The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
SUME PLAIN TALK
TO TIE NEGROES FROM A
NORTHERN NEWSPAPERS.
II Says Very Emphatically That the
Negro Wild Beast Kust Be
Put lown.

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Negro Wild Beast Rust BE
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In 5fssussinp the recent race riot at
Atlanta the Northern papers gener.
ally have taken o very calm view of
the situation. There is 9 notable ab-
senca of abuse Of the South. The
| inl]nylnp from ahe Philadolphia Led.
ger ts q fair sample Of the comments
of the Northern press on the race
problem In the South, and 1t would
be we'll for the negro to take notice:
A dozen years ago it was the fash.
ion for Northern newspapers and "or.
gans Of opinion" to denonpce the
South for lynchings, and to try to
make it apper that tae Southern peo-
ole were a band Of semi civilized crsa.
lures, to be carefully differentiated
from their brethre1. Of the North.
The North had no word but that OF
unmeasured horror of the Southern
ers, ,Lnd it was ususl to say that it was
the innate savsgery OF the white
wh!lh led them to lynch and to burn
even when there we're no attacks on
white women. In fact, for long
time the assertion was rereatedly
made THAT the reports Of the heinous
attacks on women were wildly sZag-
gerated and circulated for The purpose
uf iustitying the lynching due to race
hsvred.
within recent years this libel is not
heard 30 often. within the past few
weeks the lynchings In South Caro-
l,ns which Gov. Heyws7d tried In vain
! tn rrevent, vera the results OF at.
tacrs nm fefenceless women. At At-
lanta there Is 2 record of thirteen
hi6e,ous assaults upon white women
hv neoro vacab5nds within two
u,or,ths q, that number one was csp.
tnrad and put to death and the rest
asoan.d Tha final chapter was the
recr,rd oq jsst Thursiav. when four
attacrs were ,nsde In the city limits
nnon women bv negroes.
IT'he North no longer considers the
sontI7 as in a class apart, because 1t
nnderstands the facts, and for the bet.
for reason that the North now has q
ssvsce record of it's own. In Whining
ton. Del. on Saturday, q negro was
vhtpDed and began TO serve life sen
tence fer attacking Two women In the
halfway: in Melda the Judge only the
osher day sentenced another; In Will
minctop only a, couple of years ago
praetically the whole city turned out
IN 1esieoe the county isil and to burn
at the stake the wretch who was
wrestad from the prison guard.
In thea cases, IL it be said that the
moh 6iresta6 its fury toward the cul
prit alone and spared the innocent, IL
h onlv necssasry to point to tbs race
riots in Springfield. OHIO, where Div,
fnrv oP the naonls WAC directed aggtnst
thr nnrro ponrlau;,n, Il Ia therefore
,eo,ssery for the American peopla to
rsc 1onize two facts yery clearly: That
an-onc thu Ameriosn negroes there is
= yerv considersble element of as dan.
soro,;s and as dscraded human beings
as Exist on the planet; and thas wher.
ever anv considerable body of negroes
live there is slVsys danger of an out.
hreak of race hatred and savsgery
which actually lowers the character OF
the whole people.
Thesa outbreaks will occur, and 1t
Ia now pretty we'll underatood by the
people Of the North, from their own
experience, that II negroes persist II
pttackipg women phe law will break
down, It is easy to theorize on the
subieot and 10 deplore this prtmevai
e.vererv and this lamsntable aud dan
gerous disregard Of the law, but as Z
matter of fact We now know that un-
controllsble race hstred will result
from the hideous outragss. What is
to bs done about it?
There is only one thing as &pp9ll
ing ss these outbreaks, aud that l.
the seeming impossibiIity OF solving
the problem involved in the preaencg
of 10000 900 people lately from the
vfldS OF Africa dwelling among 10,
0C,O 600 people of another race, color
and c,viljzhtiou. Asa bsginning to q
serious consideration Of the question
nothing better has bean said than the
warning Issued by Booker Washington
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