen at such
a time.
-. With the utmost cause for feeling
deeply wronged and falsely accus ed. our
people have maintained 80 far a quiet
demeanor, giving away only t. their
fears in trying to get away from the city
or planning to remove. No proof has
been brought, or can be established, so
far as we know, that at any time the
Negroes have plotted violence, except
in the case of these directly involved in
in the direction of self-defense. With
less haste, and needing wise counsel,
they would have abandoned that idea.
Our misfortune is that the excited or
resentfuI talk of any individual is caught
up and magnitied into the form of
"N"gro rot.' The fears and resentment
If the white people are thus enhanced,
while the more violent element among
them are at once stimulated to an attack,
and any crime finds excuse in tie plea
ofput,ing down the desperate Negroes
Is. We c,nnot forget the false reports
thus circulated few years Ego in order
10 justify forcib.e attempt to carry. the
cleo ions by preventing the black men
from voting. The city papers all refused
At that time to publish denial of the
unfounded ,umo,s
ii. So fara We can learn now, the
Colored people are terroriz ID, and have
but little hopes Of justice or the consid.
crate treatment which we have right
% expect at the hands of the law. The
faults or mistakes Of f~w among rs are
used to the deep injury and distress of
Al.
r., hA 3D. k,l
three men who were killed by the lynch.
RS were desperadoes. as has been false
" asserted, but we'll .dispo e and bea
ing good name in the community.
Thomas Moss especially WAS known as a
quiet and welIb- haved man. The one
cnarge again them is that IN common
with MANY others in the grocery bust
ness they soli int eating liquors, aud
thus 81 cured for their store a reputation
which ntht rwlse wunld Rave be. avoid
ID. We would call attention 10 the
statement from the white citizens meet
ing at the Curve referring to the origin of
the tr' uhle, and would add that this eff
tort to ct forth the main fac's in the
tragedy. rs we u derstand them, is in
tended simply to correct a. me false re-
ports and to give the hest version of the
natter we can to those WHO are anxious
to know.
A. B. INES,
Pastor Congregational Church.
J. W. WATlRs,
Pastor Collins Chapel.
w. A. BKINKLEY,
f litor Living Way and Pastor Washing
ton Street Bap il, Church..
K. N. c., UNTEE,
Pastor Tabernacle Baptist Church
S. R. REID,
Pastor Avery Chapel.