The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-05


certain 10 abuse. Just and temperate
c'itlcsm, when necessary. Is safe
guard against the acceptance by tn,
people as whole of that intempei
are antag0nism towards the judciar,
which must be combated by ever!
iiRhl-lhlnking man. and which, II /
became widespread among the people
al large. would constitute dire men
asc to the Republic,
lynchIng.
In connection with The delays o.
law, call your attention and the at
tenticn Of the nation to The prevail
ence of crime among MS, and above
all to the epidemic of lynching an(
mob violence hal springs up, now In
ono part of our country. now in an
! other. Each section, North, South
East or West. has its own faults; ne
! section can with wisdom spend It's
| time jeeling al the faults of another
section; il should be Dusy irving Ia
amend its own shortcomings TO deal
with the crime of corruption II is
necessary to have an awakened pub
| III conscience, and to supplement
this by whatever Legislation will add
speed and certainty To the execution
of the law. When we deal with lynch
! ing even more Is necessary. A great
many white men are lynched but
the crime is peculiarly frequent In
va m 400 =
existing cause of lynching is the per,
petration. especially by black men, OF
the hideOus crime Of rape-th2 most
abominable in all the category a
crimes, even worse than murder.
mobs frequently avenge the commits.
sion Of this crime by themselves tor
turing TO death the man committing
it; thus avenging in bestial fashion a
bestlal deed and reducing themselves
TO level with the criminal.
Lewlessness grows by what II feeds
upon; and when mobs begin 10 lynch
for rape they speedily extend the
sphere of their operations and lynch
for many other kinds of crimes. 50
that two.thirds of the lynchings are
not for rape at all; while a consider
able proportion of the individuals
lynched are innocent of all crime.
Governor Gambler, of Gearg a, stated
on one occasion ,ome years ago: Il
CA say Of verify that have, within
the last month. saved the lives of half
dozen innocent negroes who were
n rsued by the NIB, and brought
hem 10 trial in a court of a law in
which they were acquitted" AS Bis
hop Galloway of Mississippi, has
finely said when the rule of a mob
obtains that which it desires a
high civilization is surrendered. The
mob which lynches a negro charged
with rape will in a little while lynch
white man suspected of crime
Every Christian patriot in. America
need 10 lift up his voice in loud
and cnternal protest against the mob
spirit that is threatening the integ-
rity of his Republic" Governor Jelks,
OF Alabama. has recently spoken as
follows THE lynching of any person
for whatever crime is inexcusable any
where--lt is defiance of orderly gov.
but the KILN eof innocent
people under any provocation is inf.
nitcly more horrible: and yet limo
cent people are likely to die when a
mOb's terrible lust is once aroused. |
The lesson is this: No good citizen
can afford 10 countenanee a defiance
II the statutes, no matter what the
proyocalion. The innocent frequently
suffer, and. 1t is my observation, more |
usually suffer than The guilty. The |
white people Of the South indict the
whole colored race on the ground that |
even the better elements lend no as,
sistanee whatever in ferretng ont |
of their own colCr The |
respectable colored people must learn |
not o harbor their criminals, bur 20
assist the officers in bringing them
10 Justice. This Is The larger crime
and il proyoAes such atrocious of
lenses as the one at atlanta. The two
"NN' tHh htNNi S't va uiltil IHtIt - |
m understanding en- the part of both |
10 make commo, cause with the law
abiding against criminals Of any
color
Moreover, where any crime commit
ed by member of any one race
against a member of another race is
lvenged in such fashion that il seems
IS If no the individual criminal, but
he whole race, is attacked the re-
'ull is TO exasperate to the highest
iegree race feeling There T. bnt one
safe rule IN dealing with black men
IS with w' tie mon; i Is the same rule
hat must 10 applied in lealing with
lch men ''f &c men; that Is to
reat ea'1 l. IN. whatever his color.
lis creed or his social position. with
'ven-handc1 'fstice on his real worth
IS a m3n. White people owe il qcite
IS much to themselves as to the Coz.
red race TO treat well the colored
nan who shows by his life that he
deserves such treatment: ftr IL Is
urelv The highest wisdom 10 encour-
se in the colored race all hose in
iyidualS who are hos est, industrious
lwsbiding, aud who therefore make
God and safe neighbors and citizens.
reward or punish the individual on
i, marits as an individual Evil will