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Show laiJiitns. Chief of Police KcnnesFey, of New Orleans, was killed iii a most cruel and cowardly maime r by concealed assassins. Already this fact is made use of to instigate insti-gate ;i race war ag.'-inst Italians in general. gen-eral. This will be n-s cruel and cowardly as the murder of Chief Ilennessy itself. There are desperadoes and depraved wretches among the Italians, and these should bo hunted out and punished with unsparing hand. Eat that public sentiment senti-ment which tends to make a whole race i responsible for the crimes of a few should be checked by till means before it grows into violence against unoffending, unoffend-ing, industrious people. In many parts c f the country the Italians Ital-ians tire at pres. rut doing four-fifths of all the hard work. It would be difficult to get railroads built nud largo edifices constructed without them in many places. They are doing the rough work which Americans. d' not and never did like to do. If lor ;d.ne these Italians are industrious, thrifty and inoffensive, the majority of then. Of lite years they manifest a disposition to remain in the country and Iktouip citizens. Punish the guiby by every means attire at-tire law's cotinuand. but do nt. make the innocent suffer. |