The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
Object Lessons to the North of Us.

nuEtIul form .OI injustice 10 lAe hAAtS
people OF the south by their wholesale
criticism and abuse whenever in spe-
riaI or particular instances, a negro has
been made 4 victim of a mob.
The New York Evening Post says
that news OF IA. negro riot on the
West Side viii b. -ead with satisfac-
tiOn by most people from the Potomac
TO the Rio Granie." Perhaps so. II is
possible to regret the occurrence and
AT the same time feel degree OF sat
isFaCtion that the scene OF the event
was next door. as l. We're. 10 those
mighty moral engines OF northern civ
ilization which for 4 generation have
been holding all the southern people
responsible for every OutraEe commit
ted by irresponsible criminals. as VOL
as for the taking cI of every negro
criminal whose beastliness 10 man
can endure.
II IS possible. as we have said. 90
feel a decree OF satisfaction that in
the center Of wealth and culture the
people have had IN object lesson cal
culated 20 assure them that tho exc
ccsses OF n mob outstrin cll the lc-al
methods Of procedure which society
has invented for preserving peace our
northern brethren have 70 some extent
outgrOwn the violent ordinations
ald rec-iminati0ns that once marked
their attitude toward the south Fif-
teen years ago the recent episode IN
New Orleans would have been paraded
for months rs On evidence that life and
liberty gre lightly regarded 7t the
south. arl capitalists and Immigrants
would have received Ten thousand SOL
emn WARNINGS that they would 10 wei
20 avoid this barharous sec-ion.
Many thouehtfuI southern people.
and not q few uprtheruers. have PEE
lievef that the northern newspapers
were subsidized nv Tho western and
transco-tinental raiiwaye. and that the
ISLANDERS az the south. So widely c'rcU-
lated. were not only political in thc.r
nature hut were evolved -slth - cNe
70 busI-rss We have been ccl- sled
20 suppress many c0mmun. .2tions
dealing with this view % the subject
We have never been able t0 bring our-
selves to the point Of believing that
any newspaper at the north was 81
snreIy I'm nccd of money That it could
h. hired 10 slande- Americans living
south % Mason and DixC1's line o.
rent It's columns ~ transportation lines
for the purpose ~ dive-tin- iumisra-
ton. Yet. when we take into consider
alton an the circunstanCes il cannot
he denied THAI the suggestion Is p'oUs-
fbTp enough TO attract the attention
or those Who take q morbid view ct
human nature
That We were correct II giving q T
republican editors credit t1r homo
in their remarkable Efforts 20 njure
the hurruer- interests ant prospects
OF p large mart # thc countr- is shown
Iv tie changed tone since events have
b-o~rh- home - chem the fact that
human nature IS petty much The same
the world over. = mob in New York
CITY is as reckless and rs unre3soning
rs a mob in New Orleans
The Nail and Express. 2 republican
organ remarks that f awaits south
ern comment. With lis "C0y defense
the assurance that no man and no Wo-
man among Our more than three mill
lions who claim place IN the ranks
Of decent citizenship. VIII attempt for
a moment 70 een1Que the aulnga Cf this
army Of E00d.uL
Very we'll. bur what = pity that the
republican newspapers in the past have
not mcte,t ont To the southern People
the decree Cf justice thai Tho Mall
and Express practically pleads for. u
svas such an easy. such an honest thing
- do, We Il uk we can assure our
contemporary that no southern news
rane- will go 50 fl~ cs 20 held al the
Do0rIe OF New York responsible for
thfs iudiscrfminate attack ol the nc
gro p1puIation. This would be prcDcs-
,erous on the face OF things n-C-
rcsrerors as the effort OF the northern
newsDane-s during z long series Cf
wears Ia hold the southern people re-
snorsfbIe for similar outbreaks in this
section
The Evening Post admits thai "Eew
York would undoubtedly be Disgrace
nv fr~ worse rIce riots IL the negro
element was - large 4 factor in the
ronuIrfion IS & Is IL New Orleans.
T-he truth Is that II the negroes were
"a emirrate 10 the north in large num-
hers they would either have 20 leave
o- be destrOvcd-not because the
whites there ara specially vicious or
cruol hut because they are not familiar
with the negroes. have TO arp-ec-1tlon
of tbeir raefaI peculiaTities and no
sympathy for them
WrlT We N1ltsA " - AANN ~--N
- ,ba S0uth-that can be outlived-
hut 10 the p-etense that n few genu-
inc philanthropists OF the north rep
resent the spirit and purpose OF t1e
whole northern population. Hypocrisy
can never be made TO cut pretty
fcure anywhere. No amount OF indi-
viduaI philanthropy can hide or ex-
cusa the fact that the great body OF
the northern people have been taught
bv their theaters, their comic peFiodi-
Gals and their sensational newspapers
10 place the negro race in the same
category with monkeys and beasts.
They are not men and women, but
.coons." One has but 20 read the
foxes attributed 10 the race or listen 70
the words and lines of the horrible
.srag-time" songs TO know the low es-
innate placed on the. negroes In the
north. This estimate is emphasized by
the fact that the negroes are not al
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