The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-13
I.ihc Cause. Like Ecsuli.


| 'i'.c increa-rd nu;nhc. II ly.c iur.
! n hpithern and Wcst,rn state c,,
s',ii!ent upon al increased numb: a
! orr 90, upon women has 1T cn:ti,
cured most northern papers Of their
habiiof dcnouncing lynchug a:are-
suit Of southern pcrvcr-ity. This i,
not an unmixcd gain. +, was all very
well to denouncc lynching. which is
almost always unnecessary; what tie
South objected to was the unlncasurcd d
dcnunciation Of the southern people
that accompanied the dcnunciation Of
lyncbing. The provoca,ion was ignor-
ed, and it was too often self righteous.
IS assumed that the northern people
were too good to lynch under like
rrovocation. Sympathy was also too
often expressed for the aggrcssor alone
and no} for his innoccn. aud hclp.css
victim
liut the recent numerous lynchings
- "' S'"e' ~ IoiHtS All over tnc nOrtn
show that violent assaults upon wo
men are not more admired in that sec
llon thar III the South. As respects
brutality, northern lynclicrs, it seems,
can give points to their southern bro.
ihcr5. The New York Evening Post.
which IN years past enjoyed greatly
'tcturing the South with superior
air on It's moral raIinfcriority, is at length
forced to l'!ush for it's own action.
Tie circumstances. it says, "of
the Lcavcnworth (Kan.l lynching are
most dishcartc1ing. The scene was a
large city of the free soil state. The
sheriff, intimidatcd by the mob, actu
ally brought the prisoner from the
comparative safety Of a country peni-
Tertiary to city Jail, having pre-
viously refused to avail himself of a
military force urged upon him by the
Governor. The lyching itself was of
tho most brutal sort. Five thousand
moddcned people watched the scene,
the children fought for the charred
fragments Of the wrctchcd victim-as
souvenirs. The city Of Leavcnworth
can no more be the same after such an
outbreak than can man who has
once seen red and killed his fellow.
The whole lynching business is. in
fact, not to be weighed by few mis-
cradle lives blottcd out, but by the
accompanying brutalization Of q pco.
pie. The spread Of lynching-a few
weeks ago in Colorado, now in John
Browns state-shows how little com
pctcnt it is FOR the north longer to
take the pharisaical attitude toward
the South in this matter
Lynching is as bad as it ever was
but it is to be feared that it will cease
TO attract the attention Of the north
crn moralitics, now that it cannot be
represented rs an cxclusivele South
crn sin. The Inspiration to its de-
nunciation in the past was largely
sectional and party hate. To the
laudable dislike Of lawless violence
was added the enjoyment of abuse of
the Southern neighbor, and it is to be
feared that without the latter the for
mcr will prove weak incentive. The
Post seems to confess that lynching
now has new sanction when it says,
pathetically, that "the John Browns
state shows how little contempt it is
now for the north longer to take the
pharisaical attitude toward the South
in this matter" "Pharisacial atti-
tudc' is good. But it is remarkable
that tho Post should be surprised at
any kind Of violence on the part of
the neighbors and admirers of John
Brown, who closed career of violence
and murder in Kansas by invading
Virginia with iron spears and guns, to
be distributed among the slaves for
the murder Of men, women and chill
dren.- Baltimore SIN.