The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-30

THE SOUTH AND CIVILIZATION.

THE SOUTH AND CIVILIZATION.
Those of us who are familiar with the
usual course. under given conditions. OF
the Eastern press, are not surprised at the
Mysteries noted In the columns of the
Northern papers following the burning OF
the negro in Georgia. They are asking
now. with seeming seriousness. whether
the South will remain civilized?
1t might be pertinent to ask whether
New England remained civilized after the
burning OF the witches--poor victims not
OF sudden madness. but of coldblooded
cruelty and an absence OF the common In
stincts OF humanity! 1t might be asked
whether civilization remained In New York
after the draft riots, referred to the other
day by the New York Journal, when a
negro who had committed no crime was
pursued through the streets of New York.
simply because he was negro, by an in
furiated mob of men "and women" was
caught, hanged to lamp post and horri-
bly, mutilated and left hanging with an
Infamous placard" upon the corpse2
The South might point in recrlmlnation
to innumerabe cases OF bloody crimes and
mob riots In the North where there was
no fiendish Outrage preceding them TO
temporarily dethrono tho reason of the
community. But this would be possibly a
waste OF time and illustration upon ''ho-
lier-than-thou" prejudices that appear in
eradlcable.
In discussing the mohs work In Georgia,
the Chicago News Joins the list OF those
who are affecting such concern all al once
for the continuance of civilization in the
South. and concludes with the remark that
II Is useless to consider airy remedial
measures which do not involve nrst "a
establishment OF law and civilization!
Jeremiahs to the fact TINT civilization Is
not destroyed by temporary outbursts OF
passion and sayagery. but that is the his
torical fact, It was not the fierce thunder
storm Of the reign of terror that destroyed
hut preserved civilization in France. The
danger came from the steady growth OF
corruption and bestlsllty and effeminacy
in France that preceded the point whore
popular passion burst in fury and filled
Paris cutters with blood Civilization Is
destroyed by wasting and not violent pro-
cesses
II reports in the Chicago press he true.
civilization Is receiving more deadly blows
daily and nightly In Chicago than in the
whole State of Georgia. Life is as unsafe
and crime is as rampant In Chicago as In
any part of the South. while the vile and
bestiai practices for which that city ia
notorious are more directly undermining
civilization than all the lynchlngs of rape
fends that have ever occurred in the
country.
The difference alone Ia the protection
ara estimate OF women IN Chicago and In
Georgia, renders the former an expanding
sodom. prostitutins civilization. while the
latter is upholding oven in Are and blood
modern civiizations basic principles!
the sanctity of home and tho honor OF
woman!
Our Eastern Pharisees may wall and
condemn, but they can not, at last. hurt
the South, We are Overwhelmingly the
purest OF the Anglo-saxon stock In this
new world, and we are capable OF protect
ing ourselves and maintaining our prog
ress and civilization, even though we may
at times give way TO those old fierce pas
sions that have made the Anglo. saxon
after all what he is in the world today.
We are in the South to dominate II aud
protect our every interest. and we are GO
ing to perform the mission!
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