The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-01

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The injustice done the south by
northern newspapers continues, but
perhaps not to SO aggravated an ex-
ent- Hoar. of Massachusetts,, in TIL
senate, could not forego the oppOrtun-
ity of asserting the superiority of his
section over the south in the morals
of cotton manufacturing. In the esti-
NATION OF the sanity denizens Of Bos-
ton the theology of that pious section
is the best, the mora atmosphere the
purest, the historic past the noblest
and freest from all suggestion OF faint,
among the faithful that I'VE are the
Lords" The Introduction of African
slavery by state slave ships, the bad
treatment afterwards of the slaves
torn from their homes, the witch burn
ings and other much deviltry of those
bad times, the blue light business in
the war of 1912, the attempt of leaders
to get III a secession movement about
1868, and other nice things hat could
be named, are all forgotten by the
superior people" when they criticise
the south and perhaps rejoice in it's
trials and misfortunes.
Even in the matter of lynchings, the
north cannot be exactly fair. THE
Springfield Republican is a decent and
influential daily OF Massachusetts,, but
it does not publish correct statistics as
to lynchings. and the same may be said
OF The New York Buffalo Express.
Indiana is omitted from the list, as
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle states.
1t is we'll remembered that in 1897, one
OF the most diabolical and ferocious
series of lynchings of record, were per
petrated in Indiana. The Chronicle
~reproduces the following, which was
autographed over the country:
"'Five Lynched in Indiana
Wholesale Killing, by a Mob, of FIVE
les The story Sent out by telegraph
starts off like this:
"Osgood, Ind, September 15.-In-
censed by numerous depredations, re-
peated burgiaries, and daylight rob-
berries, the people of Ripley county,
Ind, last night lynched five men who
had long been a terror to the citizens
of the county. When the citizens of
Versailles, THE county seat, arose this
morning they found the bodies OF the
five men dangling from as many limbs
of am elm tree in the centre of the
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few inches from the ground, while heir
hands and feet had been securely tied
with ropes"
These five victims of mob violence
had committed neither rapes MOI muir
ders. but had robbed. The two papers
omit Indiana, but give Georgia and
other states a full hearing as to theil
~lynchings. We mentioned some days
ago that North Carolina was charged
with four lynchings in 1897, in ons
northern paper, The Chicago Tribune
when there were not more than two
and we think but one.
President e. b. Andrews. of brown
University OR. - is very popular ir
the south now because Of his view i
favor of Tbimet talism, and more par.
ticuEarly on account of his very gen.
erous and Mandatory opinion of Genera
Robert Il. zee Captain w. H. Har.
Tison, a Georgian, writes the The AT.
lanta Constitution, of a late date, relsr
tive to a sad disappointment he has
met with i'm purchasing a set of his
tories by DR.. Andrews, thinking hs
would find in them fairness and truth
But he charges that the president Oh
Brown has tempered with the truth
by disappearing the official records
of h late war. What DR.. Andrews
would say in extenuation or expEana-
ton. we may not anticipate, but
if he has misinterpreted or abus.
ed h records from design ther
there is no excuse. for he is a mar OF
superior parts. The Chronicle says
that "Stonewall JackSon'S great valley
campaign is cut off with a two linz
statement, and in one place after
another, cited by Captain Harrison
the figures are garbled-northern force.
being diminished, southern forces be
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