Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-19
DORSEY REFUSES TO
RETRACT CHARGES
MADE IN PAMPHLET
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negro burned, not mentioned by me,
but called to the attention of the
public by the senator.
'In neither of these cases, men
burning human beings, nor in any
one of the Alb other cases, has
punished in Georgia.
Judge Adams Speaks"
Hon. Samuel B. Adams, of Savan-
nah, a former member of our SUI
preme. court, in speaking before the
Georgia Bar association in 1916, said:
.Lawlessness is the crime of
crimes, the evil of evils. Lawless-
ness, in it's full fruition is anarchy,
and anarchy is the elimination of
all woes, the last possibility of the
powers of darkness.
There is one. form Of lawlessness
in which Georgia has a bad emf
nence." l refer to lynching. We
may get along in some fashion, not
withstanding the frequent infractions
of the penal law, but as long asI
lynching is common, and is con-
demned by the public conscience and
the public sentiment, we are danger
ously near anarchy LynGhlng is m
foundations of law, government and
s s1ame" it is defiant mt of all law and
all authority Lynchers commit a,
greater crime than. their victims, no
matter how great his offense.'
women Lynched"
1.-THE published statistics, accepted
generally as reliable, show that last
year there were siXty-nine lynchlngs
in the United States. Of these lynch
ings, fifty-five were negroes and
fourteen were white people. This is
six more negroes and eleven more
whites than were put to death by
mobs in 1914. Included in the rec
ord are three women.
'In not less than four cases 1t
was demonstrated after the lynching,
innocent of the offenses charged
Eighteen of the lynchings of 1915, or.
more than one-fourth of the total
number occurred in the state OF
Georgia. The bulk of those unlaW--'
fully put to death were negroes;
believe all except one.
'Only Is per cent of the total num-
Der lynched in the United States
were charged with the unspeakable
crime. A number of the cases in
volved only charges of misdemeanor.
or offenses which at most would be
trifiing.
"suppressing Facts Mistake"
Cali good citizens deplore our dis
graceful record.
1.-The question as " "hdL ~
remedy is not easily answered. IL
certainly does not lie in the DENIAL
or suppression, or ignoring of the]
facts.
of honesty, but of wisdom, to look
the facts squarely in the face, I'M
press all people with their. extreme
gravity and the great eVl! TO the
State, not only as to it's higher in
terests, but also as to it's material
and business interests, and per
sistent, uncompromising effort 10
stop the evil.
pers to say that we are no WORSE
than the people Of other sections.
This statement is not correct, SO far
as this form of lawlessness is con-
cerned, because our record is eIcep-
tionally bad, and a Georgian has spe-
cial reason to feel Illuminated.
Judiciary Not Attacked"
Senator Olive says:
""The governor cannot and will
not name one judge in Georgia. VINO
is not faithful to his trust.
fortunately, a copy of my state
ment has been mailed to every judge
in Georgia. Therefore the judges OF 4
the state are aware that Senator
Olive has no cause for making such
a. suggestion. But in order that the
public may understand how baselesS
that suggestion is, / direct attention
to the fact that Judge Andrew J.
Cobb. another former member OF the
supreme court, was one OF the th!rty
nine gentlemen to whom l submitted
my statement, and Judge COBB IS one
resolutions indorsing the statement
and who gave it to the public.
Judge Commends Statement"
"How other judges regard 1t Is
shown by letter from judge OF
the superior court, who says:
ct have received the pamphlet,
"As to the Negro in Georgia., ana
for the compiling of the bulletin. 1t
is very likely that you have stuck
the bow of the ship of state INTO
more or less buzzing of enraged IN
sects for some time to come, but
in the long run much good will nave
been accomplished
"T love our southern people, many
of their faults (and I have most OF
them) appeal to me. Generally
speaking, they have strong, reli-
high things of life-are generous
but proud and high-strung.' =.
They bitterly resent criticism of
any kind or intimation of failure IN
lIl6 performance VI uuIy vi
party. They will, however, after the
passing of the storm of bitter de-
malls and resentments, proceed to
ook the situation over for the pur-
,ose of 'ascertaining just how much
ruth there is in the charges.
I'm this case they will find much,
and they will in the course of time
n great measure rectify the wrongs
pointed out or complained of. Every
southern man who will face facts
knows that the negro is not treated
with that justice which should char
tcteNze our dealings with this race
of people who are, in a great meas
ure, the wards of the Caucasian.
Some localities have conditions much
worse than others, but none are en-
tircly free from the faint of wrong
doing.
- 1t is possible that your in
vestigators have made mistakes.
Most certainly they have if you We're
forced, as doubtless you were, to
but 1 know, and every one else
knows, that the bulk of your infor
nation is true, and that bitter de-
malls, though in few cases justi-
fed will not serve to impugn your
motives or impair the value of the
document as a whole.
Creeping Lawlessness
" Several insiduous and deadly
human diseases are referred to as
creeping So this disease of law
the negro in the south is concerned,