The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-23

a brutal hend. in human shf7s' . a"s~
Dor near her home.
You need not ask me. tAen. ~ ] ~.
prove the horrible enactment thas oo'
Cured within forty miles OF my homy
a few weeks ago. God forDid ,h~t
shootl. DO you condemn the bufniny
as strongly as It was condemned through
the Northern press?" I answer crnpha'
tically-just as strongly. Then you sp-
prove the course taken by the NortasIn
press IN the matters OF lynchings Al tne
SOUTH" Pardon me. II, in reply. | say
that I condemn the course OF the Nortn-
ern press upon lynchings at the SOUTH
with all the vehcmence Of an onendea
nature. II Is incendiary. unfair ana
cruel in the extreme.
THE NORTHERN PRESS
Now. hear me, what was the policy
Of the press at the North. with only
two exceptions, so far as | know, In tho
lvnching OF that villalnous nend, sam
Holt. at Newman. my Slater Great
scare heads-Another negro lynched az
the South. Fiendish brutality on the
part of the whites towards an unfortu-
nate and defenseless negro human
devils burn a colored man within ffiy
miles Of the capital OF Georgia, and goat
over his tortures like demons. surrey
these people have been remsnded TO bar
bsrism and become sayages in civiliz.
ed land
Not one word Of sympathy for pure
and virtuous woman: her honor eors:
her husband murdered in her presenfe
she and her little children dragged In tho
fresh. warm blood Of the DIVING man.
and not one word said about this doublv
horrible outrage. Surely IN all tn
North. Is there no sympathy except epf
n negro2 No kindly feeling and no 49,
der word for the defenseless women ~
the South. who carry With them living
shame. IN a living death. IN NE an
too long for its mseries II II lasts ous
for a day.
submit: The policy OF the press at
the North IN condemning simply ina
Ivnchines while they maintain an omi-
nous and painful silence about the
crimes that provoke them. Is incend ary
IN the extreme as II encourages negroes
toa repetition. II IS worse than crusi
70 the broken-hearted victim and mo
community that has suffered dea'h IN JUS
tenderest relations.
WAY TO STOP THEM.
10 YOU ask me how these lynchings
can be stopped az the SOUTH I answer
promptly-iust as they can he stopped
at the North. and I'm no other way. stop
the outrages and the lynchings VIII cease.
! Continue the outrages. and the lynchlngs
will always follow. regardless Of threats
bv the law whether in Georgia. Mime
sofa. Illinois. Ohio. or other states
Is It forgotten that the people Of Mss
sachusetts. themselves. burned n negro
woman at the stake. who had been sim
ply suspected. and not convicted OF pois-
onng "A white man and his wite' We
can't tell what IS going to happen, even
Tod
Negro politics. IN my Judgment. az
taught during reconstruction and con-
tinued 10 the present day. seeking 70
dominate the white people ~ the South,
are responsible for most Of tho blood that
has been split the outrages that have
been perpetrated and the sorrows that
have come to the whites AMI negroes o.
the South. The course of the Northern
press is responsible for much of the re-
mainder. The South is a white mars
country and Il viii never be delivered
over 10 negroes whatever the power and
influence brought to bear 10 force this
fearful end
Let me say in conclusion. that the
relations between the races AZ the South
are in No sense alarming. Under God
We will work out the problem IN right
eous settlement for both races. II We are
left alone.
AlkNfl ] ~ lRl@fNS.
Bishop Annette. OF the A NJ. Z. church.
reminded his audience that while there
is one negro brute whose crime has been
so thriilIngly told. there are millions
who are not brutes. Many are true
Christian men. striving 10 elevate their
race The disagreement between tina
Ex-Governor and himself, he said, Is In
their view Of the principles Of ciyl! gov
eminent, the opposite ideas OF clE!
nberty-at Plymouth Rock and al James
town. lie cOntrasted the achievements
Of prominent white and black men and
asked which has travelled the .arthest
and achieved the most. The colored
, reople. In feeding and clothing then
children. while in school do far more
than the whites, who pay the teachers.
The blacks are doing pretty well for
30 years OF servitude.
OF crime he said: "The mass OF the
negroes repudiate II; they are ambitious
10 be men: they see their duty and are
dispO-e,. to be cordial and HARMONIOUS
with nj. who wish them WELL