The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-07-11
The Only Race War. Are In
| The Northern States.


The outbreaks IF violence between
Northern States are the mos, astonishing
events of the past few months, aud the
scenes enacted in mary respects resemble
those which were the subject of su
much denunciation by Northern people.
Southern States.
There is great difference between these
uprisings as they occur in the North and
in the South. In the Southern States
there is nothing that can be characterized
as race war in the outbreaks of violence
there. When atrocious crime is com
nitted by negro or negroes in a Southern
community, the people turn out in body
to arrest the guilty parties, and this being
done, the uiscrean,s made the objects
of instant and terrible popular justice, but
there IS no attcmp, or desire to trouble
groes unconnected with the ofense. 1t is
only against the guilty that public indigna-
ton is aroused.
In Northern communities, on the con-
trary, the preparation of atrociOus Of
Tense by negro seems to feelin gs
of race hostility. The two races imme-
dia.ely come in violent conflict, and the re-
suit is that there is open war between the
two. This the case II: Belevile, H.;
at Peoria, in the State; at Wilmington,
Del; a, Evansville, Ind and wherever
there has been trouble of that sort in the
Northern States. 1t does nol appear
whether this is the result of race prejudce
or because the negroes in Northern COM
munities rise up body to defend the
criminals of their race. 1t would he de
sirable to find out the truth in these mat
tiers.
The fact cannot he too fully dwelt on
that no such condition state of affairs
eNis, in the Southern States. Here the ne
groes do not band together to protect a
ravisner or murderer, and matter of
course they are not troubled and are in no
danger OF being interfere! with. They live
on terms of entire frie' d>hp anil security
with the whites, anu they know that only
criminals Of their race Objects of indig-
nation.
These conditions exist in communities
where the negroes may he, and often are,
in a large ma gritty, while in the North the
race conflicts occur where the whites vastly
The negroes. In Be!.evilic the ,
white population is over 1000. while thy. !
negroes number only few hundred. In !
Peoria there are $1,000 whites TO l,5''n ne /
yrocs. In Wilmington there are SONG
10" 900 whites and 10000 negroes, and at
Evansville there are 52,oDo whites AMI
!, 900 negroes Under these conditions, un-
e>s the negroes rise t., 81, frnu criminals ut
heir race. there should be no reason to in
tertc,e with which to the e>tent that it
oulL produce the conditions described Il, i
ace
The news comes tonight THAI trouble has
lready occurred ami more is expected in
>ansas, where there ha, been large influx
f negroes to " ok in harvesting the whcai.
his seems TO be collision between the
'hite and negro harvesters, and is in the
AZURE OF labor trouble and has not
rown out of any crime. There shoul be
O reason, under such conditions, for any
-,ious trouble since the saving of The wheat
rnp, hich mrst he done in limited time, /
,king advantage of the weather, which is I
OF always favorable, is of the nature Of {
met gency work, and there should be entire
arnony among the large numbers of work
IS required to do it.
The race troubles in the North seem to {
eur under conditions radically different !
ON those in the South THAI the fact should !
noted and given due consi Iteration by 6
ate snnen and Philanthropists.