The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-12-27
THE HENDERSON GOLD LEAF-TH|
LYNCHIN0S IN THE NORTH.

The recent dendish negro lynch
ings which have taken place North
of Mason and Dixion's line have at
tracted the attention and excited the
horror of law-abiding citizens. In
the South. which is the home Of the
negro and whore the white people are
his friends, there should be some
movement to protect the negro from
the bitter racial prejudice which ex-
lists among the white people of the
North. Not long ago there was an
organized negro hunt in New York
upon small provocation. Innocent
coIored people were mobbed and
beaten, although there was an ample
police force present. Indeed, it was
stated that the police joined in the
mob and aided in clubbing and beat
ing the unfortunate negroes, whose
only offense was their color. A short
time before that the anti-negro feel
ing in the North broke out in the
Carbonate coal region of Illinois.
and the negroes were treated with
great brutality. The only offense of
which they had been guilty was their
employment in the mines. A riot
took place; many negroes were killed
and the rest driven away. In the
South the negro is permitted to en-
gage in any occupation he may see
fit, but in the North for him to make
his living as a skilled laborer is not
tolerated. He can vote the Republi-
can ticket on election day, but there
his privileges end.
The most recent and dreadful ex-
hibitions of Northern intolerance of
the negro took place in Colorado and
in Indiana. In both these States the
lynchings were done openly, and it
was boastingly said that the ''best
people, took part in them. They
were not masked. and it is perfectly
we'll known, so it is declared, who
the men are that were guilty of the
horrible atrocities. The Colorado
lynching was unique among lynch
ings. The victim was captured and
| arrangements were made for his tax
| ing off with admirable decorum and
| order. Newspaper correspondents
were invited and time was given to
string wires and fix telegraph instru-
ments for their convenience. Then
the shrieking negro was burned at the
| stake, with nothing omitted which
ion"
And now comes the Indiana negro
| hunt and triple lynching with which
the approach of the holiday season
| was celebrated in the Hoosier State.
Two negro men who had murdered
white barber were taken from the Jail
and hanged to tree by unmasked
| men. The mob then went for third
negro, who was employed in hotel,
but were convinced by man who
had some sense of justice that this
! negro was innocent. But the thirst
for negro blood had not been quenched
by the two deaths on Sunday. On
| Monday the mob recognized and
event for'' the third negro, who had
been implicated in the crime by one
OF those first captured, and he was
| lvnched. There is said to have been
no attempt at concealment, and if
| this is true we shall see whether the
! lynchers are punished or whether
lynching is upheld in Indiana by pub
lie sentiment. All these lawless and
murderous doings did not take place
in some remote backwoods settlement
in Arkansas, where the arm OF the
law is feeble and people are some
! times driven from the necessities of
| the case to take the law into their
own hands. They took place in the
| centre of civilization in Northern
State, but a short distance from the
State capital. 1t really does look as
if there should be some organization
in the South to protect the defenseless
negro in the North from the ferocity
of the white people.-Baltimore Sum-