The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-03

No INCH application has been made. As !
cannot suppose that the judges sanction or |
conuiye at this criminality, the conviction u
enforced that the fear Of personal danger re-
strains them from applying for rswards
THE laws should be go amended - to meet
,b;s state of the case and authorize the Of
far;no OF rewards in such cases without
awaiting the petition Of the judge.
fear of personal danger restrains inc
;udoes from acting, and thus an apparent
sanction is given TO this form OF crime
There cannot be any form OF crime more
dangerous to indiyidaea ead Eeeese -
than the unpunished and unchecked GRIMM.
Atty Of tie Organized mob, setting tnemsJr
M to regulate society ana PUNISH 'no'o "no1
they denouncs g ohsndsrs.
Under pretence of executing justice, tney
at tbe laws of God and their country 81 oen'
.nrs. All guarantees to psrsonal securlv Are
ruthIessly overcome. Ever. ruie sacred 70
rood aoyerument, is trampled upder lsxiess
feet. Before the sweep OF these organized
mobs, none are secure, Each man - inol,
viduslly assailed in his securities to ME ana
liberty. The rich and poor, exalted ana
IlnvIv-the rssh and gentle--the brave ana
| timid-the innocent and guilty, are assaiieo
by the insensate mob whose CRY Is = JaascesP
| Int whose course is vengeance and muTcsF.
From the ravages of war country mag
recover, from the sweep OF pcssiience may
| be healed from the wasting OF famine may
be delivered; bat from the shane ana irismy
Of permitting unchecked the RESI- end rue
OF mobs il cannot escape, excspt BY puasng
forth ell the powers OF GoSernmeni 70 CRUSH
such heinous criminality. :,
Such organizations are rebels against All
rood government, human and divine, enA are
traitors TO society. In no form can human
n.ss;on and wickedness asssil society with
more deyi,;sh and dangerous malignity. The
fountains Of Justice dry up before the 81.
noon of organized mobs and Lynch law. !"
The unbridled passions Of the worst ma
sures are thus put in orRsnixed motion TO
work mischief aud ruin upon socety.o
Ii is thus the devil uphesves from tbs burn
ipr bosom o. crime the lava of consuming
hate and devouring rage.
There can be no excuse or mitigation Tor
: such crime. Under pretense OF punshing
minor offences, these "reo,ntutors rebel
against Government, and commit deliberate
, and cold-blooded murder.
/, An organized mob is the refuge Of tn ,
coward and the desperate, who seek immu-
nifty from danger in their numbers and scores
CIV. while they wreak their vengeance upon
I their selected victim.
II No thrill of manhood or sense OF justice
ever .tirs the soul of such men. The brave
turn with loathing and disgust from TIE
th ought Of such associations
. They insult the dignity of the Common
, wealth, outrage its honor impugn its justice,
shock its humanity, and defy its authority.
These organized regulators of 9 NAL
: ice aforethought,' upon previous design
: and deliberstion, proceed to Their work OF
death.
6 They are without the defence of Sudden
heat and passion :" they cannot plead Thu
infrmity Of human nature, which appeals tt
, sympathy aud mitigates otfenses. They mus
E stand before the bar Of public judgment Al
they should before that of civil justice, lie.
prived oil any pallsiion, and clothed in ever
aggnvation--condemned ar criminals anc
. murderers.
. The secrecy with which they proceed uudel
. cover of night announces their own judgment
Of the criminality of their acts the number
with which they assail individual security pro
claims the cowardice of the deed
Society will be disorganized and civil gev-
eminent overborne in these communitie
] where mob laws prevails, unless some spec
] dy and effective remedy be provided. Am
pie rewards should be authorized for the ap
F, prehension and coneiction Of these lawles
men and power given TO the Executive AM
i, civil authorities to pursue aud hunt down Il
a | eondign punishment these terrible offender
i. against government and law.
The responsibility of making provisions b
law to meet rhis evil is with you my duty :
:. call your attention thereto is now performed
eI THoxAs Z, BRANLErrE,
Governor Of Kentucky.
Ifsuch be the case in the 'green tree, whs
i, may we look for in the dry If in the mode
4 State OF Kentucky, such spirit and snc
. deeds .sre prevalent in rebel sympathizin
, sections, what may we conclude the spir
:, and the conduct Of the rebels of those State
a are that never professed to be loyal, but rail-
ed the standard Of rebellion and bold
!. made war upon the Union.
We would naturally expect worse state {
thinsSIn Dixie,than in Kentucky and the fac
: reported by the Freedmen's Bureau agen
). and the military officers located there, full
our just and reasonable expectations Of he
:, upon earth. Scenes of wrong, and wicked
), ness, and violence, prevail. over the Sout
more horrid than those which aroused the re
tributve justice of the Almighty against th
Antediluvians.
1t is for such state of society in the d,
moralized rebel States, reeking with tn
& blood of loyal men, and with malignant BIS
tired of the Union and its authority, that tn
. reconstruction bill is provided. No doubt b.
- that it is necessary and proper, and no doui
!. it will be hailed with qusek welcome and dee
' felt Joy, by all the peaceably disposed either
= Of the South, who now in the midst of lawIes
r. violence and overbearing force, dare not e,
press their convictions of its necessity G
10 their desire, for the military protection {
n. the Government.