The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-14
SECOND DtNJNCla-
TIo> OF THE TIMES.


anofher Lunonhurg mass-mceiing. ana
this one declares that If IN the iesoiu-
ton passed by our meeting of the oth we
roisr. presented The TIMES IN certain N'i-
bafim quotations from our resolutions i'll
The Times of tho 9th Of August we
stand corrected thus far as II was not
our intention 10 misreprcsent The Times
in any particular, but we claim that
the allegations contained in these Te7o-
ntions are substantially true IN every
particular. and we Teiierate them now.
Now. this is very bad. but it is vast I'M
provement upon the otheL Common
sense is beginning to assert itself in Lu-
nenhurg. and We have no doubt that IN
a short time We shall see this whoie
subject considered AID treated nationally
and fairly there.
The Times mas no disposition TO make
points with Lunenbures excited citizens,
so 1t passes by the new public meeting S
reiieiaiion OF the charges against The
Times with the brief and simple state
ment again that The Times never mae
any OF the statements which are charged
against H. and II renews its offer 10 pay
the expenses OF any one of 1.-THE com
mittce" who viii come TO Richmond ana
examine the files OF The Times. and Sc
let from them the statements which he
may think justihes those charges. The
Times will then reprint what ne selects
and show that they do not sustain the
charges. 1t seems to The Times that self
respecting men should either accept TINS
oncr or withdraw the charges.
The Times thinks, and 1t believes Luz
nonburgs excited citizens viii think
~.hen they get calm that this fare-up
against The Times is one of the most un-
necessary and unreasonable pieces Of eN-
eitemcnt that ever did take place. All or
the sensible people Of Virginia outside
q Lunenburg county are unanimous in
declaring that the negro women who
lave been convicted of the murder OF
Mrs. Pollard have been tried under cir
camstanc,s and conditions that raise far
more than suspicion that justice has
miscarried. and that We may be running
a very serious risk Of putting 10 d'ath
people who are innocent of the crime
with which they stand charged. The feel
ing Is universal outside Of Lunenburs
county. that these women have neen
practically not tried at all but simply
,ut under sentence Of death IN obedience
10 tine 6redctermination of a mob.
Now. the rest of us cannot stand by
end see thing Of this sort go on. II
the women are guilty we insist that they
.lall be executed But we also insist
that they shall not hc condemned and
executed until they have had a full, far,
and open trial in which the whole case
Is explored and ventilated before perfect
" fair and impartial jurors who say they
are guilty because the evidence proves
them TO be so. and not because mob
t,rrorizcs them into saving So Human
ity prompts this much. but every mans
selfish regard for his own safety calls fSr
the same.
II these women can be made the vic
tins OF a mob's blind rage, the principle
being thereby established any other per-
son is liable TO become its victim also.
and none Of us would know when we
were safe. The principle, then that when
a person Is accused OF crime. he snail
not be adjudged guilty until he has mad
a fair and open trial by perfectly unpreju-
diced persons. must bee adhered 20 as re-
lgiously In this case as In all others. we
cannot depart from il I'm any case.
Loyalty 10 this principle has prompted
The Times in the course 1t has pursued.
IL has felt that every nook and corner OF
this case should be explored. and that
every item OF evidence which could tend
TO throw light upon n should Dee brought
TO public attention. And The Times
must confess that II has been amazed
20 see citizens Of Lunenburg county en-
deayoring to thwart The Times in It's
efforts In this behalf u counted cOnf-
IDENTIFY upon the most active assistance OF
every man in the county. and II seems
incredible 20 IL now. that there can be
any citizens there now who oppose the
very fullest and most searching invesu-
CATION Of the matter that can possibly be
made
The resolutions adopted on Tuesday de-
clare that the course OF The Times Is
1.-The greatest possible incentive 10 lynch
law and subyersive OF every principle
OF Justice. and the right Of the people
20 manage their own affairs
This proposition must be divided In con-
sfdering IT, How cur course can be con-
s.Gered an incentive TO lynch law. We are
totally unable 10 imagine unless upon the
theory that II the mob finds itself re
,,rain.d. IL makes the mob angry. II this
f. what the Lunenburgians mean, then
ULs Times wiu always be melting 70