Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-05-15
Mob Law; Its Causes and Results.

#H Mob Law; Its Causes and Results
Speech delivered in |. N /. by c. f.
Walker of Tipah county. Miss,
would simply state in the begin
ming that shall discuss this subject in
accordance with my own inclination
- and views, and while / an confident
AsT that my ideas will not all be in accor-
dance with yours. Yet claim right
to my opinion and the expression of
m it. and freely grant you the same
M right.
M BY mob law is meant a banding to-
IN gether of men for the avowed purpose
OF inficting, without regard for the
established laws of our land punish
N ment upon certain Individuals who
are guilty supposed to be guilty OF
some heinous crime. AS to the origin
of the mob law, / have. no definite
account, suffice it to say that it is of
early date, but not until the last few
& years has it become prevalent /
to discuss first the causes of the
1 mob law Various causes might be
mentioned. The first of these that I
Si shall mention is that mob law is
# brought about By want of proper re-
s &ss.Sux, X, ~ tho part of those who
sDr sser rainbows stsno Ssnpos'''convi tbl aSe4
& eqp stand otgs Statement you h;ls.A s.J
" go VvInd senernory incidents thats4l q 95
$ Is 3 y.ich Yithin your own knowledge.
Y s1 rsCAthat a man is Sometimes
III ou' Ge darkest crimes, and whom
6s,I' II, !, ,lesr 9hual commits a horrible deed,
traete,I mu: so%ple in their excitement, in
wbisksy My indignation, and in. their want
whIl,A lbhsD proper reflection are prompted to
AunH do that which after reflection they
in@k would not think OF doing showing
a AouN conclusively that, in many cases, the
y larm N mob law is caused by a want Of reHecA
81 pi01 >ion upon the part of those who en-
S t'ss "a it, You may collect the facts
V Fsss.'N p3ing every incident OF mob law
y Fn.s 90 s3occurred within the United
II lss - - Nd in nearly every single in
Bou will find that excitement
& sXhev had INT of reflection were the causes
4AN when n ~ prompted the moblaw enforceri
|5$ a. al f# ta1 0ction Another thought in indica-
&$ Ion of this statement, is that in many
e s< INSTANCES, mobs have endeavored to
n getin their work, but on account of the
vigilance of efficient officers they have
HS been prevented from accomplishing
their purpose and as time passed
excitement and Indignation abated.
The celebated Halves is an
SfSS ample.
Another and probably the greatest
cause OF the mob law is, the tendency
Of four law enforcing power to allow
criminals to go unpunished.
ii In the present ageof progress, and in
this fair and lovely land of ours where
all that is calculated to make man ell
Joy life is found and where freedom
a ana Intelligence Is the watch-word,
have one serious fault, fault, which,
il not corrected, will sooner later
shake the very corner stone upon
Which this government is founded and
tins be the means of blghting our
N proSperity and future prospects. That
fault Us a failure upon the part of our
officers to see that fun and impartial
Justice is meted out to offenders 1t
e Is blot upon tho fair name OF Amer-
cs. that $50 many criminals escape
M punishment by the defects In the en-
forcement of our law. The fact that
!. i. 'so many have thus escaped has proba-
i bly, done more towards bringing about
q y. ~! mob law than any other one thing
;',s Why are not our laws enforced and
1 tar the disgrace Of mob law obliterated
Irs,.1 from our landp To this there is but
Hui one answer money Let man steal
Skf suit Of clothes and he Is sent to the
ma state prison. Lethim steal railroad
ce1 md he IS Immediately placed in some
me JUG ghly honorable position. That YOU
1at 'o ohe h not punish a wealthy man has be-
ssy i'1ac.' me the cry from one sideo Of this re-
1M'o. 4..p0. n Rlic 10 the other. From every
sxa Ne people arc cfy Ing optusa-l
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