The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-01

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s.. ..s>i Try them in equal
Justice, for in this she is pledged
| in honor and in gratitude; she
must carry them even unto the
end, for in human probability
she will never be quit of either. "
Can the South stand alone ir
the solution of this problem:
This question has puzzled the
wisest heads and perplexed the
clearest brains of our nation. 1t
has been discussed in every leg
islative body in this country. 1t
has been talked about and writ.
ten about until the subject is
thread-bare. There are no new
points to be brought up, but only
a repetition of those discussed sc
often before.
The South cannot stand alone
in this great work which Provi.
dence has put upon her. She
will need the support'of all sec
tions and the sympathy of the
whole country to accomplish the
desire end. The South accepted
the trust put upon her and will
execute it faithfully. With moth
ing to guide her but justice and
honor. she will meet every con-
dition as it arises. There is not
a single instance recorded in his
tory where two dissimilar races
have lived side by side in peace
before. The American. Indian is
a fair example of this. Rather
than live by the side of an alien
race, he had rather spill the last
drop of his blood than endure
the encroachment of the for
eigners.
The South should be com
mended rather than reprhnanded
for the manner in which she has
treated her former slaves.
Since the bonds of slavery were
unfettered in '65, the South has
given the negro race every ad-
vantage, both industrial and edu-
cational, which the white race
itself has enjoyed. The South
has held theIconfdence and won
the gratitude of the inferior race
and at the same time maintained
a social barrier which shall
never be crossed and which
shall ever be held sacred even
bv President Roosevelt. In
spite of her kindness to the
weaker race, the South has been
charged before the bar of pub
| lie opinion with brutally and in
humanity treating many of them.
This accusation has arisen from
the lynching Of some negroes
who have committed crimes so
brutal that the pen can never
describe nor the Imagination
picture: so savage that it places
the offender beyond the cate.
cory of human beings; so unjust
that the criminal deserved no
trial by jury. Nor does the
South stand alone in mob vic,
lence, for lynchings have occurr-
ed in nearly every section of the
country. The lawless acts OF
mobs in Ohio, Illinois. and New
York will go down side by side
in the history of crime with
those of Texas, Georgia and
Carolina. The criminal alone is
responsible for the treatment
administered to him, nor is any
punishment, however severe,
undeserved.
Southerners have always been
distinguished for their devotion
to their homes, and have never
considered life too dear or peace
too sweet to lay at the altar OF
sacrifice for it's protection. And
when the deadly news is flashed
through a community that a
home has been spoiled-has
been robbed of it's virtue-that
father, husband or brother has
been slain, and mother, wife OF
sister left worse than slain,
then. I say, ] care not how quiet
a community may be, nor how
prompt the officers of the law
may be, nor what barriers may
be thrown around the prisoner,
Inothing will be strong enough to
keep the criminal from being
brought Immediately to justice.
History teaches US that edu,
cation is the strongest means by
which crime can be checked.
lLet US educate the negro. The
South stands already head and
shoulders above every other
section in conferring this price