The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-10

uughout our common country. While Il
"a such tangible shape as to give great ant
cessary relief to many suffering people, ant
nile its practical results were SEEM felt ant
Doognized wherever the hand OF pestilencs
- la1ds its moving cause furnishes besides
subject OF congratulation, OF appreciation
~ the people Of the State generally
Without regard to the mere question of bene.
~ received, as indicating that community Of
nenng binding together the people OF the
Union, as pointing to the flow Of common
eprlnR OF benevolence from oneend OF the land
y the other. The general condition OF the
\ poople OF the State, putting aside the suffer-
Z ang engendered by the epidemic, has improved
aur1ng the year. Bountiful crops have blessed
ne state, and whilst the shrinkage of values
80 caused some anxiety and want OF remu-
e1atlon, this effect has resulted from the re-
suin 10 q safer and more durable standard OF
sAues. which, operating upon oil classes Of
property alike, brings about an adjustment
calculated to give greater security and sta
DLlity for the future.
nave the pleasure Of reporting to you that
snrouenout almost the entire State, the laws
nave oeen well Observed and that where yioz'
.auons OF the same have taken place they
nave peen generally punished. I regret.
however 10 say, that In few localities there
nave occurred during the past year some of
NOSE Gets OF violence and lawlessness which
= TINS State, as in other sections Of the com.
~, occasionally happen, and which while
esartllng and distressing the mass ~ tho
peopie, are practically beyond the reach If
sne constituted authorities. These troubles
md disturbances are not referable IN an, nno
cause. In some instances. the necnotro+;ar
90 alleged preparation of q crime 81 bo;no,,s
character, or the repetition of o series Of MOTT
misdemeanors difficult Of detection as to
Neir perpetrators, seem to throw even GOOD
men into kind Of frenzy which, for the time
uelng, sets Judgment and reason at defiance.
e others, belief that what is called tho |
teehnicalities of the law may permit the es-
cape Of some onee generally believed to no
SUBSTANTIALLY guilty Of crime, causes men tn
substitute their own ideas Of justice and
Methods OF remedy for the machinery
provided for the enforcement Of right and
punishment OF wrong. SO, want Of conf
aenee In the honesty or impair
s'alty OF judges, iuries and officials
sometimes made the basis of and |
.uempted justification for those acts, which
y the United States have come to be known
y the designation of Lynch law" From
Nnatever cause springing, these acts are
punished in any portion OF the Union.
mere are ordinarily SO many persons con-
srned In them that those who are cognizant i
tne facts are either unwilling to speak,
.oi, sympathy with the acts, or afraid to
seak, lest they should involve themselves in
. !. Evidence being the essential basis
Al judicial proceedings, the want Of it
. q an insuperable obstacle to officers
go outy It Is to seek out and punish law
Some months ago three men
s0u with crime. two OF them with the |
49,, o. q white man. and once convicted
80 suing Of colored man, we're forcibly 4
- from the jail at Monroe aud killed, The .