Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-22

venture to say that there was not one
of the whites under arms that had
not some score to settle with a negro
rankltng In his breast which would
have been fair excuse for shot, for
luck anyway, and yet there WAS not
one unnecessary or wanton shot fred,
There is not the least danger OF
further outbreak. The negroes are
going quietly about their work. Our
city and state have been triumphant
ly redeemed from negro domination,
and both white and black people
have learned lesson from the past
which will bear fruit FOR some time
to come, To give these ignorant
negroes Office and political power Is
rs IL YOU were to take your boy from
the kindergarten and send him to
Harvard; to start to build your house
from the top downwards instead OF
vice versa, The Anglo Saxons have
been trying hard since the Magma
Charta. many centuries. to learn how
to govern themselves. and Is the
negro naturally SO intelligent that
he can learn all that lesson In thirty
three years? II he Is put In a posi-.
tion of authority will he not OF
necessity be a failure, and be either a
rascal himself or tool OF unscrupul-
Gus persons who influence hlmS The
North Carolina episode proves that
the time Is not yet for the elevation
of the southern negro to a position OF
power"
There has been much curiosity
north as to the exact language used
by the colored editor, Alexander l..
Manley, In the columns OF tho Daily
Record OF Wilmington, N. c.. and
which aroused so much public indig-
nation. The article Is headed, Mrs.
Felton's Speech, and Is as follows;
"A Mrs. FELTON,, from Georgia,
makes n speech before the Agricul-
tuml Society at Tybee, Ga, In which
she advocates lyuchiag as an extreme
measure. This woman makes a
strong plea for womanhood, and II
the alleged crimes OF rape were half
so frequent rs Is ofttmes reported
her plea would be worthy of consider
alton. Mrs, FELTON,, like many other
so-called Christians, loses sight OF
tho basic principle OF the religion of
Christ in her plea for one class of
people as against another. II a mis-
slonary spirit Is essential for tho up.
lifting OF the poor white girls, why Ia
It, The morals of the poor white
people are on par with their oolored
nelghbors OF like conditions, and II
any one doubts the statement let him
visit among them, The whole lump
needs to be leavened by those who
profess so much religion and showing
them that the preservation OF virtue
Is an essential for the life OF any peo-
Pile Mrs. FELTON, begins well, for
she admits that education will better
protect the girls on the farm from
the assaulter, This we admit. and Il
should not be confined to the white
any more than to the colored girls.
The papers are filled often with re-
ports OF rapes OF white women, and
the subsequent lynching OF the al
legged raplsts. The editors pour
forth volleys OF aspersIons against
all negroes because OF tho tow who
may be guilty, II the papers and
speakers OF the other race would
condemn the commission OF crime
because II Is crime and not try to
make 1t appear that the negroes were
the only criminals. they would find
n It hn l.k .ti
gent negroes themselves, and to-
gether the whites and blacks wou.u
root the evil out OF both races We
suggest that the whites guard their
women more closely, as Mrs FELTON,
says, thus giving no opportunity for
the human nend. be he white or
black. You leave your goods out OF
doors and then complain because
they are taken away. Poor white
men are careless In the matter OF pro-
tectlng their women, especially on
Farms. They ." careless OF
their conduct towards them, and our
experience among poor white people
in the country teaches us that the
women OF that race are not any more
particular In the matter OF clandes-
tine meetings with colored men than
are the white men with colored wo-
men. Meetings OF this kind 70
on for some time until the woman's
infatuation or the mans holiness
bring attention To them and the man
Is lynched for rape. Every negro
lynched Is called big. burly, black
brute. when, in fact. many OF those
who have thus been dealt with had
white men for their fathers, and
were not only not black and burIy.
but were sufficiently attractive for
white girls OF culture and refinement
to fall In love with them, as Is we'll
known 10 all. Mrs. FELTON, must be- |
gin at the fountain head II she wishes
to purify the stream. Teach your
men purity. Let virtue be something
more than an excuse for them to
intimidate and torture helpless
people. Tell your men that 1t Is no
worse for black man to be intimate
with white woman than for white
man TO be intimate with a colored
woman. You set yourselves down