The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-09-25
The Rise and Reign Of The
Bourbon OIigaChy in he
Southern States.
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conditions absolutely inexistent? The
manner In which wrong doing BY an
individual member Of the Colored race
Is taken up to arouse popular senti-
ment Of lawlessness as against the
Colored race to the widespread ex-
tent that this infiamed feeling reaches
ont and finds formation In mobs and
goes further to the extremity Of re-
sulting IN death to the innocent
because Of the crime Of the guilty
There Is q race issue to this extent
IN the South and this was demon
strated not many weeks ago in Geor-
GA when the thirst for vengeance
against the whole race led 10 the
shooting Of an old Colored man as he
sat, harming no one, In his own hum
BE cabin home. Then. perhaps, there
may be found something Of e race
issue. IN fact, to the extent that the
rule Of the oligarchy in Alabama, and
other Southern States, has developed
the system Of peonage, when the old
oligraehy Of slavery thought not Of
other forms Of serVitude than chattel
slavery. In ehattel slavery, however,
the submissive blacks slept In the
cabin unclaimed, in peonage they are
housed IN the Changing stockade.
There were, by census reports, 81
$40 white prisoners In the United
States in 1890, while the number Of
blacks were 24,277. 1t appears that
both races supply violators Of law.
It Is true, however, that the ofenses
Of the Colored race are not to as
great extent Of q grave order Of
crime ss newspapers South would
have II believed. The larger number
Of ohenses are Of little moment as
compared to the crimes Of whites
and, Considering that there are now
9 .s175s5 cOlOred persons in the
United States, the number imprison- ,
ed is not 30 bad a showing for .
people out Of bondage, with their poor
and environments. There
are whites, as wen as blacks. who
commit horrible acts Of violence.
white men boli up trains and blow
up banks. Mobs are not melted, how
sver to shoot down whites india
Neither is the whole
white race damned by adverse pub
IIe opinion because Of the sin Of the
white individual. It is not true Of
he col0red race, unfortunately FOR
them and for the efforts Of those
among this race who strive, amid DIFF
8culfies known only to God and them.
10 raise the standard of their peo- J
pie. The democratic" race Issue Is
most uncbarItabIe in that Iawlessness
II the lawless Is visited upon the
Struggles Of the many to elevate and
10 uplIft 70 higher and 1oftier stan
lard Of citizsnship. No people look
NH mere horror to the results o.
he awful crime Of rape than thei
ssttsr element and the predOminating
Of this race and they kesnly
lssi that the committing Of this
zine By some one brutal member Of
his race puts an intolerant burden Of
~ hass uDon an Their leaders and
,roadhsfs are erying out against this
fIms. whlch, although seldom Il may
iesur. b heFsldsd far ana vide and 4
iaes hardShips to an this people =
1hsIs Is nnch to Be said for he
70 = be south that Il not de-
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