The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-08
LETTERS FROM PEOPLE.
Problems OF Judqc Lynch's Court

| Ject has been discussed pro and con and
each side has It's advocates or adhcrents.
| whether Just. right or necessary is another
question. In the consideration Of this sub
jet there Is one Alarming feature or prob
lem that stands out 10 bold relief from
whatever source 1t may be viewed. That
| Is the probability or possibility ot ever
dvorcing this bru~l. Dcndsh. leeherous.
negroraplng element from the Jurisdiction
OF Judge Lynch's court.
| II is an evident fact. admitted by ana
on ali sides, that even the terrible aud
swift vengeance dealt out to these black
| brutes by the method OF lyncn law tVf
their helish crimes mas ana is still falling
to put a stop TO their preparation. Botn
| our statutory ana uuwritteh law, wh.ch
| says that for this crime the brutal porpe
| trator must die is dlsregardod, Niolatcd
| and dened by this highly Immoral aud
beastly element OF the negro race. II Is
| useless now to argue the question OF who
| O. what Is 70 blame for this fearful state
| Of affairs. The conditions arc upon US ana
we nave TO deal with them as stubborn
| realities, which can not be avoided or
eyaded. While the indictment doubtless
| holds good against the lawyers, courts ard
| Jurles OF our country That they are 10 u
! great extent responsible for the continue
| ton of this unnatural crime By !eniency,
| dilatory trials and technical hindrances, yet
| the day Is past wlen justice Will consent
| 10 walt tor the correction of the ABUSES
and neglect OF speedily enforcing the pen
alty OF statutory law against these vale
offenders OF all Law, human, divine and
natural.
| What are we to do with the problem?
| Serious, fearful and vital as Il is we are
face to face with IL, and IL VIII not DOWN
AZ our bidding; Az over our Southland
| me fairest and purest women that ever
graced any threshold are daily becoming
| lhe wretched victims of these young negro
| heuds who outrage and murder them Ia
| the most shocking and appalling manner IN
| the broad glare Of MONDAY and In their
| own homes OF town, city and county.
| Human nature reyolts and recolls even ut
! me thought, to say nothing of the reality.
| This Is too much for the chiyairlc blood
OF the southern man, or the Northern man
| either, Tor they deal ont to the beusty cui-
| prit the same swift penalty Tor tne same
! crime.
| / see but one way to solve this problem
aud the remedy Is In the keeping of the
| ulnck demons who commit these crimes
see as plain az though the ruger of God
| Himself had written 1t, the fact that as
! long as these hclnous crimes are commit,
! ted Just that long VIII Judge Lynch cali
| his court OF last resort and swiftly pass
| upon their case. Aud these yiolHtors uhd
despoiers of the homes of our wives aud
daughters Will roast upon live funeral
! pyres, be rlddled with cold lead, or dangle
| from the end Of the improylsed hangs
! mans moose though heaven and earth grow
| ashy pale ut the sight
Right or wrong law abiding or law de-
| Tying, preserving the peace, or melting an
! archy, upholding civilization aud order or
I tending towards barbarism, call II or nume
| II what you may savage mob law or what
| not, when this crime comes home to the
otherwise law respecting aud law abiding
! honorable people OF the south no man
| dute from any court or governor upon
| earth Will save the guilty. crime stained
wretch from the dire vengeance Of swift
| retributlon at the hands of the Infatuated
| popuiacc when caught aud his quit esthb-
| lishcd. No lis or ands about this question
| No use arguing the legality or equity OF
the matter. The fact remains almost as
certain that enoct follows cauSc
that like produces Ike, that as long as
this crime Is so hcniously committed lynch
law VIII not down at any persons bidding.
1t VIII not do TO charge as did cN Cover.
nor Hogg, Few years ago, that these
mobs are composed OF cowardly midnight
assassns ana disreputable persons. Some
OF them are swcled by the best and most
respected mon of the community In which
THIS crime is avenged,
The truth NJ the matter Is that the pas
stons OF these men are SO tUriously wrought
up by the heinous wrdn. committed tnnt
reason, mercy law and oYder all plead in
vain for hearing In the case, aud moth
Ing but the death, with torture, Of the Vie.
TIM will satisfy or appease their thirst for
vengeance. We are no advocate Of mon
INV and we ehudder al the trend of events
~ this direction. But Just rs sure as lnaa
lives ana God rules II win never, never
uatcd. And deep down in tho hearts OF
thousands and thousands there comes the
teelms " not spoken response of amen TO
In ensi,ng about ms for the causc %
causes which have and are producing these
fearful results II Is no easy matter to
locate them.
One fruitful source, no doubt is found
IN the feet that there Is very little moral
restraint exercised over these young bucks
VINO are mainly responsible Tor this crime.
me white man cares very lttlo whether
ne Is saint or sinner and his association
with the negro goes no farther than bnsi-
ness transactions requires. Hence, the
social contact between tho two is OF no
hgneht TO the negros morals or social
advancement,
He is LETT to The prcccpts and examples
OF MIS- own teachers and preachers who are
Ia in sol FHi
and dishonest IN principle. as those who iook
70 them for better things. All this, coupled
with The fact that as Il rule the animai
nature or propensity of the negro largely
pregomlnates over his better nature, gives
clue to the heinons motives which actu.
ates him to commit crlmts which shock
and appall the world. In an educational
point OF view he has progressed wonder,
fully for ono OF his intellectual caller
but morally he has stood still for thirty
hve years or perhaps has rctrogradcd along
THIS line. That these are facts is pain,
y versa hV wh pht s bs etSeHt to those con
some Of 1t anteda,ing his freedom.
mother very potent factor IN shaping
course was the seed Sown among them hy
Tue carpet bag rule of reconstruction days
Yankee school teachers and radical carnet
pag politicians gave their race the first
Impetus in the downward road to i'm.
morality and crime This IL anoher fact
those DAYS of highhanded robbery aud
hut oil or this forms no excuse non
Offers him any ground upon which 10 bge
an apology for the brutal crimes which
are every day laid al hts door We ara
not TO be understood as including In this
hrraignment the race as a whole some
or them have hccn and are sim an honor
to their race ana have made hard cRorts
70 PVT their race upon higher plano OF
moral and Christian standing How fsr
thef nave succeeded we will let the courts
ana statistics OF crime answer 10 saw
nothing OF the horrld trophies 81 Indsc
Lynch, Whore this black crime OF tbsiy
race VIII lead to and what the ending N,lil
be II hld IN, perhaps. a dark aud terrible
! notice very weak NOT 10 saw silly
suggestion in an editorial Of the Dallas
News OF date OF March - In which thc
writer processes to see remedy Cor tbis
crime IN the enactment and rigid enforce
ment OF strict VACANT law NJ nnnc
nut yagrants committed this crime ana
everybody knew who those Migrants were
and where their breeding place of crhte
was located aud they could be kcpt upder
watchtul surveillance all the time perhnns
= Jaw OF tais Kind might have some eYatst
But II Is ridlculously silly to talk about
the enforcement OF a yagrant law M MAJ
ter now rigid, 60 stop this heInous erIn,c
Mheh the terrible and horrible death at
tue stake fails 10 eNcu check these inhw
inRn peFpetrAflonS with all the force ~
elvil law and moral sentiment 10 hack II
and no motive upon earth foun1 fn, ~
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