The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-01
FAIR NAME OF GEORGIA
GOV. GAMBLER DISCOVERS IT'S GLORY
Is BEING sULLIED.
Appeals to All Good Citisens to Join
Hands and Prevent Any
Further Lynchings.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 3D. Governor Cand-
Ter tonight issued an appeal to the people of
Georgia to join hands and put an end to
mob VIC ence in the State. The Governor
believes hat the only way to restore a con-
dition Of peace and tranquility and to bring
an end to the lawlessness that has been
manifested in different parts Of the State is
for the people to uphold the courts, aid them
in bringing to speedy justice all criminals,
and by the strong force of virile public
sentiment bring punishment to the law
breakers Of all kinds
The Governor tells of the reproaches
heaped on the State by the repeated out
breaks. and says: THE purity Of the fair
mothers and daughters of Georgia must and
shall be preserved and at the same time the
lives and liberty Of all Of the law-abiding
negroes in Georgia must and shall be pro-
tected- Arson and burglary and assassin
alton and robbery and rape must stop and
at the same time lynch law must stop. The
good of both races and the fair name Of the
State demands this.
THE ordinary processes of the law are
amply sufficient to punish all crimes Our
judges are pure and incorruptible. Our jur
les are composed Of our most intelligent, up
right men. who seldom make mistakes. The
mob often makes mistakes and the innocent
are made to suffer with the guilty. 1t
never knows where to stop, but, after pun
ishing the guilty, drunk with the blood Of
one victim. it thirsts for the blood of an
other and often sacrifice on the altar Of
vengeance those who are guiltless Of any
crime
I'VE must away with the mob. We must
re-enthrone the law. We must restore the
altar Of reason and tear down the altar that
passion has erected. We must do this in the
interest of the white men of Georgia and in
the interest Of the negroes of Georgia and
for the fair name of Georgia and to pro-
tect the virtue of [ women of Georgia.
Lynch law does not top at arson, nor MUIR
der, nor robbery, nor rape. This requires
the strong power of the statute law, sus-
tanned by healthy. vigorous public senti-
ment
81 would appeal" continues Governor
Gambler, ito all officers of the State, civil
and military, urging them to remember that
the dignity and the fair name OF Georgia
are in their keeping. / would appeal to
them to remember that they are the guard
ians of the peace and happiness Of the peo-
pie Of the State. 1t is their duty to appre-
bend and bring to justice all who violate
the law, whether it be the negro who COM
mits rape or the white man who kills him
for the crime. The grand juries must re-
alize that il is as much their duty to fer
ret out and return true bills against MEM
bers of the mob who lynch a murderer as
1t is to return true bill against the MUIR
derer himself.
Il would appeal especially to the bar to
bring that potent influence which the MEM
bers OF the profession exercise in every
community to the aid of law and order,
not only by discountenancing mob rule, but
by aiding the courts and juries in bringing
accused parties to speedy trial 1t is the
duty of lawyer to see that his client has
fair and impartial trial, but he should
not resort to mere technicalities and pre-
text TO defeat the end of justice or even
to delay the enforcement of penalties where
by society suffers and the confidence of the
people in the ability of the courts to punish
crime Is destroyed.
In bringing about this end" said the
Governor. in conclusion. az would invoke
the active, earnest cooperation of all good
men, white and black, with the officers Of
the law in their efforts to prevent crime,
suppress mob violence and bring criminals
TO justice and TO restore peace and order
and tranquility to all OF the people of every
race. class and condition"