The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
?!sie I;yncb:ra Question.

The continent about lynch:ng l!as
undergone q complete revolution at
the North. a few years ago the
Sam Fl 1se horror in Georgia produced
q long. fanatical howl Of horror
throughout the tolrtry. Today the
burning OF the black fend. White. in
Delaware, becomes an incident Of
ethical controversy rather than d text
for lamentation and abuse. How
nightly sentiment has changed. Here
for instance, is a Northern Presby-
terian minister preaching a sermon so
powerful against the rapist as to be
credited with having produced the
lynching. Here, for instance. is the
ministerial associa tion OF that dear,
sanctinonious city OF Philadelphi re-
fusing to pass resolutions condemnlng
the lynching.
Here. again, is the pastor OF the
First Congregational church Of that
erstwhile howl-center Of Chicago,
making in his pulpit the most logical:
coherent, and clear cut defense Oh
lynching that has ever been made IN
any section of the republic, and de-
claring: II would rather see a ctm-
munity wrought to the highest pitch
over crimes that would seem lmpos-
sible this side Of hell than to remain
apathetic under their commission"
Here is the fan GUS and eloquent Dr..
Lorimer, now of New York. but form
erly of the fremont Temple In Bos-
ton, speaking brave words, like these:
Instead of holding meetings to de-
nounce lynching, we should hold meet
ings with view Of forever stopping
blrbarous assaults on the women OF
our land. They are too frequent
and what wonder human nature boils
over before such bloody deeds? We
should make it plain-that white men
Will not tolerate attacks upon their
" yes and daughters. This is the
i~ perative duty Of the hour and |
trust it may not be overlooked by our
colored citizens in their talk about
racial prejudice. The lynching is a
regrettable affair, but the wanton
murder of a defenseless woman is
more so. This butcherv of our women
must be blotted out some way or
other"
Here is the radical Republican ST..
Paul Pioneer-Press, declaring we are
tired Of negroes and the negro prob
lem, and we are outraged with negro
preachers denouncing lynching with
out word of condemnation for the
negro beasts that cause them" Here
is the Minneapolis Tribune. equally
Republican saying: The wave of
black horror that is creeping over the
country will soon or late be met and
topped and whelmed by wave of red
horror that will leave the superior race
rid Of everything Of the inferior but
the brutal and barbarous passions and
habit the conflict has bred. The dark
horror that hangs over the South
is creeping across the Potomac, the
Ohio, the Mississippi, and menacing
the North as we'll
Here is the radical Kansas City
Journal, the organ Of bleeding Kan
sas.'' as it were, saying: THE negro
race is but one generation out OF
slavery. and but a few generations out
Of barbarism. When he reverts to
barbarism and commits crime
against womankind the punishment
will be fully as swift and horrible in
the North as in the South; Here is
General Isaac Weston, one Of the most
distinguished Republicans of Philadel-
phia, who is not afraid to say in a>pub-
lie meeting: ''If methods prescribed
by statute law, then since they are
necessary and will be had, you can de-
pend on it that society will get them
by the short cut
And here are The Sun, and The
Herald, and The Times of New York,
and The Dispatch Of Pittsburg, and
The Ledger of Philadelphia, and The
Record. Herald and even The Tribune
of Chicago, with whole host Of lesser
papers from Maine to California
speaking bold, true, wise words Of
stern and solemn warning to the ne
gro. Well. says the Atlanta News.
the times are changed. and it is to be
hoped that, "our brother in black
will change with them. Most of all
is the country 20 be congratulated that
the tone of the press and the platform
has veered from an indiscriminate
condemnation of lynching to a stern
and wholesome denunciation OF the
fearful crime that produces lynch law.
Upon this wholesome basis we may
at last hope better things.