The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-10
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By.I.Boapkar

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a2ttpaore Sapt. 81 l;44sS ss
spaat sixty days twentg tS
haze been IyHched inS an 81
IN the United States. or sfI S saIs
bef only four weTaS even A.
with criminal assault Is isEfE II ss
Nine we're lynched In sneS IS q
the charge OF being conrisct ss 'Iggs
murder ll Y Four were IyX Eiled ,in
day on the charge that tliey vi BY
resoiuti lions In q Tod ga atipIo
murder Of an n, intiiyidu duS T3ssss 4
We're lynched in one S,,i Y
charge that they had. tak ken isa Bsr s IN is
the q burning tl1n ofa elm house Tka
Others were lynched for nit ne-ss risssss
ous reasons. & ssSs5 81 II
0ne was pnblic1y burned I'LL Jnl nl,a,s
daylight In the presence pf sasssl
and children, after oil had Il bs 81
poured upon his body, aE sS
Sllle, Texl, and reportss state sth hsst
Thousand people. witnessed 5tthS 81 apecs S
tacle in the open square , SSs ):
town. " One other Victim s wa h 6
eighty Eears. of; age. How lots
can our christian civilization stand 4
this z I Sfn making no lspa Hull 5uloa \
for thetnegros innocent or guilty But Il
am calling attention to the al M
that threatens our; ciW1izAt Ion h q & u
&. Condemns Negro aoafers.
- For the negro, criminal and ss,,Sail (
ciaily for the negro loafer. gansbIg
and drunkard: have $ 7;
the severeat4 cond emma It'll ons and sisS
legal punishment isNtoo 3 seVereS 4nF ss
the brute that assaults q woman
1T requires no courage sfOrs TOO )
men TO- tie. the hands Of am Ind
ual to the stake Or to hang az ;all dnt, 4
him. But young men and EboyA 81 lsss
have once Witnessed OF, }Rho d,
read in the papers OF these age
ing scenes Of burnings and lyAsk
often get the idea that a
something heroic In attackihg
individual in the, sd Scamnun tysS & xs
e1sss able no defen
NO 1doitbf the peopIa who siss sss
In ynehtrigs, and excuse II khSss q
Elteve that they WI II, y6S
fstrtking ~ SfS
tWho shall say Rh hatl SS D As,s
lynched are guilty? ??si 8 /,
way of distinguishing the, iii,t
from the guilty except ny a be sSsgs
cess of law. That Is what con
are for. Those who have exan
into the facts know only too
that In the wild justice OF ath Sfns fSs
It Is frequently the :ihnoest 1 {
who Is executed. gS. 5s& \.
Terrify tho Infa0csSata
These lynchings terrify tha$ faat{a
cent, but they embolden the G&a i'll
nal. The criminal knows .itF Isl 6a
easier to escape the mad fury Oh e.s3
mob than the deliberate venga
OF the law. But no man Isl sss 4
nocent that he can be HaRe a
times from the frenzy OF the ma 81
Statistics show that during
past ten years an average De
two negroes a year have haSssS
lynched on the charge OF 8ssaiI 81
women. Granting that Z ;thirxysfgS
per year are guilty, i8 khSg q.
reason for condemnfnK soyef 3 81 ll{
600 adult negro men who ave-
part in such crimes? Are vseI
hdIIou W di1oW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
year out Of race OF 10, 100 SSs
Of people to throw us Into
and change the comptexi6 of 35SIsx
civilization SO that ws 5Are als sIs
to foreign nations as ain ufseiyff
people not governed BY law stf 81
der? Again would cay fs am
making any special plea fsss The
gro, but because | feel st
ing Is not only wrong 4 hut S IGs ~
take--an awful mistake. .t e ffSSEes 3fSSE 81
Effect Of Mob Jslsss Ill 3:ss sSs
Mob justice UNDERWRITERS the tyeSg5
foundation upon which our GiytEag
tfon rests, VIZ, respect fTEKSS IRsR;T
and confidence of its secufisk hexa
are, in my opinion, two IremeAi les
First OF all, let us unite In a8 dssar%
mined effort everywhers to- aeag
the law is enforced that K1s
at all times and all places ts
the man charged with crime tB gfyap2
fair trial. @S II sssFs iSE S.sss \, |,
Secondly, let, all Z goods 4 I'll itfSsna
unite in an EFFORT to rid t6es q 40
munities, especially the iaEga ofkt
| of the idle, vicious and 8 gaynNI
claimant And In fhio Ak,MnnNAfxss4..9tx txy3