The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15

to DO away with The power Of Injunction:
and therefore such careless use OF the
inWnctve process tends to threaten Its
very existence. for IL the American peo
pie ever become convinced that this
process is habfually abused. whether in
matters Affecting labor or in matters at
fecting corporations. il viii be well-nizh
Impossible to prevent its abolition"
The Negro Problem.
Inc negro problem is given considera-
PIE attention, after calling attention to
the facr that no section of the country
= Tree from faults, and that no section
mas occasion to jeer at the shortcomings
Or any other section. he turns to the sub
1ect Of lynchings. and especially as ap-
piled to the negro OF the south He SAYS
the greatest existing cause tor mob law
rs the preparation by the blacks OF the
crime of rare. crime which he terms
even worse than murder. He quotes the
admonitions to the white people spoken
by Gov. Gambler, of Georgia. some years
Gently. and then says:
Every coiored man should realize
that the worst enemy of his race Is the
negro criminal, and above all the ne
gro criminal who commits the dread
ful crime OF rape. and Ii should be felt
as In the highest degree an offense
against the whole country, and against
The colored race in particular. for a
coiored man to fail to help the officers
Of the law in hunting down with all
possible earnestness and zeal every
such infamous offender Moreover. in
my judgment the crime of rape should
always be punished with death. as is
the case with murder: assault with in
tent TO commit rape should be made a
capital crime. at least In the discretion
of the court; and provision should be
made by which the punishment may
Follow Immediately upon the heels OF
the offense; while the trial should be
so conducted that the victim need not
be wanfonfy shamed while giving tes-
umony. and that the least possible
publicity shall be given to the details
The members of the white race on
the other hand should understand that
every fynching represents by Just so
mucn ioosenfng of the bands Of civ
iifzation: that the spirit of lynching
inevitably throws into prominence in
the community all the foul and evil
creatures who dwell therein. No man
can take part in the torture of hu-
moral nature permanently lowered.
Every iynching means just so much
moral deterioration in all the children
s wh1 haye any my. knowledge Of &, and
trouble for the next generation OF
LET justice be both sure and swift;
and not the wild and crooked savagery
OF a mob.
ssSS3 sVs t~S4tO G00CQktOUs
There is another matter which has
direct bearing upon this matter Of
iynchfng and OF the brutal crime which
sometimes calls tt forth and at other
times merely furnishes the excuse for
its existence. 1t is out of the question
for our people as a whole permanently
to rise by treading down any of their
own number Even those who them
maitreatment of their fellows will in
the long run also suffer. No more
shortsighted policy can be Imagined
than, In the fancied interest of one
other class. The free public school the
chance for each boy or girl to get a
good elementary education. lies at the
alton. In every community the poor
est citizens. those who need the schools
most. would be deprived OF them. II
they only received school facilities
proportionately to the taxes they paid
This Is as true of one portion OF our
country as OF another. 1t is as true |
for the negro as for the white man
cline to allow the negroes In mass to |
grow to manhood and womanhood
without education. Unquestionably ed
ucation such as Is obtained in our pub
lie schools does not do everything to-
wards making a man good citizen:
but 1t does much. The lowest and most |
brutal criminals. those for instance
who commit the crime of rape. are in |
the great majority men who have had
either no education or very little; lust |
as they are almost invariably men who |
own no property; for the man who |
puts money by out Of his earnings. |
like the man who acquires education, |
Is usually lifted above mere brutal |
criminality. OF course the best tyne
Of education for the colored man. Ia
ken as whole. is such educa ton as /
Is conferred in schools like Hampton |
and Tuskegee; where the boys and |
girls. the young men and young wo
as in the ordinary public school |
branches The graduates OF these |
schools turn out well In the great ma |
tority Of cases, and hardly any Of them |
become criminals. while what little |
criminality there is never takes the |
form Of that brutal violence which in !
vites lynch law Every graduate of |
that every oher coiored man or wo-
man--who leads a life SO, useful and |
honorable as to win the good WIN and |
respect of those whites whose neigh
Dor he or she is. thereby helps the |
whole colored race as 1t can be helped /
In no other way; for next to the negro |
himself. the man who can do most to !
help the negro Is his white neighbor
effort should be to better the relations |
between the two Great tho the bene- !
fit OF these schools has been to their
pla- It nav wcll be questioned whether
the benefit Aks not been at least as |
srss: 20 the " ate people among whom
these colorsd pupils live after they /
graduate
Capita. and Labor.
On tlS subject of capital and labor
the prss:des. sAkes the agitators of class
hatred to task and says ito preach
hatred to- the rich man, as SUCH
to seek 10 mislead and infiame to mad
ness honest men whose lives are hard /
and Nho have not the kind of mental
training which will permit them to ap-
preciate the danger I'm the doctrines
preached Is to commit a crime against
the body polite and TO be false to every
worthy principle and tradition Of Amer
lean national Iffe." Continuing on this +
subject he says:
THE plain people who think-the
farmers. merchants, work
ers with head or hand the men to
whom American traditions are dear
who love their country and try to act
by their nefghbors, owe it TO
themselves to remember that the most
damaging blow that can be given pop
uiar government is to elect an un-
worthy and sinister agitator on a
platform of violence aud hypocrisy
Whenever such an issue'is raised in
this country nothing can be gained by
from IL for In Stfch ga dar1-