The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-31
THE WILLS CRUSADE.
what Governor Sorthen, of Georgia, Says
Not Uuderstood Ina England.

Speaking Of the reports Of the crusade
Ida Wells, the mulatto woman, has been
carving on in England and Scotland
against lynching Of negroes in the South,
Governor Northen. OF Georgia, the Al
lanta Constitution says, made THIS state
ment. ,.- ,-,,..h.,
20 read such matter as this with pa
ueuce The assumption OF superior moIu
standing, which leads these people INTO
criUcising men OF whom they knO"
nothing on such evidence, is itself IN
bearable. Then the motive behind Miss
Wells crusade is 50 well UNDERSTOOD
here that ii passes comprehension that
people will be SO imposed upon.
4 once had conversation with lteN.
Warren Gambler which threw a hood OF
light upon this Wholesale Viliflcauon Or
the South. Mr.. Gambler had lhNlteu
an English clergyman OF renown 10 Nlslt
him In oxford. The two gentlemen
we're discussing the colored problem,
when Mr. Gambler expressed his sur
prise that such war should be made upon
the South In regard 10 the treatment oi
the negro. ~
''it does not surprise me at all said
the Englishman, 1t is periodical, ana
always precedes a boom in western I'M
migration. l know whereof SPEAK.
Nh Gambler was greatly surprised
but he had new vista opened before
him There was the enforced develop
ment Of the western country, latStlS
mortgaged TO English and New England
capitalists. The excitement or lmmlgrd-
ton has 70 be kept up, or values WIZ
tumble There are the millions OF acres
Of railroad land grants WIN hundreds
Of projected town sites, Wnlcn nav Eet
to be realized upon. Immigration must
not be diverted South. or anywhere else,
until those interested in the West shall
have saved themselves Hence the
business of slandering the southern
people. of mpeaching their civilization,
OF decryiug their prosperity. OF hiding
from View the possibilities of the South,
has a great deal OF system IN IL. IN
nocent. but meddlesome, people IKE
those at Bradford are artfuny called
together TO listen TO speaker. Type
written resolutions are ready, with a
couple OF laxative men pFlmed 10 sec
ond them. They are passed with
rush and that same nights mail b6rs
printed copies OF them 10 all parts or
the country, whence emigrants are likely
TO go 10 America. They were not only
typewriter in advance. but printed in
advance. BY a curious coincidence II
will be discovered that many Of the
recipients OF such resolutions as these
received by the same mail gorgeously
printed maps and circulars describing
the West as a home for intending emf
This" said the Governor earnestly.
explains the true inspiration OF many
of these periodical attacks on the South
and her people"
Continues the Atlanta Constitution:
There is a negro preacher who IS
pastor Of a white church In Birming-
ham England. named Peter Stanford
In maudlin zeal the editor OF The
Christian Commonwealth went to him
and asked: DO you think English
people are more favoragly disposed TO
your race than Americans? What is your
candid opiniouY
my impression Is. the race problem
is no more understood in England than
in the United States. The mass OF the
English people appear TO regard MEM
bers Of my race as curiosities and are
patronizing instead of appreciative.'
The tender footed editor then went
home and printed the story OF how the
negro had sized him up.