The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-05

i calm and deliberate Judgment of all the peo- pie as their best vindication"
 There Is one consideration which should be taken into account by the good people who carry sound propo- | sition to an excess in objecting to any criticism of a judges decision. The instinct of the American people as a whole is sound in this matter. They will not subscribe to the doctrine that | any public servant Is to be above all criticism. If the best citizens. those more competent to express their judg. ment in such matters, and above all those belonging to the great and hon- orable profession of the bar, so pro- foundly influential in American life, no criticism of a judge under any cir cumstances, their view will not be ac cepted by the American people. as a whole. In such event the people will turn to. and tend to accept as iusti- fable the incorporate and improper criticisIn uttered by unworthy agita- to such critics a function, right in it. self, which they are certain to abuse. Just and temperate criticism, when ne- cn,a cess,ary, Is S ,S ,sSafeguard against the ac: that incorporate antagonism towards the Judiciary which must be combated by 6Sh ever right thinking man, and the people at large, would constitute dire menace to the republic.
 LynchiUg.
 
 law, call your attention ard the at tention of the nation to the prevalence or crime among us, and above all to the epidemic of lynching and mob violence our country. now in another Each section, North. South, East. or West, Mth ds WsGOm spend F2 fe seGtp edpnr the faults of another section; 1t should be busy trying to. amend it's own short eomings, To deal with the crime ot corruption 1t Is necessary to have an awakened public conscience, and to supplement this by whatever legisla- tion will add speed and certainty in deal with lynchlng even more Is ne~ cessary. great many white men arc lynched, but the crime is peculiarly The greatest existing cause of lynch ing is the perpetration. especially by black men, of the hideous crime of rape-the most abomniable in all the murder. Mobs frequently avenge the commission of this crime by themselves torturing to death the man commit ting it; thus avenging in bestial fash ion a bestial deed. and reducing them selves to level with the criminal Lawlessness grows by what 1t feed for rape. they speedily extend thu sphere of their operations and lynch for many other kinds of crime. so that two-thirds of the lynchings are not for
 
 portion of the individuals lynched are innocent of all crime. Governor Can dler. of Georgia. stated on one occa- sion some years ago: q can saw of verity that T have. within the last month. saved the lives of half dozar innocent negroes who were pursued by the mob. and brought them to trial in court of law in which they were acquitted" As Bishop Galloway. oi Mississippi, has finely said: When the rule of mob obtains, that which dis Tn hfarh pfr l. rendered The mob which lynches a negro charged with rape will in a iii- tie while lynch white man suspected America needs to lift up his voice In loud and eternal protest against the mob. spirit that is threatening the in- Jelks,. of Alabama, has recently spoken as follows: The lYnching of any per- son for whatever crime Is inexcusablt anywhere-it Is a defiance of orderly cent people under any provocation Is infinitely more horrible; and yet in nocentt. people are likely to die wher The lesson is thts: No good citizen can afford to countenance a defiance of the statutes, no matter what the suffer, and. it is my observation, more usually suffer than the guilty. Tho white people of the South indict tho | whole colored race on the ground tha [ even the better clements lend no as- sistance whatever in ferreting out | criminals of their own color. The re- f spectable colored people must learn 1 not. to harbor their criminals, but tc assist the officers in bringing them to Justice. TEt5 is the larger crime and | II provokes such atrocious offenses as i never get on until there is an under | standing on the part of both to make i common cause, with the law abiding i against criminals Of any color"
 Moreover, where crime r. ted by member of one race against ' member of another race Is avenged not the individual criminal. but tho whole race is attacked. the result is 1 to exasperate to the highest degree | race race feel feeling There is but one saf" with black men as with white men 1t Is the same rule that wust be au- piled in deG'ing, with rich men and whateevr his color. his creed, or his i social position. with even handed ius- ! tice on his real worth as a man. White | selves as to the colored race to treat well the colcred man who shows by ! his life that he deserves such treat | ment; for it is surely the highest wis | dom to encourage in tho colored racr | all those individuals who are honest | industrious, law-abiding. and whc | bors and citizens. Reward or punish 1 the individual on his merits as an in | dividual. Evil will surely come in tn, | end to both. races if we substitute fo' the members of the race. good anT bad. alike. There is no question of | social equality" or ''Hegro domina ton sI involved; only the question of relent- lessly punishing bad men. and oF SO ! curing. to the good man the right to | his life. his lihertv. and the nursIi l of his. happiness as his own epaIi- 1 ties of heart, head, and hand enabic him to achieve 1t.
 Every colored man should realize | that the worst enemy of his race is the | negro criimnal. and above all the ne gro criminal who commits the dread , as in the hiehest decree an offense !, against the whole coun-rt and agains | colored man, to fail to help. inc off all possible earnestness and zeal every i such infamous offender. Moreover. ii ! my judRment the crime of rape should f always be punished with death as r. | tent to commit rane should be made % | capital crime. at least in the discretion i of the court; and provision should pc | made by which the punishment ma, the offense: while the trial shnuld he | so conducted that the victim need no ! he wantonly shamed while givin~ tes- tinmony and that the least possible ! publicity shall be given to the details l
 The members of the white TO-, or the other hand should understand tha i every lynching represents hN iHst SD much a loosening of the hands os civ | inevitably throws Into prom,raucc lu i the communitv all the foul a",l "il creatures who dwell therein No man can take part in the torture If q hi- i moral nature permanently lowered Every lvnChing means iUst so uucN