The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-02

BIRTH"
Who is it that "squawks'' the
loudest about "The Majesty of the
Law" Is it the helpless women and
inOcent little children in whose be-
half their husbands and fathers and
brothers and kindhearted and sym
pathetic neighbors, in their sense Of
wrong done, and in their wrath and
indignation, arise in their might
without fear of detection and punish
ment, without mask or the shades of
night for covering, but in the broad
glaring light of day shoot, hang, and
burn the wild and vicious" beasts
that presume to violate and to
wound the sacred person of their
loved ones, which if they don't muir
der have left in a condition worse
than death; but it's the physical or
moral coward, or the friend to the
criminal class, either high or low, a
friend to the CRATER or murderer.
When [ hear man, or an excuse
for a man, "squawking" about the
Majesty of the Law" I'm forced to
put him down as either a fool or a
knave, who has no mind of his own,
but feeds upon the offal of his mas
ter who uses him to do his bidding;
he is not a desirable citizen, but an
enemy to society, who if he would
not prey upon it, would not lift his
hand to protect or to perpetuate it,
for these are usually actuated from
sense of both moral and physical
cOWardice.
The law is designed to be our
servant, but these gentry would
make it our master; it was designed
for the protection of the weak and
helpless, the innocent and law abid-
ing, and for the punishment of the
vicious and criminal; but these gen
try who are ever crying out that the
majesty Of the Law must be up
held, would use it to Cypress the
innocent and law abiding, and to
shield and protect the avaricious
and vicious criminal. These would
call out the militia to protect the
criminal, but who ever heard them
offer word of sympathy for the in
nOcent ones who have been so great
ly WrOnged? which is the best evil
dence as to wherein their Sympa-
thies lie; who ever heard them offer
ing aid and consolation and protec-
ton to the injured mother and
daughter and the helpless babes that
have fallen victims to the unholy
lust of the protected criminal?
AS long as vicious negroes persist
in committing the awful crimes they
do on our defenceless women and
children, just SO long will brave and
determined men take the law into
their own hands and in a summary
way deal out stern justice to the
beastly criminal that dares violate
the sacred person of our defenceless
women and children. The only way
to put down mob Law" is to repeal
the negro franchise amendments in
our National Constitution, thus de-
priVing him of the rights of citizen
ship, which will remove him from
the jurisdiction of the courts, which
will not be held in contempt when a
vicious negro is slain, but the courts
will only have Jurisdiction to try the
man who unjustly or unlawfully
takes his life.
AS you say, Mr.. Editor, it's posi-
bic that Governor BLease said too
bluntIy-what he had to say in de-
fence of Mob Law" in his zeal he
may have become unduly excited in
the face of the opposition that en-
deavored to put him under the
ban;" he may have spoken too harsh
ly and with too little discretion, but
while l have not read his speech,
only the comments, I'm sure that in