The Twin-City American., 1899-05-11
THE GEORGIA HORROR.

THE GEORGIA HORROR.
1t is grewsome tale that comes
from Georgia of the burning alive
of Negro, after he had been first
mutilated with knives, by a fren-
zied mob. The crime of which
the negro was accused was murder
and outrage. He confessed to
the murder, but denied the out
rage. But the mob, although ap-
pealed to by ex-Gov. Atkinson to
let the law take its course, did not
stop to sift the evidence. but hur-
ried the wretch to his fearful
doom.
The knowledge that such a
thing as this can occur in this age
of the world. in this enlightened
republic, is calculated to mantle
every American cheek with a
blush of shame. We can imagine
with wdat unction Agulnaldo'
when he receives an account of
the Georgia lynching. will publish
it to the people of the Philippine
Islands, with the sarcastic COM
ment that this is the nation that
is engaged in mission of civilza-
ton and humanity in their ar
chipelago. The Filipinos will
never stop to reason that the at
rocious deed was perpetrated by a
few people in remote and back
ward section of the country, and
is condemned by every decent
American. but will use it as an
illustration Of how the "Ameri-
canos" treat the black man when
they get him in their power.
Additional intelligence from
Georgia brings news of the mu-
tilation and lynching of an aged
negro preacher who was accused
by the first victim, when the torch
was about to be applied to his oil
saturated body, of instigating the
murder. There was plenty Of
evidence that this negro preacher
had borne d good character, and
no evidence beyond the assertion
of the mob's first victim that he
was guilty. But he was horribly
butchered just the same.
Another negro was lynched for
merely expressing sympathy for
the victims-and the end is not
yet.
The civilized citizen of the re-
public must throw up his hands in
despair at this manifestation OF
barbarism in one of the. states of
the union. 1t is useless toinquire
what is the remedy. There is no
remedy. The federal government
is powerless to interfere. and the
state government will not dare to
punish any member of the muir
derous mob. The race-war will
undoubtedly be fought out in
Georgia and other Southern states
amid scenes OF horror until Prov
idence, in its own good time,
sees fit to put an end to it in some
signal and perhaps awful manner.
If the insensate Southern mobs
were capable of rejecting. they
might be asked to pause and re-
Acct. with dread. that there is
such principle as retribution in
the constitution Of the universe,
and that the shedding of innocent
blood will in some way be avenged.
Minneapolis Tribune.
| suppose these outrages - these
| irightful crimes the same impress
sion on my mind that they do on the
minds oi all civilized people. know OF
no words strong enough. bitter enough,
TO express my indignation and horror.
These horrors were pcrpetrated in the
name Of justice. The savages who did
these things belong to the superior race.
| They are citizens Of the Great Repub-
| lie. And yet |, does not seem possible
that such tiends are hunan beings. They
are 4 disgrace 10 our country, our cen
fury and the hurnan race. Let me say
that what I have said Is llasteTy con-
pared with what fcek When think OF
the other lynching-of the poor man
inntilated and hanged without the
slightest eyidencs, OF the Negro who
said that these murders wculd be
avenged. and who was hrutally mur-
dered Ior hia usseFaaee q a natural ieel-