Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-12
UPTOWN OFFICE. 49, EAST BROAD
WEDNESDAY. g.. 80. SEPT. IL, 1894
The English Crusaders.


The London Telegraph states editorially
that considerable numbers OF negroes
from the United States are coming 10
England 10 make their homes there or TO
educate their children there. having found
that negroes are received far more
kindly In that country than they are
even In the Northern States OF this
Union. But the Telegraph sagaciously
doubts eff a very large influx of negroes
were TO take place II it would be long
before a social prejudice sprang up SINH
lar TO that existing in America
At present most OF the English Indulge
in sentimental view Of the African.
but the Telegraph thinks 1--WE shall begin
10 develop the practical issue If he comes
over in large numbers TO swell the ranks
OF the destitute or wcll-to-do aliens"
and II adds: after all. nothing is gained
by declining TO look facts in the face.
and the fact that some races are inferior
10 others is found written in the Book OF
Nature. which cannot lie"
The Telegraph Is the "liyest" and best
newspaper in the United Kingdom, and
1t has an enormous circuI .,ion. Its view
OF this question shows that its editor
has given the matter proper thought
and has not allowed himself 20 be dupcd
by the Ida Welses and Fred Douglasses
Of the age He is also no doubt well
Informed as to the social relations be-
tween the English residents Of India
and the native races Of that country.
lct, u.
Indian Is vastly superior TO the Guinea
uegro-or any other negro for that mat
ter-the British in India indulge in no
sentimental "gush' about him. and treat
him as member of an inferior race.
There are thousands of Engiishmen who
nre well informed on the color question.
There are thousands Of others. however,
who have foolish and sentimental no.
lions about the liberated slave. OF this
latter Pharisaical set are the committee
men who have come TO this country 10
Investigate lynchings. and whom Governor
Tillman very shrewdly invites 10 visit
South Carolina. They should 80 to South
Carolina 10y all means. If they would
live among the negroes on the sea islands
Of that State for a few months they would
receive a liberal education on the color
question. AS Governor Tlllman very
properly declares. New York is not the
place for the English committee to get
the Information they are seeking.
We have heard that there are some
persons in the South who are Of the
opinion that the British Government has
sent this AntI-Lynching Committee over
here. OF course, this is IN error The
committee was appointed by the men and
women who went 10 hear Ida Weiss
lectures and who permitted themselves
TO believe the monstrous stories told by
her. II may be that some of the enemies
Of Irish home rule have helped on the
anti-lynching crusade with the view of
getting even" with US Americans for
sending men and money TO the Old Coun-
try to aid the Irish cause, but no political
party In England has committed itself to
ais meddlesome movement.
These English crusaders. while osten-
sibly organized for the investigation OF
all sorts Of lynchings In all sections or
the Union and with the avowed purpose
OF bringing to bear the pressure OF pup
lie opinion to correct the evil. have really
crossed the Atlantic to lecture the South.
Whether the hidden motive Of the origi-
majors of the crusade is to check the
development and prosperity Of the South
or is to furnish fuel for the campaign
fires OF South-haters who live IN the
Northern States OF this Union We do not
know: but we suspect that IL IS one or
the other. Ii Is doubtless fact that the
promoters have duped some honest, but
silly or sentimental people, and enlisted
them in this crusade. II So We southern
ers should take pains TO inform these
sentimental souls as to the truth, ana
We know Of no better way TO do TINS
than 10 have them come down here and
talk with the whites and blacks both.
Considering the fact that the English
are responsible for the fastening Of
African slavery upon this continent while
Virglnlans clicked" against it, consider
ing that the English made no serious
EFFORT TO abolish slavery whilst they held
this country. and that the active eNer-
tions they made In behalf of the aOJI-
ton Of slavery after the Revolution helped
70 bring on our war. il is not to be sup
posed that We should believe in the in
falIbnity Of their judgment as 10 the
negro question. But il they really want
10 know the truth; II they wish to ascer-
tain II lynch-law Is countenanced in the
South. and why. let them come hither
and hear both sides.
Perhaps with their aid and advice a
COMPROMISE may De effected on the fol-
lowing basls-io wit: That If they VIII
persuade tine freedman 10 give up his be-
setting sin, the whites will pledge them
selves 10 see that lynch-law is abandoned
at once and forever.
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