New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-25

those near the body were forced a9nn ... wsrc
had TO night for their freedom. Knives W. W..
quickly produced. and soon the BODY was o''-
membered,
Let us. then, keep the facts I'D 'n'"u anu
consider the case. Horrible as was the scene
at the farmhouse, was not the scene ny ',e
roadside more horrible! Great as was tue
crime OF the negro. was not the crih'e y, '"e
white men greater? Savage ana pe"su' 40
was the black man. was he more the sa'"s.
and the beast than the hyenas VINO mu'i'a'eu
him when alive and cut up his carcass wneh
dead and then in wantonness OF Diood'sheuuins
went of and killed another negro WITHOUT 'ne
slightest proof that he had any part III ,he
murder of the man or the slightest susfncion
that he was concerned In the crime against Tue
woman? The horror at the farmhouse WIS '"e
work of one ignorant brutal memDer Oh nn
inferior rnce the descendant Of people kept ior
generations as near the beast as superior raw
could keep them. The horror or nnger-cnop-
ping and heart-cutting was the WORK OF 'he
flower of Southern chivalry. 1t was the re'eia-
ton of the character Of the product OF centuries
of education. self-government, training III re-
spect for law and order
For an Anglo-Saxon In Georgia. WIN all HIS
opportuntlcs. with his religion his civil'za'ioh'
hia boosts as a member Of superior race
claiming n right to rule and owing an example
To inferiors-for this white man to make nihi-
self n beast. 70 dance In wild Joy about VIC
tim whether of punishment or persecution 10
din fingers in his blood. 10 torture MN anu
oloat over his mutilated body, Is crime against
Inv. AGAINST civilization. against humanity
which surpasses even the most horrible out
brea,, of some barbarous black mans brutal
noss,on II Is not the death of the negro that
n,ros tle nlcture so dark nor ts unlawful
noss mi. evan his unmeas,ired suffering. HIS
or;,ne was terrible and certain. severe ana
swift punishment was deserved. we are not
n,tvnc him. II IL the debasement OF the whole
community nv such an orgy Of blood. such a
reyersIon Of civilized men and women W 'ne
delight in cruelty that marks savages' wmch
seems TO Ms the darkest and saddest FEATURE
of this dark affair
Crcat as are the wrongs of the CRAWFORD
family. greater will be the wrongs OF "eore'a
and our whole country If such deeds are loi-
Grated What do the women OF GeorRia 'hinh
of the chvalrotls men who went OUT 10 puh's"
q crime against one of their number and came
back with cooked pieces OF n wretched negro
heart and liver in their pockets TO announce ho'
that they had done the justice OF Goa pu' 'nh'
they had given themselves to wallowing III
blood and to passions BETTING devils? Ihat Is
the question which this burned and mut'la'eo
ueoro's body raises 1t Is not his fate or even
the SUPREMACY of law. that Is most at issue
The important thing is the character OF our
civilization and the future Of race when sees
the fit punishment of one crime only IN giving
| itself over TO a frenzy Of savagery. Such pas
s,ons do not belong alone to those who indulge
them. They will course for greater evil I'D 'hr
veins of the next generation Mankind can
not make itself the beast with IMMUNITY even
to punish beast