The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-01-05
afUKDER IN FHR soUTR.

GRO o. aOWt0tUS& 10 OUutn O6toetuo II
she past twelve months. she Sumte
eas poiats ous that the great naj0ris,
skese oriinss sre eonmitsed bY ne
efses. Ihe white people, !" il says
are Denounced Just 90 IL they commit
ga shx crimes recorded against th'
eath aud - Il they enjoyed and gloriet
8 sbs prevalence Of esiminslity chat I
M@ S. iSs s their miisforsane 70 be surrounded
II 5 DO NOS assert that tie white
peopIe of South Carolina are blamelsss
lor shay ELL TOO readily and hold bu'
s. aan sife far 100 chesply. bat Ne protest
sesinst the sneepi1g and unjust cen.
srIfe that they receive for the crimes q
tde ieaorsns aud vicious among the ne;
raes This is, st course, % import
snt consideration. and the South Caro-
iss papers should present complete
ssissics 10 ahow What proportion Of the
lonieidess Id their State are committed
% whites and what proportion by
blssks Has the abolition Of slavery
S rssalssd iii vast increase ia the num-
bsr of Killings ss the Sonth I Tbst
uonld seem % Be The fact, # ths ne
foss commit most Of the Grimes, for
nov thst they are free their facilities for
ssssting and carrying dangerous uea-
8 po1s hsya vastly increased But static
tiss shau faas these hoDicides we're
i6feansas beiore the wsr. We quote
i'd the ssstn6u of Rsv John Kef-
preached xs Sc. Michael's
hassa OhsFleston, December 19.
said that sslis state of affairs did
6k osieiioaso ins i and Milliith the sar that
lid been Roing % fcr seventy years
mora that IS rule whites Siin
uSitss snd biisEs kiilE blacks tha. lhs
ssy5s 81 sers tie sams 10
$40 s in 1850 of 1890. u The Sum.
ser Hem intinzses asdi d ist the oussiide press
psejjadlieed s6d inspired by mslice''
81 is conma1ts son. this matter, but Ne
i afs snrs siist Is Siis not 90. is naturally
formed 60 10 Iosal conditions. but #
III so Wish o misreprssent she facts 10
gslI srosidence, b Joutoaf
ts aboye, fron Northern paper
slpp pdasixss The conteDtion that We nsde
connentiag on the failure Of the
Nessaaa Ceurier tos mske.a complete
:showiing 90 To- the relative percentage Of
stiu1ss commitssd in this State By
saaseefoes and .hites There are many
@spers Ia she North, such as the Pro
:siience oarnaa, that srenot preindiced
againat tie white people Of the Soash
sssd that do not desire 60 nisrspresent
as nor % crisioise % mi njosss8 The
papsrs of Tue South owe i IS much to
saeh pspsrsss 80 their constituency to
eanpile full and accurate statistics ahen
sheHlng Is made. The Northern
people ara very ignorant concerning
cha srus sendition Of affairs 10 the South,
and even those who have no nslice
sossrd Us and would willingly give ell
eredi. % which se are entitled. are not
10 position 70 do so for the ~ant Of
infosnation They should knox the
fsosa. since they desire the truth and
sould With foil knosledge. judge US
tairly
Thar here are papers in the North
tbss take malicious deligh. IN nisrep-
rsssD,iog the white people Of the South
ssd perni. no oppnr.uoisy to pass for
crisicising them harshi3. no one will
deny. SO these papers the murder
ssasissics Of the Ners and Courier
we're most welcome inasmuch IS they
furnished gsoaodaOrk for the ssvsress
ceDsure Of the people vhose character
they have persissensly detained .fos
thirty odd pears The Ne,es and Cou-
rssSs ststissics we're cot definite and
gave full scope TO the imagioatioDs Of
the editorial writer's Of the North who
zee 10 avery negro broil over . game OF
craps. evidence Of the blood thirsty
lsslessnsss Of the Southern whites. By
the publication Of the complete stats.
sics, charging the crimes Of the whites
against the whites and the Grimes Of tae
negroes sgain.s the negroes. the desire
Of ous 10prejudiced critics for the
srnth sould be satisfied and the malice
Of the South -haters would be defeated,
The types of difficulties between the
whites may be the same now as forty
years ago. bat that there has bceD az
increase Of crime among the saites we
1anv and the records TO which we have