The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-01

m;c;de in the State. There is
LARGELY an issue of a paper which
oss not chronicle or comment upon
,sc ARRAY or difficulty" asI it is
nbemistically termed, involving the
s|ts of some citizen. It is verify true
=, our brothers blood cries out
an the ground against us.
- H Same years ago--l88O-there ap-
AZ .,rsd a work entitled Homicide,
,,,b and South, /" in which Mr.. Red
cA the author, in no unkindly
IS o;r;, examined aud discussed this
15 ,b;cct The result of his investi-
s 3aton was fearful.
First. He found that from the re-
'dorts of our own newspapers it ap-
q cared that the number of homicidcs
oar Southern States was proper
3ouately greater than In any country
81 s|p earth the population of which is
IS ted as civilized.
s second. He found that the number
's hcmicidcs in the Southern States
the sfteen years before he wrote
8 cached the enormous aggregate Of
s 600
81 In these Investigations Nr.- Red
81 ED selected the States of Texas,
Kentucky and South Oaroliua.for fig
81 E res upon which to base his estimates,
, ecausc in each of these States there
as published newspaper covering
Zeal affairs in the entire State with a
@ egree of thoroughness that enabled
least an approximate collection Of
'iSAses Of homicide for given period.
he year 1873 was taken as an average
ear. The result presented some
5nszing contrasts and brought out the
ferences in this respect between
buthcrn and Northern civilization in
arful colors. 1t is painful and NOR
flying for a Southern man-for a
cuth Carolinian77-to tell even to his
# s |uu people what was thus shown.
f |ut recognition Of evil. must come
cforc any effectual effort to amend
zzAeut. IF with shame, at least with
}ankncss, let us look at the condemn
:sSzbg facts
Vi 10 Texas during the year 1873 there
3ere more homicides than in the ten
tatcs of Maine, New Hampshire.
a d ermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
E@nd, Connecticutt, New York, Penn
1ivauia, Michigan and Minnesota,
ith an aggregate population of near
if not quite, seventeen millions.
s In Kentucky that year there were
Aorc homicides than in the eight
zzates Of Maine. New Hampshire.
ermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
nd, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and
Minnesota, with an aggregate popula-
= = va Of nearly ten millions.
5 In South Carolina that year there
= ere more homicidesg than in the
Sght States Of Maine, New Hamp-
==pire, Vermont, Ii Massachusetts, Rishode
bland, Connecticut, Michigan and
Minnesota, with an aggregate popula-
ION Of about six millions.
:
al M III this old State OF South Carolina,
th a civilization dating back two
nturies, there arc snsrethan twice
many men killed annually thnn5 in
a a the six Nov En- gland States. With
IA ore than. four millions 4 Of inhabi-
3nts. Manslaughter in,the old State
4 South Caroiinasw ,sweiyesor Four
len times more frequent than in the
fAe old State of Massachus usetts.
Mr.. Redfeld 8 work was published:
# #8 1880, seventeen years ago. is it
p fact that the crime OF homicide
II rather increased 5than decreased
lnee he wrote2 We'fear that it has.
s Texas was5long q afrontier State. It
ID had but "a loose government, as
zp independents 3 epahlic. and its im4
aeusc area rendered it bdt,a sparselys
Ppalatcd community. &c still re-5
Inns much offrontier life. KcntpAky,
70, had borne the same relation to.
s e colonies and the old thirteen,
ates, and the bloody Impression Of
Osc early times il seems impossible
s. efface. But, as Mr.. Redfield points
Pt, there is nothing ID tho early fiiss.
'y of our community to have given
2sh turn tc the people of South
aroliua. Itias an old community,
3 SRth conservative manners and Ways
d, as between The whites. without.
81 9e friction os sary yiing. nationalities,
withoutSthe lowe foreign f,ppIial
pa, in which mos oi { ta.Ie IS cfims oeI
s0lence ID thes soEth ern Ssases sis
Fad. These Il DO sseson III Why hoaais
ae auong lie .zhs tas &
pa s. should bs more freaasns sl,an:
'ng the Amefiean born oitizana3of