The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-25
DIXON ON TIE LYNCHING.
THE BAPTIST CLERGXMAN'S
LESSON FROM NEW ORLEANS.

America---The ProyOca ION More K
Terrible Than the Eyent---''A ieW
More Pat DIVERS aud Flack Divorce +
Cases. y, ould MAXI trouOle in New
York.
NEW YoRE. y Y, March 23l, 81 -
The Rev TnoLas Dixon pretaced his
sermon Sunday III Association Hall, cor
ner of Fourth avenue and Twen,y-third
street, with u few remarks on the lynch
inQ at New Orleans He said the PROV
ocation was more terrible than the event
il had produced He went into his
tory of the work Of the Malta in New
Orleans aud compared the uprising OF
the people to that which took place over
the Berucr case IN Cincinnati, aud to
the profound agitation u Chicago
over toe cases of the Anarchists vi
the Malta he said f." There is
no room on this continent for Sue.
gangs We are again reminded Of
the fact that We have in our midst
unass inflated foreign elements tha. We
must either speedily ass ml,ate or spew
ont. Toe Ut1, ef \ IJ.- ma.
grave lllstaAe w4ea, b. excitement
OF the momeu., they raj. he cry, We
are aiaus let all Italians and togeth.
or. We never forge Y Ietta. Those
hamiug headlines and Wild cries for ven
geance were sad biulie,,. There is no
room IN Ibis nation for l,alians as Ital
ians. t,e want Italian American citI-
zens. But We have no use for Italians
as Italians, especially il they ioice iu
the sti.e.to and slug. Law Acia uZ Ital.
ian citizens have maintained most
paiutu. silence on the subject of these
hellisl societies OF murdecers. Do they
apprUge theu! or do they fear tleu
Son We fear secretly believe in their
methods. and some we know a'e afraid
60 express their opinions
"P-,lIJl Corito, spokesman for .Le
con uittee that went to Washington on
the g u, said to a reporter iu Pitts5urg;
IF tie Italians IL other cities will fol-
low our example, there will be raised ia
few days a fund Of $500 600 to aid
tn work OF securing justice or revenge.
believe that the killing in New Orleans
VII result in war, but if the Italian
government does hot force 10 complete
an satisfactory issue the reparation
nee sss1ry, l will say now that an army
of italians will assemble in New Orleans
wheA viii fully and eventually ayelge
The murder of our countrymen.'
You believe u the Malta a-j ven.
dette
i believe In revenge. Italians are
reveuge'ui EtCn apgered; We are terri
By t.g
.Su- ouy vogi of di5approyal for the
M. bur ca,r words Of vengeance.
4hr IL 20
Dor: i do not Think our people Will
Dc aa hing /. they do | ShAi. o-lieye
tn c ion is iustiyated by The Malta
do see what the people OF New Oc.eaus
co. a do These rascals, who We're de
fyiag the law aud carrying on wholesale
murder, seemed to be able, by money or
otler means, to defy the law still further
VIII il attempted to punish them. 1t
set Us 70 me the only thing to do was
wLat was done. Shall asSassins 60 un-
pugsaed because they have obtained
GouuUI Of the administration of justice
in a eityi The fact that they are
nv eolutrymen does not make
M the less anxious to see them pun
bhed. am sorry that such step wa;
Necessary; the men should have beer
convicted. | don't believe the Italian
Government will ever Interfere. Ii
know the outlaws that come here, and
In fact. was III communication with Chic
Hcluessv about some of them, as l vel
know Bu. don't quote my name IL
anytung you say. l would not have N.
nam published in this affair for all
an worth. Some Of these Sicilians ar
desperate, and We all fear them.
"The time has come in this nation 70
the people to rise in might and sweel
from the face Of the earth this pestien
bro1l who breathe the breath of hel
am vet revel in the liberties of fre
Repgbac. Let all good Italian Ameri
car cooperate in the God given work
"Another cause Of this tragedy we Sc
at once to be the contempt of the popu
lac for the verdicts of the courts. Th
conviction that bribery Is not only posi-
bic, but is almost an every day occur
rence. The conviction that trials Q
criminals are coming more and more t
be a farce. Ii is an awful thing for tn
masses to lose confidence in the court
Of Justice. Give US few Pat DIVERS a
Judges Flaek divorce procedures; fe'
NOR rich scoundrels who wear purpl
and iue linen, who ought to be wearin
striped clothes Let this thing 60 o
awhile longer, and it will be necessar
to turn the cannon at the Battery u
Broadway, plant your Hotchkiss CUR
in City Hall Square and sweep you
avenues with grape and canister.
''The decay of public confidence in OF
Judicial processes l.. one of the mo,
startling phenomena of the day.
means a certain resolution of some so
either the reconstruction of metho
peaceably, or lapse into the chaos
an anarchy out of which new civillz
tion will be built. When all classes lo
confidence in courts, and money and il
fuence and threats rule supreme, tt
hour has come for a deluge of blooc
-shnlld sst-ozsfselyes seriously whit ut
er " aTe drifting? We should sftsr ask oa a