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inc would vote him an apothoesis. The
crime for which lynching is the only efh-
cient remedy is the practical test by tha
brutal negroes or the dltt4HHeHl OF Ii@s
social equality
The governor of Indiana is greatly dis
turbed on account of ynching. yet that
virtuous official in violation OF his Official
oath and the constitution of his coun-
try. harbors the assassin OF the governor
OF an adjoining state.
To denounce the brave, conservative
men in Georgia who justify lynching Tor
criminal assault assassination and ar
son and train wrecking for purposes or
robbery as a riotous lawless mon IS \
rervcrsiOn of language and an Insult -
the people The proof that the people OF
Georgia justify lynching in exceptional
cases is found in the fact that sworn
grand Jurors will not indict, nor raverso
iuries convict citizens for lynchIng ia
these cases The only official notice taken
of a lynching is the offering Of a reward
by the governor, and n charge to tho
grand iurv by the Judge, both OF which
are nerfunrtory pure and simple Lynch
ing for criminal assault Is not anarchy
1t is not mob law in the offensive sense
of that term If mob law 1t is only so IN
the technical sense Of being without or
only 50 in the sense that selling the tea
at Boston. and the powder at savannah
was mob law to-wit: an extra legal pro-
ceeding TO advance the right. II has no
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endee and Paris than light has TO dark
ress Nor does it bear the slightest
analogy TO Lord George Gordon's riot of
London the Kensington riots Of Phila-
delphia The learned diVines who de-
claim SO Vehemently against riot an
archy. etc. will find striking Illustrations
OF what they condemn in the palace OF
the high priest and the Judgment hall
Of the Roman governor; also about the
town hall ut Ephesus, and the steps OF
~, Tor fae
statesmen are sometimes confronted with
eXigencies that make 1t necessary to re-
sort TO extra, or if you please unconsti-
;utional measures. The purchase OF
Louisiana from Napoleon is an iIlustra-
ton. The emancipation proclamation OF
Abraham Lincoln is another This is Just
flied upon the ground of state necessity.
Society which Is greater than states and
statesmen: which makes and unmakes
governments sometimes, not often, en-
counters eXigcncies or problems that. con-
Stitutcd as human nature is, defy solu-
ton in conformity with the cold letter or
a given rule The southern white people
have met q social condition, the like OF
which never existed before, and upon
which neither experience observation
nor history can possibly shed any light
It IS 4 race conflict, now on, begun By
the blacks ard the lynclling dance VIII
and ought to go on, as long as the blood
Of murdered or the shrieks OF ruined
white omen furnish the music. / agree
with the ConneC tlcHt judge that II is
better to make the mob i court than 70
make the court a mon. II is an immense
mistake to suppose that only bad men
engage in lynchips Let the Newman
crowd answer that allegation The men
who engage in it do not oppose the ad-
ministration Of the law; they only antici-
pate 1t. They do not oppose the govern
ment: they stand for the protection Of
society and the punishment Of crime.
They do not destroy property; they do
not interfere with business. they do not
punish without evidence Of guilt. They
peaceably and quietly assemble and when
their work is done they as peaceably and
quietly dIsperse. But it is said that they
make q mistake and punish an innocent
man. This may b. true, hut it rarely
happens. Courts and juries frequently
make grave mistakes in the conviction OF
the innocent ana the acquittal OF the
guilty Mill inventum est. ct stimuli per-
fectum. If The politician. the press and
the pulpit would devote more attention
to the denunciation OF the crime and the
criminal lynchcd. and less 70 the abuse
Of the lynchcrs. they would render a
better service to society and less unin-
territorial aid to crime
HIRAM 7. BELL.
Cummins. Ga. September l6, 1908