The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
TUESDAY. AUGUST H., 1900,
MoEE ON THE SUNS rEEVEsEsIoN


The extracts from the New York Sun
dealing witt, conditions IN the South which
I'VE have twice quoted and commented upon
in the past week rouse our gorge so greatly
that we cannot forbear 20 discuss them
still FURTHER They contain more food for
thought than anything which mas been IN
any newspaper fer ] long time because
they ara written by man reared in an
atmosphere charged with all tina Clements
thai We're artagonistic forty Years ago to
Southern institutions and civilization, and
with ali that inspired urejudices thus IA
ycrabls to Northern ideas and civilization.
What especially arouses us is Tie state
merit that there is condition OF intoier-
ancs in the South that forbid. men who
have opinions at variance with the opin-
tons of the majority from giving atSeratice
to those opinions. This IS not a iacI ana
the prevalent idea that ii is a fact Is a
source OF incalculable injury TO The South
The candid SoutheIaer viii admit that
forty years ago there was some justilica-
ton for this charge. The ease of life begot
by slavery strongly contributed 10 fndi-
vidrai independence, and this individual in
dependence took the direction III the South
OF duell.ns Had lieliiIs Been confined in
the South, as tbs institution was intended,
10 the sincere and earnest man who ire
conci!abiy differed, the institution might
not have had such bad consequences; but,
as belonged to it; nature, it became the
tool in trade OF the bully and this grew
into Intolerance that me sincere ana peace
able man of the South submitted to rather
than become involved in disturbances. But
the Civil War put an end 10 all Of this. Il
showed, among other things. that the quiet
peaceabla men We're those upon whom the
country had to Lean when truo courage
was required, and it showed the dueiling
bully in his rue character OF {. buffer and
fraud. When these tive characters We're
thus conrasted by III. terrible ordeal Of
the Civil War, the bully and his duel be-
came the object Of the Southern mans
scorn and contempt and the institution
disappeared here far more effectually than
any Cars ukase could have driven it
away The pistoling business ended with
the war, and is NOM dead IN the South
as it il anywhere else. Intolerance ended
opinions as freely in tho South as they do
anywhere eise. We want the New York
Sun to take q special note of this fact, and
10 inform Itself and learn that men are as
free to express their opinions, whether
popular or unpopular l.; The South, as they
ara anywhere else IN this nation.
So much for thai phase OF the Suns ar
t.c.e that dea.s with Southern character.
We want to say word now of that part OF
il which is suggested by Northern charac-
ter The Sun holds out us. as either an
inducement or :. threat, tha. We can't get
Northern capital 10 come here ana develop
our resources Il we keep up the disturb
ailces tha, fraudulent elections generate
There comes in the commercial idea that
with the sun and its friends is TO be su-
prerat =. everything. But we tell the Sun
that there are some things valued by
Southern people FAR ABOVE conlsnere.alism,
capita. income and all that belongs 10
them The purify Of their homes and the
cleanliness Of Their lives ara placed by the
peopir of the South far above everything
that the Sun would suggest in It's reference
and would be los. if the Southern people
could consent to have their homes domi-
mated by the brutal mob OF ignorant and
9,esiiaf negroes thai The Sun and its
friends hava unwtseiy converted into vot-
ers Ne cannot say this without adding "a
qualifying remark With all its leaning
towards com,nercial,sm we do not believe
iia. the Suns writer, If he lived in the
South. would practice What he breaches.
we believe that a,e would join with his
white brethren Of the South. hears and
SOU. In pursuing the course which they
pursue: and ne writes as he does. 10 our
great INJURY and injustice. because he
docs not understand the case. Let him
come here among the southern people and
so5ourn with them short time. and he will
sind all his views on this subject under
going charge. ..sa.,.-.--.-.-s