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Had the Inhuman lynching of the negro Preston Porter occurred in New Mexico, the rest of the country would I have lifted its hands in abhorrence and would have said: “Such a terri-1 tory is not fit to become a state; its people are still savages.” Had it occurred in the south there would have been sermons on the intolerance of I the Southerners, but since it occurred in Colorado, the enlightened, progressive state of Colorado, excuses for the crime are urged by every one and the newspapers stand ready to apologize for the crime against which the awful crime of the negro does not seem more . heinous. The state of Colorado owes it -to itself to punish the ringleaders in i the lynching, not because it sympa- i thises with the negro, but because It 1 is bound to maintain the majesty of the| * law at any cost. 1
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Tue, Nov 20, 1900
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