The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-18
SATURDAY, JANUARY IS, 1918.
THERE is HOPE.

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about peace with justice" the more
injustice is practiced in his own
country; the more he speechifes Of
world democracy" the more are the
evidences that democracy at home
Is by-word and a shame. Just
last week we printed a list Of 81
lynchings In America, all OF whom
were Colored except four, which took
place In 1918. In the same issue
we printed an account OF a mob
composed exclusively of white men
which drove from his home a son
OF the late Booker T. Washington,
his offense being that he had dared
to speak out against the recent lyn-
ching OF man at Sheffield In Ala
bama The word lynch" has been
made TO mean the person who met
death at the hands Of men who ban
ded themselves together TO destroy
the object OF their rage. but this
IL not a correct for no less an au-
thority than Websters Dictionary
thus defines Lynch" II says:
Lynch Ito inhict punishment upon,
especially death, without the forms
Of law, as when a mob captures and
hangs suspected person" He de-
fines "Lynch-Law" as follows:
-Lynoh-Law-The act or practice by
private persons OF inflicting pun
lshment for crimes or offenses, with
out due process OF law" A mob
he thus defines: "Mob,v the movable
common people. The lower classes
Of community. the populace; or low
est part Of IT," Amid Noah Webster
was an American white man.
Taking Webster ais an authority,
there we're more than 81 persons
lynched in America last year. And
further, Webster has a mighty low |
opinion OF mob member. Mr.. Will
son may be sincere In HIS fulmina-
tons about peace with justice" in |
Europe and his proclamafions about !
making the world SAFE FOR democrat
Cyl but. II his auditors knew how
little regard his country Had for the
great principles which he so elo-
quently and elegantly champions,
they would at least wonder why. |
The peace with justice" and the |
world democracy" which Mr.. viii
son is working day and night to
bring as blessing to all the out
side world. we praye win be estab-
iIshed. II NAV be. when II sbalI have
been established evervwhere else n
will come at last to bless this coun-
try. II Is said In Scripture that
Charity should begin at home, but
II does not by that language pre- !
vent II beginning elsewhere The
darker races SO far as we know viii
have few representatives fiudrong bv
color OF skim at the Ieaee Confer
ence. But peace with Justice"
and a world democracy will mot
be influenced by the color Of the
men who engage the deliberations
which make them possible. such an
would look TO the great i
est good to the greatest number. II
would look al the nations ~ the
earth as great chain, whose strength
would be measured by its weakest
link. II would consider that none
were safe until all were safe. nh
would not forget that the al ~ con-
Germ OF the men who were farthest
40 would be the welfare Of the men
WIS we're farthest donw.
II may DO that Mr.. wilson. being
able to disc3ver little or none OF h
his kind OF sentiment IN his own
country, was impelled 20 20 abroad
with the hope Of finding Il n shelf 4
Iorn war cursed. ronarch ridden
europe, where Just yesterday. her
rr., =sTs were red with the blood Of
he innocent, where how the toillne
masses having received glimnsS
II the light OF liberty. are ar III
fling up in numbers md N n man