The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

/ 10 do with II. 1t Is Robert l.. Preston.
OF LeesburB, Virginia. who has at last
put tho Post in the witness chair and
subjected it to grilling cross-exami-
nation.
! you have always been mcrcilcss and
unsparing in your demonstrations of any
lawlessress that has occurred any
where in the South.h declares Mr. Pres
ton You have passed Judsimcm; on
IT, in seeming oblivion of the fact that
| II is country OF vast extent. with
few large centres of population and
With almost its whole area composed
! OF small towns. sparsely settled com
/ minutes and remote plantations. where
! police control is necessarily weak ana
the law slow and often feeble in it's
action. and where a race question OF
supreme magnitude and of vital mo-
mept to the preservation OF Anglo
SAXON civilization has taxed the abil-
tiles of its ablcst citizens for years
for solution" New York labors under
none OF these disadvantages. and vet
the South has contemplated with as
tonishment the happenings in the me
tropolis of the nation, and with feel
inss OF dismay has observed that CON
ditions in II have grown increasingly
worse Each grave situation in your
municipality has for years seemed 10
me to be climax which must surely
he succeeded by n period OF cessation
from such civic and moral disorders
and scandals, but each year the tide
has risen higher and seemed to know
no ebb.' and conditions are now such
that Mr. Preston desires to satisfy a
curiosity which is common in the
South. He. therefore. propounds to the
Evening Post the following questions:
Why has civilization heen such a
complete failure in New Yorl, city?
Are the feuds in the mountains Of
North Carolina, Kentucky and West
Virginia any fiercer or more bloody
than those in New York City?
Is human life any cheaper in the
South than in your city?
Why do YOU allow poor. innocent
people to be blown to pieces by bombs
and whole families TO be terrorized by
bomb-throwers, who have committed
over fifty such outraRes since January
Ia state of affairs that even the civ
iliZation of Russia nowhere approaches?
Why has Your police system ALWAYS
been so corrupt and finally broken
down entirely?
Why is II that with tho hundreds Of
millions YOU have spent on YOUR pub
lie schools. your churches. your libra
RES your museums. your theatres. Your
parks and all the other means for cdu
eating your minds and refining your
characters-why is it thai. with I'LL
this in your possession. YOU. the city
of this country that should hold high
aloft the torch OF civilization and en-
liGhtenncnt, arc not able TO govern
yourself?
Why do YOU allow the slave trade
to continue in your municipalities and
permit young girls of your own race
TO be bought and sold. when YOU know
that even negro slavery was abolished
nearly fifty years ago?
Why don't your courts execute muir
derers, AS tho law provides. instead of
allowing such n shameful scandal. and
ono that is becoming chronic, as al
lowing cold -hoodcd murderer 10 go
to Matteawan simply because he had
money and for the same reason 10 cost
tho state periodically thousands Of dol
lars IN his frantic efforts to obtain n
release. corruptins with his wealth the
very mon who arc paid to keep him
and trailing its slime over every one
with whom he comes in contact?
Why 10 YOU allow tic swoat-shop
and the tenement system, whore whole
families live. work. eat. and sleep in
"A single room, without light and air?
Where does the greater amount Of
human happiness reside-with those
dcni2ens OF Your dens and caverns with
the pale aud wretChed Countenances OF
hunted animals. or with the mountain
Ger az North Carolina kentucky aud
West Virginia in his log cabin on the
hillside?
Let one more interrogatory be added
tho world from blue vale OF peace
and contentment Why does not tic
Evening Post hearkcn unto and keep
tho divine LAW OF criticism; Judge
not that yc be not Judged. For with
what judgment ye judge. ye shall I've
Judged; and with what measure yc
metc il shall be measured to YOU aga in.
And why beholdest thou the mote that
is in thy brothers eye, but considereth
not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother,
Let me pull out the mote out. of thine
eye and, behold. a beam is In thine
own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast
out the beam out of thine own eve;
and then shalt thou see clearly 10 cast
out the mote out OF thy brothers eye?
: LAW WRONG 600 YEARS.
In tho reign OF kinE Edward III. the