New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-18
CarSE or NEGRO OUTRAGES.
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA ATTRIBUTES THEM
TO LAwLRss CONDUCT OF COL
oRED TROOPs-CONDUCT OF MOB
crRONGIY CONDEMNED
STRONGLY CONDEMNED.

STRONGLY CONDEMNED
Atlanta March 17-Governor Gambler is bitter
in his denunciaton Of the Palmetto AIHr re
attributes the trouble 10 the fact that negro ''s'
ments have been passing through the country. anu
the sight Of them has stirred III lhe i"'"' Va NV
negro a spirit Of holiness.
.srho Palmetto outrage was ms deplorable as II
o bloody and cowardly." said the Governor 1T
&c true the town was burned In the night titne' on
danrernc the lives OF all its women ana cHln'ei'
Il Is true that had offered heavy rewards Tor the
annrehenslon Of the ncendiarles. and that these
negroes had been arrested and some OF them mad
corfossed their guilt and implicated the others IN
tho crime But II was coWardly and barDarous 10
slaughter them az this mob did. for they had neeh
arrested and were IN the hands OF omcers Oh lns
law awaiting a committing trial Inc IA" WIS
adeouate FOR their punishment, and there was 10
doubt Of their speedy trial and punishment II con-
vlcted. 49,.
Until recently there was no race friction IN 'h'
State. The Georgia negro IS not naturally vicious
nor predlsposed to the commission "i d'roO.'"9
crimes This was demonstrated during hundred
wears OF slavery The Georgia white man Is not
his enemy. as he has had abundant reason TO know
e,rcc he became a free citizen. Such outrages as
this nover or seldom, occurred in this state TIL
regiments OF insolen drunken negro soldiers tne
scum Of the dives Of the cities North ana south
were quartered here and there In the StaIo anu
elsewhere.
y
o,,traged women I'm broad daylight. Another gang
81 drunken vagabonds IN Macon dehed and tried TO
fire on the police For. months anotner teFtneC 81
these lawles5 vagabonds wearing the uniforms 81
f-nited states soldiers terrorizod Chickamauga ana
me town OF Iytle. in North Georgia, 70 say no1n-
ing Of the Griffin episode and other similar OCCUR
| rences They had to be escorted through eVerg
Southern city through which they passed. i.i'e ~
they were discharged, by battalion or poHce, 10
| prevent their ootlng the stores and terrorzihs
| the people . v,.... .-,,tr, y nd
| many other similar crimes committed IN HtoTGIt
| nv negroes during the last few months are que 10
| the baneful influence and example OF theSe law
| less rowdles. who disgraced the uniforms tney
| wore This is the primary cause or an tnrst
troubles still this does not justify the boony ana
! barbarous retaliation Of Leesburg and Palmetto.
! ''The white men who participated IN these san
culinary dramas are as unjustihabie 1or Ineir an,
duct as the negroes they lynched. Both are DIS
| grace to our civilization and reproacn 10 gu,
State and all the power OF the state sha De 9sto
! ~ prevent a recurrence OF such crimes ana 10
| punish the perpetrators ~
Palmetto. Ga. March 1.-THE Capital City
! Guards. OF Atlanta who were sent here yesterday
To aid in preserving order started for home at noon
| to-day John Bigby, OF the negroes severely
wounded bv the party OF lynchers, Is stu alive.
| The other wounded men Will recover: NO action
| looking 10 an Investigation or the aHalr mas yet
| been taken by the county authorizes