The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-04

boldened by the impunity of those VIII
have taken the law into their own
hands in the punishment of ravishers
the mob has sat in judgment on the
perpetrators of other crimes and fore
stalled the officers of the law in inflict-
ing punishment. AS usual, too, when
the mob usurps the prerogatives of the
courts of law, / regret to have to say
the innocent have sometimes, 1 fear,
been made to suffer with the guilty.
THE unusual amount of crimes COM
mitted by negroes and in consequence
thereof the unprecedented amount of
mob violence Is mainly due to the in
termeddling of irresponsible fanatics
and fools who do not know anything of
the situation at the south, nor of the
real relations of the people of the two
races. These miserable Intermediates,
hating the southern white man more
than they do the crimes of the most
abandoned of the southern negroes,
have, through their newspapers and by
means of incendiary and inflammatory
letters, many of which have been sent
to negroes ignoring or justifying the
crimes which have provoked the mob,
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alton. Full of malice and hatred, they
! forget the cordial relations which all
ways prevailed between the whites and
| the blacks at the south before they be-
gan to SOW the seeds of discord. They
| forget that their mean and deSpcable
ntermeddling only aggravates a stu
alton they profess to deplore, and that
the only solution Of what they call the
race problem is to be found not by the
peoplt in New England, who know
nothing about the south and its pro-
blems, but by the honest, order-oving
and law abiding elements of the two
races between which there was no I'M
holy interference.
1t is hopeful sign however, that
notwithstanding the diabolical advice
of these fanatics to precipitate race
conflicts, the better and more intelligent
negroes throughout the state realize
that the relationssp the races must be
regulated by the southern white man
and the southern negro, and not by the
over jealous and unwise south haters
and bieots of other sections A few
months ago, just after the preparation
by a negro of one Of the most diabolical
crimes i'm the annals of crime, and the
infiction by the mob upon Its perpetra-
tor of the most barbarous punishment
ever inflicted upon criminal in Geor
gia, an effort was made through the
press and in its personal interviews
with leading negroes of intelligence, to
impress them with the fact that the
good of both races demands that there
should be no race prejudices, no color
line in matters of law and order and mo-
rality, but that all good men of both
races should align themselves together
against the vicious criminal, and that
they should be as dilgent in discoura-
ging the crimes that provoke lynching
and in aiding In bringing criminal ne
groes to justice as they are in denoun-
cling the mob that Furnishes the crime.
am glad to be able to say that the ad-
vice has been largely followed, and that
many of the best negroes in the state
have arrayed themselves on the side of
law and order, and have been lnstru-
mental in bringing to trial In the tribu-
nails provided by law many members OF
their own race who have offended
against the law.
"A notable instance Is to be found In
the recent riot or Instruction in Nc
Intosh county, the most formidable in
the history of the state, In which an in
furlated mob of hundreds of negroes de-
fled the civil officers and nsulted the
majesty of the law, and forced me,
with the utmost reluctance, to send a
large body of armed soldiers into the
county, at heavy expense, to protect
life and property When a reign of ter
ror prevailed, and after one deputy
sheriff had been killed and another
wounded by negroes ten leading colored
men of the county sought an interview
with the gallant officer in command Of
the troops ! had sent into the county
and assured him Of their sympathy and
undivided support in his effort to pro-
tect life and property and restore the
supremacy of the law. As furthtr as
surance they issued and had printed a
circular addressed to their race, in
which they took bold ground in favor
of the supremacy of the law, and were
and in inducing members of their own
race implicated In the riots to surrender
themselves into the hands of the officers
or the law. InGSe are neHltny signs,
and go to show that IL there is any so
luton of the race problem ii must and
can be found by the intelligent south
ern white man and the intelligent
southern negro, and not by nonresident
aRitators, who are in truth the enemies
of both races.
ITO prevent mob violence and bring
to trial before the lawfully |
tribunals | have brought to
bear all Of the powers of the executive |
department In my efforts to re-en
throne the law and restore the supre-
macy of the civil tribunals | have been |
ably and faithfully seconded by the |
officers and judges through |
out the state and In number OF cases
men threatened by the mob have been |
rescued by the military and brought to
trial in the tribunals established by |
law Some of these men have been |
found guilty of the crimes charged and |
punished according to law, but Others |
have after fair trials been found not |
guilty of the crimes with which they |
were accused and released, thus demon
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