New-York tribune., 1903-07-25
PROFESSOR JAMES ON LYNCHING.
A Race War PrediOted-Anti-Negr senti-
ment in the North.
Letter Of Professor William James, in The Spring
haId Republican.

Letter or PROFESSOR Nii4AIh IdIleS II Inc oPI4hs-
field Republican.
Three years ago I said that unless heroic meas
ures were adopted We should soon nave clVll WaF
pie Of what may expect to-morr9w wherever
rfas as are NeRYorR and Boston and PHILADELPHIA
The North is already almost as tOlly lnoculated
lower classes is becoming educated eVerywheTe here
with appali9g raPqiy 10 b spo 10 be- 6laed
with as long the fun will last. Attempts at
nnext Thing in order and collective Feprisals by
ISegSo Iv1chIas is already permitted exception
In The midst OF our civilization Bi3ody org ana
partnership ~ Tover 10 which the license
anonymous mop % Is JS are doing ali they can
TO convert the custom into an estapIlsed @ ltisnLu
at Wilmington by seeing the scare heao OF % d P%psG
which Pa nan on a S65fng SSaI ITnching Wen Done
was printed tall capitals in tins BqstQn qiily'
foJrmeTly an Independent Journal printed TED an edi
toriaI the same aLTocly 9I od i' he 'S o make il
% ne1n0 0sxCcisable on Everywhere We find educated men
and women making light OF te DasSeS1 ,st as as n
fashioned Christians used to say tl m % 5T' s oT
Negro Iynchng claims more ana n0If 40 the I9 6uGtiv
instinct, TO race antipaths ny bbnmicdaI frenzy One
pride, well as TO tle s custom NAV strike
sI sliuG1 6erce animal appetite like this and per
VeTIeo Ire two real fanatics there be in every
lynching actuated by Ina nlSh1t1 az Ieversfon which
civiii2aton particularly requires TO @ exFPe i ne ne
n
- 1nonent when the greatest aLrocIuss aLe
itted of nothing but irresponsible Ioo CO. C9AlagI0'
@ lS1,ioei 10 become part of the MOP aho preds
sed Dos a. to the peculiar sort OF contagIon oy tae
oSo1icsI EDUCATION which the lnceSSllnt 4es
% ~ custonl and OF its continued lnlpnnty are
ooreadinp with fearful rapidlty inioosi'"Ses 49, ~
st.Nt,+iat Ion Was ever such a prlHllsee onsIeot
EIop|4@bTs bulfghts pTiZehghts, What are !,iey 70
DCs.'7 ,a. HINT and a negro burning! me HHteIdte
eve~vvyhere always frstung IN tieII IHullot-
Nls 1i,,es for some drastic eNciteHSLit' are
heir ina ginations in advance on ms ne"
IogsiiTlftv The hoodums in our G!LleS ; o. ILLS
Poor1a5 nv the newspapers into as s -
LI ~ ne, ,v3chinr game they long have been OF the
Ori1nSe6t % and football They long 10 posss.SS
pfflze's' rrbev agree on the belief that any ac7
rmsed negro is their perqusite eng ~ aro of v,bs
- hIirn him only the neWest .vit u W ~ ~. AZ
that 70 ,,r5an - How far this education mas ALREADY
il,sreedeI We are likely 10 learn any LAY & AZ .y,
ptoC.Tse manner And the suplneness OF our on
sia - the Ineay nOuthed uteldHCSS u ~
eIiS seem 10 me 10 reveal an increu4pIe nlsuLl
Joai Joaitt.a1d,ng OF the real situation no s.Iqsht o. l
H;ItoTg or knower of human nature cou-u D7 50
fooled for moment. -. ,,onbaov foy tFerA
NttI1inE nov in sight check tIe sptSsu ot ~ ~
y far more ViFuent than the choiI
enys recognized that local Jufles VIII n1t ~,
Iact nydemn: 50 that unless special ieelsialloh
80 40 c;-szfns" are hung-uothing snort ot 'lits
I4E & ~ epidenic in the slightest degree ahq d
lions from the press ana puiplt o-'ty lt1
lltl7 +Ts faster-we shall have nssro uuIiit5s ~
fe0 years Cambridge common aii" 'ii-
Fo~tOn Public Garden
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