The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-01

men he meets. Thousands Of such
letters have been written to Georgia
in the last three months. by such
methods they call into existence the
very state of things they pretend to
deplore, Il condition of affairs that
did not exist, and never would have
existed, but for them and their sense
less incendiary conduct"
Governor Chandler says the inter-
meddiers Of the North do not repre-
sent a respectable minority, and that
the lawless and criminal negroes Of
the South constitute less. Ho con-
tinues:
"a few abandoned, reckless, crimi-
nal negroes are responsible for all
the rapes and lynchings that have
occurred, and their influence on those
around them is deplorubly bad aud
far reaching Still it is true that
AoIS, Iuo CllLuo "ulCil ultlo tlTieS OUT
Of ten is the cause, immediate or re-
mote, of lynching, is as much de.
plorod 10y the bottcr class Of negroes
as by the better class of white men.
But as because some negroes commit
rape, the whole race suffers, so be-
cause some white mon l1 nch ravish-
ers all the white people Of tho South
are abused.
"It is singular fact, too, that tho
Pharisaical fanatics who have most
to say about 'Apaches,' Southern
barbarians,' etc, always stress the
atroclty of the lynching, but l have
never yet heard of one of them say
ing or doing any thing to discourage
the crime which provoked it. In
deed in some cases, instead of de-
nouncing his crime, they have as,
sailed the character Of the victim of
the brute's Inst, which not only en-
courages bad negroes, but exasperates
the friends of Southern womanhood.
"Another and n continually pre-
sent cause which contributes to race
friction is corrupt politics. AS is ad-
mitted by all candid mon, the ballot
WAS put in the hand Of the Southern
negro when he was utterly unpre-
pared for it. He regarded it as only
an article Of merchandise, to be bar
tered away to the man who would
pay him the most for it, whether Il
drink of whiskey or a dollar or two.
In many places his vote, while not a
majority, is a balance of power.
Hence unscrupulous men of all par
ties contend for this vote and hug
the negro around tho polls and drink
whiskey with him. He is forgotten
after the election, and, like aspoiled
child, becomes resentful and vindic-
tive. This brings clashes with the
whites"
In speaking of the remedy Gov
ernor Gambler says:
"In Georgia for generation there
has been scarcely negro between
6 and 8 years of age who has not
had access to free school. AS a
consequence illiteracy has decreased
among them from 85 per cont in
1870 to 40 per cent in 1890 and yet
it is startling fact that crime
among them has increased in about
the same proportion that illiteracy
has decreased. There is, however,
another sort of education which in
time would greatly relieve the stua-
ton. This is moral education,
which must be acquired at the fami-
ly hoarthstone, and in the churches
and Sunday.schools and by the daily
contact of the inferior race with tho
superior for years and even for gen
erations.
"The greatest CRIME over perpo-
trated, not only against American
ideas and institutions and human
liberty, but against the Southern
negro, was when, without proper cd
ucation, he was clothed with all the
rights and privileges and response
bilities of citizenship.
"Wo need q remedy Immediate in
it's effects, and this remedy can only
be found in u qualified suffrage
The ballot must only be entrusted to
the virtuous and Intelligent. Now
many men vote who arc intelligent,
but not vlrtuous, and many moro
vote who are virtuous, but not intel
yOt Mt. Restrict tho anffra oe IN tboso