The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20
! Lynching and Public eminent.

and Pu bic Sentiment
Editor Of The Dispatch: s
Sill, The Halifax Gazette has asked
the question will lynching ever.
cease ~. This. is a. su bject In which all
law-abldlng citizens are interested and
asssGyss Eosy
eadng rhI las the ms Par fro e
which were made Governors, Senator's.
TACT. tSe rst me men l Of the state excep1
preachers, believed In, and fought. duels.
The statute laws OF the state and Of our
sister States pronounced the duellist s. q
5anathema against him. but duels we're
fought ana the Law, was q dead letter.
The culprit might be caught re handed.
the Jury might find a true bill, but the
trial jury would decree that theFFduel
:tlemen. md II q verdict OF guilty was
found, the criminal was pardoned and
his disabilities removed. 5si5
Why was this? The answ err Is that
duel, and ali the laws were as nothing
when the criminal was arraigned before
q Jury.
e Less than fifteen years ago there were
few elections In Souths!do Virginia free
were fulI Of statutory law eonsl gning
1t was an open secret, fully disclosed
by The Times at Smlther's Precinct,
that fraud and perjury. were rife In the
there was an Indictment found by the
grand jury, the case was tried before
tho trial Jury, q verdict OF guilt was
rendered and the criminal was sent to
jail for an hour and held Q. flne re cer-
ton in jail for that hour. While 9 cpn,
Sy lib he ff Rs son0fsa So
mandcd that fraud and perjury be prac-2
ticed, and It wns DONE. .{s5
Z To-day we have elections In Virginia.,
as we did ten years ago. Tho Law pun
5ishing fraud and perjury ara about the
same, but tour elections. both primary
ard regular. are as honest as Y, ], the
public sentiment has decreed that, the
negro being dlsrtanchised. the elections
5hal Be- h9aesi Ths 9ny
FIVE or SIX years has been In some pI,i i
mary In tho city OF Hichmnnd. II pub y
lie continent IN Hichmund demands
fraud and perjury they MI a bs ltfal se
can enact Will not cauAc tho ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF u single criminal. /.
Some ten years agn there was q lyn Ign
Ing in the county OF ureanisyiIle \, IN
and hung in the face OF tho whole worltd.
was before us; thar the state WnH d us
graoed; that we might expect !. i tnat W W.
heatiisn The drgt court empnnelled the
grand fury, the witnesses were intro,
ducsi, tho whole matter exanI1msd, I, an q
no trIa bill found aghlhst q Al''gle !natt'
Why was ithisi Because publio so =, !.
rncnt ,yas with the laW-breakers. ~ ot
ono one man IN lie Two thousand presssnt
Il The ynchins nad tne s, Y !. 1,synrher
Hs knew that he Ind public sentlnlent
behind him and that no could not pc
rio outcome OF the trial n, R Z, : !,
e s4oses ,hat p ibH thsfs y
h hssa, ye ans astsr Year dsnaunsed the
mob and public sontInent haA %, nnan rs,,i
3nA. az nag s ab9 isay en- Is al work and
viii" I, Works slowly. II works surely
il il !. matter OF dongratulntion !, y a
eyery paper has denouh ssa ax w n'i Or
b baI,s ypIfhl m ar,n mo' ans wiossoe pdbc
Sentiment ~ at WORK. 49,. !, ~, o. tha
4!ssss. s$s sss aH f1GsG NJ
sjo,!rney Ours - IN tho fore front /, q !.
e s5s lhafh s aH| Pin ord 9ar pubis
ars sYs lsadeff r. hsy mss' oes nss
las Dlazed The way Two great % " p 10
ysre wps1s ~, wsn srs ss a, ass Lst
ky 'bs pafpii uitsr no uncertain ssepnn END
lie pfssn hold up tho lcftiest laeaal n l,l;i
Ws my aea ihaday when iyn aa a,,, VIZ pnt
De Thing u tho pasi lnst " i'm nnr ~, ~,
VII, Win ioa,jinx and 1snust. TEL! the
iaazat.o ID tii.G p0nrnge 70 mould pub
liz rGnti,nsnt IN favor u LAW, W do
KID uniffnx w,iIS, ncyG, ID. cursed by
inDb Inv and tlie paper Will not have
liYed HI vain. -, 9. TIslaDW4AY. &
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