Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-31

! grave character. Inc crllnlIlai cases
were about equally divided between
the two races. The worst case was
that of white man charged with
shooting two horses and killing an
other. He was convicted, but the
jury having remained in during the
interval between the sessions of court
he was allowed to walk at large, he
therefore made good his chances and
has failed to return: Judge Kershaw
is an able and impartial Christian
gentleman. We have known him
for years. In his charges he shows
no Partially. Two colored men were
serving as jurors, one of whom was
called to serve on nearly every case.
Court was held in Lancaster the
previous week. There were ten
convicts assigned to the penitentiary,
seven of whom were colored and the
others were white. A white woman
and colored woman were put in the
penitentiary for living together as
husband and wife. Had they both
been colored or had it been one of the
better class of white men living in
cohabitation with a negro woman
they would not have been touched.
There are many such living right
under the nose of the lawmakers,
some of whom are not five stone
casts from the prison house and they
are allowed to go free. But we can't
expect any better when the Supreme
Court of this great Republic, the
home of the free and the land of the
braUe decided that it is not unlawful
to punish persons of different races
for amalgamation, neither are their
rights abridged when laws are passed
prohibiting inter-marriage. While
feel ashamed of any man of my race
who would allow himself to mix with
the offcasts of the white race; yet 1
believe it is contrary to the law of
heaven to punish them if it be their
choice and they are lawfully married.
We heard that Judge Lynch held a
court in Abbeville county few
weeks ago, the victim being a poor
colored man. Such cases are fire.
quent in this State of late, and the
arm of the law seems to be paralyzed;
not even reward is offered. Now
and again few newspapers are bold
enough to denounce such acts, while
as many or more exc out the express
sion he justly expiated his crime.
Mr.. w. B. Cash, son of the Col.
Cash who ran as an independent
candidate for Congress against Mr.
Hemphill, of this place, is now in
town getting testimony in regard to
the Irregularities in the last election.
We are informed he is coming into
possession of some startling facts.
He does not propose to get evidence
with view to protect the seat of the
claimant, but to show before the
United States Court and the world
the tremendous frauds and violations
of law which were practiced. Would
to God that men would learn to
respect and appreciate each others
rights and then these endless con-
tests, trials and confusion would cease.
We could live together as people and
assist in pushing on the prosperity of
our common country. We hear
through local of the county paper
that seventeen persons are already or
are soon to be arrested for the riot of
last fall in Lancaster. They ought
to be arrested and severely handled.
There was never more wanton,
high handed, foul and uncalled-for
massacre in this country. To-day
four families are bereaved of fathers
and husbands on account of that
black days doings, while the guilty
perpetrators are at liberty. The peo-
pie of this country had as well learn
that the negro is part of the Ameri-
can citizenship and that he is soon or
late to be regarded as such. The
sooner the better, because every time
he is wrongly dealt with by his
enemies it places a stigma upon the
whole race or faction of his enemies.
1t is claimed by the opposite race
that they desire to see the negro
make progress. This he is doing as
fast as they will let him. Why try
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