Show A WHOLE STATE THE massacre of eight colored men in barnwell county north carolina a few weeks ago will be remembered by our readers it was closely followed by the murder of another colored man who was a prisoner in the hands of officers of the law and this second tragedy calls forth the following remarks from the charleston news and jour bur for it la Is not enough to deplore the crime and to condemn the man or men who committed it the time has passed for manifesting the public sentiment in that way the whole people of south carolina are under condemnation in the eyes of the civilized world on account of the heinous crimes that have been committe with impunity by some of our number in recent years and however unjust we may inay know the the sentiment in regard to us to be we cannot relieve ourselves from it or from its consequences by protesting that it is unjust while we take no effective measures lor for our vindication di the blood of the eight do defenseless fen seless men who were slaughtered by the mob at barnwell Barn weli court hoge house has scarcely disappeared from me 6 trees to which they were bound when they were shot yet another victim has been cruelly slain in theme the same county under even more atrocious circumstances he was tied to a tree b by one or two m men put pat death tike like a dog and his body left to feed the carnon birds for two t days ays it seems incredible that this crime was perpetrated in south carolina it is incredible that it will be permitted to go unpunished the murderer and his companions are known it is unnecessary to multiply words about this truly horrible affair the time has fully come for south carolina to prove to the world and to itself that murder is not one of the recognized institutions of this state and acceptable to its people lot let us not mock our ourselves pelves longer with pretenses and assertions of a law abiding and god fearing spirit we must rid nd the celika cona of the brutes and fiends ant dwell among amone asor divide the responsibility lity for their crimes with theland the mand be ranked with them communities which claim to tb be civilized in their system of government and christian in their system of morals which nevertheless endorse a class of crimes that a large majority of the people of south carolina lina cognizant of the facts have sanctioned must endure the conse of such a cou course roe if men whose only offense is the advocacy of an unpopular religion may be tied to trees and lashed with withes or i beaten with clubs and their torment ors ore go unpunished it w will M soon follow by a natural progression that men who have in some other manier mani er infuriated the populace may be tied to trees and shot to death and their murderers go of justice the law must be enforced upon its violators or they will come to think there is no law which they are bound to respect and act accordingly this severe condemnation of a whole state which one of her leading newspapers pronounces upon her contains too much of truth and justice to be worthy of disregard and the conditions and occurrences which have called it forth are traceable to natural causes the sowing of the wind is followed by the reaping of the whirlwind |