Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
PENINSULA FRUIT CROP. THE DELAWARE LYNCHNG
A Dover Paper Resents the
False Statements, an d
Gives Good Reasons for the
Lynching.

Lynching.
The last Dover. Del. Indcr says
Several of the out of the State news
papers have been busy the past week
maligning Delaware and her citizens.
Some of these papers know the contrary
of their statements to be true. and their
lies and abuse have served no good pur-
pose. Outside readers have been given
false impression and some of our own
citizens have been led to say foolish
things.
The lyuching of the brutal negro
White was but the just retribution
which must follow the crime. and the
color of the fiend had nothing to do
with the severity of the punishment.
White or black the being who could
commit such horrible deed is without
the pale of humanity, and no race
should claim him, much less defend
him. There Is no State in the whole
union where che rights of the negro are
better protected, and where there is less
disposition to persecute him because of
his color.
We go to neither of the extremes of
persecution or impossible social equality.
We have them with us and we do our
best to make their condition better and
to fit them for the citizenship which the
constitution unwisely imposes. And it
is not the native Delaware negro who
gives trouble. We are border State,
lately exploited by the rich corruption
ist, whose creatures use every unlawful
and dishonest means to gain their ends.
BY them the negro is corrupted, melted
to race hatred, and worst of all the
here for election purposes. From the
south comes the scum of the race flee.
ing to the more congenial north, and
from the north debaucked and danger
Gus product of the enemies of the race.
"a northern Republicanism, which teach
es him that he is as gvod or little bet
Delaware negro is indolent. fairly re-
spectful, peaceful and well treated.
Being ignorant he falls the easy prey to
the demagogue and lying scoundrels of
his own race.
White was product of Pennsylvania.
whose laws put rape upon an equality
with embezzlement aud larceny The
honor of her women, more precious
possession than life. is held in less
esteem than money or the reputation of
the ward heller
White was convicted of rape in that
State and got five years in the peni-
tentiary. and was then turned loose on
Delaware to commit the horrible crime
for which he was burned. In some re.
spccts we want to forget the night
mare of lawlessness and hot anger
through which we have passed, but we
do not want the lesson it has taught to
be forgotten. We would brand it ON
the memory of every man whose lustful
desires tempt him TO such crime and
blazon it on every tree and pole on our
borders that men coming into our midst
should know that Delaware manhood
stands ready to protect our women's
honor at any risk or sacrifice.
Let us show that true respect for law
and order for which native Delawareans
have always been noted, but let it be
known that neither abuse, threat, false
accusations or any other thing will
make us hesitate under like circum-
stances to deal out similar punishment
to the hellish breed of lustful brutes,
be they white or black. who are guilty
of the crime for which the murderer of
Miss Bishop was burned.