Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-03
AMERICAS GREAT DANGER.

Another terrible crime has been COM
mItted by a mob In Alabama, In re-
yeuge for an alleged outrage The vic
tim, as usual was a nesro and death
by hanging was considered too good. by
the inhuman executioners. So he was
tied to stake Enraged beings heaped
around him combustIbles. and dnally set
Ore 20 the pile. In the flames and
smoke the wretch expired. and the mob
toasted on his shrieks and death agony,
The report OF the inhuman deed Il wired
10 an parts Of the country, and hardly
q word Of condemnation Is added TO the
awful story Of cruel lawlessness.
one would think the patriotism Of the
United States should be aroused 70 some
action. by these repeated outbursts n
mobocracy Lynch law means disre-
gard for the law and the oyerturning
Of the courts. II means the usurpation
by the mob Of the power delegated TO
the executive arm Of the government
II is revolutionary IN It's nature, IL Is a
defiance OF popular rule as regulated
by law. And yet some fail 10 see In II
a menace 10 the country a great many
failed 10 see the danger that slowly
arose out Of the negro question once
before. but It came nevertheless, and
the country was drenched IN blood
Crime breeds crime. It's offspring
Is laWlessness. Nothing is more detri-
mental to the progress Of civilization,
than brutality. Civilization means a
constant struggle for emancipation
from a condition Of brutality and every
relapse into II makes the previous vic
tories gained. g. some extent useless.
In climbing a summit, every fan makes
1t that much more difficult TO regain
the lost ground and TO advance
The American people have been en-
trusted with form OF government
founded on the best principles ever Civ
en- 10 man in this world. But this is a
sacred trust. and I, is given for the
benefit OF all mauk ind. just as the moral
code in ancient times was entrusted to
one chosen people. for the good OF the
entire race. This Republic has been
blessed with intelligence and unlimited
resources, that It should form a central
luminary IN the constellation Of the
kingdoms and empires Of the earth.
But II the people are not true to this
trust, n they permit liberty TO be pros
tituted in broad daylight. by anarchy;
II they slumber. and neglect to cleanse
their sacred inheritance from the
seeds OF oppression that have blown
to our shores from benighted lands, the
result viii be, finally that the trust
viii be withdrawn and the custody Of
the divine gifts be given TO another
History ahounds In warning examples.
Great empires have fallen Their civil
cations have been buried beneath the
dust Of ages. because they neglected the
special mission that was theirs. Gov
ernments that do not suppress laWless-
ness, have no business to exist. They
are useless az FACTORS IN the progress OF
civilization. A certain period they may
be tolerated by the Providence that
rules the destiny Of nations. but the
time cometh when they viii be swept
away by the bosom OF destruction, as
was the Jewish state by the Roman
hosts.
The danger Of the anarchy that finds
Us expression in lynchings cannot he too
much emphasized 1t Is time for true
patriots TO come together and devise
means FOR It's suppression. II the Grim
inal laws are inadequate, let that de-
feet be remedied But whatever IL the
law. In the name Of Justice and right
eousness. let It be respected by all citi-
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