New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-11
THE REV. MR.. COLLINS AND LYNCENG.
Substance Of the Views He Expressed at
Scranton.
% the Editor o. The Tribune


Sir: In your issue Of February -. a clipping %
which lies before me- in article headed Pastor
for Lynching" you DO me an injustice. and also
the honorable gentlemen composing the Southern
Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, before whom
I spoke
E1rst-AIy address IS Port Deposit. and havs
never lived IN Poeomo City. place that IS not in
existence.
seccnd-I did not "denounce." nor have ever
denounced" President Roosevelt, whom regard
as the greatest and bese President We have had
since lincoln and who bids fair TO be know as
the greatest living ruler within the next four years
Third did not advocate ever have advo-
Gated lynching; nor do see how any sane man
who loves God and his country can advocate IT.
What did say would require more space than
You can allow me IN your columns. as spoke for
about half hour. But that part Of my speech to
which your item refers might be summarized a.
follows;
F4rst-The one great overwhelming question that
confronts the Southland IS the negro question
Second-Presdent Roosevelt. much TO the regret
OF the South has committed three acts Official acts
that irstead OF helping the Southern brother soVs
his didicult question have added 70 the difficulties
OF the solution; these three acts the very best
friends OF the President IN the South regard al
grave mistakes upon the part Of-the President
which he. IN their judgment, would not have eon-
rtted II he had only known the real feeling al ma
South.
Third-The North does not understand the South
nor the Southern mans attitude 70 the negro.
Fourth-The Southern na-- - me best friend ths
negro has IN this country to-day shown IN the faf
that the Southern negro Invariably goes 10 taS
former slave owner or his when il trouble, u
preference TO the carpet bagger'' his SUCCESSORS
and by the further fact that the Negro has al
opportunity TO work ct trades Of al kinds N ne
South. from many OF which he would ts declared
if he attempted the same work alongside or ane N
competition With the white man at the North
FIfth-Does not Iynchng prove the reverse OF
- p0f fuai
South nor is it confined to the negro The same
crime, committed North South. and committee
by white or black man. would meet the same NAls-
q gave the details of Just such crime, detai's
that the newspapers cannot print, nor even ann
at. and asked them what would have happened =
Scranton if such crime had been eoHi'a'''-"
sixth-The North. me- kaowi-s tss e. 591 ,5s
tons at the South, adds to the difficulty oI- ai
negro against the outraged victim Columns ~
devoted 70 the horrors of lynGhns Win sea' tset
caused the lvncbng
Seventh-The Southern man in the North must
act as peacemaker between the sections. by qulely
stating rs facts to the men with whom ns ul.Lss
his section OF the country our glorious country
can never De truly one until al! sec','S Ss,'Iisr
let the diuerent sections settle taelr own Yst
problems as best they can in their own V ~ n
compel Massachusetts by national LEGISLATION -
settle the frequent strikes and troubles or ~ ~
ton 20 compel Pennsylvania 70 settle her an'2 3-
cite troubles according 70 southern u.s. p5S,7slI-
vana to attempt by national legislation % conset
the South 70 settle the negro question -'co'
the ideas OF Massachusetts and PenuSS ~ Al.I.
When the NortA !evrns the sre-l tIyl. '.5' IN
men at the South are Just as wise, Just 1S ,Cv-I
/ ScientiouS. Just COd-feaTing and lust aS 49,
10 our country the North dare be. we VIII $50
made far step toward national mlienH--,-l-
Until then il is the duty Of every southern E1s
who has made his home i'm the North go 20 -
among his associates in business in politics tVe
religion that they cannot but see and say. ~ -
II you a sample of a Southern gentleman '-''
are pretty good set, after all ~,
VAUGHAN 8 COLLINS
4 Pastor Tc..e Meme. ID ~. ~. ..aiti'
Port Deposit. Md, March s 1860