Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1837-11-28

Dut no law of the State 80 i'd 10 f"''r'
anon di!igcnt inquiry, adequate 70 rc"cn ''e
.:,sc. The magistrate ~xpresaehth ol'."-
ION accompanied with his regrets that the
,r;snncr. ,r whose guilt he saw ~ room 20
.,m,,t. should escape the Just rcnalty Ut h's
crime through the ,'cfcrtiyc condition Of oar
laws. bn. ,,nler these circumstances was
compelled to discharge him. He was there
anon warned by some individuals th". 10
would he lvnchrl unless he lett tho pace
Immediately. He rcmaincd for some t'"c'
and attempted to Justify himself. ana "hs"
he left the courthouse was io'nw'o ny NC
crowd, tho City Marshal in company, 70 MS
house, Mhirh no immediately ,elt ~ com
;,any with tho Marsh,l, AMI was Sill '"'io", :,
ed towards the courthouse IN the c"r.eI :"
- and Cherry streets, from whence nc
was taken nv force to a c,'tton Held ~ '''e
extreme south part oil The town. Str'pps e"
and whipped with a common c"wn''c, 81
nr 30 I,shcs being given with conslac'''o'e
severity.
This is a history Of tho case, accmrnm
in al! essential particulars. The quit o.
Grnce was fully confirmed y the sta'emeh,
of the negro, no also stated that Grace Ia"
given him money and Instructions the pc',
ter to facilitate his escape. We uhdcfs'o"
also that tn. Ecyr, stated that Grace III"
| directed hin to a confederate OF .has state
who. he told him. would aid him further up
on his arrival. II has been stated "s "'h-
fortunate" for this wretch to CSC pc 'ac pc
nal,y of Inv to fl! into the hands al iAnch-
ers Tic pon..i,u Car sinati'r offences 'i",
| Ter our laws is death. II has been sta'ec
that the Marshal was pursued, dragged
from hi horse and hr,,iscl. The lnla7y o.
the Marshal was entirely accidental, AMI
not attributable to any disposition on the
part of these Concerned to do him INJURY.
Their VIII lie attention was directed To Grace,
and with but half dozen exceptions, the
crowd was made mp Of strangers and Idinrs
who followed from curiosity. Had the
Marshal called for assistance, VIC doubt moi
he would have received it. Grace is up
wards Of forty years of age, we should Judge,
hnt younger than is stated. Ii IS not true
that he was 'qni.c yray," unless 1t meant
tina; he WIS gray in crime. Nor is irac that
that lie was "mhiprcd within hcarIn. Of the
shrirks and lamentations Of his wife and
Children" 1t was at Il considerable DIS
iance-we cannot state it exactly, but en-
tircly ont of hearing of his house. He was
discharged not s'f.r want ofiaw or evidence
as has been oqnvocally stated, but E,r want
| LAW.
We have again alluded to the suffice, in
Justice 10 the character Of orr city. There
Is not now another place OF the size in the
United States where there is generally less
/ MI l.fa oil hos
;ili,y to lynching is manifested as in Vicks
burg. Our citizens are SO unanimous in
opposition to it that it cannot safely be
longer resisted. Yet as mass they arc
denounced abroad as a set of semi savage
barbarians, ga gang of lynchers in the bo
som of the country" dishonoring our ins,i
tutions, and that with every degree Of JUS
tlce, taking the statements to be true upon
which this Remuneration is based. We
come not forward in defence Of lynching OF
| lynchers; we a6hor and detest every such
proceeding as dangerous to our country. e
tho peace and security Of society, and rs
tho outbrcakinSs OF a spirit v hich must lie
nipped in the bud, or it will subvcrt our in.
stituiions, and reduce us to anarchy more
terrible than the chains of despotism. We
feel, in all its force tho immense importance
Of cnactins and executing adequate laws
for every possible emergency Of the kind
and we call upon every cool citizen to take
an instantaneous and rcsolutc stand, and
meet and put down this demon Of discard
violence and blood, whenever and where
yer he may lift his gorgon head. 1t may
be! your turn next to feel his fnncs, and ii
ought forever to be point Of honor and a
criterion ofgood citizenship to do our ut
most To nproot md destroy it from the face
of the earth. But we arc willing to do JUS
tice alike to tho guilty and the innocent,
| and while we have tho honor to conduct a
| free press neither the one shall suffer un-
justly, or the other be deprived of The vindi-
Icat'on which is due to truth, with our con
sent.