The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-17

| ncxt mace. Professor Bassett alleges tht'
hardly any Of the southern states Is prop
| civ nrovided with public schools lie
saws that immigrants who prize ehucatlDI
for their children VIII hesitate 70 ~
| southward In the third place, he oplheS
that the wide prevalence OF la"i'SSdi, or
I'm the South must repei the nome
who desires TO live peacefui ne III q
law-abiding community. The imIii an a.
has very certainly heard stories OF syuln ~,
| ern lynchings which irlShtcn MN l -
going to "A part of the country IN Nn'N -
| such horrors are tolerated. III ne pc 4"
! German or Scandinavian ne chh"" -, -,
Ceive Of such thing as Nhcn .'", eavs
! the population Of q German toMn' ~
! professor BaSsett Ito awake some morn,
| tne and coo a ufeless body dangling from
n tree they would have dlhcui'S III a.,
! Ueyiug their own eyes. re 49,
| The hone that lynchngs VIII yet Dc "D ',,
ished through the forces oi ~, neonIe of
| rencral progress. Not an the PsDP
| IN south anprove of lyncning, ne ha'9'
| vet public opinion fans 10 seCu'I -
| nunishmenf II IS an incident Oh SouI"ci
! social life" The soutuein, ra.,,g ara In
pues that respectable immigrants are III
| g,,e,c.d against the states OF the South
| no three fhings-the low ieNei OF "hte9'
| the moor schooling. and the lyncnliis Dee.
| DosiIes these objections, however II mus
| D., r.,nanbercd that the current OF pOpu-
| i",inn as well as of capital, has been
| GoU.iug toward the northwest Tor many
| wears. and that II cannot be easily pro
| ken. The South must make strong anu
! eteady efforts to break II. and must oner
/ the immigrant such advantages out OF us
| euDerabundant natural resources as VIII
| overcome all objections. The welfare OF
the south will be enlarged as the masses
of its people are enriched and as desHap'e
newcomers are attracted TO il.
Tho South does not want immigration
composed Of European paupers, Socialists
or Anarchists. We would much rather
struggle along with unfavorable condl-
lions and make the best outcome that we
can than 10 have our peace and order
unset by the vile onscourings Of Southern
and Eastern Europe that are dumped AT
Castle Garden. We want good, but not
had imrnigrants. But there are very I'M
portant thoughts in this article OF froies-
sor Bassett. lie is undoubtedly ilEnl i'll
saving that the progress OF the South IS
sadly interfered with by the general Idea
or the world that Il is a land of turbu-
lences disorder. and lawlessness. ana he
&c also right in saying that 'lynchings'
have much 10 DO with that idea. There
ie no STANDPOINT from which 'lynching'
can he defended. But here IS clear
demonstration of a positive injury which
If does 10 the South We shall never
stand perfectly well before the world ana
have that free and uninterrupted com
munication and intercourse with II when
is absolutely necessary 10 the progress
that belongs to us until we entirely
stamp out this hideous custom we have
Of nulifying and setting aside all law.
But after We do that we shall still nave
to dissociate ourselves from what mas
grown up to be the leading and CONTROL
Ing ideas Of our poiitcs-to-~t. purpose
TO saddle an undue proportion OF pubHc
burdens upon northern men OF means ana
a further purpose to debase the money OF
the country. before we shall ever move
along in the paths Of progress at the
gait which naturally belongs To us,
Now is the time for as to cut loose from
both these pernicious IDEAS. The eyes OF
the whole world have been on the South
during the recent riots, when, for a
time, it looked as though chaos was
knocking at the doors of the North and
Northwest The world looked on with
silent establishment to see a people which
had been so yillaged and down-trodden
calmly contain llltiilStiNfN anu - DN''"ti'-
by their conduct that whilst their lot had
been hard they did not intend to attempt
to make Improvements In il by revolution
airy proceedings that could end in nothing
but anarchy. The world said that PEG
pie that could so act under such circum-
stances had an ingrained fibre of conser-
vatism and love for law in their charac-
H.. ba no. accppfqf4c
on the earth for those who have means
and wish to turn those means to account.
1t is now ascertained TO be a fact that
in the darkest hour of the late riot, and
when the President was thinking OF call
ing on the States for troops TO aid the
United States troops at Chicago, he had
determined TO cali on Virginia. Tennessee,
Georgia, and Louisiana for their troops.
That single fact ought to be worth to the
South thousands Of millions Of dollars
and there is but one thing which can pre-
vent II being Of that value TO her. ana
that is her alliance with the wild, ne
testabie. unjust theories Of the Popu-
lists that would rob rich men because
they are rich and flood the country with
debased silver dollars and worthless pa
per promises 10 pay money. With her
record and with the world now beginning
IN understand what manner Of men we
really are down aerc, if the South would
only divorce herself from these vile and
destructive theories, she would imme date
" become the promised land. more IA
vored 10y FORUM than any other part of
the world.