Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04
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can suppose that the Turner's Conven-
ton" will try to set up the plea that all
the cases of lynching in this country for
rape or any other cause are upon limo.
cent negroes; but it can be clearly es-
tablished that in many q case OF mob
violence the innocent has suffered. We
believe Justice still contends that it is
better Tor many guilty to escape than
that one innocent should perish.
When violence with no power save
brute force and no guide save bitter
hatred may enter a mans dwelling, be
that dwelling the most humble in the
land, drag him from the bosam of his
family, and take away his life-we say,
when this can be done with impunity
the government itself is not safe. West
evidently has some uncertainty as to
the correctness of his own views, for he
adds;-"If such subject should be diss
cussed at all the most wise and prudent
among us should do it," We need but
say this in reply to the gentleman. 1t
so happens that the wisest and most
prudent are they.who see most clearly
the necessity for such action and
widowed mothers and fatheriess child,
dren together with other things is
abundant authority.
Bishop Turner with others are but
willing servants answering the call OF
he times.
That weak and Objectionable persons
will find their way into the convention
is true. That satan has always gone
with the SONS of God to present himself
before the Lord is also true. If friend
'West will kindly devise some plan to
keep him out of the approaching "Tu7-
ner's Convention" he (West) will doubt
less be considered "The noblest Roman
of them ALL Again, West states that
Bishop Turner and others called upon
the race to defend itself against a
charge that has never been made.
Itneeds no argument to show the
fallaciousness of such statement, We
are led to ask in what school did West
train that he has grown so wise?
We are constrained to think that he
reads matter that was written century
<n
being revised. Why Sir: A few years
ago colored member of congress saw it
necessary to take the floor and defend
the race against charge preferred by
white member of the same body and,
the charge was the very Identical one
that West claims has never been made.
Has he never read copy of the almost
numberless newspapers North and
South, that gain scanty livelihood and
a cheap notoriety by heaping false
charges upon the negroes head? Not
satisfied by trying to show that the
charge of crimes has not been made by
any class of whites: West goes on and
says;-"The lynchers themselves have
not charged the race with these crimes.
Now Sir: when the lyncbers take a
negro in whom the law can find no
fault and deprive him Of. his life; against
whom is the blow leveled? Whose is
the cause to complain when a negro is
cut of injustly?
The very act is charge written with
the blood of the victim and it cannot be
viewed in any other light. We are
glad that West is not ashamed to identi-
fly himself with the race for we hope to
see of him vessel of honor unto good
works.
The gentleman's allusion to the Uni
ted States court and the illicit Distiller'
is no argument. What point of sem
blance can there be between a man who
is indicted legally, tried fairly. with
every means known TO the law to estab
lish his innocence, with Judge jury
both convinced that he is innocent un-
til he be proven guilty;-We ask, what
point of semblance can there be be-
tween such man and one who is taken
from his bed and his wife and shot to
death without one word of defence? Be
the victim of mob violence white or
black, the scandel is the same, West
may say that our argument applies to
the individual and not to the race.
Just let some one explain out of sight
the hard fact that the Afro American
however we'll informed in letters and
however moral can not enjoy the COM
mon rights of American citizenship.
Continued next week
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