The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-09-26
GRAVES ON rAE slrOArIoN.

On Sunday, after the news OF the
riot in Atlanta had been sent out
over the country, the New YORK
World wired to Editor John Temple
Graves, OF the Atlanta Georgian. for
an expression on the situation. Mr..
Graves replied in a two-column arti-
Gle. in which he forcibly presented the
facts in the case He was plain IN
his defense of the attitude of the
white citizens Of Atlanta. After go
ing into fall details leading up to
the very unpleasant disturbance. M.
Graves concludes as follows
The silliest man in the South Is
the time-serying statesman who de.
clares that there is no race problem,
and the question. if left alone. will
settle itself The race question is
more impending and threatening now
than IT has been in twenty years The
tension is sharper. the antagonlsm
deeper between the races. The hope
of a permanent agreement has slender
foundation
The horror Of Saturday has doubt
.oss left a blot on our civilization.
very good citizen In Georgia will de
plore and condemn the indiscriminate
slaughter. | fervently deplore it. But
the outraged people had tried every
known remedy and failed And it will
undoubtedly clear the atmosphere ami
keep the negro in order for five years
to come. They are already assuming
a different tone. There may be
sporadic lawlessness, but the back.
bone OF insolent aggression is broken
for a time and there will be fewer
outbreaks, and more OF tranquility for
a long season. The men II will save
in the future will outnumber ten times
the men who were KILLED on Satur-
day
The present riot is at an end The
city is quiet tonight, the streets are
cleared. the military on guard, the
negroes are whipped and humble. and
there is no danger apprehended any
where But the trouble may possibly
be reopened with another wave Of
lustful crime next summer When,
ever there is provocatlon there win be
the mob. The newspapers Of tho
North crucllled me for saying this at
the New York chautauqua in 1903
ask you If the statement has not
been indicated by events.
1T is demonstrated now that lyme
law does not entirely deter the raplst.
He Is willing to die for the having OF
his desire But 1t IS a vent to out.
ragged society and bnt for the moo
there would be ten assaults where
there Is one.
"Wrong2 Yes. Worthy OF all con
demnation7 Yes. But the fact re
mains II is here. and here to stay
We gre studying rape now in the
South as the scientists have studied
yellow fever and smallpox We are
looking for the germ Maybe we shall
find the Stegomyla Fasc!ata But
until we do the most law-abiding sec
tion of the entire Union In every,
thing else, will continue in the oil Il
fashioned way TO lift the blood red
banner OF the mob to protect the
lives and chastity OF our women
"iIcw can you help us2 By giving
two paragraphs to the denunciation OF;
rape where you give one to lynching
What is the ultimate end? Separa.
lion Of the races-the only possible,
logical. Inevitable solution These twoI
opposite antagouisuc races can never
live together In the same government
under equal laws-never.
Help us TO separate.
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John Temple Graves is writing some
race troubles in Atlanta and else.
where in the South He. for one. is