The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-01
APPEAL AGAINST
MOB VIOLENCE.
Gov, Gambler Calls on Geor-
gians to Unite.
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AND UPHOLD THE COURTS
RE-ENTHRONE LAW = DESTROY
THE ALTAR or PASSION.
LYNCH LAW DOS. NOT STOP CRIME
The Negro Who Commits Rap, he Mob Gully
Of yWhing Must b, Brought TO jLs-
lice and 6eorgia's Fair Name
BE- Maintained.
BE- Maintained.


r Atlanta. Ga, July Ex-Governor
Gambler tonight issued an appeal to the
people of Georgia 10 join hands and
nut an end TO mob violence in the
State. The Governor believes that the
only way to restore condition 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 ~
bringing to speedy justice all criminals
and by the strong force of virile pubic
sentiment, bring punishment to the law
breakers of all kinds.
The Governor tells of, the reproach
heaped upon the State by the repeated
outbreaks 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 liberties of all of the law
abiding negroes III Georgia must anu
shall be protected Arson and burglary
and assassination and robbery and rape
must stop, and at the same time lyneh
law must stop. The good OF both
races and the fair name of the State
demand this.
s.The ordinary processes of the law are
amply sufficient to punish ala crimes.
Our judges are pure and incorruptlble.
Our juries are composed of our most
intelligent, upright 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 Furnishing the
guilty, drunk with the blood of one vic
tim. it thirsts for the Hood of another,
and often sacrifices ON the altar of ven
geance those who are guiltless OF airy
crime.
.We must away with the mob. We
must re-ent'hrone the law. We must
restore the altar of reason ana tear
down the altar that passion has erected.
We must do this in the interest of the
white men of Georgia and in the inter-
I est of the negro of Georgia and
for the fair name OF Georgia and 70 pro-
tect the virtue of the women of Geor-
gia.
Lynch law does not stop arson, nor
murder, nor robbery, nor rape. This
requires the strong power of the statute
law, sustained by a healthy, vigorous
public sentiment.
81 wouIl appeal" continues Governor
Gambler. Ito all officers of the State.
civil and military, beg them 70 re-
member that the dignity and the fair
name Of Georgia are in their keeping.
l would appeal TO them 10 remember
that they are the guardians Of the
peace and happiness Of the people of The
State 1t is their duty to apprencnd and
bring to justice adj who Violate the
law, whether it be the negro who CON-
Nuts rape or the white man who Kills
him for his crime. The grand juries
must realize that it is as mnrh their
duty to ferret out and retagai true bills
against members Of the MOI who Inch
murderer as it is to rerurn a true
bin against the murderer himself
Il would appeal espccially to the bar
to bring that potent influence which the
members Of the profession exercise in
every community to the aid Of
law and order, not only 9y liscountenan-
cling mob rule. but by aiding the courts
and juries in bringing accused parties
to speedy trial 1t is the duty OF a law
yer to Sc that his client Ills 4 fair and
impartial trial, but he should hot re-
sort to mere techncalities ard pre..Nts
to defeat the ends of justice or even ~
delay the enforcement of penalties
whereby society suffers and the conf
denee of the people in the ability of the
courts to punish crime is destroyed
In bringing about this end, said the
Governor in conclusion, II would invoke
the active, earnest cooperation OF all
good men.white and blac... with the orr
GERS Of the law in their efforts to pre-.
Vent crime, suppress mob violence and
bring criminals to justice and to restpr,
peace and order and tranquility 10 MI
of orr people of every race, class aud
condition"