Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-07
Concerning Lyuchlng.

Mr. Ed1tOr.-At ohio 'A
,aonle Of our community are think
r.. more than ordinarily. and some
are writing, about lvnching l desire
snace for a few suggestions on the
subject. ,.,. ,o,no
1st All talking and writing using
1.-The argument that we must lyncn 70
nrotect the women OF the souIh 10
tollv. II the experience OF the sou'n
In lynching proves one thing oeyon y.
Al, others It is that lynching does not
atom the crime. The number OF these
r crimes in spite of the hundreds o'
i victims tortured by mobs ANNUALLY arc
8 .rouments which speak louder thSh
o words. ,.; 10 an
qnd The advocate Of lynching Is III
.dyocate Of return to bsrbsrism aho
. aavseery pure and simple; q S'a'e
from which we have passed by mar,
wears of toll and labor. We read w,'i
= amazement Of the acts of South oe'
- Ts,and cannibals and American
VI indians in their fiendish processes U
torturing. None Of them surpasso'
q mons in our own enlightened countr
he at the beginning Of the twentieth cei
Oh fury. .ho =,
Gu Ard. Such acts bring upon US inc II
he nroaoh of the civilized world. Eng'is'
,se men 40 favorable to the South IN u
In Civil war, English gentlemen WI
nts placed a monument to Stone"s
,nt Jackson In the Capitol Square
ian Richmond. are amazed that sucn "
I'd, regard Of the laws OF the clV, rrh'
die vorld should exist in our land. Tn
OR read Of some hundreds of lynch'ngS
rts, the South in twelve months ana
@. card us as nation of lynchers, haVi
ON. no regard for law. The good nv
Viii suffer for the bad. M IT
4th. Mobs cannot be controlled =
mob mind Is an insane mind al
ginia in the past few years moo
,,.t tered jail and. not satisneo wiz
'lA' turing the one who had commits'
'i'~ the awful crime. took out two OH
who were awaiting trial for pc
nch- crimes and lynched them Also hyH
yslup ing Is no longer resorted TO ior
terrible crime alone, nor Is IL iin
md to tbe colored race. Two white
snn,s have been lynched in the South WI
d.v two months and neither for the u
of assault. -;,,
was 9Th. Lynching is itself a crim
matic tho worst sort. 1t involves
i the disregard for the law. DisreeAru
RS inc law by the white race io'Vei'
SENT same spirit In the colored race.
down someof our citizens in public PRINT
was reoretted that our governor ca
recia- ont his oath of Office and enoea'
hearty 70 prevent a fragrant disregard
laws of our State being e1nioiV.
nur own section; have charged
,overnor and the best newspape
.ltbe South with bowling before Il
nus u nbi,ists of the NORTH. II such
s,Sen time we would bow our heS
y !. 'nu sbame. But the fact Is our lhA
j. ~ oovernors and our most truly soo
'sAn',y naners are q unit on the SUP!
r. and iynchins' t.r;or
,bttnlly 9Th. Lynching is not confined
- urt;, | south It IL national question
u one Of great concern. The
. Initial which Is the oct sion OF most q
!. Edna Iivnching, deserp speedy ana
r,;za. nunishment. But rs resP'
-, a. n.tion we cannot afford to tur'
-. and criminals over to lawless mo
"a Md injured husband. father OF
Tvl,r' taxing summary and deadly ven
ok. Va, ON the guilty fiend, as any Oh y,
ID son do II the opportunity were gra
pmm, far different from turning the c
r,,a.on over 70 an insane mob which
,,ar and nosed more largely of the law
cot meut of the community UhAn
aons who should administer
Az preventive lynching is a .
. Demo- We believe there is metn'
will effectively prevent In
mocratic which Iynching fails to preve
,ressional the criminal undergo Suon 70
Q Month operation rs will preVenU " 49,
,rfolk, on of the act on his par' Nn =.
.fter can an adopted brand or mark IN
, primary spicuous place On MS 90. Nj,
istrist on release him. we oeheso !;
to nomi- more to prevent the crime !
yress, we years than all tne isn
lection to negro was freed
n. William |