The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-22
A REMEDY FOR RAPE.
Mr.. Stallings Says the Fiend Should be
Tried Before Three Justices and a Jury
and be Hanged at Once.

Tried Before Three Justices and a Jury |
and be Hanged at Once.
To the Editor: Your editorial 1--WE :
Reap What We Sow" brings out a truth !
which every white man should earnestly |
consider. The negroes are manifestly en- ;
Icouraged in their aspirations for social r,
equality with the whites. 1t seems that,
as every white woman not thoroughly
and Indignantly resents any approach,
many of the most brutal negroes seek the
humiliation and destruction of our noble
and beloved females When we find that
| from the Potomac to the Rio Grande
outrages are almost daily committed by
the brutal black tends, surely it s
enough to cause every white man worthy
the name to awake to the absolute neces-
sity of wrestling this government, both
National and State, from those who by
giving the negro offices and places of
honor, encourage his aspirations and
largely cause his brutalism.
| The diabolical deeds of these fiends in
human form must be stopped. / fully
agree with Bill Arp, as he expressed his
sentiments in his letter, which you pub
lished in your issue of the Sth. Our fe-
males must be protected from outrage
even through death by all means and by
any means that may be necessary. What
is to be done? Every one knows the de-
lays and uncertainty of the law. Any
terminal, if he has money or friends who
can and will raise money, can always
secure delay and frequently can escape
Justice. You cannot hang a rapist in
wo weeks. The court may be called and
he may be tried and convicted in a short
time land he may be sentenced; but he
has the right of appeal, however clear
This guilt. Any lawyer can find some tech
nicality, if nothing more, and appeal his
case and secure delay. What is to be
Idone?
Will God save, devoutly pray, me and
; my friends, me and my neighbOrs, from
the horrible fate which has lately come
to so many othens May He deliver our
pure, virtuous, precious females every
where from such monsters in human
form! OF course, lynchings are terrible;
the nameless crime is worse. What is to
be done? The negroes of this country
must be made to know that every pure,
virtuous white female is too sacred for
him to touch. If any white man is SO
brutal as to lay lustful hands ON any
virtuous female, white or black, l would
ay treat him as the black fend is treat
ed but / am thankful that such a white
is seldom found What is to be done I
The whites must band themselves to-
gether, politically and socially, to pre-
serve their precious females from brutal
outrages. Obey law if possible; but let
every monster that lays his foul hand up
in a virtuous woman and Outrages her,
know that speedy death is his certain
doom. Let it be by law, if possible; but
let it be speedy and certain. The
Scripture says: Because punishment
against a wicked work is not speedily eX-
ecuted, therefore the hearts of the sons
of man are fully set in them to do evil. y
1t ought to be lawfully done; but it must
he surely and speedily done.
{ That it may, in such cases, be done
lawfully, as well as surely and speedily
let law be made that for this one mon
strous crime the sheriff shall keep the
S accused safely, and immediately summon
: three justices of the county and jury oil
he Oldest and best citizens, wholly discon
nected with the parties, and let the ac'
cused be tried at once and, if found gull.
lty, let him be hanged before the sun goes
5 down. Let there be no delay nor any ap-
q peal.
This, or something like this, must be
j enacted, so death, sure and speedy, may
: be executed according to law, or the
4 lynchings will go on as long as the brutal
monStrous outrages continue.
1t may be that / ought not to write
his: but my spirit has been so aroused
by the terrible state of existing things
hat 1 can scarcely restrain myself. May
: God help our people! Respectfully,
J. u. STALLINGS.
Salisbury, N. c., Aug. IS, 1897.