The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-07

layed its forwarding till no,')
The chief topic Of conversation
here during the past week was thu.
appraisal Of the late N. 0. Houl,i's es.
tate and effects. John Knight, the
administrator, appointed I'm. Whip
lie. Geo. Green and Mr. uinman ~
the appraisers. They we're sxorn
before a Wadena Justice % value ali
the property honestly, ants next day
they met 1T Qouid's former residence.
valued each item of the. property
separately and made An Inventory of
the Whole assets. III balancing these
assets against the debts, it appeared
that the property wls only, sulA:ient
to pay the rich claimants. and that
there will be nothing left +, pay the
various small debts due to working
men for labor, for implements furn-
ishe'. or for stolen property. This
result accorls with the prearnt tend
'ncy Of our times, institutions and
customs, politically, leg tllys:.nsl SOC.
tally they all help tl,s sbi4.H,h to
swallow up the littlsoi,es. The legal
disposal Of this property his revived
the discussi, ~ c,1n ;sr,ain: Il murdsr
of this man Gla.l was H.
,iins day stfoiii i 81 SO time aRo. ]:
Tho first and most, obvious remark
suggested by the circumstances OF
that murder, is the rapidly increasing
tendency Of Americans to uisr~xul
Ill those laws and safeguards viii ch
ivin' authority anil human expert
encc have establi she'd ,throuy ,out
Christendom, an to revenge private
injuries and public offen'e rs inlivil-
"@l p .ssion* Or the frenzy OF an excit-
ed mob may dictate. This sentiIa mt
that individuals should avenge their
own personal injuries formerly be.
longe chiefly to our Southern chival-
ry, Al | those mo',s who murdered sus.
pect, offenders by authority CT Judge
Lyn n formerly belonged to remote
from ier and mining settlements.
But these popular methods of murder
aid execution are rapidly spreading
o '-r the whole union and aie ,econ,.
- 4 national sentiment, wkile the
E re ,'nstAnces attending the murder
of Gould s'ggest Il compromise and
combination between the PERSONAL
private spite assassin, and the IA .SkeGl
snl furions mob representing judy"
Lynch. It appears to be understood
hat the MAN who shot Gould is pr-t-
~ we'll known. and is freely spoken
# even by name, and that be is re-
yarded as volunteer cxecutioner who
Judge Lynch and his
n .skrd m W. an thus savad ! more
ID apli3 tied dam ,ns;r.Itio1 If th-
hostile sentiment against the victim
It is i i n%erols problem t. anticipate
such all alliance between the private
and the popular mob. i, each
# them ignores all law, hun.a and
Irvine, and wreak their vengeance in
The p.r,xysn+ of brutal pt.si,3p. it
5 i we'll known fact that there is n,
oeast i prey rs savage ~ an iMfuriat
ID human MOI, yet our public Stats.
les show hat the executions by lynch |
aw already outn ,mber those by tht
constituted legal AL. horities; and :tila"
he public AMI private murders co n
nitted far outnun5er the legal, AMI |
Illegal ex-cution co,n'ined. What !
:an we do to check this carni val Of !
public AMI private murder. Or must
ynch law expand in power with thr
apidly expanding sentiment that
osters it until it displ;lces our legal
ribanalse ntirely. We are evidently |
|riftin5 on to the latter dilemma. aa:l
hOuld seriously conaider TIE changJ
ng public sentiment in TIL: direction
md prepare for the revolution which
t clearly involves. All the "details OF
he recent trial of James Mutt for
filling Dlkes show cl*.riy that our
public sentiment on capital puni.h-
nent condemns the trial BY jury,;.":
which, has 80 long besn the hpasted
of :.The Soverri sn Peo-}
,ole,'' and favors return to the
*Avenger Of ~Bloot'' the nearest
riend Of kin, ~ by divine authority
II the law Ut Moses. This disins law.
las several advantages over 1nnlern
AVS as. the penalty follows the crime
% ,nuci, quicker ssnrer. and cll..apei. I
md the many loepl,o.esand technic Il
lnibl'lea, ,tbfong', which the guilty Is.
APE are diminished. This whulr s,b.
ect demands our scrions cnl.iaer:.-
ion. Yoi.rs. ID.
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