The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-10
FRIDAY. JULY 10.
RACE CONFLICTS-THEIR CAC>Es.

miliar headline. But ne -1"7 0i
Evansville, in that state, represents "
conditioT Of affairs which IS nothing
less than anarchy. All last nlSn- the
city was terrOrized by mobs OF whites
armed with the loot OF gun shops, seek
ing the lives OF every negro anu Deit
on blowing Up all the dwellings, III me
coIored quarter. The reason for THIS
fresh outbreak Of IN an
American city is simply rage al failure
To lynch a. negro who three days 9
was suirited away in time to save MN
from IawIeSS hanging or even burning. /
No white woman figures IN ta.S case
as in the Wilmington shame. Inc eN-
cuse Of the zone crime therefore falIS
again. as il has failed innurneraDle
times TO account for white
But matters have seemingly come 10
such a pass that lynch law must pre-
vail whatever a negrOS crime, ana 10
matter how many additional NEe5 must
be sacrificed in such an orgy OF passion
and of vengeance. There are some
more sinister features in the kValsNli!e
outbreak than in any thus far report
ed to bring discredit to our national
~honOr-arming of the blacks as Well ds
whites. the riddling with outlets o1
negro homes, and the sharp lln!nS up
Df one race against another. what Is
to come of it, if some authority cannot
soon be found to vindlcate the law, 10
punish mobs. and to make clear me ter
rible guilt OF such outrage l Whatever
town or state?
The above is an editorial from the
New York Evening Post, a republican
paper. What is to become OF II! Inc
Post asks. 1t cannot be denied that
the conditions in this country, NORTH
south and west. as TO the relations De
tween the two races is critical, moro
so at the north and west than at the
south. In our section it is the unWrlt-
ten Law that when a negro assaults q
white woman he is given swift ana
lust punishment at the hands Oh the
people without waiting for the Eorma~
procedure OF a court OF justice, but
there the work of the mob" ends.
There is no crusade against all the ne
groes in the neighborhood. The 1nro-
cent are not molested. They go their
way in peace. They are not made to
suffer for he deed OF the guilty
This fact was fully Illustrated j few
DAYS ago in the hanging OF the negro
i'm Union county in his state because
of his criminal assault on q white NO
man.
1t is not so with the people Of the
northern states. There a crime by one
negro infuriates the whites against the
whole black race and the mOb's usual
course is. after the lynching OF the cul-
prit. to turn its unbridled furry against
the entire negro population within rs
reach.
As another Illustration OF this diff
ference in the feeling OF the white peo-
pie of the two sections Of the country
toward the negro compare the action or
the white men of this city at the time
of the revolution" in 1898 with that If
the white men of Evansville. Indiana
In this city the domination OF the negro
and of his few white allies who were
urging him on 70 his unbearable con-
duct had gone beyond endurance The
citizens asserted their rights as free
born American citizens to throw off the
yoke Of tyranny and negro supremacy.
When this was accomplished the white
people quoted down 4 immediately
enthroned the statute law IN place OF
the law Of .'vcx populi." Order was re-
stored. No negro was afraid to walk
llit SNISSlS IL III $3.50
that race vas as safe on the streets as
any white man. How IS it at the north:
Take the states OF Delaware ana Indi-
ana. Contrast the action OF the white
people OF Wilmington tDel.) and Evans
willie. IN these cities the whites seem
determined 70 e~xter:ntrate the negro
population. In<the latter i : I war to
the knife and the knife - the belt be-
tween the two races Nothing OF This
kind ever occurs u the south. Here
is justice and fairness 70 the negro 50
long as he behaves himself. and Wen
he violates certain sacred rules rha u
prit and he alone suffers for his mis-
conduct.
Two classes Of people have done
more 10 .nju~e the negroes IS \ race
than any o-hers-the politician Y the
adyo-ac- : higher education anons
them. " believe II giving the negro
Il common school education. but We
have 20 patience with those who ere
continually harpins on the subject II
higher education" IS ! ! today called
There Is 20 sense n the cry for scien-
tifc education OF the negro 10 enable
him to shove the jack plain or weld
tre rfpsaw. Let those who wish to be-
cone mechanics learn their trade b.
apprenticeship as was the rule IN elder
times. We Go not believe in the heavy
taxation OF the white people If IN
state Ger the purpose of granting high.
er education" TO negroes. This fad tina
Governor Aycock and some others il
our state are trying to force upon tn