The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-30

simple justice deal with according to the forms
Of law, the members Of an alien and weaker dwell
ing among US by WILL surely, much as their
own.
4Can the lynching of negroes be stopped in Mssis-
sippi? Can it be stopped? be- just soon
as the people of Mississippi elect legislature decent
enough to want to stop it. We have elected decent
governor, and all his head for the stand
he has this matter OF negrolynching. in the
face Of his blatant andvenomous detracors We have
elected decent governor; let the people Of Mis-
sssippi elect legislature and the lynching
mon VIII be bound within its hellden-
Elect a legislature with manhood enough with
backbone enough, to pass law simply imposing big
money upon any county which Iynchfng occurs
and lynchngs doubt not would of rare occurrence
even counties civilization sighted
Probe the pocket Of the yncher and you viii speedy get
at his conscience
Elect legislature with decency enough to want to
stop ynching. manifested in the passing of
ing the shers Office making the sheriff for
eligible any Office any kind who surrendered pris-
mob. did not do all that could reasonably
be expected of him to prevent anybody charged with
crime from falling into the hands Of a mob. That
would discourage lynching for obvious reasons that
mention case neither of these laws should
discourage sufficiently let the legislature give the
governor explicit power send troops into any county
where his judgment the sheriff is clearly doing
his duty; is standing in with a mob; has not taken
those precautions which the law allows him protect
prisoner from woud-be ynchers persons not prison
from mobs frenzy to send troops into the county
handle the mob and them down and drag them
prison just federal troops in the west have often
down and dragged to prison murderous Indians ard
white desDeradoes.
Z have always been. and am now a statesrights
Democrat but I say with sort of hesitation that if
Mississippi put stop to the ynching of negroes
within her borders-negroes, let remember who are
citizens of the United States well of Mississippi
then the federal government ought to take hand in
this business the Constitution of the United States
along with the Constitution and laws of Mississippi is
showed aside and trampled every time lynching
occurs in this state Mississippi prevent its
citizens who citizens of the United States from
being deprived of life by mobs without any process Of
law due or otherwise then Mississippi has no right
the prerogative Of statehood Let the United States
Constitution amended if necessary, that Mississippi
unfit to be a sovereign commonwealth may lapse back
into the status Of a territory!
while we are waiting a legislature be elected
decent enough pass law in restraint OF lynchng
there practical thing that the respectable
people Of this county, of every other county in the
state keep this upon civilization from
getting any bigger blacker than it is. Law and
order leagues shall be formed in every county Of
willing need be- to give up their lives in defence Of
the fair name Of their state sworn together
and to it, far lies within their that in
their several counties there shall be hangngs their
fellow men. black white yellow brown, who
have been duly indicted. duly tried before judge
and jury with counsel to defend Them duly convicted
and sentenced to death"