San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-10
DENoUNCEs THE LYNCHING.
The Union League Club OF New
York, on The New Orleans

York, on The New Orleans
Killing.
NEW YORK, April 10.-The Union
League club of this city at its meeting
last night, adopted very strong re-
port as to the recent killing at New
Orleans, which it denounces - muir
der, and as presenting very peculiar
conditions. The report says, speak
ing Of the important feature of the,
case, that no force was exerted untls
the law had taken it's full course and
failed to punish: .... .....
The conditions are just those of
government of anarchy. II the laws
failure in this case to do justice can
justify mob violence, it can do it again
and again. This is the first great step
in our history taken by alleged best
citizens to teach and illustrate the
doctrine of mob violence in place of
law. The events in New Orleans and
the tendency of them cannot be
viewed by any good citizen without
tu0 SI0N0bU oPPIOh0h6kohs ouSA %
amples are contagious. No one can
tell where the next mob will under
take to correct the failures that are
supposed to occur in the administra-
ton of the law, nor how many such
assaults our system of government
will endure. We all know that the
decline and fall of nations are gradual.
Failure never occurs all at once. The
fret false steps are the ones that
gnally lead to rum.
While condemnlng without equivo-
cation the course pursued in New Or
leans, 1t is not believed that MAORI
ty of those engaged in the illegal pro.
ceedings were in any sense enemies OF
our country, or intended to make a
dangerous assault upon our free in
situations. They are not anarchists
or revolutionists, but are undoubtedly
lovers OF their country. They were
mistaken in the remedy they adopted
for the real evil they were suffering
under. Without admitting for one
moment that the facts justified the
outbreak, they show condition OF
things that demands the thoughtful
consideration by every American cit
iZen.
While the outbreak has turned the
attention this time to New Orleans,
the common Judgment of all intelli-
gent and patriotic men is that in
greater or less degree every large city
in this land has q condition of things
somewhat similar in kind to that re-
ported to exist in New Orleans. The
recent anarchist troubles i'm Chicago,
events in Cincinnati and our own
July riots in 1888, with numerous
lesser incidents may be cited as proof
that such Is fact.
We are thus brought face to tace
with O condition of things that ought
not to exist and the natural inquiry
arises why does it exist? IL is known
of all men that for many years we
have been the asylem OF the criminals
and paupers of all nations. We have
not taken in such flood of Ignorance
pauperism and crime without great
danger to the body polite. All the
better elements of the country are
overtaxed in dealing with this flood.
Our religious, benevolent and educat-
ional institutions are appealed to in
the pres ence of the demands upon
them.
The time is propitious to agitate
these questions before it Is too late
and see if something cannot be done to
save our country and our institutions
from the people that menace them.
If the present laws are not sufficient
others should be framed that will be
sufficient even If it becomes necessary
to provide that every emigrant must
produce a consular certificate of good
character at home, before he shall be
permitted to become one OF the family
OF the United States. 1t is the crimi-
nal classes and paupers of the world
that we should defend ourselves
from, We therefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolu-
lions:
Resolved, That we call uonp the
general government and the seversl
states to use all the lawful means
that are possible to prevent the I'M
portation of criminals and padpers;
that we call upon the authorities to
be rigid In administering as to natur-
alizatIon, in resisting the importunl-
ties of ali political parties to clothe
improper persons with the rights of
citizen ship.
Resolved, That we call upon the
press and the public to agitate and
discuss the subject of the importation
of criminals and pauperism, to the
end that if the present laws are not
sufficient to save the country from
this great peril, others may be enact
ed that shall be effectual to that end.
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