The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-26
TIE LYNCHlNC OF NEGROES.

The lynching of the negro Wallace.
at La Junta, Colorado, last night
shows that Anglo-Saxon human
nature is the same in Colorado as in
Mississippi, in Georgia as In Kan
sas. in Ohio as in Texas. Wherever
The African violates Caucasian wo-
mankind he suffers death
1t is no good to call upon philosophy
to arbitrate between reason and pas
sion. It is useless to rail against the
mob spirit or to plead for the sanctity
of law. AN assurance that the offender
will meet full and prompt justice in
the courts will not prevail. The human
nature of the white man insists upon
the instant and ignominious death OF
the black who assaults a white wo-
man.
Often the kindred and immediate
friends of the victim furnish the mo-
tive mower to frenzy mob, but even
this is not necessary; the mere kfnship
Of race is sufficient The victim of the
negro brute at La Juuta was an entire
stranger in 1ne place. She had come
from Los Angeles and was on her way
to Denver. She was merely awaiting
the departure of a train. But the white
men of La .yunta felt the outrage COM
mitted upon her as keenly as ii she
we're a native of the place and had
kindred and acquaintances in every
ward of the village and precinct OF
the county They killed the ravisher
and only felt that they were doing
their duty.
1t is the custom to denounce the
white men of the South as the spon-
sors of lynching. This is unjust All
American white men are the same
when the black crime against white
woman Is the provocative Negroes
have been burned at the stake iof
violating white women in Colorado
and Kansas as we'll as in Texas and
Mississippi 1t is natural race anti
pathy, and 1t turks in every white
breast. Colorado is the grand child of
New England, as Kansas and Ohio.
where negroes have been frequently
lynched. are the children of New Eng
land. The white men OF Colorado are
no less eager to kill the black rape
fiend than are the whites of Louisiana
or Alabama.
1t is asked often why patience is not
cultivated, why respect for law Is not
the guiding principle of all American
citizens, why the judges elected by
the people the sheriffs anu jurors
chosen from the neighborhood cannot
he trusted to execute the popular Will
in a legal and orderly way. The men
of the South. where the black crime
against white women is most frequent
because of the numerical strength OF the
blacks in that section, make answer,
that to convict the negro brute, his
white victim must go on the witness
stand and tell the story OF her wrongs
The white man will not subject his
womankind to this additional degraa-
alton Many poor victims of negro lust
only whisper their sorrow to mother
or an older sister. Shame oftentimes
will not permit them to tell even
father or brother. To compel delicate
refined woman to go into the details of
the outrage in open court. and, perhaps,
subject herself to the badgering of
shyster lawyer seeking the negro
vote for district attorney or Congress,
is more than her white neighbors are
willing to infict on her This is one
of the reasons why summary ven
geance is demanded.
But Anglo Saxon human nature
does not feel called upon to give rea-
sons why the African who violates
white woman should meet with in
stant and ignominous death. 1t takes
centuries to change nature. Laws in
violation of human nature are futile.
X gret as We may the sovereignty of
the mob at any place or under any
circumstance, we may as we'll meet
conditions face to face. American
white men will continue to hang and
shoot and burn negroes. who assault
white women, law or no law, civiliza-
tion or no civilization.
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