Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-12-19
a Mississippi Curiosity.

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County Hssald Of tho 2sth ult,. with
a faur-line pipa TX srnsnsnting
tho Apper rIsht-hand corner Of the
title page. We take pleasure Ia
adding the Herald to our large list of
state exchanges, as its editorial page
Iwill undoubtedly furnish some hot
master for cold weather reading, the
editor, E. w. Stewspt, being a
Mississippi curiosity while man
who advocates the public trial and
legal execution Of faps iends,
Having enjoyed the pleasure Of
perasing aaly one issue of the Greene
County Herald. we are unable to de-
terlnine whether Mr. Stewart Il insan=
ably effected ora blatant hypocrite,
but hope to be able to decide this mo-
momentous question ri sasap flu
In the mean-time wa would be
pleased to have Brother Stewart ex-
plain why it is that every rape fiend
captured begs to be given legal
trial? And why each and every one
insists upoa hsiag executed BY ths
regularly constituted court officials?
l-Corinth Herald. = '-i.s7
Things have Game to q pretty pass.
when q man born ssHa rsAred in
Mississippi, who loves his native
Estate. and whose every interest lies
within its borders, cahh6t expps.ss
his honest conviction upon subject
in which every man, woman and child
is Interested. withoat having saWa=
body raise big hullabaloo, and yell
out fool and hypocrite." 1t is more
like a naughty child iasssad at a
dignified gentleman discussing qucs-
tion regarding the protection and
sanctity of aur hnHes,
We wish to say to the editor of the
Corinth Herald that ws are unalterr
ably opposed to Hiah understanding
any and all circumstances: and ws
would like him 70 comprehend that
our poi y of opposition is'not from
any desire to accord brute who
outrages q white wanian any rights
or protection of any sort, for he is
entitled to none whatever, but our
Opposition is based upon the firm con-
victionSthat ID would hs best for the
whites to allow the law to do the kill
ing. Had the editor read our former
article without preiHsiipc, be would
nave ooiapeehended this, and would
have asccrtaincd that the difference
between us lies safely in the
method.
We heartily agree that the fend
who outiagcs a white woman shall
die, surely, quickly; and while we
have always noted the swift justice
attending these revolving outrages,
yet instead ~ tie number of them
growing less they are ON the increase
ia ala alarming degree The fiends
incarnate who commit this most
atrocious crime, have been shot.
hanged. ha,aea. and dispatched By
every available method bycitizcns of
outraged communities, yet the excite |
ment incident to one outrage and
lynching has hardly subsidized before /
another looms up afrcsh. These facts
prove conclusively to our point of
view that lynchings hasa hsealge all |
too common. and rs a preventive |
are wholly inefficacious. When one
method has been tried for thirty |
years or more, without satisfactory
result, cannot a citizen suggest a t
change OF procedure without placing
himself liable to charges of insincer-
ity or lunacy2
We do not hope to make asly isn- |
precision upon the mind OF the Cor
inthian, "a man picking UP inagina-
nv gauntlets and arrogating to him
self TO decide all raslie pqnteAtions,
is net cheerful subject upon which |
to expend one'sencrgies Of argument
or reason But If this turbulent scribe |
viii permit US, VIC beg TO suggest an
other remedy, |. e.-Svhen a crime OF |
this character has been committed,
capture tbs, brute. ask the circuit |
Judge 10 ccaSene court immediately, |
indict, try, convict and hang tho per-
petrator privately. Juries are COM
II
posed OF the same men who waald |
constitute tho NAH. hence nd chance
for sthe guilty one to escape, And
in daiag thisyou deprive the euIprit
of the sham sympathy Of our northoEn
friends, who ignore the Ifcapful anor-
nifty Of the crime and profess to look
upon the culprits ~ martyrs. And
not aalY that, but when negro is