The Delta independent., 1891-05-14
Comments On the New Orleans Grand
Jury Raeort.

Ne" AorR 1oSt: II MS Is NOT 3
esal document. II is the apology Of .
POLITICAL committee for an act Of direct
evolutionary violence conrtitted by the
:ntire population OF lurge city and
expressed In the Inflated rhetoric in which
'uch nsn!festoes are usually couched, 1t
:egular administration OF local justice, but
Throws some light on the working Of the
ury system in New Orleans, which the
'eepie OF other cities, and particularly
nose OF New York, will do well TO read,
marx, learn and inwardly digest for, "a
was remarked when the news OF this
tragedy first came, we arc travelling fast
along the shameful path which has ended
IN New Orleans in the erection Of MOB
government as desperate necessity"
cleveland PtEtndcdler: The people
lave spoken through their Representatives
IN the grand Jury and their Lecision is
ahai. Under the circumstances Premier
eudlni may well dismiss the whole sub iect
Is a "boeticss controversy"
New York Mufl aud Express; II .he
history of New Orleans siuce tho the war
and up to the l4th cf iast March had been
Entirely unfsmtiIar TO the people OF this
country, the voluminous rhetoric report
presented by the grand Jury Of tina, city
iustiiying the enforcement Of lynch law
>n the memorable occasion might be re-
sarded with more favor than can be nc
;orded by the ieyal and law abiding citizens
d this country. The Sicilian Malta found
l "a Ngw Oriaapx
Geld Tor their operations. In q city where
white men OF any position have been al
owed 70 commit murder with impunity
whenever the killing occurs in a duel or
'f-hand fight the criminal immigrants
from Sicily felt encouraged To resume the
aomicidal careers :or which they had to
cave their native land.
| New York Hcruld. Tia, II the verdict
u the grand Jury which speaks for the
people OF New Orleans. II will b the
'erdics OF the American people and Of the
civilized world wherever the facts arc
snown. II is no time TO sermouize abou,
MOO violence. An uprising OF the people
not an outbreak OF mob, II Is idle to
noraltEc about law and justice taking
| 'suitSs sSdAetN OF INC COM
nHnity is the highest law, and when
statutes aud courts fall that higher law
reigns. The MaGd, instead OF the COM
Huniiy, Is .ow terrorized. The lives OF
'aw-seiding citizens arc safer there Jus.
Hce has been vindicatci by the people.
The disease called ;or the cure. The end
iustifes the means.
| Ney, N0rif n pra,.-.sa. a. ,.,.
thought would be done. II is an outrage
that these men should escape for wha;
hey have done.
Chicago Times. There remain. the fac;
that tue conclusion they arrived at, while
The logical result of the condition OF exist
ing interests, is a disgrace TO the State
and TO the nation.
Chicago Sfadts Zeit,Iny: Congress
ought to use its prcroca,ive and enact q
statute allowing the federal authorities In
the future TO take measures TO preven;
mob violence by which our relations with
foreign powers are altered and treaties
made with them annulied.
Washington Post: While IL may have
aot been necessary to strike terror 10 a
dangerous class OF the community by tho
ir6itramcnt OF q sclf-constituted cour,
shere are still other and equally dangerous
slcments that would also seem TO require
heroic treatment
Denver Rsp,tblicdn: The general op!u.
ion In New Orleans Is that the action ol
lh. mob was not only iustHable but neces.
'ary In order TO check the spirit of assas-
'ination among the Sicilian residents Of
that city, md that view is probably cor.
rect. IL is not likely that similar action
will be needed for like cause In the near
tuturc.
| Denver Nc,cs: While the con scrva,lve,
taw-abiding and dlaw-respectiug people OF
New Orleans In taking the law into th cir
)wn hands, they will most heartily in
iorse what is here said about tho class Of
immigrants who arc being dumped upon
our shores. 1t Is IA question which has
secn too long neglected. For q ha,f century
and particularly the last quarter OF that
| 'alf, America has been the YUM for the
oaupcrs, murdcrers, thugs, thieves and
)utcasts OF other countries. What test
should be applied to an i'm migrant before
ac is permitted to land on our shorcsi He
should at least be required to bring with
him certificate, duly atsestod by proper
v constituted authorities In the country
whence he comes, and indorsed by our
'onsol, vouching for his character, health
md occupation. ard the further statement
hat he is dcsirous OF becoming an Ameri-
AN citizen. The obstruction to free i'm
migration created by such statute would
'rove one of The very safeguards we need,
Here is an opportunity for Congress to
protect American lnbor.