The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
NIhILIsn IN DISGUISE.

Since the assassination OF FFes-
ident Mckinley, public attention
has been directed toward the hot
oeds Of Nihilism, through whose
propaganda murder and laWlessness
have been fostered and encouraged.
Vigorous measures have been Ad-
opted to stamp out all Vestages Of
the hydra-hsaded monster Eihilism
and in all probability such measures
will be successful. The we'll being
of society, American civilization n
as We are taught 30 regard it in its
manifestation Of morality. justice
and enlightenment, the fair name
of the nation and the very life of the
republic depends upon the vigilance
with which law abiding citizens
hunt down and punish Law breakers
and propagatOrS Of riot and law
lessness. CzolgOsz the persOniic-
alton of the diabolism Of Eihilism
the tool Of wicked marplots and
enemies of stable and enlightened
government is no greater enemy to
mankind than others who are wear
ing the livery OF respectsbiity to
serve the devil in, and who arssow-
ing the seeds Of discord, sectional
and race hatred, mobism and soCiEl
spa political murder. In this con-
section it would not be out of place
to mention twoinstances represent
alive Of the class latterly referred
to. A few days ago no less a per-
sOn&gs than the editor OF the
louisville Courier Journal in oom-
nentinK upon the Booker 7. Wash
ingtOn, incident at the White
House stated th 1t he was sorry for
Mr.. Washington. since it WAS he
who would have to " pay the freight'
and on Wednesday last that arch
fiend traducer "Calaban 4" rillman
stated that "ths action of President t
Roosevelt in entertaining that mig
ger will necessitats our killing =
thousand niggers in the esouth before
tkey will learn their place sgsIn.''
Without entering into 3 discus
sion as to the prOpriety or wisdom
of President RooseVeIt's noble and
generous treatment of Mr., Wash
ingtOn, except to venture the
assertion that it was one Of the
nOblest acts Of his life, we call at
tsntion to the manifest attempt on
the part of two Of the most repre-
sentative men Of the south to
fOmsnt discord, intensity race pre-
judice and incits laWlessness and
murder. In the language of the
Courier JOurHaP which is the more
reprehsnsible and cOWArdly OIL
account of it's apparent equiVOeation
the suggestion is to make Booker
Washington pay the frsight' which
means, if southern me hOds have
not undergone marked revolution,
Shat Washington is to be harrasssd
in every conceivable way and bis
life aud the existanos of the school
over which he has charge endang-
cred if not directly assalled. The
language ct rillman is characteris-
tic and bold in its meanness and
its effrontery. DE has expressed
openly what the other has limited
~ and in either case has done great
mischief aud emphasizes the atti-
tude OF the South toward the
government as we'll as toward the
cOlored race.
The language abogs referred to is
Nihilistic Of the most venomous
character. Il is even worse than
Nihilism for Nihilism is hatred
toward a form Of government, but
this disposition on the part of the
southern editor and southern Sen4-
tor expresses hatred toward a de-
fsnssless race struggling to take
on the highest forms of civilization
and steadily and surely moving
toward tho plane of approved
citizenship, manhood aud woman
hood. It advises riot, murder aud