The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-19
CIVILIZATION OR BARBARISM- which,

Many have viewed the many manifestations Of unrest in
America with feelings and ideas numerous as these uprngs
and manifestations They defined these sug
giles as going on between capital labor aoacy and
ably have defined But too little attention has
paid and being paid to the advance Of babarsm and the
seeing increase of bea propenses as evnced by the various
forms Of torture and mareament commonly used by Anne
rican mobs in their lynching activities.
been Americas prerogave the cradle OF democrat
cy Eight of Western civilization" to discuss at will the
Jewish of Russia the Armenian atrocities the Ger
man bruaties and the Irish disorders characterize their
perpetrators babarous, hunnish lacking in Christianity ETC.
is true that the above named disorders have been ta
Christian and lacking sadly in allegiance to the dictates OF
enlightened civilization But wonder greatly # ever in the
expression besa popenses staged by citizens
holders democracy and devotes of Christianity than the recent
The following account Of the affair written by q
special correspondent of the Tennessee more than 500
ed to crisp few scattered among the crowd OF
ing the death of O. T. Craig and his daughter Mrs G. VIII
Not once did the slayer beg for mercy despite the that
the most horrible deaths imaginable With the
Negro chained to log numbers OF the mob placed small PIE
and the carrying out of the death sentence was under
Inch by inch the Negro fairly cooked to death Every
fresh leaves tossed the funeral pile and
until the blaze had passed his AS the flames were eating
away his abdomen member of the mob stepped forward and
saturated the body with gasoline It then only few mo-
ments until the Negro had been reduced to ashes
after the flesh had dropped from his legs, and
the flames eapng toward his face Lowry retained con-
or twice he attempted pick up the ashes in his hands and
thrust them into his mouth in order to hasten death Each time
Occurrences this do not indicate mastering
desire that savagey and barbam be totally forgotten They
rather than civilization sham law and
democracy mocker The fact that they encouraged
by the friends and the acquescence of guar
dams the well nigh ready prophesy the abso
lutte ultimate degeneracy American law and constituted
authority state of barbarism where shall be safe
Such degeneracy ynching is to II
speedily checked Will Americans realize that with
every yncRng some integral and part of the fab
American destroyed and Ost Can they not see
that allowing the preparation Of such crimes with punish
to follow they fostering population Of muderes IN
VII the of law will have place!
America may well awake to the fact that she must now
continued gradual reogresson into
beside which Turkey Germany and Russia are models OF
peaceabe and Christian governments.
She needs foreign Her greatest
be the building up of armament within her borders
the maintenance of her laws and the incubation OF general
traditions of honesty of justice and obedience to
authority among her citizens Her greatest that bar
ultimate effect encouraging its attempt at the destruction
of her bcasted civilization.