The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-06-14
WHOLE NO. 1865.

brave man. aud a courageous nspubli.
can. A. the last election be ran for Con.
gress from the Third Mississippi District
Tie was defeated by tas same Lisar
which carried all the Republican Dia.
tricts for the Democrat intimidation Of
voters The "a &C. vo'cuce aud intimi.
dation used against the el q vao wished
20 vote for him were 90 on pic .oua aud
| 90 easily proved that be hfd = number Of
Democrats OF the district (hsslthy su5-
scribera 10 the So Louis plAt.orm) IN.
dicted under the Enforcement Act This
aroused a fresh tempest. for II wrs an IN.
/ fringoment Of the sacred y, mocratic
right TO intimidats voters. ihcse iadict-
ments aud persecution OF "ovr people I
conceive bad no little 10 do with bis
/ taking of.
The last time I saw Judge Chisholm
was IA Washington, in Febr-,ary. lie
| thought, then. 10 matter oi come doubt
whether he could live In Missis 'ppi lie
seemed TO tank that the Rspublic-n n
party was gone In that State. and 20 w~s
only desirous Of returning home aud liv.
ing at peace lie said biz life had been
threatened almost daily TO- years. and be
was evidently concerned abt It the pros.
pect. remember distinctly his saying.
They may set me yet. but II they give
me half a chance Ill take soEie Of then
along. too meaning that he would fght
10 the last. whica. in fac q did Aud
his wife and children fought wita him.
But for the fact that the jail was fred, as
the mob said. 10 "amo..e them ou.." thus
compelling the family TO COZ down
from the intreAched position o. the up
per hoor. IL is probable that the murder.
ers might have been defeated, or at least
suffered severely. A 10 was, only one Of
the mob vas killed. which is I'll the pun.
ishment they will get in this world.
But We have the cotliort Of believing
that there - hereafter adequat. rewrrd
for such terrible Grim, As the butehery
Of the Chisoln family. "venee- nee Is
mine ! will repay. saith tie Lord
In contemplating the siokcning crimes
OF our own day which 70 witaoat errthly
punishment. and Ia looking OK over
the history Of the world. whio.i 10 little
less than detail Of crime. I do not envy
the man who believes there a.e no re.
wards and punishments hereafte-. no
evening up anywhere. IL this be 80.
then u the very naLie Of justice a L.ock.
cry. lie Who permits himself 10 doubt
that there is just God in heAv q. Who
Will punish th. guilty that 40 easily 80
cape in this world. and who cannot be
deceiV 4 by false appearaac-s or lies
the man who permits himself 10 doabs
these truths. ! cay. denies himself a lux.
ury Ia u indeed a luxury 10 believe
that horrible crimes like this In Kempsr
county will not forever 20 nnpuuished.
Th. Courts and local authorities may be
All on one side nov. but there 10 an Au.
thority that will judge the authorities,
aud local sympathy and partisan feeling
viii not count ior much.
a. TO oruEh Muapraa
A Kentucky paper. By way. I suppose.
OF making Out . case OF mitigating CIR.
eumst s1css, says there are murders IN
Maine. also New EnglFnd. not only
tanned. bot thoroughly civiliEed Ia her
universal culture. is a bad quarter 10 rush
10. comparisons To BE- sure th.r. are
murders IN Maine. bot they manage up
there TO cultivate such a resp@ot Cor law
and horror of taking human life. th.t
there are very few. not 20 e-ceed a year
n the whole State on an average There
are single counties Ia other States that
90 ahead Of this Recently ther wa
killing IN Butts county. Georgia. aud the
local paper said 10 va. the City eighth
20 heide IA that county since tbs wrr.
! kaoW nothing a. 10 the truth of ID. bot
no KNOW thht TIE hufsltciuc rate IN
Georgia. a. In other States. IL very much
larger than Il should be- where the Law
against taking life is properly enforced.
and a sentiment cultivated against set
tling private iouds and quarrols with
knife aud pistol.
Iu all tho New England States the
homicide rate is very low In the city
Of Boston-where u IL higher than In the
rur ! districts-thcy manage TO get along
with an average Of about half dozen a
year. The class Of personal difficulties
which 90 swell the list Of homicides In
the Southern and extreme Western
States are almost unknown In New Eng.
land.
IL u be true. a. We are told By his-
torians. that the civilization OF a people
- gagged by their respect for human
life. the New EnglAnders set an example
wort.iy Of emulation In other sections
In England where We have the highest
type Of civilization. the killing Of neigh.
Dor by neighbor is extremely rare. Pri.
vate quarrels are not settled by the pia-
toll Several hundred years ago there
wss exercise Of the sort. bat the marvel.
o1s az anee OF England 70 higher civil
i-ation has abolished the pistol a. between
neighbor an neghoor II. V.R