The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
~AFRO-AMERICANS SCARED.
TEE sPRBAD OF THE mon SPIRIT
HAVING 4 BAD LNFL UENCE.

that accompanied IL, and the expressions con-
donlng or apologizing for the act Of the mob by
the responsible officers Of the law in high and
low places. despite the general condemnation Of
the lynching by the reputable press Of the coun-
try, have had q decidedly disquietinR effect
mon the Afro-Amorican population OF tho coun-
try, who are beginning to realize that tho per-
sistent crimes OF brutes such as Mitchell In all
PARTS OF the country are creating n condition of
sI.,r,,st NJ than which NAV grow intolerab,e
pc 800. ,..as..ss .-u.hs" -
The fact that the iynonine FEVER mas invaded
vork Nav Jerrey. Pennsylyania. Ohio. Illinois.
md Iowa, all Of which have had their lynchine
bee-and that the race feeling displayed In those
States differs not q WHIT from that ruling In the
Southern States, whero 10 10 o commonplace
thing TO lynsh a black man charged with crimo
Of whatever sort, has naturally created a feeling
Of unrest and insecurity among that great mass
Of Afro-Americans who commit no crimes
with crime and criminals, and do not feel
=" ss.n..Irs. ~ .o"io,r go, ~. r,o,om,
ing ,nensoi'oe oF sUuiety ~ CIV
and i, Nl 81. acts Of eit .s Z ,o OF whatever +. ss, race;
my nnv .Ss 49, ;us.....,na it..,t md tha. tss1
with VII. tho, the duty ns,s ., p pr .ss 1sI ,'sS,r' a noe,. Una. 'h Toy
such protection. Thoy feel that IL is highly I'M
,u.t that thew ,hould be held responsible, az |,
race. for tho crimes of individual members of
their race. the criminal class being infnitesi.
nally small as compared to the law-abldins
making X such criminality possible resulting from
American awe ana customs u systemallo IN
o~ulcstion of ignorance and theft and immortality
, anu, oOrSrIns n.arlv the ar,t csntnry ~ tha
leoor, $500. T,s 80 AZ ~, 81 T., ~
81 ee TIC % sat Ss'sasnf'ii sc ds' that isss t SS P1 sb ssS'a : b Y held
haTnndTeds, IKE him in ali parts Of ths country;
tthst 5e:ponsiiSSi b .Sn ir such o sh gu . \ S.} 20 trans:
pie. where it belongs. to theirs, where it does
not belong, " r,-, =, oo,u..
pr s;shSP to nf the feeiin nst q unrest u. S'S Snd INSECURITY sassS fni
Of large percentaEe OF the Afro-Ameriesn pop
ulation in tho GLOWING delivernnce; There Is
j. as sure to Be exterminated as tho Indian has
discovered this country to some 10000. at tho
present time: IN ntty years from now the indians
Troglodyte races are. And unless the negro
Leaves esx this 1ot eo opIT jyyn hs Ein t Gsnss t. I've s1 a1a , TRsy
killing children And what is tho negro doing
to try to liyef Nothing; Those IN politics are
Of the race arc splitting theoretical hairs about
social equality. intermarriage. praying and doing
eSse CUTTING ist t6rosts ps snd blowing bowl Ma out S SsaHn F SotS
In Europe and America, This the negro cannot
Dc. we grant: but q dog ha, sen sense enough to run
It viii b seen that persons can go to Africa al
most as cheap as to Now York
Bishop Turner and those who think and preach
70 he does that the Afro.American Is really
where else in the world. and that, except in the
1mall and impoverished and unprogressive
country of Liberia, on the west coast Of Africa,
khArA In M nlANA On(1h0 CnnttnAnt nf Afrira
whore tho Afro-American can go and escape the
white mana civilization and contempt of the
f6is has been pointed out again and
again. And, loaded down with debt, the
aovernments. Il Is easy to foresee that the con.
Hnued Independence or LA6erie depends upon
the convenience OF Great Britain Or France,
Who would knowingly exchange
his American ittzenship and the advantages Il
ton Of serv1tude a. Great Britain has Imposed
upon inc nauvse IN ner Atrlcan colonies.
n.r eompIaiSSs Is not to be- found IN Afpica: It
eeldee IN the temperament and the constitution
o. ne AFRO = A mel U5;II h IL S 2 sha,liks t ne shirt shirt
unsn ann ns Snnnur 81 ehuca.oh, = onG Rtenty OF men.
robbed MIN OF his slave heritage OF immorahty
Sna pover1y snG placed MN more on e99aity IN
p IeSS SaG les: This II iiseSe eiSs w DONE = but %ss sfoWIy 81 as sh is
natural with a disease 80 radical
but lnat bisnop turner mas, plenty OF GROUNDS
ior the fears ne expresses Is shown In the lynch.
ing record since 1883. covering a period OF ton
years. during which LOIS people were lynched.
n 1876 there we're l4l people lynehed-l3l IN
tne South ana ~ In Lhe North, 30 oeing olack
ana o. White, Win 1 indian. Leaving out en-
urely the olacK ylctims, the fact that Oh Whlte
men were lyncheo last year shows concluslyely
that lhe matter or lynch law is not q race ques-
tIoh ~ any means, put a hatlonal queStlon,w hlch
can only be dealt with effectively by all 1.-The people
coopetatIhg WIN me ieghl authorlties and ID the
mannfacture or healthy public opinion. When
lhe SherlH ana the mlltia are overawed oy Inc
MOD ana maze 10 nee Ior their nves, as they
were mage 20 40 IN tne mop outbreaks at wash
hg'on court rouse, O1' ana IN ROANOKE, a.,
eha ID Srnana, ~ vii readily be seen that
ihe mon Split has become a national menace to
law ana order: ana can only be deait with effec-
lively Dy the concert OF the whole people;
inc charRe mas oeen repeatedly made oy Now
nork newspapers since inc Croana lynchinR
Inat criinihal ASSAULT Is an american weak.
ness. put an analysis OF the ngures, while II
sho"s a remarkaole record IN that respect, does
not Dear on me statement mt II Is a race
MeaShess. White men are guilty or 1t as well
y oIaSk men. ~ Is the very lowest form or
Ssutc depraVlty, ana cannot py the constitution
- nuIlan nature oe cohnned 10 any particuler
80 Sriile' iike virtue, ~ common among All
races qi men. u Is Susceptible OF demonstration
aiso; that the charge or critnina! assault ID often
ubtI II the SOuth as AN EXCUSE Tor getting rid of