The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-07
THE NEGRO, NORTH AND SOUTH
What the New York and Axiom Riots
Teach.

The extraordinary riot at Akron, u,
ought 10 go q long way toward con-
vincIng the northern people that pre-
judice against negroes Is not confined
TO the south, and that under Ike con-
ditions a negro is just as likely 10 be
lynched in the north as in the south
In fact, the prejudice against the negro
is greater in the north h in the
south, and II he were as large a factor
in the population of that section as he
is in that OF his section. there would
be more negroes lynched there than
here.
We undertake 10 say that no such
riots as the one in New York last week
| and the one in Akron on Wednesday
could have occurred in 5nS south De
cause, in both OF them. chere Vas clear
ly shown on the part OF the lite peo-
pie a bitter hatred OF the nes When
a negro commits a heinou- -ense-
the offense for which a ms gener-
ally Iynched-in the SOUTH. crimi-
nal Is sought, and he alOI deak
with. There is no ind~iscrIn--Ha.e war
on the negro race. In the y York
riot negroes We're attacked sly be-
cause they were negroes. Many inno-
I Nt44N Z ~ go $4,000
even by the police. The police and the
populace seized the opportunity 10 vent
their pentup hatred OF the black race.
In Akron. the negro criminal would
nave been lynched If he had been
caught.If the mob had caught any ne
gro, however respectable, IL would nave
iynched him l. wanted a black vic
tim, and because il was cheated Of lis
desire il destroyed a great deal of pub
lie property and killed several white
persons and wounded a number OF
others.
The New York sun, in its issue of
last Tuesday, commenting on the riot
in that city, said: The southern pa
pers may reasonably demand that the
north clear its own skirts OF social dis
elimination against the negroes before
it begins TO accuse the south OF the
same injustice. The race prejudice is
really tronge here than there. and
undoubtedly the negro has a better
place in the field of labor in the south
than in the north"
1t is a source OF satisfaction that all
the race prejudice is not in the south
that in fact, there is more OF ii in
the north than in the south-oecause,
as long as the north insisted that only
in he south was there any prejudice
against the negro, there was TO prOba-
bility of a harmonious effort being
made 10 Solve the race problem. Now
hat the northern people are being
made aware that they could not get
along with the negroes as well as the
southern people do-that they would
lynch them for the crimes for which
they are lynched in the south, and
that they would not submit 10 having
them occupy the chief public Offices
it is probable that there will not be a
prompt attempt to punish those south
ern states which ave d~isfranchised the
negro or the states which may dis
franchise them.
The truth is, the race question is a
great question. 1t is also a trouble
some one. 1t is going to be more tru-
bleSome. The two races having equal
political and civil rights cannot Et
along together. The superior ace will
o submit to any domination of the
inferior race.-SaVannah News.
After so much has been written and
said abou the persecution of the negro
in the SOUTH, it seems inconsistent that
the northern people should have such a
riot with the negroes as has recently
ftaken place in New York. II seems
as if the northern people think that
the southerners should stand all kinds
of brutal treatment from the heroes
and not say a word, but as soon as one
commits an offense up there the whole
community in which ii occurs is up in
arms. For some of the crimes that
have been recently m on
southern women and children by bru-
tai negroes, lynching has been almost
too good for them. If Miss Jewett
would come down here in southern
Maryland where it is unsafe for a lady
to go out unattended, and where hey
are in constant dread of some awfu
attack, perhaps she o have cause
to alter some of her views. The let
ter that the northern girl" wrote the
other day betrays only the crosses
ignorance of slavery; and if northern
girl would like to be- just and chart
table, why not start a league in hel
own city to relieve the condition of The
thousands and thousands of white
slaves, those who work day in and day
out in crowded sweat-shops and fac
tories, n just barely manage to elk
out a miserable eXiStence? And why
doesn't she try and put ar INC to the
sending of little children out to worl
in the most miserable places, wheI
they should be at school taking ad'
vantage of the education established
all over the country. Verify their live!
are harde than the most prosecuted
slave that ever lived. Ask any negr,
that lived during slavery time
and nine times out of ten he will tel
you that those were his happiest days
Miss Jewett is not only making hersel
ridiculous by her Anti-Lynchin:
League, but h is doing a great dea
Of harm; for she is making the presen
generation of negroes believe that the,
are oppressed and fll-treated, and i
only tends to maxi them dissatisfie,
n revengeful. Her time would b
better spent if she should attend Z
affairs in the north, and Let the soutl
and the negroes take are of then
selves. Let the negroes behave them
selves and prove worthy Of the trus
and confidence that southern peopl
have put in them "a great many I
their sOrrow,) n | am satisfied tina
the negroes would be looked after an,
treated better in the south than any
where they could go.@Corresponden
Baltimore Sun.
Now that a serious riot has result
ed from an attempt 10 lynch a negr
in Akron, Ohio, the north has no long
er the shadow of an excuse TO bIam
l the south for its treatment of III
black man, said Mr.. Henry K. Cooper
: Of Cleveland. a C~hamberlin's las
night. Akron, you know, was 70