The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-12-08

NNANN III AOuu ana eternal nFnfna
4 against the mob spirit that is threat
: enlng n integrity of this repubifc
I Gov. jerks, or Alabama, has recentl'
: spoken as follows: THE lynchinF q
, ny person Tor whatever crime is in
1 eAeusable anywhere-it Is a defiance n
: orderly government; but the kiIing a
: ihnocent people under any provocatfol
is INFINITELY more horrible; and vet in
noeeht people are likely to die whei
, a mob's terrible lust is once aronsed
8 Inc lesson is this: No good citizen ca1
aloru 70 countenance a defiance OF IN,
statutes, no matter what the provoca
ION Inc innocent frequently suffer
anu II Is my observation more usnoi
~ suffer than the guilty The Whit,
people OF the south lndict the Who'll,
SploIeu race on the ground that ever
sLe petter elements lend no assistance
tbaS SseNer IN ierretlng out criminals OF
LEI own color. The respectable col.
Vreq people must learn not to harbo,
thelr criminals, but to assist the on.
Gers IN bringing them to Justice. This
80 Il larger crime, and it provokes
Sh atfosious onenses as the one al
Atlanta. The two races can never gat
IN untll there is an understanding on
the part of both to make common
oSuse with the law-abiding criminals
Danger OF Race Hatred.
moreover. where any crime commit
80 ny a member of one race against
SA u duOtner race is avenged
IN such fashion that it seems as ~ not
tne Individual criminal. but the whole
race, Is attacked. the result is IN erss-
perate 70 the highest degree race feel
dasit mere Is but one safe rule in
uealng with black men as with white
men; Y IS the same rule that must he
aPpneu In dealing with rich men and
Door men; that is. to treat each man
nateVer MS color, his creed. or his
soclal position, with even-handed fus-
uce on his real worth as a man Whit
people owe II quite as much to them
serves as to the colored race to treat
his ,' nne eoiorsd man who shows by
~ ute mat he deserves such treat
ment; Tor 1t is surely the highest wis.
uUH 10 encourage in the coiored raca
~ NOSE individuals who are honest
tthheussrlous law-abldlng. and who
bors taUn1SS MAKE good and safe neigh
us ana citizens. Reward or punish
ne INDIVIDUAL on his merits as an in
uiVidual Evil will SURELY COVE 4,
tne end to both races IL we substitute
ali tnIS Just rule the habit Of treating
oau, ankle. There Is no question Of
soeial equality or negro DONNA ton"
inV0IVed: only the question Of reliant
oTSsiy punlshing bad men. and of Sc
MS life. his liberty. and tho pnrsvtt
- nls happiness as his own Qualities
~ neart head and hand enable him 10
hLVeEy colored man should realize
nagr the worst enemy Of his race is the
ns5io criminal, and above all the ne
sro criminal who commits the dread
Lul crime of rape: and Il shouid ha Seit
as IN the highest degree an offence
ff6Ss insi me whole country, and against
coJored man to fail to helm Inc of5cars
OF me law In hunting down with ali
possible. earnestness and zeal evarw
nv ridhsamous onender. Moreover. in
always be punished with dsatb ae ts
me case with murder; assault with in
ssnt 70 commit rape should be made !
oSpttal crime, at least in the discretion
NJ, sourIi ana provision should be
mdue py which the punishment NAV
ioIiow Immediately upon the haaIs ~
me onensei while the trial sbouId ~
20 conducted that the victim need not
man1onIy shamed while giving tes-
.imony, and that the least possibie
PuDilelty shall be given to the detaijS
ne members OF the white race ~
tne other hand should understand tho1
mvnunrSS iynching represents by just so
mucn a loosening of the bands of etvo
lnzation; that the spirit Of ivDnhJnn
throws into prominencs i5
sne community all the foul and avii
san who dwell therein. No man
mar 'dhS part IN the torture OF a hu-
Roral nature permanently lowsr"d
10Y iyhehlng means Just so mSnh
ueterloration in all the children
nHee any knowledge OF It. and
seheratlon OF
Let justice be both sure and sw,,..
Iet II be Justice under the law
not the wild and crooked savaFsrv
Need for Negro Education. :
There Is another matter which has q
uthGet bearing upon this matter Of z
.ometimes calls 1t forth and az %~Hmhcn 3
mes merely furnishes the excuse for z
70 existence; 1t is out of the auestion 3
OF our people as a whole permansntjv 3
- Dy reading down any of their &
n NUMBER. Even those who them B
slVes Tor the moment profit Nv sS,ch \
Laltreatment of their fellows viii ~ 3
long run also suffer. No mor 3
hen hted policy can be imagined 3
iass, 10 prevent the educatIon ~ ~ y
1her class. The free public school IN 4
nance Tor each boy or girl 10 got 3
.Oo0 elementary education. lies at tbe 4
~ounuatlon or our whole political sttuo 3
tion, In every community, The 49, &
cltlzens, those who need the sobooir !
lost would be deprived of then Z
onIy received school facilities :
MS 4 os : 70 the taxes they paid. )
W. - as true OF one portion of orr z
ouhtry as OF another. II is as trua z
or the negro as for the WHIT LUZ 3
white man, ii he is wise win a. z
me 70 allow the negroes in a mass 70 3
toW 20 manhood and womanbooJ z
ltnout education. Unquestionabiv al 3
Catloh such as is obtained I'M onr mir &
{ schools does not dc %eVerythIng ~ \
.arqs making a man a good %citi1en. 3
~ uoes much. The lowest and most q
uta CRIMINALS those for instanee B
,a Tomn.It the crime Of rape, are in 4.
sreat majority men who have had "
they are almost invariably men Just
no property; for the man NJ =
uts money by out OF his earniWE I
ne lhe man who aoquiTes educsti6n I
usually lifted above mare 49,.
OF course the best tvna
euueeuon Tor the colored mar rs
IN az a whole, Is such eduoatin, !
conferred in schools like Esmn )
~ Auskeges; where the bovs I
tRs young men and youn0 ~ 4
ri are trained industrialiY ~ :
~ the ordinary public aohoni Z
Hnehes. The graduates Of fHos 3
,1Vols turh out we'll In the Tr.a 3
49, y Eases and hardly any "a thSE I
1rs5ns o"l.nihAls, while what Utls Z
n1y tnsre Is never takes i Z
- brutal violence which il. z
csc 49, L~W. livery. graduate 81 {
Al every cher coIored ma OF .
xnho Leads a life 90 useful sSd !
,noreele AZ to win b rood -t1i 49, !
.pect OF those whites whose nat~h \
ne or sac is. thereby helo@ ~. .
Sle Soiored race az II can be halnaS =
no owner way; for neHt ~ n. S y
sot' tho man who can do moat .