The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-14
/. TEnPLE GRAVES SPEECH
A Few Comments on the Georgia Ora
/, tors lYnching Cure Discourse.

Z Atlanta Constitutions Mr.. Graves caro-
fully and yet eloquently tells why negroes
are lynched In the South for assnulunS
the virtue and lives of white women, ano
, lys with 4 vehemencc none TOO sirons
That such lynchings will continue until
Apch crimes disappear. Inc sans lne a, ut :,
its existence and iiststerca ~ tte Htr'n.
( therefore the prcsen, question is one OF
cure for crime aud not OF lutlle iui'in-
1Iades against the natural-born mobs.
it is notable that while Mr.. Graves DIS
c,isses various treatments possible to De
! pplied TO the evils mentioned he has
special devotion to the absolute separa-
lion OF the white and black races. t'or
that he pleads, though he perhaps real
ICES that he Will never live to see IL az
complIshed.
Norfolk virgln!an-Pilo We are no, de.
Tending lynching We believe ,; IN law ana
TO condition But what are you goins
10 do when you have two races living TO-
gcther In a community and the la" that
fee to hold the other in check? Are you
going 10 Indulge In honilies on the sane
tlty OF the law or resort TO prima! vet-
E.anee TO p;otee, the sah that o vi
according to his bent.
In the meantime il should not he sup
posed that John Temple Graves IS nft
brand or sensatIonalist He Is one Of
a lifelong student OF the problem he dis
cussed before the Chautauqua.
New York Tribune: What blind leaders
iynchins evil who turn from the problem
81 dealing with society as T.. eHss ~ 70 ne te
blacks! Mr.. John Temple Graves. OF ~
lanta, in his Chautauqua address. AFTER
clarifying the mob as the hnlwark 20, OF
sion that neither education nor time,
christianity nor law could be anything
but temporzing expedient, and that
lem was separation. !.
But while they have succeeded in forcing
few hundred thousands 10 emlgTaIs,
crease, The negro race here Increases
80 rapidly that Il would more than make
ur for any probable decrease thrfou ,i,,,
Il Vas enc encouraged, Moreover. the South
would not tolerate its wholesale deporta-
ton any more than It would have tolerh-
p per y rests u1 on the negro Ii must have
6is cheap labor. Deprived of him. 1t
would demand coolies to take his place.
I. might get o w by backs lo but Who e
raise it's corn, cotton, rice, sugar and
tobacco? No! the negro Is. in this coun;
try to stay He is bone n OF las pon ro a1e
md problem. But the trouble and ne
problem white men brought on themselves
and their only hope Is dn facing the con,
ditions they have made as they are, Eot
II sitting idle, waiting for conditions
which will never be seen.
New York Evening Post: Separation OK
the negroes from the whites, either by
scgregating the former somewhere IN m
country, or by shipping them to Africa.
is the craziest notion out of the asylum'
The colored population do not want L,
and cannot be forced TO It; nor do the
white people want II. Let Mr.. Graves
ask the Southerners to give up az tne.p
black workmen and see what wouid nnp,
pen! They might be tempted 10 appy
his doctrine of the mob in way hignly
inconvenient to him. No, our help does
not lie In revival Of Colonization hlunu-
oihe a far.away or or fantastic remedy Al
that we have to do Is to put In force the
ordinary principles of ordinary justice
and humanity.
New York Times: Mr.. Graves sugges-
ton of a separation of the races, is mani
testify fantastic and lmpracticable,,, The
did he seek It OF his own accord, He
was brought htther by whites. not on his
own account, but exclusively on theirs,
devolves the responsibillty Of devisIng
q solution for all the race questions that
come up, Including that which is now
stsd By SSRe seo ha an Is ssnno bs
grade the white race more and more
toward the leyel Of the saSages 70 whom
hutton must be found and applied or that
retrogression Will surely and speedily
20 on. t- sltsb
Philadelphia Record: Whatever deter
rent influence punishment can have upon
brutal negro 1t Will have when inflict-
cd by the proper authorities and mac