The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-05

Of the land. We are, as human civilized
b,.ngs as proud Americans who arc jrni-
Gus OF our country's horror. made, sick;
because OF these lynchinrs,"
Instead OF being made sick on account
~ e, me ,y,n.cnings. one might think that
| .ney would be made sick by the know1-
eugc mat the wives and mothers or this
NATION are daily outraged and murdered
Reads in IL sb m,mds . AZ p hangirg their
niEht. TO reflect that the proud l1ncri-
cans mentioned have people the earth with
sick and to hang their heads in shame.
| Every Husband who enticcs, pcrsundes ar
rgmpeis wife. to surrender herself TO
her own feelings oppose Il, bcgets these
| nrutes lmhucd with sensual procIiviiie,,.
h,scE conditions have crcated every
today asss,ult.ne girls and women.
s, nuhrimg me mass meeting held, not ono
test aaan ss'e fbe TD nSo Of regret or pro-
when women are outraged by the negro
| ,nuay, Not one word was uttered against
| the crucltics and outrnres which m,,ai
weep, 49, wy ""s'iS
White women all over the land have
read OF these brutal murders, ahutdcring
| meanwhile as they pictured the frenzy
ma hn horror OF their sisters in the grasp OF
| lhe negro. All over the country | say
We women are shudderng over these cases
anu praying for some means OF protection
a 9Eai me negro. We naturally expect
arms IN our defense. but II seems tina; his
sympathics have been given to the negro
Not one white womnns voice wns heard
upon tho platform OF tho mass meeting
| AS usual, when mon alone assume to dis
cuss great problems affecting men and
womW thcy make of themselves the ami
voice. This was never better demon.
straied Than In the recent meeting of the
National Divorce league composed entire.
it,xsi sAl
10 the platform and no female voice was
nnowcd 10 be heard In n matter SO affect
hI nor welfare ns marriage and divorce.
II Is time that we women cried ''hait "
ana compelled mankind to recognize us az
inc,orS In the affairs Of earth. II IL time
that man was made to decrease aud put
away his passions instead of pandering to
them by se,Sng some lone shadow OF
woman or immature girl to crafty tie
rating mass meetings for protesting
AGAINST the lynchng OF the black man
meetings should be held protesting agalnnt
the body OF the white woman belng seized
and ravished by him. The white men
should rise ~ masse. and. cahvassing the
against aud comnol him to lei hia white
sisters alone when lynching Is done
away WITH. thc negro VIII have no pun
qucuce of hts evil deed He can outrage |
and murder with IMMUNITY then. I believe |
mat the example of lynchng has deferred !
many negroes from these crimes. More |
OF them would have been committed had |
II not been for the fear of lynchimg.
VIII my sex ever he free from tho hor- |
ror of outrage The beast that Is In man |
has never been annlhilatcd. Every wo- |
man knows that there la this beast In |
mankind. and no woman ever trod the |
path of n lovely grove without cxpe- |
ricncing n fear of this element in man.
Be the forest ever so shady, ever so beau
tliul with natures wealth of green, vet |
the half Intangible foar that she may meet |
some one OF the opposite sex fits through
her brain and causes her unensiness And
should she meet one. In the lonely wood
land. her heart thrnba with terror MS he
approaches. and VIII not be uuietcd until
he has passed on his way and Is far from
her vicinity. All women who dwell alone
possess this fear of the beast In man. and
II ~ a disgrace to our civilization that
constant outrage and rape cause woman
TO hold these feelings toward man. her
brother.
The true remedy n for women to rise
on maRsc and insist upon man controlling
his sensual proclivtics, Women have
of all time for men have taught them
that their chances OF getting husbands
depended upon virginity. But man has
never been taught to eradicate passion.
on the contrary, he has pnndcred to It.
uutll now raging beasts walk the earth
In human form. Lot us compel men to
compel them TO be decent; let rs compel
them to quit outraging girl children.
Much soothing " done h.. men at women
but ri, saw to them s that H0 w be only
when women are admitted into logisla-
lures and have a voice In ordering the
against their sex viii be adequately pun
ishcd Then woman will make II a cap
ital offcnse to commit rnpc on her sex.
Hanging is none too good for "A man
scizos hcr body violently, and finally muir
ders It after committing indgnlues too
goGg to s e yns sa IS none none too
good Any torture that can be devised
Is none too good for black wretch who
sclzes the organism of white woman
the very cradle OF the human embryo.
while angels weep Mt the sacrilege
either do not forget that am wife
and mother and that my own beautiful
daughter may be the next victim. | am
a woman and can put myself In the place
agony and torture OF mind upon finding
herself In the grasp OF the black man.
In our communities We must deal out a
punishment beflttlng their crime.
know some of my masculine readers
Chose who are 30 fond OF quoting woman
IA the "temptor of man." etc. may dccry
what | have written here. and deem me |
somewhat severe. But | viii say: While
II Is true tina, bad woman may sseducc
realm of sex, yet her darkest sin therein
Is pure ms snow compared 10 the out
RACES men commit on women. No dlsrup-
tice youth: but In eases of outrage espc-
cially In that of i-year-old Myrtle Vance.
who was outraged by the negro Henry
Smith, the physical disruption was. be-
ypnd conception. The negro confessed his
crime and said that the little girl was
quite dcnd by the time his helnous crime
was accomplished. So I say that man, | I
not woman stands condemned as the
blacklist criminal and evil doer In tho
realm OF sex, He is the fiend incarnutc
the devil without peer. who commits
the darkest crimes In this line.
In the recent case where Mrs. Bell. a
white woman, was assaulted by the negro !
Henry llllard. even his own colored
friends Endorsed his being burnt at the
stake, Yet here In Massachusetts the
white people made II the subject OF u | !
mass meeting.
Irene Wiley OF Lynn. In another 4-year-
old victim OF assault who lies now nj the
point of death. Albert Bombergcr as
saultod his. employers daughter IN North
Dakota. Charles Miller. n negro, hrutally | :
assaulted and murdered the two beautiful 1
daughters OF John Ray al Wickllffe. Ky
Luella Merritt. aged n. has lust died In
Monmouth. H. and her assaulter Phllo
McIntirc, 70 years OF age and who is a