Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-29

1T Is easy 10 DhilOSOpniZe at ulsthHc
about the wrongs of others. But whe
a man cannot go on the street withou
taking a pistol when mis- wife canno
go 10 market without being hustled froT
the sidewalk by insolent slatterns; whe
his daughters cannot walk to chure
without being insulted, and his chldre
cannot 20 to school without having thei
| hats torn from their heads and cast Int
the mud; and when these things are no
only not punished or prevented by IN
executors OF the law but are actual,
inspired by them, II is time to do some
thing and ii is fortunate for the north
erner. as for the southerner, that tn
latter is strong enough to meet tn
crisis"
what have you to say in regard to tn
sacking and burning Of the newspaper
office in Wilmington" was the mex
query.
mo one could deplore that more thar
l do; yet it is not the worst thing. a
worse thing is a state OF affairs tna'
could lead to this j. G. Dancy' the
! negro collector Of the port Of Whining
ton, is quoted as declaring that the edi
torial In this paper and the Indifference
Of the negro committee was the cause OF
| the riot He endeayOred, he declares, 10
get the editor TO retract or modify the
| T.,
| heard of Dancy, but I have conceived
a high opinion of his wisdom. He makes
| the just observation that neither in WI
| mington nor elsewhere Will white men
permit white women to be insuted. ]
| have observed that in all the resolutions
drawn by negroes here and elsewhere
| denouncng the outbreak In the South'
they coupled with them the lynchings
that have taken place; but not one mas
breathed a protest against the cause OF
| these lynchings. Though preachers ana
| teachers have led these assemblies no
utterance has issued condemning IT,
see that they are now denouncing Booker
Washingtons teachings. 1t is not a hope
full sign"
do you consider that this is antago-
nism to the southrons as southerners ana
former slaVe-owners, or Is 1t against the
white race universally"
at is not alone in the South that this
occurs" replied Mr.. Page, quickly. Il re-
call three instances in this city within a
comparatively recent period, in which po-
licemen arresting drunken negroes 10
prevent injuries to negroes, have been set
upon and beaten into insensibtlity by ne
groes without a hand being raised to de-
fend them. The negroes appear TO think
1t necessary to sustain their own color,
other day the dispatches from Santiago
related how the negro regiment there
had been sent TO the country because Of
their intolerable conduct, and how, when
some Of their men had stolen a farmers
pigs and beaten the man nearly 10 death,
General Wood demanded of the officers
the names Of the culprits, and every Off
Ger denied that his men were guilty. The
newspapers Of November 2lst mentioned
casually that the Sixth Virginia negro
regiment at Macon. Ga, had 10 be dis
armed because eighty Of the men had
broken out to go and kill the white pro
vost guard"
THE ILLINOIS MINING TROUBLES.
I'm the Illinois state troubles, I sup
pose you find many points of resemblance
to the Carolina dlfficulties?" suggested
the Post interviewer.
1T is a good illustration" promptly re-
sponded Mr. Page. "of the condition Of
affairs in some parts Of the South. Only
there the negroes seem 20 have terror
lied the white people temporarily. If the
whites in the Southern States allow
themselves TO be terroriZed even tempo
rarily no ina ginatiOn can paint the hOr-
rors that would necessarily result l
have seen a great deal in the papers con-
corning the collisions in the South, but
very little as to the action Of the Gov
ernor of Illinois, who the other day
openly defed the United States Govern
ment and threatened TO meet on the bor-
der Of the State trains bringing in peace
able negro laborers and shoot them 10
pieces with Gatln guns. BY the way, IT
cannot have escaped notice that in all
these collisions in the South the negroes
were the first TO fire. The very fact that
they are ready 10 fire infiames the whites.
Ii is impossible TO convey 20 those not
personally experienced an idea Of life be-
meath the domination Of negroes such as
those In Wilmington, led by unprincipled
leaders. In saying what l have said l am
not conscious Of any hostility to the race
nor 10 any individual, many having my
respect, sympathy, and friendship But |
facts are facts, and the sooner they are |
understood the sooner existing errors can |
be corrected"
SOME OF THE POSSIBLE REMEDIES. |
This being the case since the South |
has faced this problem for twenty-five |
years" asked the Post representative. sis |
there no suggestion forthcoming as TO the |
twenty-five years are not long in the |
life OF a race" answered the story-writer, /
~ mere IS one certain |
and only one, and that is time
In due time everything gets righted. Mean
while, l can suggest only d possibility |
Firstly. it will help greatly to have an
and property qualification for
the right OF suffrage. This will tend 10
substitute the rule of intelligence for that
Of ignorance. Secondly, It will help If peo-
pie who know nothing about the matter
will let II alone. Thirdly, 1t will be a long |
step toward the solution Of the problem
( the negro leaders and advocates stop
regarding everything from the race stand
point and substitute that Of the indi-
,idual. AS long as they treat every ques-
ion as a race issue they mislead their
,wn people and keep a stronger race band
ID solidly against them.
"When negro is lynched, he Is lynch
"a primarily because OF his crime, not be
,ause Of his color When the preachers
md teachers condemn the crime instead
# only the punishment, they will have
made an advance. When a half-crazed ne
no or his selfish instigator is shot in an
election riot the first cause is that he