The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-11-02
4 DISGRACE To CIVILIZATION.

Dis 'atciies =" tie \"r Nllrans dali
lies AZ last "Wednesday rnutained y
harrow i'm accnnnt of the huruin. u? a
negro ~ the stake ~ TYLER, Texas.
The victim of the mol's fury was &C
crsra OF ontlaging II respectable white
woatas md then fuullv msrlerine her.
lie WAS Itscrel from tie law officers
aud the leaders ut til. mnh held cniin-
ell tan"th.r and decided ta burn linn
by 4 sh"w fire. which was dome in the
most irrfl.arnus manner. i'll The public
square ~ the tnwn. IN the rr->"iic+ If
twelve tliaHs~hd people, an,nIig whom
nerr iua'tt "nnen and children. and
MANY l.g'n+s. So said the newspaper
account.
@Stra y proceeding is Il disgrace in
ON i~n,ast",l modern civilizai:on. :'utt
plt~ ~ ~ j level With Tie sar2c4s If
the Saitl; sea. IT. ,ieeiad.s nur cnm-
Eeh '!%&eaaitv aud displays ii de.,te
Il cruel. f",nsisi, ha,hatity the exist
exc" "A W'..fi4. afi"tg Il free and en-
it1lt"lira people, ut the end OF the
NJ efc"Hit, cenIur,. will seem lnciel-
lie H. ftr sHtnie historian. The
~ atng nf witches il New England IL
he nl>s at sttiu Iatitatism and hli:id
Snltl-tit o. pale into insi.nIiiran"e by
tie -i.ie Of Iii, ~nutlrin example uf
cincity.
W. d" not mean 10 eXeuSa the eY'un"
II the nt"hS Victim. Tive .iiin-
charged to Him Is one Of tie inost
i,efat'f~ ~ appalling il the catalogue"
II crimes II h..eryrs dent.,. and tiie
law rutli~ineS it viii. the death. II IS
tlirtiattti ~ ron>e tile Indignation
aod passions "f an outraged comment
i fst t|teir highest pitch and generally
htii-s tttea iS ~peiprtrat"f ~" swift
Fe. -yinte o! the itopulacr. The per
retratnls At this crime are o!tener shot
~ hung hy IAnchel. than brought to
justice. ;.ai. we are free t. confess,
that pubic sentiment conniyes at, ii it
dneS t"F entirely approve such meth
dds and there may he eases where
ltArh LAW would be tie only effective
r~tmedy.
Bur tilat does not make lynch Law
right antl e;tnno wipe oat the blot
tttat -ufh atrocities III occurred at Iy
ies put upon our civilization. Ii the
people ~ any state believe that pnh
IL burning 1T the stake is the proper
Punishment ior the crime referred to
lei them write it upon their statutes
and let the punishment he melted out
under sanction Of the law. If mere
assault with criminal intent upon ii
woman. deserves death, write it upon
Your statutes, and let the law punish
tile crime. When the law fails to per
form is functions. tie populace mar
tind o,n excuse, but not Justification,
for taking the law in its oNn hands.
Ssisa patiagtS as that which was
enacted AT Tyler have il most deprav-
IN eject upon 4 people, and denlnr-
a'izr the Youth of the country. 1t stirs
~, all the ctueI instincts which lie
dormant 10 Il greater or less extern in
every human heart aud which centu-
Ties II civilization and Christianity
have not yet succeeded in entirely sub
dung. They retard civilization and
cas- Il serious reflection upon Christ
l%anity. They merit the condemnation
o: every true man and good citizen.
.tsey should be denounced unspatiug-
ana increasingly by the press Of tie
county until i healthy public sehti-
Il ett has been aroused against them.
Reproducing the salient parts of orr
editorial in defence Of the bare footed
boy against the unjust rule Of the
Superintendent of Public Schools of
New Orleans, our esteemed contempo-
rary, the st. Mary Banner adds the
following sensible comments:
We never fail to find in our esteem
ei contemporary the Thibodaux SEN
TiNEL. matters of interest. and the
c~oHeise nttertnce Of opinions in which
we can most heartily concur. The
above objections to paternalism il our
school system, and public affairs gen
orally. and the good word for the poor
boys rights Is Just and timely. IT'S
true that Il bare foot boy in the citv
schools may feel il little mortified. and
iuek somewhat odd, but in our coul!-
try schools the boy brim full nf life
and Nouug vigor, abiors shoes. He
delights III being without foot GEAR.
With pants rolled up he diSdains
slush and mud, and With bold free
step, t.amfs to school and homeward
when his lessons are over. 1t cult
Yates 4 free, bold spirit and HIS feet
get natuIat development. Let him 90
hare footed it he prefers. 1t will do
HIM good, and his schoolmates no
harm.