The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-20
A MOB CONFERENCE
uaiqse Gaihsr:sr Diseases . live
QsesiiOa Of The Day
DEFENCE OF IyNcHlNG FOR RAPE
John Temple Graves Sresks % ''Th,
hob Spirit On the south and De.
tends Ills Sectsoa.

chauiAuqua. -. Y. Special -taless
among all summer EathcrinSs 10 Tho
mob confercnc." noe In progrres
here The increase 90 mob spirit shown
ly fcues.. lynrAlnEs. riots. aaxaAsina-
tiuns and other iaNlesS hsgscn iaEs
gives great importance 10 th.s conser.
cncs. Among Tuesdays speakers ~as
John Temple Graves. O: Etianta. ia
NJ. Graves spoke on Tho Mob Spirit
o; tho Sozih.- lie defended iynrA iau
aS n remedy for tho criEe of rape.
holding that though iyncAinE 10
crime. u is Justified by The crime which
proyokos IL and viii never be disron-
iinued Until that crone IS sllmlnsted.
The remedy .or lyinchlns mus; be ne
elimination o' the crime q; rare and
q is. he maintains. could be fnae only
by the scrArAt'o on OF the tao rac~s In
the United States.
The problea os the hour L. 10, how
To prevent lynching In the South. but
the larger question. How shall xe de-
Ftroy the crime which always has and
always viii provoke lynchingr The an
swer which The mob returns Co this VI
tal question Is already known Tho
mob answers II with the rope. the bull
let and sometimes. God save us With
tie torch. And the mob is practical. It's
theory Is effective IN a large degree.
tho mob - today the s'ernest the
strongest and tie most effective re-
straint that tNc age holds for the cor
troll OF rare
The lyncher does not eNtcrminate
the rap,st. Mr. Graves contenicd. but
he tolds him nightly in cheek. As a
sheer. cold patent fact. he said. the
mob stands today rs the most potential
bulwark between the women Of the
South and such carnival Of crime
As would infuTiate the world and pre-
cipltate the annihllation OF the negro
race. The masses Of the negro. he held.
are not afraid OF death coming in a
regular way. They love display and the
spectacular element OF n trial and "a
ecution appeal TO their imagina;icns.
E1pediting the processes OF the Law
Would at bU adequate tD Cilniiuaiv
lynchlng. The repeal OF the ameac-
ments and the establishment o. the ne-
groos' inferior!ty in society. declared
Mr.. Graves. though desirable are not
sufficient. 10. the negro" he added.
is a III ing OF the senses aud with this
race and with all similar races the de-
sire of the senses must be restrained
b. the terror OF the senses. IL possible.
under the law
No influence OF suppression 80
mighty and effective could be brought
to bear as a law making amput2tion
the penalty for the crime Of rape. But
this. like curfew edicts. separate laws
for white and black. or the treatment
OF the crime OF rape az separate aad
outside OF all other codes are but eK-
pedIents. he maintained: there Ii no
real remedy but one. No statute aill
permanently solve this problem. Re-
ligion does not solve H. Education
complicates IL Politics complica;cs H.
THE truth which lice beyond aad
above all those temporizlng expedi-
ents," he concluded. lis that separa-
ton is the logical. the Inevitable. the
only solution OF this great problem OF
the races."
Discussing the subject of Mental
and Moral Contagion." DIR. j. VI. Buck
ley, OF New York. after speaking NJ
some length Of the various transient
and permanent changes that take place
under different physical and mental
influences. in human personality. took
up the question OF crime and argued
that all crime implied the existence OF
society and its attritiOns. that sin an1
vice could be committed by person
alone In the world. but not 20 crime.
He showed the operation Of this and
how far through their natural causes
epidemics might spread.
In conclusion. he declared that as
laws OF association bring on such gen
eral and feYerish criminal tendencies.
90 the laws Of association must be era.
pioyed to antagonize them.