New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-22

/ law. lie ereCtS the law into a deity NhlCn must
be worshpped regardless of justice. He has studied
law books until his mind has become saturated
with the bgotry which ignores the fundamental
principle in this government law IS nothing more
than the will Of the people There are "rll'eh
laws and unwritten laws, and the unwrttten laws
are alwavs the very embodiment of savage justice
The Senator from Wisconsin is incapable OF uhuef-
standing conditions in the South, or else ne mas
lost those natural impulses which for centuries
have been the characteristics OF the race 10 winch
we belong That trinity of words, the noblest and
hottest in our language-wo wlenoou'
motherhood-have Saxon origin And man VINO
speaks with lightness ippancy or discusses cold
bloodedly a matter vital as the purify anu
chastity of womanhood is a disgrace to his own
mother and unworthy the love of good wife.
III is idle to reason about it: il is idle to preach
about it, Our brains reel under the staggering DO"
and hot blood surges the heart CIVILIZATION
neels off us any and all of US. who are men, and
We revert the original savage type whose IN
pulses under any and all such circumstances nave
always been to kill, kill. kill! -
Il do not know what the Senator from Ni90'i-
sin would DO under these circumstances neither 90
/ care 1 have three daughters, but SO help me
God, had ratner hu SlIl.e on t NJ, nor homes and
bury them conscious that she had died IN ' ne
M and ot te me the horrid story that she had lost
the jewel OF her WoinaEn"9a' 6 via beas, would
only obey the instinct Of nature "G Soon as pos
sibe What shall do with man VINO 1,h iitS
@ moG cruel than death? Try him? Drag the vic
lin into court for she alone can furnish esa fni
dcnca and make her testify to the fearful ordeai
through which she has passed pndersoing WIS
CT saws he would do he welcome TO al
the honor he get out OF IT. our rule II mr.
ilaya known Judge Lynchs court 10 SIT Tor Nctn
while SusteT5' and in, every instance they were
brought the presence of the Nlcll a eet free
but when She declared the guilty wretch; II %aS
enough and until the white men o. !a eT il viii
change their natures ana ,e Senetors from Wiscon-
do may
n0"i and a. who revere womany virtue as the most
rie d level of their civilization will do as We
of the South have done 1.t On co. I'M 5,fnr spurn
and scorn the charlatanry and can't iaS nypocFrls
and cowardice: the insoieh'e anu
such creatures
HIS ATTITUDE ON BROWNSVILLE.
.f find myself on this question" said Mr. TIL
man. explaining his position on the broWhsNiNe
affair FOR the first time since nave Deeh d
member of this body holding different views ana
taking a different position from my Democratic col
leagues have no fault TO find with them nor
do I criticise their action No one UNDERSTANDS
the attitude OF the South on the Negro question:
better than do. and especially in regard TO Ne6Io
soldiers They were duartered in 1855 and 1866 IN
nearly every Southern commonwealth ana were
guilty of some most horrible acts of oppression ana
state and OF tie other Southern States would com
mend the PTesdfnts 9G9n III sy d5 NOT ' Believe
all and they would welcome the repeal OF the law
which provides for their enlistment They maze
not paused 20 anayze the Presidents action.
nents II would have been easy for me TO have
KgPI s BEEN done the innocent Negroes that
President had again exhibited Willingness 70
bic way tried TO show why Joined ms eriucs' I h
Roosevelt has already resciided one part OF ms
that they, need not be surprised 10 ma MIN a
in essential particulars on this question ! am pre-
pared for anything he may 40 and stail De sur
prised al nothing. for since his somersault on the
court review feature Of the Rate blll ana MS sur
render upon question OF FAR more vital impor-
the first opportunity TO placate the Negroes and
his place as her f3 g6 a fha T6do g
Roosevelt and Of being mOnoma mac I'm my per
when about to vote IN the Rate bill
gave him all the credit FOR having compelled any
rratitude for whatever BENEFITS might arise from
it. / nav be narrow and prejudiced hut ] try 70
he Just and when I criticised him about Indianola
about usurpation IN the Panama Canal, about his
the Mihna MoPris. case. felt ustifad and while
may get no credit for sincerity Of conviction in
rock OF principle that the, innocent should not be
should be presumed TO be innocent until they are
Senator Spooner rose 10 reply.
SPOONER's TEMPERATE REPLY
In his reply Senator spooner said he declined to
be tainted heEuiled into competition in the use
of offensive epithets The Senator. he said would
look in vain In THE Record" an assault or Of
fensve epithet he had applied to the South Carolina
Senator.
He was not Senatorial censor. If he was one
he would not attempt To teach the Senator Cir
THmanl. because the latter had deliberately char
acterized his colleagues by name at the outset OF
his speech His estimate OF Mr. Tllman was that
later read them in The Record 'S ne
Mr.. Spooner said the Senator could not be more
mistaken or unjust than to charge him with hold
ing malice; He has never given cause Mr.
he criticised the attitude and utterances here any any
elSe"here' OF the Senator. and ] withdraw in. no