Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-11
ENGLISH MEDDLERS.
GOV. o'FeRRALL's VIGOROUS cRITl-
c,sM or LYNCHiNc iNvs STICAToRS.
AdvIscd 70 First sweep Before Their Own
Demonstrating from Governor
Brown-Thc Pardoning Power.

coloneI G. Oh. Cowardin. Governor
o,Eerralrs chief OF staff. returned yester-
day from Baltimore. whither ne went
Saturday TO dehver TO Governor Brown.
OF Maryland. the letter OF 'irsinias Elk
ecutiye. Offering to turn over TO Governor
brown the Maryland schooners Price
md Stevenson, which were captured IN
Tangier sound by the virginia oyster
notice steamer Chesapeake IN FEBRUARY
last. Colonel Cowardin reported 10 Gov
ernor O'Ferrall that he was most cour'
teously received by Governor Brown who
sent his RESPECTS and greeting to Cover
nor O'Ferrall and said ne wou'd answer
the communication In few days The
baltimore Sun Of yesterday says: Cover.
nor Brown Will prepare a reply 'his week.
asking that the boats be delivered TO
conman der Howard OF the maryland
oyster navy, at Crishtu'
Inquiry About southern Lynchings.
Sunday night Governor OFerraii re-
ceived a telegram from the New YORK
world stating that an English committee
had been sent to this country 10 ihVesu-
gate and denounce southern iynchihss.
and asking him to wire what NJ thousht
OF English meddlng in our aiIairs: Tow
ernor O'Ferrall replied in the following
vigorous telegram:
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
GOVERNORS OFFICE.
RICHMOND, VA. September D. lo'l.
The World. New York:
Things have come to n pretty pass IN
this country when we are 10 nave n lot
NJ English morallsts sticking their noses
into our internal affairs. III is the
n,,intoscence of brass and impudence.
Tbcv had better swe p in front or their
own doors before seeking TO regulate
lis. We might as well investigate Eng
lands affairs in India, her "hitechapei
murders. her Ripper sIashinss.
the MAVERICK trial and her aHeged IN
Justice and cruelty 10 TINS woman her
yonacious colonial policy in Africa, and
the degrading effects upon the 'hihese
resulting from her opium war.
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
What do they propose to do IN case
they find that the law Is not adiillhls-
tered here according to their IDEAS! De-
clare war against us or open tha.Viais OF
their wrath upon our heads!
What information do they SEEK do
in The South have lynched negroes whose
miserable lusts led them 10 the commits
sion of the black crime OF rape upon
white women? II so. they need not inves-
tirate. for such is the fact. DO tney de-
sire TO know that this has been done by
infIriate communities for the protection
Of their white women ana 10 save the
victims of these fiends from the hunilia-
ZION of testifying in courts? II so. this
Is the fact. Do they want 90 know
whether there was any doubt as To the
guilt of the men lynched? If so, Tor the
satisfaction Of their yearning souls they
in.y the perils of n sea-trip that their
guilt was clear in every instance.
PRISONERS PROTECTED.
IL they had desired TO learn whether
these lynchings were 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 Overpowered.
In virginia the authorities in every case
have asserted all their power to suppress
the lynching spirit. and within the last
few months / have protected from vio-
lence with military at heavy expense to
the State three negroes who were charged
with ou,raging white women. They had
fair trials. were convicted. and executed.
While lynch-law is to be condemned and
g cry effort has been and Will be mad,
TO suppress it in the South without the
advice of those would-be philanthropsts
who have taken so much upon them
selves. lynchings will surely cease when
the crime OF rape ceases. These sympa-
thetic Engishmen might find missionary
work among the negroes Of the South
In warning them against the conse-
ouences OF the forcible qualification OF
their deyilish lusts.
CHARLES r. OFERRALL.