The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-20


gems Southern men hare never failed TO
ackaorledge. There we're many body
slaves Who accompanied their masters to
she var. there were many OF them Who
followed them to the battle. There we're
maEy brave negro soldiers In the ranks Of
the Colonial troops who fought in the
"ola French War" They were slaves to
Massachusetts masters. bat they did good
se-tsee IS soldiers in defense Of their mas
ses's country.
Iil the sor.h The lot Of the negro is hard
enough; il the South it is in many states
becrsaing so in,oierable that the leading
Southern newspapers are full Of indigna-
tIoE 81 the persecution TO which they are
subjected BY the Ia wiess classes. The recent
White Cap outrage in Brookaven. Miss. il
IN ,nstance TO the point Under the
neS!consii,ution of Mississippi the negro
has pr acticaliy ceased 10 be voter, %
thai the object of the present violence OF
these White Caps is no: political, bat indus
trias; the White Caps seek TO drive the
negro from the state because these indo-
lent ferocious. worthless white trash can
not industrialiy compete with the negro.
The Mississippi blacks are willing to work
and make good aud desirable labor. ac-
cor'.ing 70 the Democratic New Orleans Pic
aynae- A number Of Northern capitalists
bought up large tracts Of pine lands in
Southern Mississippi. established sawmills
and found the negroes faithful working
far bat n he fna 81 nd
Trustworthy poor whites tina: sought en-
plos The negroes therefore have
bees making good wages and getting COM
Portable homes while these shiftless whites
Ore IS poor as they were before the war.
when they would not work because .
niger" worked. The prosperity Of these
Industrious negroes snraged these shift
less whites. so they began to prosecute
thefa. The homes Of the negroes were
visited AZ night. many Of them burned,
the stock killed. the crops ruined and the
rneis whipped and tortured in thu most
brutal manner. The negroes near Brook
haven summoned up courage enough to
appeal to the courts. Twelve ehits men
wers arrested on the oaths Of the negroes,
andias the evidence against them was in
dishutabie they were lodged in jail.
When the court opened on the 4th inst.
tor The trial Of these White Caps for shoot
ing negro and burning his cabin. mob
Of lao men rode into town and surrounded
courthouse and Jail. They were all armed
VITA shotguns and muskets, and sworc
thev would release every prisoner. For
an hour they held the Jail. threatening
the life Of Judge Chrisman and all officers
who dared oppose them. They would let
no sne leave the place, and il was some
time before the citizens Of the town knew
OF the disturbance. The citizens finally
went to the rescue. and the judge, know
ing that assistance was coming, Sc
cured . pistol and led the charge against
the mob. They retrcated to the suburbs.
The sheriff telegraphcd the governor. who
sens the militia to the rescue; the White
Cars were convicted and sent to prison.
On the I'D inst. there will assemble at
Ocala. Fla. convention Of leading colofed
men. which will be addressed by both
white and black speakers. The object Of
the meeting is to help the two races to
come TO better understanding. Gov.
Mitchell. ex-Gov. Fleming and exon.
gresham Bullock will address the meeting
At Charleston, S. C.. on the 10th inst. a
large mass meeting was held in one of the
colored churches, at which the following
resolutions were adopted:
i,,e -
II lsenmark. maa declared to DO innocent
by the one upon whom the crime was claimed
to have been committed, . most aggravated
murder vas pespetrated by tho so-cailed best
citizens OF Denmark, disgracing tho state and
insniting the sense OF justice BY taking human
Life without evidence OF the guilt OF the accused
That We believe that Gov. 1iilman, to whom
the Aaid John Peterson applied for protection,
In sending him unguarded 10 the scene OF the
outrage. where q mob was known to be assem-
bscd. became ~ said act party to the crime,
and therefore. together with the lynchers mer-
its tho condemnation Of all discriminating
people.
Only one newspaper in South Carolina
excuses the murder of Peterson and the
action of the governor in sending him un-
projected 10 the mob. These utterly mex
enssbic oatrages upon the negroes must
stop or state of industrial anarchy and
races war will ensue that will be fatal to
the prosperity OF the South.