The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-11

not eoafrary 70 HAzs : wsr knssn q he
Sonia and 20 Eh4s = tie st.zl expe-isacs
'of tie German sssse-s n sAaE rsston.
! there goald De reason % fhinx knas A. iE-
izsS.ps hsd bsen aoss thai ssexoa- Bzs
the history Of ina social ec1dJtsoa in TIE
Southrfor the LAST tsir-T PEARS 10 sgklass
the assertions Of thu TEm1s- Dessewak Nar-
ing fhs period Of tas Reconstruction q
th1ss states TIE Laws wsss ds7ed N The
so1sh AID the rosf horrEbls oat-sgss sssrs
esmmiftsd. n xhseA some Of tie lsstlEg
esflzsas took p4xs. sna which we're e0a7-
tsaane<e b. the citizens gsnsssly- II 10
vel known thet IN soma q TIE Southern
states the Fedsrsl election isss have bssns
and are today. q moeksrv. Iadssd- fhs
peoFss o. fhas section DO not elasn thEs fhs
eieSrons are conducted ID accorisnce Eitn
either Eae Eoraa Or spirit q the lsxa Z L
&c tt1s South sazs TIE order Of Waite Caps
hkdJts origin. "a ordsr by means Of sa1cn
ds1sEssIess womsn szsperted Ct irregular
ity or merely giving offsnse % nensers OF
the order geys visited with she most hor-
rzbls p1nisAnsot known IL tks history Of
civilization. IL Is in the South that
Iynching prevails 70 greater extent than
elsewhere. and thai dusling % rseognazsd
as 9 legitimate method OF setting as
putss. II these lsxIess acts belo3ged only
70 the past there woald be no otjecs In
recalling them nov. But thsy stu exist.
OF 81 least many OF thens We cannot,
tberesore, stick or heads IN the sand and
refuse 10 note the .low progress which the
south, By reason of It's disrespect for Law
and order, i making tsssrds az advanced
civilizations.
Respect for the Law 10 the very ground
vork Of industrial progress. and II TIE peo-
PIE Of the South will persist in hanging peo-
pie on mere suspicion and without tlial, or
in lynchlng thoss who have been regularly
tried In the courts and acquitted, they
cannot complain II the Germans. who
above most other nationslsties love
peaceful life. are advised 70 stay awsy
from thar section Of the Union, unless
they can live in communities Of theig
fellow counsrymsn-
Eor has Louisiana more reason 10 COM
plain than any other Southern state. IL
was within her confines that the greatest
Ku-Klux outragss were committed. Il
was on her soil that the election laws
found their NEST shameless defiance. 1t
was there that the Italians. who we're not
even American citizens, but subjects of 9
friendly power, were taken our OF jail and
brutalIy murdered after they had been
duly tried aud acquitted under the laws Of
the state--a crime IN which some Of the
leading lawyers Of the state took the lead
ing part.
IL Is a veil-knogn fact, and by none bet
ter known than by the German newsps-
pers, that in louisiana especially there 10
bat little respect for the Law, and that
foreign settlers live In constant fear of
violence If they are not in accord. poiiti-
caIly or otherwise, with the sentiments Of
| the native population. For trivial oftenses
they are ostrscised in society, boycotted in
| business and threatened With violence.
| Their only safety from continued annoy
anee Is either TO adopt the sentiments Of
| the Southern community or to take up
their abode in another CLINE.
OF this the Southern papers need not be
| told. The trend Of German immigration
is q sure index to those parts of the Union
in which the people have the best local
laws and pay them the greatest respect
The German immigrant is q peace-lovlng
citizen. He loves TO obey the law. and,
having been advised, viii certainly avoid
q community where citizens suspected or
actually guilty Of crime are summarily
punished without due process of law.