The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-12

NEW YORK, Sept 1O.-In response
TO a telegram from the World announc-
ing the arrival of an English syndicate
sent here to investigate and denounce
lynching and asking for personal views
as to English meddling with American
affairs, the following reply was received
from overnor O'Ferral of Virginia:
Things have come 10 a pretty pass in
this country when we are 70 have lot
of English mOralists sticking their noses
into our internal affairs. 1t is the
quintessence Of brass and impudence.
They had better sweep in front OF their
own doors before seeking to regulate
us We might as well investigate British
affairs in India, her Whitechappel muir
ders, her Jack-the-Ripper sl3shings, her
Maybrick trial, and her alleged injustice
and cruelty TO this woman, her rapacious
colonial policy in Africa, ana the de-
grading effects upon the Chinese result
ing from her opium war. What do they
propose to do in case they find that tHe
law is not administered here according
to their ideas? Declare war against us,
or open the vials of their wrath upon our
heads?
What Do They Want:
What information do they seek? Do
they want to know that the white peo-
pc in the South have lynched negroes
whose miserable lusts led them 10 the
commission of the black crime of rape
upon white women? If 50, they need not
investigate, for such is the fact. Do they
desire to know that this has been done
by infuriated communities for the pro-
lection Of their white women and 10 save
the victims OF these feads from humilia-
ton from testifylng in courts? If 50,
this is the fact. Do they want to know
whether there was any doubt as to the
guilt of the men lynched? II 50, for the
satisfaction Of their yearning souls they
could have ascertained without e1count-
ering the perils of a sea trip that their
guilt was clear in every Instance.
IF they had desired to learn whether
these lynchings we're permitted or coun-
tenanced by the civil authorities they
could have learned through the regular
channels of correspondence that in every
case the civil authorities were either
without knowledge or were overpow-
cred. In Virginia the authorities in
every case have asserted all their power
to suppress the lynching spirit. and with
in the last few months l have protected
from violence with military, al heavy
expense 70 the state. three negroes who
We're charged with outraging white
women. They had fair trials, were con-
victed and executed.
while lynch law is to be condemned
made to suppress ii in the South, with
out the advice Of those wOuld-be philan-
thropists who have taken so much upon
themselves, lynchings viii surely cease
when crime of rape ceases. These SYM
pathetic Englishlnen might find mission
airy work among the negroes of the South
in warning them against the conse~
quences of the forcible qualification of
their devilish lust"
Governor FishbncIS's Views.
The following reply was received from
Governor Fishback Of Arkansas:
That England, foreign country, and
one which pays less than one-third as
much money per capita for the education
of its people as the states pay, should
assume the role Of a missionary 10 teach
US our duty can but excite ridicule as well
as resentment If it's committee is really
sincere in its efforts to suppress lynch
ing it must be sadly wanting in common
sense not to have learned this much OF
human Qat11ra Nv advice IN the 10r17-