The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-14
CHEATHAM TALKS
AGA|NSy MOB Law
Public Sentiment Averse to
Lynching of Criminals.
THE CRIME AT NEWMAN
THE LEADING COLORED MEN
SPEAK OUT.
INTERVIEW Ex-C CONGRESSMAN CMEATHAM
The Best Glass Of the Negroes Join With their
White Neighbos in Desiring 10
Secure the Hanging Of
Rapisis.
THE CRIME AT NEWMAN
THE LEADING COIIORED MEN
SPEAK OUT.
INTERVIEW tX-CONGRESSMAN CHEATHAM
Washington Starr

Speaking of the probable effects of the
Georgia crimes Mr.. ii. p. Cheatham of
! North Carolina, who, as is well known
!, is the recorder of deeds for the District
of Columbia, said:
1.-The tidal wave of crime in this coun-
try. growing out of an acute stage of the
race problem, must cause every man
who loves his native land to pause and
reflect and to earnestly strive for better
conditions. l have always contended.
and nothing has happened to change
my view. that the good white
people of the country, in the
| South as we'll as in the North,
are radically opposed to mob violence.
and can be relied upon to draw upon ev-
cry resource at their command to estab-
/ lish the Supremacy of law and order
! | am firmly convinced that this so-called
negro problem must be settled by the
Anglo-SaXon people, aided, of course.
| by the better element of the colored race,
which will invariably be found, as refer,
ence to history will prove, supporting
/ their white neighbor in all that tends to
elevate and ennohle the masses. This IS
rendered plausible when we remember
| that the white people have all the power.
civil. military and political; TINT f9iey
, control the press and all the mighty edu
! cational influences that make public SEN
timent Their environment and vast OPP
portunity for culture have made them
unquestionably the superior race. 1t is
| to their Christian impulses and philan
/ thropic spirit that we must look for
just and permanent solution of the diff
culties that beset MS They are generous
and road-minded
WHITE LEADERS QUOTED.
Happily, we do not have TO go far to
| find ample illustration of the fact that
the self-respecting Amglo-SaXon recog-
niZes the gravity of the situation, and
that he is conscious of his duty toward
our people and to his own integrity. The
manly utterances of Rev. DR.. J. l. Vance
of Tennessee at the late Atlanta Sunday
School convention demonstrates the
growth of the chivalric spirit In the
breast of the proud southerner. DR..
! Vance denounced lynching and mob vlo-
lence in the strongest terms, and declar-
ed, in language that admitted of NO mis-
construction, that the south, for it's own
good must weed out from the garden OF
its civilization the outlaws and enemies
of public peace that threaten the very ,iife
of that great section.
MIR. Josephus DanieIs, VINO held a
responsible position i'm the Interior De-
partment throughout the administration
of President Cleveland, one of the
strongest political leaders in North Caro-
lima, an conceed at all hands to be
one OF the strongest political factors in
American journalism, writes In the Ra-
leigh News and Observer, the clearest,
brayest and most convincing defense of
southern honor, dignity and patriotic
character that L have ever read. The
largument is pitched upon high ground,
and reflects the best thought. intelligence
and moral strength of the people with
whom he is identified | find intense
satisfaction in this vigorous paragraph,
which well sets forth the keynote of the
entire document: What lis wanted is n
public sentiment that shall put the right
estimate on the act of the lyncher, a pub
lie sentiment so stern in its cOndemna-
tion that it will beget a few clean-cut
jury convictions Then, and not before.
llynchings will cease. Signs are not
wanting that his time is coming. The
; lyncher is no legitimate product OF our
civilization. Our people are coming to
take his true measure. That Is the be-
ginning of the end. So soon as the fact,
divested of all glamOr stands bald that
the lyncher puts himself on level with
his victim, in the eyes of the citizen and
in the eyes of the law. we shall have
done with these sickening butcheries
Anglo-Saxon law is strong enough to
protect Anglo-Saxon civilization against
the negro brute; it must be made strong
enough to protect it against the white
lyncher as well. Therein alone lies the
safety of society.
NATIVES o THE SOUTH.
Both of these deliyerances come from
native-born southern white men. and
they are rendered the more significant
from the fact that both are democrats
and vigorous partisans. They show that
the educated and wealthy classes of the
south are determined to protect the fair
t name of their beloved country at any
hazard, and that their civilization from
/ lnow on must be governed by lofty stand
ards. set by themselves; that the brutal
instincts of the mobs made up of the low
bred and vicious must be held in check.
I These men and their many sympathizers
rightly believe that the problem rests