The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-16
Mr.. RIVES ON LYNCH LAW
Its Origin, Consequences and Reflex
Action On Its Perpetrators,

Editor Dawson News: Lynch law
is popularity supposed to have orig
! mated in the summary trial of to-
ries by Justice Lynch of Virginia
during the revolutionary struggle of
| 1875, but the first recorded instance
| is found in this order of David to
Joab, in Second Samuel, 18th to 18th
verse: set we Uriah in the fore
front of the hottest battle, and re-
tire we from him that he may die. >"
and the consequence is found in
Nathan to David, in Sam. %, last
clause of the 9th and the 10th verse;
Thou hast killed Uriah, the Hittite,
with the sword and hast taken his
wife to be thy wife, and thou hast
slain him with the sword of the chill
dren of Ammon. Now, therefore,
the sword shalt never depart from
thy house, because thou hast despis-
ed me-" The second was when, as
related in Samuel, 18th chapter, 1st
to Est verse, taking the first act,
and from the 21st of the same chap
second act of this series of lynch
law. The first act of the third Sc
ries is found in Samuel 16, goth
verse to the conclusion of that chap
ter; the second act of this series
is found in Samuel IS, 14th to 18th
verses.
Advocates of lynch law will please
note that all Of these cases of over
ridden law related to crimes involv-
ing the honor of women-that that
of Ammon against his defenseless
half-sister and upon the planning of
his cousin Jonadab was as heinous
a case of rape as is found in any
annals, and is only nearly paralleled
by Absalom's (WhO lynched Ammon)
rape of his fathers defenseless
wives, publicly, for which and his
treason against his father Joab
lynched him within the wood and
lied to David about it. And from
that day to this, no matter what the
pretext for overriding law, the con-
sequences have led to other crimes,
and lynching at first for rape has led
to lynching defenseless and some
times innocent parties for petty
theft.
No man regards the honor of the
women of the white race higher than
myself, and their protection should
be the first consideration Of all
law, and all courts, but their pro-
lection, for the benefit of our own
race from the brutalizing tendency
to disregard all law, should be by
and through the operation of the
duly constituted courts Of the state, !
for through them, and them alone, |
lies the protection of the guaranteed
rights of the average citizen.
A Rockefeller can dodge a process |
server by paid private police to pick
ct his dwelling, but his cook, his
hostler, his mine worker hasn't the
money to hire these things, and the |
same money that hires Rockefeller's |
protection from process servers can
if needs arise and it becomes the
practice to override the courts
through lynch law hire paid lynch
ers to kill these same servants for
the theft of a pennys worth of prop |
erty. This is the tendency. Years |
since four men-father, two sons
and son-in-law-lynched a scoun-
drel for an alleged offense against
a kinswoman. This scoundrel was
black. Thirty years afterward, in
the same neighbOrhood, white half
witted boy, hardly grown, was lynch |
0Q IOT all dll6SSu, AOI PlOFOhJ WIN
spoken against a woman. The sown
dragons teeth" of the first lynch |
ing had brought forth armed men to
commit a worse crime for an unprov-
en- act against one of their own race. |
We have divers and all sorts Of
men running for governor. So far
as I know all are capable of filling
the office they seek. They are max
ing speeches all over the state. Now,
the highest tribute that any of them
could pay their friends for support
would be to advocate in every speech
made by them legal processes for
putting down crime and denuncia-
ton of lynch law in all its forms.
Doing this, no matter who wins,
Georgia will be benefited by the rum
ming of everyone of them, and the
victor will be an honest victor, wear
ing his honors royalty, because he
has stood for the enforcement of
that for which he will be sworn to
uphold, the constitution and laws OF
Georgia. ANDREW +. RlNES.
Cuthbert, Ga.
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