The Washington times., 1911-06-06
Employer Aids Condemned Woman

| punishment by referring to the law of
| Moses. l wish to call attention to the
| fact that the law referred to was made
by Moses, and was not a part Of the
| original law or given by God on Mt.
| Sinai. In Gods law as given to Moses
| by Him, the wording is specific and
| cannot be misunderstood: Thou shalt
| not kill" 1t matters not what the pro-
vocation may be. there is no allowance
made; the command is specific and ap-
| plies to nations and individuals the
same
If one is so unfortunate as to commit
! murder, there is no justification in the
| law of God for another to commit a
like crime. God holds the individual
or the nation responsible for his crime,
and we cannot plead that we committed
a crime because another had committed
like crime. ~God will take care of
that individual. and he shall eat the
fruit of his follies. Vengeance is Mine,
and / will repay, saith the Lord"
To go further into such a dtsgraceful
thing as to hang or kill any human
being, If we are to accept the teachings
of Christ and follow in his footsteps
and obey His commands in accordance
with the examples set by Him, there
can be no justification whatever in
hanging.
Note the example in the case of the
woman that was brought before Him
and her accusers demanded her life on
the strength of the Mosaic law. Christ
acknowledged the Mosaic law, and &C
cording to 1t she should be stoned to
death. but He said: Let him that Is
guiltless cast the first stone"
In looking at this case from the view
point laid down by Christ, as soon as
those men had pronounced the death
penalty upon her, they had violated
that commandment, Thou shalt not
KILL" and they became as guilty as she.
cannot help conceiving the inferred
m Eil that (aVRn
though done under the guise of Moses
law would have been murder, and even
though committed by men who had
never before been guilty, the very con-
temptation made them unfit to cast the
stone, as Christ told them: Let him
who is guiltless cast the first stone"
There is not a single case in the New
Testament that can be construed in
such a way as to Justify hanging, II
matters not what the offense may be,
and when men give their consent to
such a british thing II shows that the
spirit of Christ is of very small proper
tions In that individual, whether he be
judge or Juror, and unless that soul
that gives consent to the death Of an
other repent of that sin, 1t must for
ever be debarred from Gods presence.
You have begun a good work, and
believe your efforts will be rewarded.
1t has been demonstrated already that
the President is not man of blood,
even though he is a man of courage and
performs the functions of his office
courageously and without fear, and I
feel sure that when this unfortunate
woman's case is brought before him he
will be governed by his better self and
will commute her sentence TO life i'm
prisonment, instead of allowing her life
to be strangled out on a gallows, which
would forever stand as a blot upon the
American people.
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biased way in which you have brought
Matte Lomax's case before the public,
and also Mrs. Gore and Representative
Powers for the stand they have taken
and the efforts they are putting forth
in bringing the matter before the Presi-
dent; not only you, but all who have
dared to raise their voices against such
diaboliCal thing as hanging a woman.
Success to your efforts.
NJ s. CAVER.