Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
HE URGES
SEPARATION
JOHN T. GRAVES, WELL KNOWN
IN oTTUMWA, SPEAKS ON
RACE PROBLEM.
CREATES SENSATION
Atlanta, Ga, Man Who Has Lectured
Here On "The Reign of the Dema-
sosue" Says Lynchins is the Only
Effective Means.


Effective Means.
Separation is the logical, the inevi-
table, the only solution of this great
problem of the races" says John Tenn
| pie Graves, of Atlanta, Georgia, a lee
turer of national repute who spoke on
THE Reign of the Demagogue" in the
Y. M. G. A. star course here some few
| years ago and who is well known to
several Ottumwa people.
Mr.. Graves created sensation yes.
| terday afternoon at Chautauqua, N. Y,
by his statement above mentioned and
in fact by his whole address, which
dealt with the negro question, one
which is being discussed just now more
than any other before the people of
| the United States The following dis
patch will be of interest to Ottum-
vans:
The Mob Spirit.
Chautauqua, N. Y, Aug. 12.-Lynch-
\ ing as protective measure on behalf
sof womankind, under present condi-
lions. was strongly defended yesterday
before the chautauqua "-mob confer
ence" by John Temple Graves of At.
lanta, Ga. In his address on "The Mob
Spirit of the South" he pointed out as
the only remedy for such violence the
separation of the two races in tile
United States.
i Admitting that lynching is an evil
the speaker insisted that it was JUST
fed by the crime which provoked it,
and contended that by such quick and
terrible action alone is sufficient feat
of consequences created as to hold in
check the crime of assault.
Unique Event.
The conference is unique among
summer gatherings and Mr.. Graves has
created the greatest stir of any We
heard. The increase of mob spiri
shown by feuds, lynchings, riots, assas
sinations, and other lawless happen
ings gives great Importance to the con
vention.
Eliminate Cause of Violence.
j "The problem of the hour is not how
. to eliminate lynching in the south,
said Mr.. Graves, "but the larger ques
ton: How shall we destroy the crime
which always has and always will pro
woke lynching? The answer which the
, mob returns to this vital question Is
already known The mob answers i
, with the rope, the bullet, and some
!, times, God save us. with the torch
And the mob is practical; it's theory
, is effective to a large degree; the mol
is today the sternest, the strongest
and the most effective restraint tina
the age holds out for the control of as
sault.
A Preventive.
"The lyncher does not exterminatt
the criminal but he holds him nightly
in check. AS a sheer, cold, paten
fact, the mob stands today as the mos
potential bulwark between the wome1
of the south and such a carnival O
crime as would infuriate the world ant
precipitate the humiliation of the ne
gro race. The masses of the negroes
are not afaraid of death coming in /;
regular way. They love display AMI
the spectacular element of trial ant
executions appeal to their imagina
tons.
Law Called Inadequate.
/ 'Expediting the processes of the Law
would not be adequate to eliminat
lynching. The repeal of the amend
ments and the establishment of ne
gro's inferiority in law and society
though desirable are not sufficient. TIL
4 negro is thing of the senses and will
this race, as with all similar races, tn
desire of the senses must be restraine
: by the terror of the senses, if possibl
/ under the law. No influence of sur
preston so mighty and effective coul,
:. be brought to bear as law making
, amputation the penalty for the crime
! But this. like curfew edict, separat
! law for black and white. or the treat
ment of the crime as separate and out
side of all other codes, is but an e,
pedient.
Separation the Solution.
"There is no real remedy but one
No statute will permanently solve thi
y problem. Religion does not solve i
i Education complexities it. Politics con
= plicates it.
= "The truth which lies beyond an
g above all these temporizing expedient
= is that separation is the logical, tn
inevitable, the only solution of thi
great problem of the races"
colonizins Negroes in West.
;. st. Paul, Aug. 12-Rev. J. F. Davi,
son of Tacoma is settling the negr
C problem in practical way by organi
. ing a colonization movement anon
q. the negroes of the south. He passe
~ through st. Paul with party of twel
II ty-five negroes from Louisiana, all {
=. whom will take up lands in Washing
: ton. This is vanguard, Mr.. Davidso
says, of a considerable movement {
colored people from southern cities
the farming lands of the west.
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