The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

r22Tfs and rhe order Of the state and
tE- ry-5 aE men are at the mercy
ofrh-arHrdI.dp passions of men whose
motto from the first has been rule or
Uu.
STATE OF ANARCHY.
uTRe Constitution guarantees to
ever. one o-I.s citizens that he shall
n.r D.. deprived of his life and liberty
Without due process of law. 1t IS
notorious fac, that this provision Of
fr- Constitution has been set at naught
and that men ana women and even
children have been deprived of their
liberties and their lives without any
Dr9c--s Of law whatever. They have
been seized upon by men who had no
authority from the law TO lay even so
much asa han upon them and, denied
every protection with which law safe
guards human life, have been put to
death
"Aaarchlstic events ofthis kind nave
20 our shame occurred in different
paris % our country, but they have
been mos, frequent in that part of the
country where the slave power was
0omuaa. before the civil war and
where la- spirit of the Slave-driver is
su. dominant. The victims of these
violations %. the law in ninety-nine
cases out Of a hundred are members
o. lba, race which was formerly in bon
dage 10 the race that now murders
them The charge that the men put
20 death without due process of law
have been guilty of crimes does but add
% the seriousness, of the situation. A
mere common, everyday murderer
who murders ou his own account does
but Stay maa: but when an individual
orgoup OF individuals rise up and take
an accused person from the control of
The laHiu. authorities iand constitute
themselves Judge and jury, witness
and eKrCuuua=T, then these strike at
The very heart Of the national exist
ence and render all government an
lmp0SNb..ty.
80 common IS this method of pun
bhIng supposed crimes IN the Southern
section %. our country that it has dis
placed the regular proceedings Of the
Ia" courts. Last year more than $50
human beings charged with crime died,
Ssl'hout 'na,, al the hands Of the mob.
More than three a week. And the
perpetrators Of this treason against
Sne majesty OF the state are to-day
living al large. their CIime unpunished,
many boating Of their crimes, and
leI NympalhIzers sit in the Congress
o. lAe United States Surely anarchy
can 60 no further than this except It
murder our rulers, ravish our women,
Aal burn our homes" "
NEED OF ENFRANcHIsRMKNr.
Ihe speaker dealt at length With
Snt feelings Of the slave holders be-
..OIe''he "aT, aud then declared that
we political difficulties OF the North,
a. OF the South, are 10 be solved not
Uy ulSITanchisement, but by enfraR-
ln'Sement OF the mind from ignorance
1nu pTideand prejudice, the onfran.
C,uS,emenL OF the heart from base ha-
utds and unh0ly fears"
NclauEe 10 the qualifications OF tho
aesIo, MT. CTapsey declared that the
s'"'ement that Ihe African is All infer
.o' race was the more reason for Civ
lIE u a ialr show, Surely" he de-
Ga'ee, white superiority can keep
s"eal OF black inleTiOrity. If il can
uO,, ll deserves 10 fall behind"
SOCIAL EQUALITY A MISTAKE.
The speaker asserted that the de.
t.aa- Tor political and civil rights car
s,5s VITA 1t in the minds of many a de-
aaAl -Al Tor social equality This is a
h'sat mistake. Each mans social life
81, = .I MS own power. He can associate
wa whom be pleases and as he
pleaseS. No law Of the laRd will ever
Ss-iale his marriage nor set forth a
',s1 %. guests whom he shall invite to
I.. 1."-el. his IS purely a matter OF
P..sa'e concern, With which the state
~ ~ public have nothing to do. To
- INTO a mans private life is an im-
,rEl''Lhe4ce - on the part of the state and
r.r no white race has a cause Of quar-
g. g. i.a The black race. While we have
rps., r'S.., blood and treasure to secure your
rC,'1cal I'm. and civil rights, we find that
struggle. ''0 -
louT excuse for this submission tC
~ -" age and wrong is that if you resis
you yC,, Will be killed. Killed! What j
{T }{GT are killed? Were not white mer
'''eu by the hundred thousand TO Sc