Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-27
CHANOlER'S VAIL.

can party of New Hampshire relegated
him and prints a communication near
" two-columns in length in the New
York Sun. In the course of his long
screed Mr.. Chandler makes such dec
larations as this:
Until recently attempts have been
r ade to lead the world to believe
that these frequent lynchings Of color
ed people were confined to cases
where women We're assaulted, and pun
ishment by mob-murder in every case
is declared by prominent citizens 70 De
iustifable in order to save the Wo-
man from testifying in open court.
But of late the colored men have been
lvnched for all kinds Of offenses, large
and small. Lynchings are on the IN
crease and have become so frequent
as to make true the general PROPOSE
ton that in the United States colored
persons when accused of crime are not
arrested indicted. tried by jury ac-
cording to prescribed forms and whea
convicted punished by the regular of-
ficers OF the law but they are seized
and put to death by lynch law and
mob violence.
There is not negro in the south
but what knows that Senator Chand-
ler grossly misrepresents the white
people Of the southern states. The
negroes themselves know that there
al few lynchings of negro men except
for assaults upon white women. and
if white man rapes a white woman
he meets the same fate. Occasionally
a negro commits a bFHal nardeH. and
undel the excitement produced by
the Nervousness OF the murder, the
murderer is lynched if caught before
the enraged people have time to cool
down TO the point to allow the law to
take it's course and the execution to
occur legally. But cases of that kind
are the rare exception. Judge Lynch
does not sit in trials in the south ex
cept in crimes committed by the lower
element Of the negro race There is
nevel aAy trouble between t'e A,bi.es
and the better element Of negroes.
They g1t along amicably together in
DO. mess relations, and there
are 10 o;aer relations between The
whites and negroes. and no other re-
iations ale ever attempted by the bet
ter element Of negroes. T#cY -
rot esi2e it.
The trouble Is with DE - eIs
mert. and the negroes of the south
know tn:s TO be true The negroes
" ho Rave arisen 10 distinction are not
those who are seeking social equality,
nor are they attempting to run the al
faas Of state. They never fail to
advise the younger negro i TO
honorable and to lead upright, moral
lives. not seeking social equality. but
emulating the examples Of the better
clement Of the whites. and doing all
they can 10 elevate themselves and
families to higher standrds Of social,
moral and Christian life.
At the recent meeting OF the grand
lodge Of negro Masons OF Arkansas
in Pine Bluff, there was much splendid
advice given to the younger negroes
by the older men, and if they heed
it they will make useful citizens. Not
only did these older negroes give the
younger people OF their race some
splendid advice, but they gave the
people OF the nclth some 81 tap5
f4r their outrageous slanae3s II The
southern people. In one ii ais talks
Mos A. CLARK sland ma9te4 said
No country IN the word presents
such Wonderful facilities for the tuII
.-v4lcpus ert II our race as does this
southern c7r3tIy. Here Eog az ac-
4usinted With each other You see
s.'oessittes that tend to build rs up,
..d can lay hold and utilize the de
canls that nerfectIA annreciatad Will