The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-17
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The New Orleans affair no more con
Germs Italians as such, here or at home,
than ~ concerns any other residents Of
the United States. The orderly admins
tration of Justice is of equal consequence
to all of us and so is tue suppression of
all lawless and criminal combinations
from whatever race or class recruited.
However we may deplore the resort 20
lynch law or It's real or supposed necessity,
the victims of this outbreak are entitled
to nobody's sympathy and least of all TO
that of honorable Italians, whose native
land has driven out these banditti and
who should not be anxious to claim them
rs fellow. conntrymen. IL Is piece of
friendly advice to the Italian societies to
hold no more meetings and make no more
public dclivcrances, but to leave the mat
ter to the good sense and the Compre-
bcnsivc Justice of the whole American
people, of whom they should regard
themselves as INi'o,lelphia Times.
The New Orleans tragedy stands dark
ON that city's fame and u cloud on the
national name, but 1t was not without
provocation most deep, proyocation. the
Ike of which has never before been
known to American shores.
Before the people of New Orleans are
judged and condemned, II will be well to
attempt u realization OF the reign of terror
which fcttered the city In its terrible
cheirs, which IL seemed only popular
uprising could break Washington Toa.
Under the circumstances we hardly
think the Italian Government will send an
ironclad to the mouths of the Mississippi
The dead Italians were members of n
society of assassins. They took more
than The ordinary chances of life in New
Orleans. They invited death by violence.
They connived at the dcbauchery of the
local courts. They helped to arouse the
public anger which resulted sodeplorably.
They were killed in violation of the law,
and IL is not to be supposed that any sober
minded Italian statesman will hold that
the law makes the Federal Government
responsible for every illegal killing of an
alien. nor will such man be inclined to
insist very strongly upon war with the
United States in case the Louisiana courts
do not condemn and hang the leaders of
the mob.--New York Void.
There can at least be no question that
life and property arc safer in New Orleans
than they were before last Saturday, or
than they would be IL the acquitted crimi-
nails had been let go free. Nor does any
reason appear why the Italian resident in
this country should be disquieted, unless
they happen to belong to criminal So
cieties like that the power of which for
mischief has just been impaired in New
Orleans. 1t was not at all the nationality
of the men shot Oh Saturday that caused
them to be done irregularly to death, but
their criminalty. Decent and law-abiding
Italians have nothing to fear from the
operations even of lynch law is this coun-
try. They may suffer by being CON
founded in the public estimation with in
decent and lawless Italians, but this in
Jury they can avert. If the Italians
throughout the country had taken pains
to express their detestatioli of the murder
of Henncssey and to disclaim all sympa-
thy with his murdcrers, they would have
secured themselves much more effect
ually against being classed with those
murderers than they can now do by ex-
pressing indignation over the fate which
these men Justly incurred.-New Yoh
Times.