The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-08
Anrious to n.s the sou1h.

Anxious to HIS the south.
It seems 10 us that some Of the north
ern papers are always or the lookout for
an excuse to hit the souh blow. There
would be no objection to their hostile
criticisms if their purpose were to cure
the evils which afford an excuse for their
attacks. The kind of criticism in which
they indulge, however, justihes the be-
lief that their criticisms are not made IN
a kindly spirit and with the view Of as
sistine in curing the evils, but rather for
the purpose Of magmfying them, with
the hope Of injuring the south.
our meaning will be made plain by an
extract from an editorial from the New
York Evening Post The article was
based upon a statement which appeared
in the Morning News of the number OF
homlcidcs in Georgia during the holidays.
The Post said: 1T will be of little use
to talk about the sunny south so long
as the sun shines on so many murders.
The average man would rather live in
cold climate than be shot.in a warm ell
mate"
clearly apparent desire TO keep imml-
grants away from the south by limiting
very broadly that their lives are not safe
in the southern states That paper very
well knows that the life of an order-lov-
ing. well-behaved citizen is just as safe
in Georgia as it is in New York city in
fact. we are not sure but that it is much
safer. There are certainly more homl-
cldes in New York city in the course of a
year than in the whole state of Georgia.
Because the Post and other New York
newspapers do not publish the number
and comment on the tendency to take hui
man life as we do here in Georgia for the
purpose of securing a more vigorous en-
forcement of the law against crimes of
violence, it doesn't follow that many such
crimes are not committed in that city.
The homicides here in Georgia are com-
mitted at drunken frolics, in barroom rows
and in ARRAYS growing out of efforts to ar
rest drunken men, They are not DELHI
crate murders, committed with all the
hendishness of malice aforethought Why
then should any home seeker hesitate TO
come south? He would not-be in any dan
ger of being shot. His life would be as
safe as in the most peaceful community
of the north, unless he were a drunken
rough inclined to get into quarrels, and
a man of that sort is not desired as citi-
zen in the south.
We have no objection whatever to the
right sort of criticism. We are glad to
nave our faults pointed out in friendly
spirit. We understand very well that
there is room for Improvement in many
respects in the south; but we do object
to having our faults presented in wrong
light with the evident intention to do us
harm.
Because men are waylaid and murdered
in New York city. and because there is
moral rottenness there of many kinds
rottenness worse perhaps than that with
which the degenerates of Sodom and Co
moran were familiar, we do not advise
our people to keep away from New York.
We know that if they conduct themselves
as decent and orderly people should they
will not be murdered. nor will they sec
the wickedness of the metropolis. So
with immigrants to the south. They will
run no risk of being shot; because if they
are the right sort of people they will
not visit the places where homicides occur.
We undertake TO say, and we say it
without fear of contradiction, that the
people of Georgia are as moral religious
and law-abiding as any other people on
the face of the earth. 1t is because they
are so that they insist that the practice
of carrying concealed weapons and Of
using them on slight provooations shah
be abandoned.