The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12


what capital out Of il they can for The pur'
pose Of slaudering the South and to CON-
iiuue their domination OF us.
A buodrcd such meetings would not
prevent another lynehiug for the same
crime, while IL tends TO general lnwessnes'
instead Of specific lawlessnsss-to sndauger
property aud The lives Of thousands instead
Of life here and there Of fome worthless
character.
-sr The moro thoughtful, sensible negroes
realize the importance Of improving the
morals Of their own race especially OF their
women, as necessary step 10 their progress
8;sse IN civilization, bat the worst Of them are
evidently chatting under the moral restraints
ihrswn around them The people pSp! Of Barn.
tho same crime White shoot each
other without .cruple for such oAense.. ond
the negro therefore has 40 race grievance.
Tho fixed, unnltcrable determination OF
the whites TO protect their women against
assaults Of 30 hideous n nature is rights
IN honor 10 them, AMI therefore unless the
courts can give security to them. lyncling
will continue without regard TO Northern
hypocrisy, native hypocrisy, political in
eeodiarism, race war my other csnse-
queuccs.
The courts have faicd to giva such
rity and therefore q change is dictated by
common sense and by indications that n
much longer continuance in our present
course may lead to worse evils.
But lynching has alss failed to Prevent
this horrible crime and IL il 10 this fact that
desire TO call special tttentsn. Not only
in South Carolina, but elsewhere these
brutcs have been continual y lynched; one
was even skinned and burnt, yet the
crime is repeated all the
The fact Is that the class which commits
this crime is not swayed by fear OF death
any more than an animal The idea that IL
caught they will be put Immediately out Of
the way of rep' oach is a relief to them. II
isa well-known fact that these criminals,
negroes especially, have met death upon the
scatfold singing and exuting-ihe great
-, single actors in. heroic trageiy-thc
ex. snviel of the other criminals to he.
On oP.>So far from the sight of dying criminal
ls~1ound in IR restraining or beneficial influence
aaRl imnl people the evil has become so well
hHSm ssNcseAkayld.a At executions in public have
Sys@s I'D aon.mSrr by lIw ,ou III, .,r, .,
been solAiers An'ead lesscncd their scnsibil-
oNHr;rS aNa only become Injured to it,
the Men nov a.. regard for human life.
%sS %S,M ~Issis,Ma.rw.to should seek for a moro
,ynoa,"se r.meaTt is evident that under our
euSsrcd. toan guilt and rapaoity will con-
presen.. ssstt1 Sst1 tho courts and to brave the
lti'a painful evidence ef dcpravity and
weakness in our system that while the mob
puts some to death other criminals harden
Gu 10 oil sorts OF crimes are acquitted by
tue courts, freed from Jail and turned lsose
10 iIritate aud nr-- upon the community.
u. .',ac the date OF tie? FIRST adopt pun
81 probability in $50 Is. in crimes which would
Press, event them, and second,
---ourts for the prompt aud
t such criminals and Of oil
Tho tenement ho,
ty,, oc,,u,u,,d,,c .>'tion will be asked: can n
WY 'oo S0e found more cifectual than
u.specally for that crime which
- IS horror and arouses all the Indignation
"hethohnd revenge of a civilized p,opeY Yes I.
every !. Experience, unpublished, but authentic,
---- shows that there is far more effsctual
remedy And while it forever deprives him
Of the power to repeat the crime, mercuy
hta ~. f,r ,Ln
tentary.
Let us abolish capital punishment al
together Our condition demands it. We
are peculiarly circumstauccd AMI wisdom
dictates that the laws should he suited, in
spite Of the preccdeRtS of other countries,
to our own necessities
On every jury are men who give the
crDina-when death is the penalty-thc
benefit of the slightest doubt, and not being
ale 10 detect the sophisms of lawyers
silt great masses Of TESTIMONY, turn loose
c'minas who ought to be punished, while
singular enough, perhaps, II far larger mum
her "t people ia every U"mmuiy DO not
have sufficient realization of the s,cred-
ness Of human life.
If capital punishment abolished the
scrnr!e: CT The first will DC removed and
Ga the other hand what could better instil
more reverence for human life than for the
Legislature to treat 1t too sacred to be
touched by even the sovereign POWER Of the
State? So long as the Legislature DEGREES
nan be,ie1s it right t. Kill nuder certain
circumstances. For las a man thinks is
he and the law il 'hs J GftsrYs2 Gt lsS af ashS hS
fSs H4ss s;9R, nRt afsct II 1P@.s..i.> @
straining or beneficial influence upon the
community, but lowers the moral sense and
"eakens regard for human life. 1t is not
so with CRIMINALS with n mark of degrade
ioo, deprived of liberty for life, doomed TO
i"oor without reward speaking example
not for one bloody moment only but for
Jeare, Oh the hard consequences of crime
Inc criminal under such restraints stands
before the people, not ouly u warning but
rs an eloquent reminder Of the humanity of
life. " '""
christian civilization is Mt war with nil
XMAS Of brutSy Punishment by State
OF community should be only for protection
10 society and for the reformation of the
criminal himself. 1t should never be in
hicteu In passion or hate revenge. When
therefore we know that our present system
Is failure, and that killing and mobbing is
failure, while it is lowering and uncyiliz-
ing In its effects, the dictates of reason
rehgon and humanity demand u change
Every crowd who in great pressure and ex- !
citement takes human life. feels a certain |
let.ing down, lossenng Of the moral cord
Mhicn retard their progress and weaken.
inc pest forces of society. Let us at least
give a serious thought to this subject which
cannot be fairly deal; with in one article
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