The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-09-14

Ages-that ruled in France more than 800
years ago. when pious Louis Cancelled a third
of the claims he'd by Jews against French
men for the benefit of his soul; that ruled At
Verdun, where the Jews, mad with agony,
.huddled together in tower Of refuge, hurled
down their children to the bowling mob hop
ing thus vainly. to ,satiate their greed for
Jewish blood essentially, the same spirit
that, 800 years ago. lighted fire for every
Jew In whole French provinces and dug that
: trench at Ch!non, and raised that pile where
nearly 200 Jewish men and women were
burned together; burned because, funda-
mentally, they We're not Frenchnaen ,hyare-s
Hgspp,i not Erenchnep by Eaee! s-s 49,
Alas! a,as! that we should do ~ n boastipa4
Of our civilization putting to shaii,e the cent
uries gone; such boastins Of our progress,
our freedom, our democratic ideals, our en-
lightened laws: such boast.ng, while We harIe-
back to the dark age to copy it's stand>erde
and methods; such Boosting, and We aro act
yet enlightened enough to abstain from
trampltng under bloody feet the law we boast
OF; not yet masters sufficiently of The pas
SONS that fasten the fangs Of one brute In
the throat of another not his kind that We
are able to treat with simple justice, 70 deal
with, even according to the forms OF Jaw the
members Of an alien and weaker race DWELL
ing among us by our own will surely, as much
as their owni
Can the lyhching Of negroes be stopped In
Mississippi. Can 1T be stopped? II can be,
just as soon as the people of Mississippi eieoe
Legislature decent enough to want to stop
It, We have elected a decent Governor, ana
all honor crown his head for the stand he has
taken In this matter of negro-lynching in the
face OF his blatant and venomous detractorsI
We have elected decent Governor; now let
the people Of Mississippi elect decent Leg
isiature and the lynehing demon will be bound
within It's hell-den
Elect Legislature with manhood enough
with moral backbone enough, to pass a law
simply imposing big money fine upon any
county in which lynchknS occurs; and
lynchings, doubt not, wouldsbe OF rare oc-
currence even in our counties that civiliza-
ton has most sighted. Probe the pocket OF
the lyncher and you will speedily get at hip
conscience!
1 have always been, and am now q States
rights Democrat; but ! say, with no sort Of
hesitation. that II Mississippi cannot put .
stop to the lynching Of negroes within hen.
orders1snegroes let us remember, who are
citizens OF the United States as well as 81
Mfssissippi-then the federal government
ought to take a hand in this business; foY
the constitution Of the United States along
With the constitution and laws Of Mississippi,
Is showed aside and trampled down every time
a lynching occurs in this State. IfMissiasip-
pr cannot prevent its citizens, who are also
citizens OF the United States, from being de-
s3giyed: OF life BIZ mphs wit h4nt any prpesse
of law, dueor otherwise. then mississippi hss
no right TO the prerogativss Of Statehood,
s Let the United States constitution be aanenAs
ed II necessary. that AIissisGippi nnft e e
al 4overe1xn cOniU00nWea1t n .mayslAz46 hAnSss