The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-09-24
EVERY EYNCHFR
/ lS.A MURDERER"
pslswars Chef Justice Scores Hob
Inst Burned WhitA
.sKs FOR THEIR PUNISHMENT

vIlnington, Del. Sept. 81. - The
,vn,bing OF George White. the negro
,nnrderer of Miss Helen Bishop. on
Inn. % last formed the text Of a spe-
,I,l charge to the grand jury Of the
S.vcastle county general sessions
our, by Chief Justice Lore. After
s.taulng the facts OF the lynching. the
chief justice said
oNo good citizen. we are persuaded,
80, regard the lynching OF George
white In any other light than as brn-
,sI crime. and as fragrant violation
n, law The immediate effect Of the
,vocbing was deplorable 1t involved
-, nnly the death Of White. but also
NAT Of the little italian boy. who was
.,o+har victim Of the lawless act For
time the authority Of the law was
acted. and at one time it looked as Il
,osro would bo a war Of races. Tne mi
lira were placed under arms.
Gentlemen. in this country We max"
,sa laws. they are our will formally
ev,ressod. n is tho duty Of every good
nan 20 oboy the law himself and to
ssa that f. r. obeyad by others as FAR as
ts may Lynching is'a crime against
the .sw OF both God and man. Every
r.s4' participant in such an act is a
murderer No man has a right 10 com
nit that crime because he believes or
tears that some other person who is
entrusted with the execution Of the law
rul fail. or has failed in the perform
ance Of his duty. can conceive Of no
more dangerous social or civic condi-
.ion than mob rule The mob IN its mad
ness makes no distinction in the sub
isrt Of It's wrath. IT'S excuse may be
brutal crime, or It may be difference
in religious or political sentiment or
anv other fancy or whim that the
caprice. humor or passion OF the mo-
mant may suggest. Recklessly human
lie Is taken, property is destroyed and
law and order overthrown. In such
scenes the innocent suffers alike with
the guilty: rSn and devastation mark
the track Of The mob. There is no rule
ar reason in the Onsweep of the mad
deued masses. There is no gauge by
which the ravages OF a mob may be
measured.
Once admit that the law may be de-
fed with impunity, there is an end Of
civil government. There is no room for
both mob law and tribunals OF justice
in governing communities. The
domination of one involves the extinc-
ton Of the other. Either the mob must
submit to the law or the law must sub
nit to the will of the mob.
There must be government or no
government The line of cleavage is
clear. On the one hand We have lib,
erty regulated by law, with fixed rules
AMI established tribunals for the pres
ervatiOn Of life. liberty and property:
on the other hand we have anarchy and
social chaos with no rule or guide, save
the tickle will of enraged men, who IN
lavless wrath reCklessly and indiscTim-
.nuCplv sweep away every barrier If
satarv n civic, social and political life.
On the one hand is law, order and ST.
cIr,ty; On the other is lawlessness,
disorder and ruin. in which no interest
is sata lnd in which no one can pre-
dict what 4 day may bring forth.
Gentlemen. you are every one Ot
you Conservators OF the peace. 1t is not
only your duty 70 act feariessly and
honestly upon all such matters Is may
be laid before you on the part Ot the
state, but it is your duty to impart 10
the attorney general and to your feI-
'ow-members all such knowledge is
may have come to you touching the
violation Of the law within your iuris-
dicuon.
In obedience TO your oath and 70
your duty 10 your state. we ask you 70
50 act that the crime OF lynching may
De suppressed in this state. So TAR as
by your action that end may be at
tained and that the perpetrators "
this crime and the authors OF the dis
srscs that has come upon us through
their crime will be dealt with Accord
ms 20 their Just merits
No indictments in the lynching case
nave yet been returned.