The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
ALDRICH DENOUNCES
LYNCH LAW.
LII Charge to Berkeley Jury Judge
Discusses Race Problem-Points
Out the Difficulty Of Two Un-
equal Races Living To-
gcther on Equal
Terms

ner, on November 2, Judge Robert
Aldrlch spoke in part as follows:
'llcrc today are seven indictments
for murder in one county and, while
i don't know. I would not be at all
surprised if there are not others that
The solicitor has not been able to GET
ready. The newspapers, ministers Of
In" gospel. good men in every voca-
tlon. cry out every day about our
brothers. blood crying out from the
ground. No use for it to cry, if no
one hreds il. We all hear it. You
are the ones to heed it,
In addition to these seven indict-
mcniS for murder. there is full COM
pl"mrnt OF eases Of minor Importance,
hut still Of great magnitude in them
selves,
g am forcibly struck with the fact
that the great ma .ioritv of these eases
occur among "dlorrd pd,plr; from
Their ranks come ia" principal law
breakers. THAT j. II subject that | feel
my duty |" rr">rnl as forciblv as
can for your trn>i'lrration
'Thr rrnpl" nf South Carolina,
and OF the South generally, arc face
TO face with a problem. more momcn-
touS. and more difficult. than any pco-
pie have ever faced have ever been
called to snlvr in the history Of civi-
people. the highest grade of human
nly are forced t" live in the same ter
ril"rN with eight millions Of black
people Of the lowest grade Of human
beings. Thi> problem IS not Of our
making, hui we have TO solve it. TO
give y"n some idea Of the difficulties
TO be encounter in the solution Of
Tins question. II is necessary to re-
Fleet upon on" characteristic of hu-
man nature Whenever men are di-
Nidrd upon amy lines. there is that in
the human mind which causes RI
ralry to spring up; rivalry grows into
jealousy, jealousy into hostility, and
unless rr,drnncd. hostility be-
gels Force and bln"d<hrd. Nou sec
thiS illustrated in thc case of school
boys in their foot ball clubs. their
base ball clubs and their debating So
clrticS--rivalry. jealousy. hostility
"nh violence. Nou see il between 20
h'iral parties and factions. You see it
between different religious drnnmina
lions IN very acrcuIuntrI form.
Sometimes, /" IN" pa~: il has broken
out ami f,un! expression in the fires
anal ma~>a","> Of 81. Bartholomew.
N.nlthlirld AMI the Spanish lnuuiSi-
}''n. Here W" ,rr divided. Our popula
ilnn Is divided upon the most acute
and arrcuiun'.'I lines that it is pnSsi-
hl" for civilized men 20 find thcmSrl-
FcS Divided upon: that is. upon race
lines. race instincts and race jealous
les. We arc in Il most unnatural con-
dltlon. philnnthrnpiStS are very
fond. in their comments on the sub
Ject. Of reminding us Of the word or
God. in saying. "rhat of one blood
God made all CLASSES Of men '--but
ihrH stop too soon, they do not 90 rl,
and say, And fixed the bnnndnrir,
Of their habita,i"n> God intended
every race Of man t. live to itself
Here We have two races of men. tn.
Gr'h"r ~ thr same territory and IN
vested with ,hr sam" privileges try
my to live together in the same com.
munltN upon terms ct legal and polii
cal equality. Whenever that expert
mrnt has been tried in other parts Of
The world, ii was tried in the same
way that it WAS tried when first in.
tr0hurcd here. One race has had I,
ilvr III Hnhn' dnali"n !" the other
Here we have To try the rxprrimen,
OF both races living together npni
tcrmS of equality. political and legal
81 say that il i the greatest pro
hlcm that has ever been submitted /,
civilized man to solve. How are yn,
going 10 $nlv" it, | don't know. \
grra! many theories have been al
vancrd in regard IL il. but those the.
ori>tS dong know anythin" NOR,
about il than | do. would say that
the only practical! way 10 meet lhoS,
difficulties. j.. H. they arise Lei
the wise and virluous of both races
divoSt themselves as far aS they ear
OF human pre-. iudicc, rivalry and ,jral
ouSy, and try to meet these obstacles
hn,