The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-15

Some OF the leading organs of British
public opinion are beginning 10 show
signs OF irritation over the display of
STUPID fanaticiSm INDUCED i'll by those
Englishmcu who formed themselves
into Il committee for the purpose of Wis
Ting this country and Investigating the
charges of indiScriminatc lyrhih%. muir
der and assassination brought against
the people of he south hy negreSS
named Ida Wells. The London Times
aud The Pail Mall Gazette. especially.
seem 10 have suddenly opened their
eyes to the position in which the mem-
bers of this British inyeS igating cont
mittee have placed themselves: and
these organs of British opinion proceed
t. administer y solemn rshuke, Go 1is,hs.,.
rs the gifted editors are able to com
mand.
The Pan Mall Gazette goes 50 far as
To characterize III. 80 twu-fOr-a nickel
philnnjbropIsts Il. irresponsible Eng
lsn buSy-bodieS." whose mission is Il
piece If inpcr;incncc. The Times. Oh
the other hand. gives ponderouS eN
preston to the fear that The committees
efforts will have The effect of multi
plying the number of negroes hanged,
shot or burned, no: only in Alabama.
but throughout the south" Ia this
way the Thundrrer manages TO admin
iSter Il S,.athing rrbuk" tO the COM
mittee and NJ the same time 10 put on
record its estimate of American civil
zaliol. We arc iHst gay enough over
here. according 10 The Times. to re
bukr the British imhecleS who have
cone here 80 investigate matters hy
hanging shooting and burning an extra
number Of negroes.
our readers need not imagine thai
The Times has any special prejudice
to air, or that the expression of lis fear
is intended as Il Slur. II IL perfectly
serious lis editor takes his cue from
the political lies and inventions which
have been SoWn broadcast over the
civilized world by the republican news
papers OF the north and east. Some OF
these lies were Invented in behalf of the
republican party aud others for the
benefit Of western land Syndi,aics: bat
no matter what their origin their eject
has been To convince The people Of
Europe. capitalists and Immigrants that
the south is inhabited hy white S;lv
ages who go about shooting aud burn
ing negroes ana others.
This is the position the south occu-
pies before the world, and the result
has hccn to keep out of this country
an immense amount of capital and
large number of immigrants. We are
not sure that the south has really lost
anything by that. but northern tinan-
cierS. who are more than half crazy
about foreign capital, could well afford
10 shed a few tears over the situation
The capital would have been handled
from the north and the northern news
papers, by Slandering The south. have
"obbcd some of their most esteemed
Subscribers of large sumo ot money In
The shape of commissions.
So far as HE British anii-lynching
committee is concerned. il is an affair
entirely harmless IL is made mp of
lot of old -rannies who wanted an op-
nortunity to bring their bJth-tubs to
this country. The contempt of the Brit
ieh newspapers is waited on them
They will go home no wiser than they
came. and their visit here only demon
stratcS anew the force of the old saving
that nil the fools are not dead vet