Richmond planet., 1910-04-23
Military Courts Unjust Findings.

The Military Court of Inquiry has
given out its finding i'm that Browns
vile, Texas. AFFAIR which has been
such nightmare to some people i'm
authority In this country who have
devouuy tried TO saddle 10 ON the
Negro soldiers. Yes. they have la
bored assiduously and insidiouslv
and continuously. iu season and out.
day and night. 60 make the respousi-
bility for that episode stick to the
great Negro fighters. but all efforts.
and they have been many and siren
uous In that direction. have been ut
torly futile
The dogged persisteucy with which
this last court. composed of high
titled military diguitaries from can
tain 60 lteuteuRut-gencrai. has sought
20 build up case just auyhsU' ont
OF one that frustrated and staggered
into silence the great Roosevelt re-
gime, was worthy OF a better and
1uster cause. This puissant military
court forgot or ignored the fact that
the white commissioned officers who
had command OF the troops of the
Twenty-ffth had been absolvcd from
all blame touching that affair. To
give their findings i'm tine case some
air of justification or tolerance the
court proceeds 20 abuse the non com
mlssioned officers and the men OF the
line.
Sacred history furnishes another
example of the crying need OF testi-
mony 10 insure conviction. When the
Great NaZarene was shifted from
court 10 court until he was adjudged
finally by PLATE. il was for no other
reason than to give the Jews a chance
TO hatch up some sort of evidence
that would partially stand the test
before the bias Sanhedrin. The out
come OF Jesus many trials was that
lie was found guilty. But guilty of
What2 Not one of the courts before
which he appeared was able 20 find
IN Him any guilt. The deep-preiu-
diced Jews yell out their answer as
TO the Lords crime or guilt by shout
ing, Away With Him, cruelty Him.
DeVilish PLATE, the synonym OF COW.
ardlce, sentenced the Son OF Man as
being guilty OF the crime with which
he had been charged by the Jews.
though the charge had been unsup-
ported by an iota OF reasonable tes-
tmony. tie, then, a carping craven
and an uncOmWomising hypocrite.
called Tor basin OF water to i'm
press upon the Jews that he was
washing away the stain OF the part
he had played In cOpdemning an in
nocent man without proof and that
on them would fall the responsibility
Tor the act, But PLATE had played
falsely with justice, and the day OF
retribution was reserved for him. and
he got it,
The Military Court OF Inquiry has
played IN this Brownsville affair a
roie similar IN its general aspects to
that or PLATE. PLATE played To the
prejudice Of the power of the Jews.
whom be thought might work his
undoing politically. He pandered TO
prejudice at the expense of Justice.
and the world now execrates his
weakness and will ever DO so.
The Military Courts findings were
TO be the last word in the matter
and II threw away its one great
chance. Before Rooseyelt's ghost or
shadow. which is looming upon the
poh1lcal horizon of the affairs OF
TINS country again, that court fell
down, ingloriOusly fell down. The
court was unable to fix the respon-
slbllity on any soldier. yet il pro
claims TO the world that Negro sol
diers shot up the Texas town. II
either overlooked or was insensible
OF the ridiculous position il placed
Itself in TO declare that the evidence
before it showed that the soldiers
we're guilty and yet could not show
which soldiers were guilty. How in
ne name OF the least common sense
AN a court say that a certain man
committed a certain crime unless it
proves that he did commit IL? This
Court OF Inquiry has been caught
'quarely as being incompetent 20
weigh unpreJudicialIy the stun II had
before IL and render its findings I'm
accordance thereto. - Nashville
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