The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-07

L mere dIt newspapers III lliG SOuIAA
who following the style of the sensa-
tional newsmongers of the North, in
dulge in the exaggeration of encounters
between white men and negroes, which
are more frequent in the North than in
the States of the South ''reCently in re
be1lion against the best and the greatest
is rare when any of these clashes occur
between the better element OF the two
races. As a rule these disturbances,
magnifed into race wars originate
between what is known as the 'insolent
negro" and the white man, especially at
the North, who equalizes himself so
cial1y and otherwise with the negro.
Let the negro and the white man
keep their respective planes and there
will be no race wars"
The white man who has leveled him
self to the negro has no right of com
plaint if he is insulted by or is knocked
down by a negro. On this score is sub
mitted for consideration the commun
cation following, which is from a lady
| whose observations may be generally
approved:
TIE press all over the country issued
graphic account of prize fight be
tween a white man and black man
For months the training of these hui
man animals by their keepers had been
described. This had the effect of slim
urating the brute nature to such a de
gree that at the close of the disgracefu1
exhibition men attacked each other, and
in some cities riots ocCurerd and men
were killed
That the prize fight should have taken
place showed the degenerate condition
of humanity. That there should have
been clashes between the white race and
the black race betrayed the fact that
| the white man has lowered his standard
of superiority 1t should be called to the
attention of gentleman that the clash
| ing was not confined to the cities Of
the South. 1t is well known that the
sentiments of the Southern people and
the sentiments of the Northern people
do not tally.
Now why-this absolute rancor?
Common sense will declarg that de
liberate fighting between hAinan beings
is degrading That fostering of such
brutal proc1ivities iii any country marks
the period of deterioration of mankind
Does the press or mankind in gen
erai, know the meaning of the words
race war?
Do the people realize what war
means?
In war the chief ammunition is men
War takes from the homes the protect
ors and leaves weak women and chill
dren at the mercy of the elements and
animals
Truly the words race war make good
headlines, and make fine basis for ab-
stract conjectures and sensational sug-
gestions which are printed in magazines
and newspapers, but pause and consider
the real horrors which would occur in
race war.
The Northern press may namely
prate the words race war and publish
sensational articles to arouse rancor be-
tween the races as it is the unthinking
victim of abstract opinions.
The North does not know that the
mere sprinkling of black in the white
belt is like unto the sprink1ing of white
in the black belt.
Does the Southern press understand
these facts when it prints the words
race war;?
The Southern press can not afford
to sanction the abstract opinions of the
North, which are purely sensational
dribble of people who have no COM
prehension of the meaning or the dan
ger of a race war.
The Southern press should see to it
that those words are put out of use
For every time they appear in print
they are frebrand to the ignorant, un-
thinking people.
The Southern press can not take any
stock in the magazine articles which are
abstractly written by persons who know
as'much about the negro as they do of
the man in the moon.
Does the South-does the North
know that the black people now living
in America are natives of the soil?
Do the people of the United States
know that the dictinction of race is in
surmountable and that he moment in
stinctive racial rivalry comes into play,
the once higher race tips the scale and
lowers its standards.
Vigilance is the price Of safety"