The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
REMEDY PROPOSED
no SAVE OUR WOMEN FROM
BLACKBRUTEs.
The EDITOR Of The Georgian Writes
Powerfully on This ALLAH.
sorbing Question.

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the South the Atlanta Georgian says
we have learned the great truth that
lynching docs not stop the crime
against u women. We have reached
by elimination the conclusion that
other experiments must be tried to
intimIdate tue criminals Of the negro
race. O 9 of the most hopeful Of these
experiments seems to DO q statute au.
thoriz'ng tho mutilation Of the crimi
nal and the branding of him on the
forehead with the letter "R," signtA.
can't of his crime and making him an
object of suspicion for the rest Of time
The other experiment Ia to devise
some Q and mysterious form of pun.
ishment wrapped In darkness and In
mystery which will appeal to the tor
ror and to the superstition Of the
criminal negro.
But beyond these and above these
and more potential than all others, is
the stern and insistent demand of our
white civilization that the leaders OF
the negro race shall give us from this
time forth that co operation which
they have heretofore refused. The
South is growing Indignantly tired Of
negro TRADES In central cities against
the lawleRsness Of .lynching. We are
tired of negro platitudes and resolu
,ions against the injustice OF the
South toward the negro. And we have
utterly lost patience with these pacl.
fo preachments which cry cut for law
and order on the part Of the white
man, while they spend nc time nor
breath nor effort In laundering. to
their own people the earnest and pas
sionate denunciation Of these crimi.
nails who make the chief tension and
the deadly friction between the RS
CeS.
Now see hera: The South has for Is
years befrieDded tho negroes In every
prattical way. We have helped to
sustain their schools, we have buried
their dead and helped to maintain
their living sometimes In idleness and
sometimes In want But now az
unit In the mass Of Southern senti-
ment, The Georgian lifts It's voice and
protests that henceforward 1t will give
no dollar and lend no aid and no CO.
operation to any negro institution
until its o~ficers, Its preachers, itB
teachers and It's editors shall DIN with
W. In laundering into the ears Of the
negro race the warning and denuncia'
zion Of this horrible crime.
Without passion, or at least with
out passion which is not richly due
and justified, we ask our %breathren OF
the Southern press and our Caucasian
friends and brethren every where to
take this firm and unalterabre stand
that they will help no negro church.
newspaper or school until they know
that It's preachers, It's teachers and
It's editors In those institutions are
laundering the doctrine Of hell and
damnation to the assailants Of white
women. Now this is fair. 1t Ia just,
and 1t Ia right.
The South Ia living under a shadow
which 10 man can estimate. Men
whose public meetings are held at
home because they are afraid to leave
their families alone ven In the shell.
ter and sanctity of their own homes
after nighttall. Men cannot 20 to
church for the same reason, And this.
please God, Is the South. We are q
free people and a great country. Are
we to live forever under this shadow
and under this terror? Are we to sit
still and help to build up these negro
institutions when they are silent and
apathetlc toward the peril In which
| their criminals put the best element
Of our race? Are we to co operate
with these people to build up institu.
tions when they are silent and apa
thetic toward the peril in which they
do not preach the enormity Of these
Offenses? Are Wa to be forever hold
in a state Of seige with our women,
trembling in fear and terror when
they are alonep Is the liberty which
our fathers bought with their blood
to be surrendered to the foul terror
Of an alien and subordinate racer
We tell these teachers, these
preachers and these editors TT at they
have the most vital interest In this
affair. II the boundaries Of restraint
are ever broken by this Caucasian race
In a wild spirit Of retsllation for a
condition which imprisons and terri
ies the noblest won en- Of the world,
they themselves VIII be whelmed In
the tidal wave which follows.
And we say here and nov to Book.
er Washington, to Gaines, and Turner
to Proctor ard to Stinson, and to the
rest of those who are 80 eager to ri h
into print to plead for law and order;
that II they have any regard for the
future of their race and for them
selves, they Will take the hint which
Ia not unkindly sent from this arous
ed and indignant race Of Cauoasians.
and will stand shoulder to shoulder
with us In demanding that every
preacher in ever country pulpit and
every e0itor Of every little 2x4 sheet
and tina. every teacher In the City and
country school shall devote some part
Of his sermon or some portion Of his
editorial, or some segment Of his
scholastic hours 60 preaching hell and
damnation to all who are guilty OF
this tiendish crime.
We assure these men that the
Caucasian sentiment Of this coun.
try aB 1t never was before. We
need not and will not continue
to have our womel live under
the shadow Of this 6endish ne
gro lust. We are going to free our
women, no matter what the cost may
be to another race. There Is no wild.
ness Of passion and radjcalism in this
announcement. II these mon know
anything they know that we demand
1t, and they know that demand 10
firmly stern and earnest. But az long
as they continue to howl resolutions
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