The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-27

through with one. In five years of thls
 sssn not exceeding twelve deaths Dy
 Are any of the persons lynched by
 the mobs white? Oh, no They have
 the blood of Africa in their veins:
 white men. All parties agree that we
 ought not 10 lynch white people.
 50 far as we can read the inscru- tended to be the white mans equal. He has never at any time In the hiss tory of the world been so regarded. In Bis native home he has organized no
 and Su no made Sscsn. % SUDs R has been the slave of the white man until now and must always be his ser want That conclusion could hardly be ne Is in direct contact with "a superior race that he has accomplished anything. recognize the great burden that the war left us. I Know what 1t has cost gro. We kno wsomething of what It has cost to carry him thus far on the way. The criminal courts are practi- cafiy kept open for him.. the burden of the great sum collected. with little or no aid from him. and disbursed for the schooling of his children. These 1 two are burdens which money win dis charge and has discharged. Who shall estimate the cost to white people Of of the general prevalence of the smai- Ter crimes among them. and their fn- fluence of the superior race. Not only has the one race had to fight againss overwhelnn 1t. but 1t has been forced 10 steal to keep possession of its own institutions and to prevent the State
 iron mat esns sny TSs teS sGrrGFs w the adoption of the new constitution. which did away with the necessity Of stuffing ballot boxes.
 Chaos Without the Law.
 There Is more or less contempt felt record the conclusions of our conven- tons and legislatures, and even the acts of our own courts. man who feels SO is not good citizen. Preach
 are in chaos, and that only that people that numbly and neekly bow 10 the statutes and submit to them. can hope
 to have a land in which which peaess ts,ds may the high places or low places with the scorn of your contempt. If the penal ty for murder is 10 be- capital pun lishment, let's see to 1t that men. Of in- poorer. If theft is a penitentiary crime. l let's put, the grafters where they De long. If to steal one dollar IS an or fense against the statutes lets see to it that the theft of fifty thousand Is crime of larger degree
 There has been some criticism Of me in this matter and yet in a careful per
 suai of the records i9eauirlnm; eeunr 1;Tvsrs mea for clsmeney have been afiirmattveiy acted on by the present executive than by any other, with one exception, ana he only served for few months. Any man who ever sat In the chair I hold knows what tremendous responsi- biiity is lodged in him. Weekly the people who do sit on & the board or inequality in the execution of the laws that appeal them. The better class. and the more powerful get the a solicitor succeeds in setting them behind the bars. their friends flock to the governors office seeking the
 shelter Of the pardoning power; a great for their release; and on the other hand the poorer and more friendiess
 have the doors closed on them. and CT err again are the gates to be opened, except to form an egress for the men who bear the worn out body for his final resting place. There are inno;
 Ssns en RRso Rfsspis wear m ons nt iSsir ivss there
 Board of Pardons. every one of them.
 would like tc iSs know s.s.s gno they ;a are ,nt a them out and beg their pardon. That
 would be the extent of the restoration
 ing gray in their hair, the wlthered
 hands. the feebler steps. and the ig-
 nominy of stripes. have been the re-
 ward in my time, of some friend1ess
 and innocent persons More than once
 I have begged such a mans pardon
 in the name of the State.
 It must not be inferred that I am
 cution of the laws of this State. which
 are not true of all other States in