The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
op mCKLEY CONTRADFCTED,
IyNCHING UPHELD.
,ob, r. Graves Accuses the Doctor OF
shifting the Scriptures to Make an
Argument lie suggests Radical
Punishment for the Crime OF Rape.

cu,rrArorA. n. Y, Aug. 1.-THE sensa-
u,uaI feature of to-day's programme,
ybiab was devoted 10 discussion OF the
au,h spirit" was John Temple Graves's
..,,,i,ed reply to DR.. John Buckley. who
o., ,lc afternoon meeting had taken him
.,,,or.y to task for his attitude in defend
ING vnchjng
~, Bur>lcv, in these remarks, had dra-
,,atfcally quoted from st. Paul: God has
,,adc Of one blood all the nations Of the
oor,h. as -criptural sanction for his posi-
,i,r that the races were equal, regardless
Of labor.
Replying. Mr.. Graves said
.Tuoro ia no man in the world whom had
mt, meet face to face and fact to fact
than pr Buckley | respect him pro-
folrd'v and admire his great talents, but
would he more than pleased to face him
on this question. anywhere, at any time.
an his address this afternoon he init
mated that had said we Of the South rev.
erence and respect women more than do
tho North ! did not say so. | believe the
men Of the North respect women quite as
much AS We do in the South, and if doubted
il | should have found proof in the fact
tha, within the last fifteen months the
North had been treating outrages against
women by the only way.
.FIe also said that | had reflected upon
the hospitality Of the North. BE that far
from me | often have been splendidly
entertained in the homes of the North.
"Dr Buckley stopped in his quotation.
Whv didn't he continue: God has made
Of one blood all the nations Of the earth.
and has determined the metes and bounds
of their habitations?
1T is lust what we have been contending
for Why an able man should split the
Scriptures to splice point ia more than
can understand God never intended
that alien and antaGonistic races should
live together in the same country.
This dissection of DR.. Buckley's argument
was the signal for one of the most dramatic
srenes ever witnessed at Chautauqua, for
at the conclusion of this speech the vast
audience. which at the outset had shown
some sympathy for the doctor, arose and
applauded the plucky little Southerner
with much vigor and enthusiasm
When the applause subsidized another
dramatic scene ensued, when half dozen
men sprang to their feet to ask questions.
President William q Frost of Bera College,
of Kentucky, was the first to be heard.
Did we understand you TO say that as
meaner and more vicious2" he asked. ain
other words in giving money and putting
forth efforts for negro education are we right
or wrong|
To this Mr.. Graves replied
al pull off my hat to the splendid spirit
of philanthropy which prompts you men
of the North TO put your hands in your
pockets for what you deem the good OF
this unfortunate race
AFT however, you wish to attack any
body for questioning the efficiency OF
negro education, attack, not what say OIL
my convictions, but what the census shows
that AS lliteracy has decreased the crlmi-
nalitv of the negro has increased
Questions of a like nature were showereo
upon Mr.. Graves from every quarter and
to each and all he gave equally quick and
positive answers.
Mr.. Graves spoke on The Mob Spirit OF
the South" and defended lynch law as a
remedy for the crime of rape, holding that,
though lynchinG is a crime, 1t Is justified
by the crime that provokes It,.
"The problem of tho hour he said, lis
not how TO prevent lynching in the South
but the larger question: How shall We
destroy the crime which always has anC
always will provoke lvnching? The answer
which the mob returns to this vital QueS
ton is already known. The mob answer
it with a rope, the bullet, and sometimes
God save us, with the torch. And the mol
is practical its theory is effective to larg'
degree; the mob is to-day the sternest
the strongest, and the most effective re
straint that the age holds for the contro
Of rape, ...
rapist, but he holds him nightly In check
As q sheer cold, patent fact the mob stands
to-day as the most potential bulwarp
between the women Of the South and suci
carnival Of crime as would infuriate tn
world and preciptate the annihilation o
the negro race
Negroes, he held, are not afraid Of deatl
coming in a regular way They love dis
play, and the spectacular element of tria
and execution appeals to their imaginations
Expediting the processes OF the Law
would not be adequate to eliminate lynch
ing. The repeal of the amendments, and thu
establishment OF the negro's inferiority IL
law and society, though desirable. are no
sufficient; "for the negro, said Mr.. Graves
"is a thing of the senses, and with this rae
and with all similar races, the desire Of thu
senses must be restrained by the terro
Of the senses, If possible under the law"
Mr.. Graves held that no statute woulc
permanently solve this problem. Religion
does not solve it. Education complicate
H. Politics complexities it. The trutl
which lies beyond and above all thes'
'ampori2ing expedients,' said Mr. Graves
zig that separation is the logical, the in
eNl'dble Inc only solution Oh tnis Rrea
problem of the races
Continuing, Mr.. Graves said;
The negro ia awed hv danger and intimi
dated only by. startling penalties He II
nervous over things unusual. ! oher her
the opinion extrA-leGal. and extra-judicial
md perhaps extra-humane. from philo
sophie study of the negro's character istics
that no influence OF suppression 80 might,
and so effective could he brought 10 ben
upon the criminal classes Of the race as
statute legally enacted and widely dissent
nttpl amDusatiOn the iNNariaDli
peuatyfor conviction of the crime of rape
If the punishment ia severe, think of the
rrlme II avenges a punishment beyond Gus
tom for crime without a parallel Tha
would he the one thing worse than death
II would add new and startling terror to tn
goUowS, and would appeal to an instinct o
f"tr hitherto untouched in the crimina
element Of the race Whenever the mob ii
tts madness has adopted this terrible metho'
of reprsal the record without break show
thar the terrible lesson has lowered abov
nNnrw niMnr In its restrA imimg Influences mpOl