Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-06-19

public feeling along this line, as the most
of them do, is it not barely possible that
some of them with vicious turns of mind
would take advantage Of the situation and
play even with a black beau brummel for
fanced grievance? The whole situation is
an ugly one and should be handled by the
rulers of this land in a spirit of fairness,
in spirit Of Godlness and in a spirit of
humaneness, and be it remembered at all
times that though one be black yet he is the
creature of the selfsame God as that of the
white man. We call to mind the recent lynch
ing of a coored man in Kansas, who was ac
crlsed of attacking a white girl, and in the
attack he was accompanied by white man,
who unlike his black associate. was not
lynched, and, so far as the outside world
knows, he was not even punished, save a
nominal fine imposed for being in company
with Negro. That was racial intolerance
and racial intolerance is responsible for NOR"
anti-Negro outbreaks race riots, lynchings
and speedy trials Of accused coored men than
the actual crimes they commit. This country
now has an amalgamated Negro Caucasian
population of quite six million, which is by
no means due to the criminal associations of
colored men and white women, but it is due
to the criminal associations Of white men
with colored women, and it does seem to us.
what is sauce for the gander should likewise
be sauce for the goose
Who knows but that this wave Of ynching
colOred men in the North is but southern
propaganda to extend the violent anti-Negro
sentiment of the South to the North and
thereby enlist the northern white man, who
has been the black man s friend into aiding
and abetting the southern white man in peon~
aging the colored man. What strange things
come to our mind when we think Of five
thousand white men battering down jails to
deal summary punishment on cOlOred man
for abusing a young white girl, when it is
taking almost the entire efforts Of the welfare
workers of this country in every city and
hamlet to protect the young white girls from
the brutal passions of their white brethren.
God pity us all and pity us both and then
give us the spirit to do unto others as we
would have others do to us and thereby make
more easy the coming Of the millennium dawn.
Lest ye forget permit us to reprint the
detailed report of the lynchings last year,
which report be it remembered, was made
up by southern white men and not by colored
men, and you will get some idea of how
trivial matter may cause the lynching of
a colOred man:
Murder .. 27
Assault on white woman Observation-Disclosures IA
Attempted assault on white woman -..--.
Insulting white woman Observation-Disclosures.
Intimacy with white woman ... 2
Attempting to pull white woman from
morse |
Shooting white man ... Observation-Disclosures
Assault on white man----- .. l
Alteration with white man..........-...
Beating and robbing white man ......... I
IT,. 1.z1
Not turning out Of road for white boy in
duCO -----
Misleading mob . - I
insulting white man----.-- /
Boastful remarks re killing of sheriff f 1
Result of race riot............... |
Talking Of Chicago riot, .. l
Expressing himself too freely re lynch
ing of Negro ................ |
Leader among Negroes ....................1 /