Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-07
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
The Reign of Law and The
Maintainance of kven-IIanded
Justice In NeWbern.
The Iynching affair that took place
"a Newb ern, n. c., last Saturday
might, is ~subjecting the people of
that city to some vigorous news
paper criticism and wordy castiga-
tion-and even his excellency the
Governor has hundreds tariff =; an
athena at their devoted heads, but
the good people of Newborn, with
the proud pride of a patriotic an
cestry-distinguished in all the an
nails Of our country's history-to give
them poise and character; with a
reasonably %fattering hope of pos
terity to control them in setting a
pace for those coming after them to
follow, are not to be-or should not
be unduIy censured for deliberately
measuring out to an untoWard GRIM
inal a punishment to fiji his crime,
since such punishment is not pre-
vided by Law.
What is law?
81 If we might be permitted a de-
} fnition, We would say Law is the
will Of the people intelligently ex-
pressed ard with e officially
provided for its execution.
! In a ~peaceable, law-abiding neigh
borhood, a vicious, vagrant, burly
) NEGRO walks into the store and post
3 office Of the village, in the broad
lday time, where the wife of the
proprietor is alone, and of her he
r boldly demands what money she
, has on hand, and as she turns to get
: the money he seiZes a meat cleavel
E land deals her a murderous blow,and
she only escaped ir stant death by q
hairs breadth, lodging and scr aiming
as she saw the axe descending upon
Q her head. The blow laid her cheek
e open and severed her jaw bone; nd
if she lives at all she will be MAIN
q ed and marked and suffering through
all her life.
What is the punishment the law
{ provideS for this crime? Why,
! comparatively, a brief term of inn
cPrsoRment, daring Which the crint
inal may escapes fed and clothes
[cemtortably, housed, likewise, and
afwhen his term Of imprisonment ex-
F. pires, is free to roam the country
again at will, and commit like des-
perate deed, or worse, when Oppor-
turity affords or occasion is at hand.
What should the punishment for
I such a deliberate, unprovoked and
: murderous assault upon a defense
> less woman be-under any circum-
: stances? Then add the depraved,
negro assaiIant, in this case, and the
: delicate, helpless white woman, and
:. you have the situation hal address
ed itself to the New Bern people as
they looked upon the stricken white
lady and her vicious, vagrant, neg
70 assailant caught ed-handed as he
fad from the scene. Take this case
home with you: Look upon your
- own wife SO muderousiy stricken,
) and rendered a MANNED sufferer for
/. life, consider the punishment pre-
, scrlbed by existing law tor the crime,
l then ask yourself the question, what
would I have the brave and true
men of the community do for me in
+, my extremity?
!, Let nothing here expressed be in
terpreted as a plea for mob law, or
) a defense of lynching-not even for
, the nameless crime; for in such cases
4 kthe penalty prescribed by law is
> death, and the dignity Of the law,
' as we'll as the wholesome justice of
J, its sentence, should be MAIN
s tanned and respected.
1AOAC . AO OodSCA VI CH6 People
Iof New Bern becoming lawless, or
resolving themselves into a colony
of law breakers. On the contrary,
l they have been makers of laws in
o the past, trainers of government
!. at the lannon's mouth, under British
rule, and they may be trusted at all
times to uphold justices: and out Of
their action Saturday night we ven
ture the prediction that a new law
j. will be written upon oue st ttute books
e when the next General Assembly
: c0nvenes.
:. Has Stood the Test 25 Years.
The old, original GROVES Taste.
less Chill Tonic. You know what
are taking. 1t is iron and gum.
Inc in a tasteless form. No cure, NO
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