The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-16

if4fft that ended in the inhuman butch
aiy OF eleven human beings. II those
things keep on well may thA inquiry
= arise, whore are they to stop dt? What
ii the use Of our carefully woven fabric
H III law IL il cannot DO made tip protect
human lives until those who haye been
nslindged guilty under the law are
eentenced to DEATH The Ign htngs oil
Saturday are the results OF 1he disre-
gard OF the law that has Tor many
years marked and disgraeed he South
eIn States, and it is to be resrettea
that this outlawry has oyerldaped the
ieutianal line tLas divides North ana
South and has made its appehra IN
eonae Of the Northern States. AS
generai thing southern butchRfies nave
been confined TO colored people as the
victims with occasional mas5acres oil
whites. such as the butcheFy of the
Chisholm family the two Mat hews, and
Dixon In Mississippi, Clayton in Mkan-
eaa, and Deputy United States Marshal
Saunders OF Florida. The whites have
a been butchered on account 0 political
nnlmosities as a general thing, but the
4 lIacls for any imaginable or me.
\ In The case OF tho latter in Louisiana
aud Mississippi, lynehins was almost
sure TO fellow an arrest FORA by serious
b fence. These murders by lynching
have been going on so long and tho
nepple have become SO accus TONED To
them that they do not look upon the
lynching of black man especially as
N I. serious crime. When the Public mind
becomes thus schooled II is t|ut short
step. TO make tho same appI ication oil
l.nch.law TO whites charged with Sc
ripus offences also. II is all Wrong, and
TIC Is high time that Southern state
Epsernments would take IL lis matter
ID hand and turn the burning desire OF
TIC Southern people for just Ice into a
lrpper lawful channel.
X Still it must 10 confessed that tho
people Of New Orleans have been sore
liz tried and never had stronger incen-
tlses TO wreak their yengea nce upon
the murdcrous Malta.
No less than thirty citilenF had from
time 10 time bean assas7lua ted in tho
streets OF the city. At last, the chief
Of police in an attempt to Ferret out
the murderers himself became a
marked victim, and was sLlt down on
the streets, There seemed to he no
doubt that the Italians belpnsinG to
the Mata were tie assas5!ls. ETery
effort was put forth to anes the guilty
parties, and tho eleven men shot down
aud hanged on Saturday we've the ones
arrested for the crime, They were
brought to trial and arraiaut I'D before a
jury regularly selected undHf the laws
OF the State The evidence was most
positive that three At least, ',f the mon
were gailtg, and the oil hers 8erC
accessories TO the crime. Everybody
was expecting and awaiting on the Zip
toe of anxiety a verdict Of guilty ii
oil cases, but when instead "A verde
OF acquittal in SIX c5lsos wa returned
and the jury had disagreed as to the
other three, it is not difficult t.
imagine the disappointment and rag
Of the people at this mis- tarrIage O
Justice.
The verdict appeared to them MS
corrupt one and already TIT @ bills hay
been found against some Of them TO
perjury aud being tempered withfren
outside influences. After wltnesse
whose testimony was nntmpeaehed
were sure that they saw certain o
those Italians fire the fatal SLOTS am
whose evidence was corrohbrated by
web of the strongest kind of cireunl
siances and to see them escs ape throug
the verdict OF a tempered jury we d
not wonder that there was d loud Out
burst OF fiery indignation Still Iii
did noa justify mob law, The peopl
Of New Orleans should haye awalte
and have allowed the law to have IL
course. II there were anything wron
about the law they should have righte
It. Murders and assass|nations
New Orleans haze been Entirely to
frequent, and punishment for then
has been entirely too infteqaent fe
the good of tho community, and I'll
state of affairs that now exists ha
been brought on by the people then
selves.
The lynehing OF colore0l men an
women WIS met with perite indine
ence and unconcern but these viol
tons of the law have let loose the ba
err passions of the people, until III
disregard OF the law has spread
white people The Italians are dille
entkind OF people from the negroe
They are spiteful and quick to revenf
aniniury, even years after the offeni
was committed. IL is hard to te
where these troubles will ehd now TIN
they are started. war OF extermin
ton Is horrible to Contemplate In fac
cannot be thought ofserto |lsly.
They are here, and viii le they a
here revenge may lead to The saeriiit
OF life for lie. We say again, this Nj
never do. II our laws are disregard,
we are on the verge of reN olution.
"A the massacre of Saturday Eoes no ia
II ther, no other serious results will e
cue, il it arouses the people to the da
ger of permitting protnis ,doas INN
CRATIC TO this country. an d ends in Il