The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-23

of the south, who carry with them
living shame, I'm living death.
In n life all too long for It's miscrics,
IL Il lasts but for day.
I submit, The policy of the press
at the North, iu condcmninp simply
the iyncbines, while they maintain
about the crimes that provoke them,
is incendiary In the extreme, MS "a
encourages negroes TO repetition.
II In worse thnn cruel TO the bro
4. kcn-hcartcd victim aud the commun-
ity that has suffered death In It's
tcndcrcst relations.
] The policy Is unfair az between lynch
/ ings ut the North and lynchings at the
I South, making always hsh OF one and fowl
I OF the other. Let US be fair, and we Will
sooner be brethren.
| Make the case your own: (Will you par
/ don me II in this presence, l tell part
OF this horrible talo of woe and misery
and loathesomo wretchodness, that you may
somewhat understandg) Let ii be your
/ daughter, sitting at tea with husband and
little children, happily enjoying an even
l ing meal. bloody murderer stealthily
approaches. and with the blow Of n hen1.
buries an ak 10 the eye In the husbands
( they spread In sickenlng horror over the
floor, He raises his devilish hand aud
strikes stunning blow upon the face Of n
4 little child-your grandchild, can you
imaEine7 He drags il across the bleeding
dying body OF Its father--your daughters
husband, and leaves IL senseless. its
/ fathers blood dripping from It's little
skirts Sec him as he takes another child,
your grandchild, by the heels in one hand
and his ax in the other while he demands
of tho mother her consent or the cruel
murder of her child BE present In your
thought at that supreme moment and
hear her saying; Save my child See
him then as he confronts, In all the APP
palling horror OF nendish glare, with up
lifted ak the trembling form OF the wife
your daughter (can you maclnel curses
9s only demon from he'll can swear. Jerks
her dcwn--your daughter team you imag-
incl and rolls her In the warm blood OF
the only one she had hoped to defend her
from such awful awful, awful cruelty and
shame! Hear her piteous cries as she
writhes, for two long, long hours in the
embrace Of a villain. and then sec her as
she falls at her fathers cate--your gate
(can you imnglnel half clad and In u
death swoon to tell her horrible. sicken-
ing, disgusting, loathesome story Ga story
! car not tell here, and which has not yet
been told because OF It's lnathosomenessl
Hear her tell 1t into her loving mother 3
ears and tell me. would you not feel that
the punishment of the nethermost hell.
whether administered here or hereafter,
was not too nuch for such human fond
what would you do? What would yocr
neighbors do? what would mob In Mas
sachusetts do? ! am asking what ought to
have been done. As to that, YOU aud |
ARE fully agreed. I ain asking what vas
done, under similar conditions IN Ohio.
Oregon, New Jersey. Nebraska. pennsyl-
vania, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Eapsas. llii-
uois, New York and other States that
have had similar or even less olfenses
No State claims greater or more advance
civilization than New York ana ye'. II
81 only a few wears Stree a Wild ana ran.
aicd mob cruelty murdered eleven inno-
cent negroes. whose only offence WAS hat
they wero negroes thcn burned hn regr
orphan asylum oyrr he heads Of SOC ,tttlc
helpless negro children, simply ia -
they were negr1os. and the little ones b'rC-
/ ly escaped by the back door. while the
s,liAened mob beat down an eu,tcnc,. ~
the tont WHY Old not The great St.'t
of New York control the mob better :aan
Georgia did?
Is the State Of Illinois without clvllas-
IN. when hor state attorney enys hey
have had "A half dozen lynchings In he last
few years2 In the presence of all thins
;h' pious press o. Chicago points 90 f'0e-
gio and thanks God that they are not as
that publican.
Do you ask me how these lynchlngs can
be stopped at the South? answer prompt
ly-jus, as they can be stopped at the North
and in no other way. Stop tho outragea
and the lynchlngs will cease, Continue
, the outrages, and the lynchings will al
, ways follow regardless Of threats by the
law, whether IN Georgia. Minnesota. Illi-
4 nois Ohio or other states.
Is it forgotten that the people of Mas
sachusetts themselves burned negro
woman at the stake. who had been simply
, suspected, and not convicted, OF poisoning
! white man and his wife? We can't tell
+ what is going o happen, even in the best
regulated families.
Negro politics, in my judgment as taught
8 during reconstruction and continued to
e the present day. seeking TO dominate the
white people OF the South, are responsible
for most OF the blood that has been split,
} the outrages that have been perpetrated.
and the sorrows that have come to tho
Y whites and negroes of the South. The
2 course Of the Northern press is response
: Bile for much Of the remainder. The South
Is a white mans country, and II viii never
e DO delivered over to negroes. whatever the
y power and influence brought 10 bear to
force this fearful end.
Q III his recent charge to the fury. the
, court sitting In Charleston, S. c., 10 try
a certain citizens charged with lynching a
negro IN that State, Judge Brawley said
= III It be true that this postmaster was an
I incompetent negro, stranger and resident
l of another county, he community that he
was appointed to serve had grave and just
grounds OF complaint, and those who are
u responsible for his appointment can not
escape the condemnation Of air-mlnded
. men everywhere for the wrong done ia
2 that community, Every lawful effort OF
the people CT Lake City 10 redress their
:. grievance would have had the sympathy
; and support Of all lovers OF order
y How much did the appointment OF q
! negro postmaster over the protest Of the
= people of Hogansvile, o town within the
neighborhocd Of Sam Hollis residence and
the closing Of the mail cars, TO force white
people TO patronlze the Negroes postoffce
have 10 do with the awful tragedies that
a have been enacted in my State? Let Judge
Brawley answer.
v Hon. Charles Bartlett, representing the
: Mse5n district In the present congress
t upon application, secured rural mail de-
e livery for the county ~ Bibb. Mr. Gal
D tree. the representative OF the postoffet
+" department. went to Macon, an together
= with the Macon postmaster, investigated
S he matter and located the routes Mr..
c Bartlett was assured that such carriers
s would be selected as were acceptable 10 tbs
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