The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-12

known at the umc, knns
 nroof of such facts with such knowi-
 ed9e of the presence or such prisoners
 would as a matter of law De conclusive
 hoot Phe reasral ~ prisoners therein. in the
 enjoyment of the right to be free from
 iawless violence. Knowledge of the
 presence of Federal prisoners, or cuipa-
 creste ore the ofrense under Section 55os of
 the Revised Statutes; since there must
 be an intent to injure him in the en-
 joyment of his rights under the Constl-
 the % mere firing of the jail by concert.
 in the absence of knowledGe or fault
 in not having knowledge on the part of
 those firing the isit .h, tnas redssai Pris.
 V. U. s., 14s U. S., 1s7.. It is not nee
 essary to show that the conspirators
 had any i'll will towards such prisoners.
 srcsl when 9 sas shs a. .as nsars s:
 the knowing and wiifull doing of un-
 lawful acts, with knowledge or notice
 eatons ens wsS sas snowiedse that the nosurai and probable consequence of the wrong
 done, would be to defeat or injurs the enjoyment of the right When met set
 Federal Fss T prisoner is conansa i'ts there.
 m that hs iasf fIn.vsss,s sssni vii b. s1Hw so "
 jure the prisoner unless he is removed
 turbed in the peaceful enjoyment of his rights under tho laws. to be free from lawless violence. to remain where
 s,. he s sn sss sy fear s,. or T, an The people who thus deal with the jail cannot be heard to set up isno-
 rance of the laws which gave the pris. fscssd asanst awe:. rf Violence. to De
 entirely immaterial in this case that the mob conspired in the first instance to murder Naples, and that the firing design. If by agreement. in the sae- cution of any unlawful purpose, they committed an act which was an of fense against another and different lea, they cannot plead that they did not offend the majesty of their laws because what they did was only part ..s of plan of q conspiraey to accom- laws of Alabama. A conviction or ac- quittaf in the courts of Alabama, for what these parties did at the jaii is no the United States. The United states owed duty of protection to its citizen. which was the more imperative, since 1t had rendered him helpless to resist from the flame. It would be a grave reproach to it's justice, if such an of- fense went unnoticed or uncondemned.
 re 1se of the Ccrfts of the People. ated this general government. defined its objects and granted its powers. by the act of conventions which reflected engage in the protection of rights cre- ated by or dependent upon the Consti- tuition of the United States. they only perform special mission which the ment. Experience taught them that a general government with less power to protect It's citizens than was committed Ssna;nsss tS IL would not properly sub:ervs the people. As to such rights, the States voluntarily abdicated their hitherto ex- isting power. and soiemnly conferred people in I the State States ssn' select the reprss ss sentatives who make the laws of that government. They choose those who appoint and confirm the judges and who sit here are drawn from the body Of the citizens of the State Every of hcer and juror of this court, Is an AiaSamian n,sn, nsia imSIsd no1 with the sttach- the government which deals directly | with the things nearest their homes l and firesides. This court iA every le- l people,, There Is no ground. there fore, for the jealousy, which only the minimizing and unpatriotic seek to ex- cite, that the United States court, when
 
 for the protection of rights of citizens of the United States, is in some sense an intruder. or undermining the power upon the wise principle of local self. government, It should be matter of eongratulation, not of regret, that a citizen who, at one and the same time owes allegiance both to the State and the United States, and Is entitled to the reciprocal right of protection by each. has some rights concerning the enjoy tne Sr e snd and either.
 We Have a Duty q. Inaiviausis. law does not end with our lab0rs here. May we not. therefore. counsel together what further you can do on your return home to light the tend fair, If unchecked, to remit us to a con- dition of savagery7
 Every mob Is a stab at the sovereign ty Of the people, and malign denial to the freedom of orderly government. There is not village in Alabama whose able-bodied men and boys would not fly to arms to repel a band of freeboot- force a demand that the community should have nothing to do with en- forcing its own laws. Yet this is the mob, and what 1t does. The fire bells
  streets of any of our cities would swarm with armed and indignant peo- pie if they were told that a gang of in- truders were coming to expel their chosen judges from the judgment seats, and put irresponsible and vicious men, chosen by the marauders, in their places. Yet that Is the mission of the mob when it arms to storm a jail and put prisoner to death. If men would only reflect what treason mob law is to their homes and institutions, Inobs would be well nigh impossible.
 Aside from this attack on govern ment. the evils of the mob have almost boundless sweep in all the relations of life. Can any man, In the widest flight of the brain, picture Robert D. Lee or John B. Gordon, no matter what the charge against the criminal, Joining a mob to break down a jail, and taking | a prisoner out to hang him? Why not? ] honor and justice and veneratiop for | law. and all these cry out against such l an act. No man who forms a part of | the flood of passion and cowardice | which storms jail and murders a de- | prisoner, Is ever again the | same moral being. Then and there a | human tiger Is born He comes to de- | spise the sanctity of human life He | Is swift to the shedding of blood of | 1is neighbors, and sure to give loose | rein to his passion when 1t turns upon | one who Is weak and helpless. These | he will always find. He Is an enemy | of the youth of the land; for he teaches | them 1t is right to unbridle their worst | and to trample down those | who are set over them. What is inc Influence of churches, schools, and | homes in teaching discipline and self | and glad submission by the | young to parents and others in author- fxy xnrha kA fa-