Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-18
THE TREE AND ITS FRUITS


The great state OF Illinois has just
drawn largely upon her military re-
sources TO protect the lives and prop
erty OF negroes residing within the
boundaries of her capital city. An
attack upon a de.enseless woman of
the white race by black fiend,
served as the spark from which
sprung the flames OF maddened fury
in the heart OF a white citizenship
a northern white citizenship-anda as
result. the mob,
innocent negroes We're the victims
To tn eir homes. the torch was set
Upon their hearts terror laid its grip
and in the frenzy OF a great fear.
they fed the city. This, by scores.
by hundreds. The grim white ven
geancs' cast eye OF hatred IN their
direction. and reached out hand to
throttle or drive out that class OF
Americans whose skins are black or
yellow. because being black or yell
low-the sort of men whose race
was but generation back, taken
out of the bondsman status and
made to stand up in the full livery
of American citizenship.
In considering this outrage. one
is reminded OF what may Justly be
regarded AS it's parent outrage
the crime OF the war amendments
to the constitution. which like a
great evil tree is constantly bringing
forth evil fruit-fruit like unto that
VII p has Just ripened in SPRING
held, Illinois-and which In the dead
ly poison ihereof has already
brought thousands to untimely and
violent death.
Right earnestly the great north
rejoiced, when this tree was first
planted on American soil,
The negro was free! He was a
cltlzen-a voter-in position to
crush the hated south to drag her
people TO the goal OF despair; to re-
ducc her government to the quick
sands of disaster, and to leave her
to choose between surrendering to
the mOngrel. zation of her citizen
ship, or to have her white people
fee the land OF their fathers as
a section To- DE known as the nation S
Africa. How bravely the northern
plaudits rang the south was not on
ly defeated in war, but by all the
gods and prophets she was to be
crucifiod N crucified upon a
cross of lasting shame: and scorned
throughout the generations yet TO
come
But IT happened otherwise Such
things as the fathers of negro cit
izenship foresaw. were not to be.
Above the jurisdiction of mans gov
eminent and mans power, reigned
in eternal omnipotcnce, the God Of
truth, Of justice, of mercy. His
laws were nct to be set aside. His
philosophy was not to be thwarted
even by the pen of Federal author
ity. Where He had seen fit in His
infinite wisdom to mark the line
that should separate races of men
ana determine their status one to-
wards the u.her-there. despite all
articles of human power, it was to
remain forever. And there it re
mains today here it will remain.
IL, 4,
burnt into he soul of the ma
ton. First in tie deliverance
of the soUth rom the fate that had
already been planned by her enc
mics. And acond. in the many OBJ
ject lessons which are now being
afforded the north to show the ter
rible mistake
In certain h,rthern states the de-
Gliding power of election largely re-
sides in tho bands of negroes-and
hence they are truckled to by wiley
politicians ana their alleged wrongs
as existing i'm the south. made the
subject OF fiery denunciation by pc.
Utica speakers. Through the deliv-
erancc Of a partisan press and some
times i'm political platforms the same
tactics a,o nmpfoyed. All these
things but Emulate negro aspira-
tion. They have led to mixed mar
riages I'm northern states; they have
produced u--ro arrogance in north.
ern cities tp point almost unbear
able by thn white people And so.
comes ON this monster race preju-
dicc-sO comes on appalling negro
crime against white womanhood-
so comes ou The lynching crime, and
in It's wax. marches the spirit of
riot with u'Dod-shot eye and lawless
mien. and sword In hand-and so is
heard the great. uncomfortable cry
bursting from he throat of an angry
popuIac fho negro must goi"
This AN hi-in the north
with The passing Of time. the con
dition becomes the worse. With the
increase of the negro population in
the north rows the more inevita-
bio.
What - our friends Of the north
ern press 81 this? Especially what