The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-21

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1nsrs cAn b~ 30 good rszso2 for any e4Ss
u ly5ehsrg II any state q tie Ln3oz-
Every rsgAsszin3sd nsn viii heartily
tndorss fh2s view. LyncAiag al ARRESTED
man accused q erizss 10 O. course nothing
Iess thEn msr1es. The pracsies o. lynch
lsw habisaGtss sks nsnds d the psepss 70
making TIE mob the highest courT Of sp-
pea: IL destroys the idea Of the sszctiEy
Of kzmsa lie; il psea6s for the jzsElaes-
tea Of ths sxereiss q p1sslon u1dsr
proToestioa.
II mo5 murders are 20 be 6efsn6sc On
tbs groand Of passionate vengeazes, Why
then ne fnass logically accepts the pea Of
passion in abssemezt q tie gait Of the
nlscrssnt she commits the foul crime q
rapa- II passion nsay excuse ranlEstn1s
toF uniswfal honic16s. then passion may
- pleaded for the wretch whose passion
has psou pied him 70 crime There car bs
10 rossibls Justification or excuse for
lynch Iaw except in . stste Of society
where organized Iaw has not gone into
operstion. and it 10 doubtful whether
lyBching has ever proved deterrent Of TIE
cgsDs 70 Which Is vas applied 20 cheek
In the South oegtaisiy lynch las has pro
euce5 DO reduction In the numbeF q oar
RACES for which untrsed and tberef0re pre-
sunsbiy innocent men have been sIsc1teA
ConcsrniaE tie practical effect Of the
freqasnt lypchings Al the So1fh. tbs New
York CSMn.~resal AdsSs1iser says:
What they have dons 10 10 give the
devil sn human nature free incEigeDcs
untu from murder the mob proceeds 20
tOrturs. fron murder and torture as
retribaIaOn 70 murder and torture on sus-
picion- From that 20 rDnrder and torture
~Horse than al, by satatlissEng lynch
iaw they Deprive the lac o. the land q
ia opportunity 70 do its exemplary work
This L. trns. Suppose. for example,
whsn Guitesa shot Garfield the mob had
sesr.d him snd then aud there stamped
the lie ont Of him as Q man might crush .
cockroaeh with his foot. The effect upon
the lpablic mind would have been very
pernlciOus. IL Was . tine Of fierce fac
iiOBsl q1srrel between the conkiing and
''half-brsed" orBlains Republicans in the
the Empire state. AID The anti-Con king
Republican organs did not hesitate TO
charge Conkiinx and Vice President Ar
thur With the moral responsibility for the
murder Of Garfield. The New York TriB-
~ne lost IL. head completely and argued
that the resoluts opposition TO Garfield
inearnstsd By Conkllng and Arthur had
By IL. speech and action influenced Gull
teau TO murder the president. In other
words 10 vas graye!y charged that Gar
feds taking Of Was q political murder;
that Guitsau vas q crank partisan who
loved Conklins and hated the president
Had Guiteaa been lynehed on the
sesns OF bis crime the whole truth
about him never would have been known
by careful Judicial investigation, and
Conkiing and Arthur would have been
burdensd al their lives with a load OF IN
JUS; obioquy. But the solemn. careful
trial Of Gaitsau proved beyond shadow
Of doubt thas be did not even know Couk-
ling or Arthur; that he had asked Secre-
tary Blaine for an Office just as Prender-
CAST asked Mayor Harrison to make him
| corporation counsel and had been promptly
/ refused. So far as Guiteau had any politi-
/ cal grievance it was against Secretary
/ Blaine. bat his insane love OF n0toriesy
/ prompted him 10 kiu Garfield whom he
/ pretended 20 believe was responsible for
| Blans's action. When the trial was ended
| there "a. not q sane man in America n no
believed that conkiing or Arthur was any
more responsible directly or indirectly for
| Garfsld's murder than John C. Calhoun
ga. responsible for the attempted assassl-
nation OF President Andrew Jackson. But
| II Gustssu had been lynchsd IL IL quite
likely bis true history. character and mo-
/ tlves would have been buried with hiEu,
/ and Conkling and Arthur might have been
wrapped In q cloud Of unjust political In
/ fanny for many years.
/ So IN the case of Ssnto. who STABBED
/ Presiden. Carnot 90 death. IL be had
teen lynehs3 on the SPOT his true history.
/ character and motives might never have
been judiciaiiy established, and the inn
/ psesslvs lesson Of bis solemn trial and sx-
scnsion undsr iAs woala lave oesa lost 70
the people Of France.
Watcher az accused person Is guilty o.
rot. whether the vietla deserved death.
I hss nothing 10 do with the question. The
1 constitution OF al our states provides in
/ substance that ''ths right Of trial BY yury
shall be lnvlolAss." Every accused person
is entitled 80 fair trial BY al impartial
/ fury. II Il he said that she Punishment
provided By the sAw IL nos adeqaase, the
answer Is that an appssl should be made
10 the iAwmakinE powsr q TIE state. No
mob has arr suthorliy. either ia iaw OF
| morals, to pass On the question Of ths
| gnat or tnnScenes Of an accused man.
| II Ne once a3His that an unauthorized
BODY Of men may remedy supposed de.
| feets cf legislation. Ehsn there % an end
! Of organised eivil society and ne have re-
veFtsd 70 q state Of ssArehy and bar
/ harisua. Nor does it make any differences
whsihsr the mob who Iyaehss the prisoner
/ IS clad in hreAdelota O. IN tie gArs ol
/ paaperisea rufaasixm; whether Ia L. com
posed of oar best or onr worst citizens. L:
"resa egtsasns" Faay DEFY and tsAmpls an
der feet tie lAw In order % mur4sG
-AAa cstlsen." Why then TIE ~bsa eiti,
teas" have last a. good = Tighs the rs1i
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