The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-28

Blackstone ~. page cid, ana
law Is shaped and moulded 6-r.-t
the same principle. So womauly
is held to be fair game for WHY lots
who may lake advantage o. tt
wrong and escape p~uuishmcut
fern Of action by showing 10 ,t.
jury that their articles were
full IN leading their victims init:
The blame OF a MUTUAL fg.
the Law OF North Carolina Wae-
OF %. or 90. or 10 entices a Ert It# ...-
suppose a girl is entioed iato q.
about which she probably know .
nothing. suppose. rs is often t
that she IS cnticed INTO a houss
fame without her knowledge Wits
believe her story IL she shoail.
"When a woman is outrage. by
or force. her sworn testimony
nothing aginst the Eighties, WORD 81
nan who perpetratei the crGac
have not time 10 talk % tho .-
ton OF our boys against The Va .
either youag women or old Women ~
would be q good subject for sepa-a.#
.cussion. What has been sad
cient to show that the boys ar. ns.
couraged by the laws TO lead
lives. understand that there Is N-
Carolina law which make il q
meanor for a "lewd woman er wuaa.
.ul-famc" 10 have sexual interiors;.
with a minor student at n ,ollae.
boarding school within three m.ly- 6- ..
school Why not enforce that law
why not extend IT?
But. says some one. We must ,ak. -.
man nature as we find tive eaa..
make people virtuous by legislaroa
seems that we can make hogs OF them n..
lack of il. We cannot make people t-.
tuous by making them wear clothes. U.
we can lessen immortality by Il. Ia r
same way we can throw safeguard a...
our little children. our boys and 2r-
that will lessen immortality and NOT fta.a
a premium on lust. HAVING S..
FRAMED THE LAWS OF THE STATE
AND OF SOCIETY THAT 4 BOY DH
MAN Is ENCOURAGED TO CULT
VATE HIS ANIMAL PASSIONS. w.
TURN AROUND AND POINT m
WELL-DEVELOPED PAS
.SIONS AS AN EXCUSE FOR THE Zen.
ISTING LAWS. The air of a room with
many people in il, though fresh and pur.
at first, soon becomes foul without NeH-
tilation; yet the majority OF those Fiji th.
room are not aware of the poison they
are breathing. Likewise, We have
breathed this foul air OF legislation $50
long. VIC are so stepped in ignorance oaJ
indifference. that we fail to realize the
fearful meaning of such laws. Tho fro#h
air needs TO be let in, the public con-
science needs to be rouse
What can We do about it? may be
asked. AS l AVE said. we can combine
and have defective laws remcdicd. Wa
can Systematically work to enlighttn tho
people of North Carolina on the subject.
and we need the help of every man .a
the State who wishes to see the virtue
OF our women protected, and our little
boys and girls shielded from the wlles OF
evil-doers. We propose to establish the
White Cross in every town, city. village
and community in North Carolina whore
it can find a foothol VIII YOU help
the work? The greatest possible com
pliment paid the White Cross and
similar societies is that they are bitterly
opposed by b~awdy-housc keepers every
where.
l have been told that no jury in North
Carolina would. even if the laws were
bettered, convict a man if the girl OF l5
or l 6could not provo rape. / do not be
lieve it. If SO, it is "A grave reflection oa
North Carolina ~juries, and it shows the
need OF awakening the public conse.cuCe.
Untl our laws abou these matters are
bettered, the law of the shot gun and az
Judge Lynch will hold good, and it ought
to, if the law cannot be changed. But
the law can be changed. A North Care.
lima jury will not convict a man who
entices a 14-year old girl to ruin, and the
same jury Will not convict the fathog
who shoots the man for running her.
Which one deserves conviction one pf
them, certainly. In the name Of reason
and the future welfare Of our state. II :
man viii give vent to his passions. he
can find, alas, plenty Of grown and we'll
matured women in houses Of ill-famc. on
whom he can crafty his lust. without
running young girls and enticing them 10
a step which is LITERALLY FILLING
HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION all over
our land. The foundation stone Of our
civilization is the purity of our women
When that decays we fall. As our laHs
are made by men, it is not only our priv
lege but our duty TO see that every safe
guard is thrown around our women aud
the little girls who are to become the
mothers Of the next generation.
| appeal to you, my fellow citizen. ta
the name of your mothers, and in tha
name of your wives and your sister. Z
appeal to every one here who has Il it,
tie daughter or little niece or little Gous..
or little friend; | appeal to our Anglo
saxon chivalry and our boosted claim
that American women are the frccst and
best protected in the world; / appeal 70
your manhood and to your sense OF t1.
pitiful helplessness Of those whom il .a
our sweet privilege to love, honor. chcrisG
and protect; ] appeal to you in the name
OF the great Master and Leader of all
good, the Christ, who said. Blessed arr.
the pure in heart. for they shall ST..
God, ITO set your faces like flint agajrs.
This wrong and give your active aid arE
encouragement in wiping out this foul
blot from our statute books, The sla..
block, whore the bodies. and somct.mc
the souls, OF the slaves were put up
auction, was hideous enough. Shall Ne
permit laws to remain upon the stata'a
books which practically encourage men