The Omaha guide., 1933-09-02
CAUSE AND EFFECT
(From The St. Joseph Reviews)

Every disadvantage has it's ad-
vantages. In these days Of racketeering.
major crimes and kidnapping, the stud
ious retrospective mind is kept constant
ly busy looking for the cause. No other
age, through which we have passed, has
produced as many, or more, wealthy men
and women as we boast Of low; nor as
many hardened criminals. There is no re-
cord of such wholesale banditry as is in
vogue today. The pages of the daily news
papers are filled with news of that nature
and no person is safe who lays claim to
the possession of wealth; neither are the
members Of the families Of those who are
the possessors Of wealth. Never have lives
been so insecure as they are today. Kid
naping has grown to be one of the prin-
cipal enterprises of the underworld, hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars have been
extracted from the pockets of the rich, in
the last year, and no one can tell how far
it is yet to 60. What is the cause? What
is the remedy? A little leaven, leaveneth
the whole lump" is a true saying.
For years the Negro has been
used, and misused, to assuage the desire
for blood of the lawless and irresponsible
members Of the dominant race. On the
slightest ~provocation, of which the crv of
rape was only about fifteen per cent, Ne
groes have been seized, mobbed and burn
ed at the stake. Many times by the con-
nivance of the legal authorities. While
the best white people condemned the
acions Of the mob, yet when they (mob)
were apprehended and brought to trial.
we find only a few cases wherein a verdict
OF guilty was ever returned against them.
and then in a much lesser degree than the
charge on the Indictment, those who did
not pull the rope or apply the match, held
the clothes. CRIMES ARE CRIMES!
The American white man must learn that
the desire of a rapacious wolf when once
he begins to feed on human flesh cannot
be assuaged. After once having been sup
piled with a victim, he may be appeased
for a short time, but when his thirst for
blood again arises, those who stood idlv
by while he devoured the first will fall a
prey to his wolfish desires. AS with the
wolf, so with a blood thirsty mob. It is
noticeable that since the number of
iynchings has fallen off. More crimes
agains the person and life of whites by
whites have been committed.
In view of the above, there is a safe
rule by which men should be measured
The Golde Rule-regardless Of race. con-
dltlon, creed or color. We hold no brief
for the black criminal, he is no better
than the white criminal, he should be ac-
corded a fair trial by his peers under the
law. The white man should have every
confidence in the law. 1t is his ma
chinery; he invented it and he runs it.
Negroes with only rare exceptions have
anything to do but furnish the "Modus
oporando0 for putting it in motion, he
has nc escape when accused of crime. he
hasn't a friend in court. Everyone con-
cerned in his case is of a different race
than he; the lawyer who is often appoint
ed by the court to defend him is Of the
same race and color as the rest. It mat
ters not how fair the Judge may be in his
rulings and instructions to the Jury, the
fact remains that he can but help feel his
position and realize his pfedicament. He
has the same reactions as men of other
races have when separated from their
kind. This being the case the Negro fails
to understand why he should be lynched.
why ne should not be allowed the LEGAL
guarantees of a trial which the white man
has placed in his constitution. He knows