The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-17
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
sHFRtFF VANN's VIEWS

Were fresh proof needed TO demonstrate , ..,a,,t,
public opinion in the South is condemnns WIN , ,s
s. a.. a.o,orsb1e operation Of what IS known az
olvnch law II could readily be furnished N -, - ,hs
livered July 10 a Houston, Texas ny Jonn ys.,,b
president Of the Sherifs convention OF ,ha scent
II IL no exaeeeration to state that OF all the WARNINGS
H. ,5.d ~ his sb;ee, few have been saner more pe,u
nent or more effective than the straighthu"s ''
spoken by Mr. Vann at Houston last WEDNESDAY - A..
mo man should be deprived of life or liberty "hou. W. s
process Of law. said Mr.. Nann we nave oa'' ar
shal be presumed in law TO be innocent that no man Sn
vutlawed that the writ Of habeas corpus IS WI" "
and shall never be suspended These are the great
justice and right that the Anso-SaXon race
more than one thousand years to wiring from HranN
have sworn to uphold these sacred principles tna' "
lated and set at naught whenever an individual Is "
We must not let the mad frenzy Of the mob ua'npe -
under foot The victim may be guilty OF TIC ioule
and may deserve death but this fact is no Justheatoh "
lynching." a.,
From the purely logical viewpoint there can be- IN u'e
judgment of intelligent minds not even shadow OF doup'
that these views of Mr. Vanns incontesaoiy correct "
has stated the with lucdity and torce ha cary ~
viction and however widely emotional or even nope-'e'
pered citizens may differ with his opinions, it must never
heess conceded that Mr. Vann conclusions are the oh
conclusions possible men who love justice anu Oy
law
1t is impossible for any one after reading this message
from Texas realize that the shers of that common
bweah are making concerted and intelligent effort to wre
the administration justice from the frenzied mob inc
whose hands often falls and lodge with the courts
within whose jurisdiction clearly belongs From the ad
rablc spectacle that thus presented it would be an '
Of supreme cowadice for the citizenship OF this Nation "
avert its gaze.
It must indeed be clear every one that duty, hsf
and immediate he performed and that the people OF th'
South than the people Of other section OF th'
Union arc summoned to perform it 1t is the duty Of self
restraint We invoked-we solemnly enJoned-b'
every consideration of right leap the sides of men dele
gated the laws and to sustain them unwaverngl
in the duties they have highly resolved to discharge
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AN UNDISPUTED THING"
From the Nashville American
In the course Of editorial breathing the friendes
spirit toward the South the New York Times says: On
who travels in the South observany fail to be i'm
pressed with the fact that is now and will remain
integral part country and that Southern loyalty
be counted stand behind the flag faithfully and will
sincere purpose guard it under all conditions as MAJ
that of any other section of the republic
This is all enoughso we'll established tina
there need be ernaly repeating it, The South doe
desire he put the attitude OF who doth proes
too much Constant repetition Of the assertion that th
South loyal the Union is calculated to give sensible
people that tired feeling. Why in the name of reason
shouldn't the South he loyal One may talk Of love Of tn
flag but this is trait virtue that should be peculiar to
particular section of this country One may rejoice tn
of good feeling existing between the sections but this
plies to both North and South and section is muc
be commended and congratulated the other But whe
loyalty is mentioned there be reference only th
South So much talk of this sort would to imply
doubt-though in truth believe such doubt exists
Then why eternay harp on the questions New England
which has always opposed expansion the first 10
and threaten secession. The South with the logic of tn
constitution its side bavey contended for the right
the States Withdraw from the voluntary union of States
Its contention is matter of history Of which the South
not ashamed. The settled the question for all
the only thing that could have settled it, That decision
accepted in good faith and for a moment has Their
been question Of seeking break that faith For year
leading Southern newspapers have asserted again and aga
that discussion Of the Souths Loyalty resome nonsense
Southern craftsmanship and Southern sodiery adde
territory the United States than have all other sec
tons combined The South has added territory aggreean
many times the entire territory of the original thirteen States
1t has added all the territory that has added excep
Alaska which the South caused be added and which wa
acquired under president who Southerner and Ten
and island possessions which as re
suit of the Spanish American which the South activel
urged and in which 1t performed its full duty Southern
craftsmanship and Southern added every star to tn
flag outside of the original thirteen and history shows
Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia had
do with making those thirteen stars possible. Souher
man the greatest American of them all the leader
the forces that won American independence Southern
men the leaders in founding this republic
The South has had more to do with making the America
flag and adding to its than any other section Til
South is today truly American in blood and spirit
tradition and instinct than any other this countr,
Il has purer strain OF American blood er devotion
the traditions principles and genius of government thai
other section of this country of the world II event
OF the future bring into question the loyalty any section
this Union, that section will be the South And wbe
that time if should South will be an
pealed TO and relied upon and in vain 10 champion III
Of the Union, law, order civil government and fire.
government Nowhere in this country will there he form
truer Amercansm patriotism than in the South 1t is o
the South be wachfuly nstent the loyalty of otbe
sections where with large element the true spirit Of Amer
government and rational liberty is we'll understood
in the South The South does not understand ratr;o,
ism he purchasabe commodity it does not regard nos
yelling for the old flag and appropriation as evidence
superior loyalty Let have less of this paronzine m
from Northern friends about the Souhs loyaltysnd h
our more mushy-mnded home-foks cease proclaim AM
parade their loyalty every conceivable occasion and b
there is occasion The individual might with email
good taste. necessarily boast OF his honesty.