The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-01
IMPORTATION FROM ABRoAD.

1nfOhHATIUN FROM ABROAD.
 The Minneapolis Journal gives us some information that we probably would not obtain from Southern sources. and some of 1t is of the character often alluded to as Important if true." Here is 8 speci- men:
 Some of the Southern cities and villages ly negroes out of that part of the coun- is right in line with the police. policy the ep eondiiionf sf that S % they get ont of town. own These negro criminals will not be in the North long before they will be rounded sparse spa I they % win me not % have pUpOfai such field for their evil work as in the South. It Is reassuring to potice. however, that the aery negro ee the e
 County Texas the whites have pledged protection to all orderly negroes. and the sr to tse S e msn snd to report to the authorities all vtolators of law among them. If this agreement is nveJ @ up ,,,. 10 on t notn S,des & there VIII & Se better condition of race relations.
 Now. to start with. we know of no city or village in the South which Is making efforts to drive It's negro population out, either to the North or elsewhere. There are communities in all sections of the South where the white people would glad iy speed the parting guest" If that guest could be confined entirely to the vicious. 'iaxy and disorderiy negroes who are to be found in all our towns. Our people might even contribute something towards paying the expenses of such characters if that would be any inducement. but there's no driving them North in any place of which we have heard.
 We can well believe what The Journal says about the negroes being rounded up" when they set to a Northern city and 1t is not in all cases the disorderly ones who are thus dealt with. These come in for the greatest share of rounding up because the Northern people are not as patient and forbearing with this class as Southern men are. We put up with a great deal from them that our friends of the North would not put up with. Any Southern city has at all times within its limits crowds of thoroughly worthless ne- groes who are worse than useless en- cumbranccs. and who would be rounded uP Att 1itOht oA0ST IT tNpy WCT6 b srate to almost any Northern or Western city and endeavor there to lead the lives they do here.
 Nor had we previously taken note of the action of the white people of Delta County. but if The Journal has not been misinformed the action of those people is to be heartily commended. One of the just causes of complaint which the in- dustrious and orderly negroes here have is that they have to suffer, both in treat ment and in public estmation, because of the acts and conduct of the vicious members of their race.
 We say just cause of complaint" for the negroes really have right to com plain, from one point of view. if the good and the bad among them are all held in the same estimation, and if the good ones have to suffer for the lawless and de- prayed. Looking at the matter from an- other standpoint, however. they have is too much comradery among them, too much disposition on the part of the best to shield and protect the worst If the good members of the race suffer for the conduct of the evil ones they can easily see why, 1t is so. if they care to inquire.
 It is from this point of view that the movement reported from Texas is com mendable. and why we should be glad to see 1t extended. The native Southerners, and especially the old slave-holders. are disposed to kindly treat and protect the better class of negroes. Such negroes can ensure both kind and just treatment from Southern men If they will exert them selves to suppress and aid in the punish ment of the vicious members of the race. When a negro down here commits a crime. and especially If 1t Is the crime for which they are oftenest lynched. 1t is rare that some other negro does not know. and it is more rare that the ne groes themselves could not find the guilty party if they would set about 1t.
 If they would do this, instead of so frequently using all their efforts to con- ceal both crime and criminals, there would be less crime among them, and their treatment would be much more kindly and considerate than they now get. They must rid themselves of the feeling that the negroes ought to stand together under all circumstances, and the good ones among them should realize that they are under as great obligations as the whites are to suppress both the crimes and the criminal classes of their race Such a realization would be vastly bene- hcial to the best members of the colored Deonle of the South