Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-05-12

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he good people of the Sonth
& havs Is snffer the scorn md irowns
M other civilized nations, % %,
q eonnt 81 failure On their part q
y IN the earth md mSke examples
ont 81 their own sbarb arians.
Colored Citizen.
So The boosted oivilazition Of on
Southland Bee ZONES 3 mockery
wnen week altsr week II u heard.
ga Is the world that those in
hose banda ase held tie reins 81
justice 40 unable ~ punish crime,
thus neoessita ting resort 10 lynch
law, white capping md other at
rocites az 4 means of Furnishing
shoss accused q capital offenses
Informer
IL was not necessary surley, to
threten 10 mob Nor Thomas and
Governor tkinson il order to
] protect white women. Tho truth
Is that when these savages 60 on
! killing expedi ton they demand
victims tol be killed for the very
love 81 killing. they prefer 70
kill Negroes bnt failing in that,
stand ready Is I'LL any white man
who stands u their way " ord.
We a. not pretend to palliate
the crime 81 which Hose and
Strickland were accused. il they
we're guilty they should have been
punished with snch punishment e.
civilized people mete out. The
law Of this land always deals sum
marty with the Negro offenders
and there has never vet been 9
case recorded where it was neces-
sary to resort 10 lynch law e.
bring = Negro 70 Justice Enter ter.
prise.
Il The killing 81 Sam Hose q
Newman, Ga. odds other chap
a tu1 ths history 81 lynching il the
south. There has been = study
growth il tie barbarity Of mob
murders for s number of years;
until nov II partakes Of the nature
of ZEAL sayagery, and actually snr-
passes the record of Indian afro
cites perpet rated il the early days
81 this country This, TOO, By
men who clam civilization and
Christi Is pillars on which
rest their national life. Enquirer.
But lyncbing il not = question '''1'
Of individual responsible i is
no LONGER 90 il American. It il
\ the whole nations concern. It is
= malady permeating the air
which the mothers Of the nation
brsath and III spirit "a distilled in
- tic nature of coming genera
tons No MISTER whether we
laugh Sc moan, condemn q ex s.
\ cuse, rage s. reason, pity OF play,
. harvest Of abomin ation m mn, rise
ups ouf 81 The lawlessness and bar
I barism which this nation i SOW
ine, and soon q late, Gods ias-
.ties viii prevail, and lynching
viii resp its own, pestile res
yard. Statesman.
These hasty organized tribunals
u justice, unauthorized judge and
jury, are too likely toserr in their
conclusions. Faith 9 TO their
honest dealing With victims cans
not Be estab lished ID them. a
1 mob - ii intensely saDgninsrY
Z nstitntion Il starts ont Tor blood
\ ind nothing but blood can satisfy
AfS sapacious NAV Blood Of the
4 entity, blood q TIE innocent, blood
of bsbes, blood Of the aged often
81, rlaiinkle and doW together ct the
\ Inof's behest. They ars conscien-
csiess and capable 81 rendering
Il but one decision, and accountable
u no earthly being Freeman.
nd wh, this bloody exhibi-
y 1ionl Snrely not because there is
N NV ssmblancs % the part Of the
Negro rs n egro dominatio na''
N6k eeanaA hA II able to pack