The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-11
GOVERNORS ON THEIR METTLE
0'FtrraIl and Korthen Sharply Rebuke
the CficiOuS ElSlIShmsn
FOR MEDDLING INTO LYNCHINGS SOUTH
They are Told to First Perfect The selves
Before Casting stopes-Tiilnan In
yites Them South.

The lying Vaccinations II Ida =. Wells.
the mulatto woman who has vilifed the
South all over England is bearing rs
natural fruit and the soft-hcartcd and
soft-headed people Of that country who
have been gulled by this disreputable
negro woman. have sent committee 20
the United states to investigate ana de-
nounce southern lynchings.
New York World. asking him what he
thought OF the English mcddling with
our affairs, Governor Charles j. . terrdA
replied as follows.
Commonwealth OF Virginia.
Governors ONCE,
Richmond Va. Sept. .. 1884,
The World. New York.
Things have come 70 a pretty pass IN
this country when We are to have a lot
OF English moraists sticking their noses
into our internal affairs. u Is the
quintescence OF brass and impudence.
They had better sweep In front OF their
own doors before seeking 20 regulate
us. We might as well invest'gatr Eng
lands affairs I'm India. her White chapel
murders her Jack the Ripper sl9shings
the MAVERICK trial and her alleged .n-
Justice and cruelty to this " man. Nor
rapaclous colonial policy IN Airict ana
the degrading effects upon the Ihnese
resulting from her opium war
they find that the law IS not admins
tered here according to their IDEAS?
Declare war against us or open he
Walls Of their wrath upon our % ads'
What Information do they seek DO
they want 70 know that the white peO-
pie in the South have lylchtd neg o"s
whose miserable lusts led them 10 the
commission OF the black crime of rape
upon white women? II so they meet not
investigate. for such H. the IN 2. DO
a a lp4KV frnf this has q
done by Infatuated communities for the
protection OF their white women and TO
save the victims Of these hrnds from
the humiliation of testifyinS IN courts
II 50 this is the fact. I'D they want @
know whether there was any doubt q 81
10 the guilt OF the men lyuchedH IT 20
for the satisfaction IF their yearnins
souls they could have 3oCertaiuod with
out enc0unterug the peuls of sea
trip that their guilt was clear III every
instance.
II they had desired % learn whether
these lynchings were permitted or un-
tenanced by the civil authorities. they
could have learned Through the regular
channels If COTrespOi drnc" tnit ln
every case the civil authorities were
either without KNOWLEDGE or were over
powered. In Virginia the authorities ln
every case have asserted all their power
10 suppress the lyuching spirit and Nltl-
i'm the last Few months ] have protected
from violence with military at heavy
expense 10 the state. three ne-ro.s "h
were charged with outraglng white Wu-
men They had fair trials. were convi. {
ed and executed. While lyrch IaW is 20
be- condemned and every effort has btel
and viii he made To suppress it in the
south without the advice If those would
be philantropists, who have taken 50
much upon themselves. lNnchine~ VIII
surely cease when the crime Of rape
ceases. These sympathetic EuolisnmeH
might find missionary work among the
negroes of the South i'm warning thrm
against the consequences OF me fortib q
@T9tification of their devilish lusts.
CHARLES T.. OFEtKALL.
Governor OF Virginia.