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part in the d;-.cuss: ui by pubijsuingin that newsp:i{*:r an open letter t Frederick b irg.ndly writtenhut not ptibbd;cd li t ull, alter the publication in the -• Aawrt lt;/'; AVr/V-vofMr. ! » .uir! i /s article on “ Lynch l aw and bd liral O; prc m u in the uth/'(mv. lt;h umber lain is even in rv posed to lynch law than Mr. bo'ig-lass is. The latter granted, thst it was justifiable *n some ra-cs. (hjv. Chamberlain says that he -tamls with Abraham Lincoln, wi, i said . •• 1 here ;s no grievance wha lew r that .s a fit objei t of redress by mo;i law/Hut the pith and p unt of lt;* n. Chamberlain’s letter .-’.it Mr. Douglass indulges in a 1 ver general de* nun' iation of the j eopltr ol the mtn for resorting to lyn* h law 1 r the punishment especially of one crime, assaults by negroes on white women, whde nowhere in Ins art;*ie does he sjieak in projier rondernnati n of the crime itself or urge his rare to lt;twe from it. 'I he AV.vr and Count* -ays of this letter:\i van: •! proiiat-.y ha • »• I UK* ii pm '•*. in la* t th y have ncei'itly tak i pliU**% : • th* V«»11 h like provocation.• i i o:,!y - *i: ,* *\;i:i* of brutal atrocity of i«ci 1* n*.\il .i u - i. rar»- prejudice may bei/y poin t - with sharper•'i. • ■;ii : • * I.*- •—ity • in v mg no «• ir . i mg 'Tim* •- for- that j *r*-j-1 • l v lt;k it -• If wit h snMi«' d**gr» e of i’ii. •»!' tohratmii on 111 • part r »i'• m* a rvwh»T»\ *n the rm •• whirl-mi* o' i * *m : • ad victim oi this inten.-ei »•-. i*i • •• To iilu-tim!•• Iin nub 'Tiil in-• • . ; . th** t* ••ling ;,t the South miri i-point 1*1 a mention that within• a-t i i* u«' *i in So* i!i t arolina (iov. TjIIiimu. who la.iking a canvass ngmii-: ill- p t; ty win-h r*pr*-cuts tin* i pp r »—• - of iin* v hit*- people in that S» it**. and who two years ago j»ro-« l. 111 i I • * 1 *--p* fill il V III- • *ppo.-*i I i« *! I to?•. n *h la a and hi- fi\*d purpose to stop •t .• • '* • l•.! i- gov**rn»ir. i- rcport*tl n-d • at in j ei ?• rmslii.il he stood ready a- im*. ••! tior to lead a mob to lynch any ' lio had assaulted a whit** woman. \\' m.iy *h pSm'c such :» -pint n much as• pi* as* . Wo may denounce it with tin* ! t* n .Tu-f«*rvor «*: denunciation : but* u -;■!••• wi- or ordinarily prudent, if «r;*afcelt;ouIItlwaoanohhtl• c-;n* • r/y wi-li to pr**v.-nt th** evil of j p . i .‘ling in sn* h w** -liall. I think.SiI i sin mid be rend 1* «■ * ••r.v *•* »!or* ! * »;ihi the State and tltn tighout tli* S • and particularly ••very « olmcd pr* i' h*-r and politician. Like *v*rthnir •*\-tiov. t hanib**riain -ay- upon p ibli*• jin-stions it iro* - to tli* bott*- and marrow of t h**sub}-ct.This whole subject is of mm • n portance lf» t; e 'O and ; ' al relations of b »:ii r ue-, and honor of the whole people as -s t n j responsibility to the law. tl; p. w* , r rit (io\. CJhamberlam/- * »mr 1 ' *n t » this discussion in tiie //** .: : .lowsdLslaUTolt Nl w- \M t *M IK! —In 't» to-IhT !at Iwrot.-an i: t n.r th** .V f’. .4ll''\ • lt;on I.yn* !i I.a a and I,oIiti**a! t )ppr* -ion a1 tli** South Th •article ciuthI not appear in the I!*Ill for** t he ••b*ct ii rfI of \* V**tllb*'t !— t • • Ii :i««*oiini of previously arrang* d pr*«*n it - -pa***, and I withdrew it. In \ w of recent nud current di-ctt-sioti •*( t!i• * fir-t topi*- I ha\ejust reft-nd r • arti '•*. and 1 hntid ymi tie* portion, iu-t a it was originally wt it t • n. a - t *\ c*intrib'i-t urn to ihe work, in which \oij—I -ay it without atf**«*tt ion m wi.-!i to t!at t- r—at more t han any • *t Je r man *»f th* Soutit.1 . *i . . t ' t« « • a . 1 a i * . t* . . • .« . , « ..I. * c.ir* mi - i;*pi* in* nt otir le-mn.cia-• •:.'!»y • 11 eei-t -••» !*•»;-efforts to erml- O.it*- tie Miinc which o**ca-ioiis the J!y iiching.I liave ilri-a*iy said you did u*»t cjual (• • in n y ab]i• • ri• :i**• of !yii»*h law. for I ••: - .* . i *.in frame • \c;is** for it!; ' !i 1 t in not : but my thoughts are • not -*» iim; 11 or* deiiunciMt oris as• *11 :m uti- for r* niovii *; the ole* chief r1- S* eit !.*-i*n lynchiiigs. *rhi ilt; ' * - a * y oil' * .f tie • \ i!s v.hicli tIn- n**gro**s 0 c * So ’ 11 ' * 111 Mi ’!: — •*» V**S remove. Tin* r• niedy is in their own hands, and ‘ • Me rle-rii h*- riglit or wrong, not even■ 11,ugin-«*r p» n •in greatly enlist \h***.*•» .d -y? pa thy ’or those v. ho arclynch' d for t in* crime in 'pie-aion. or fura nnae which -hall continue -up'uely to■•• re ‘ - ' h a M*i| to -tain ib name andr*e* *rd.mi; woHijrs faiilI V IY\v Points About Chicago :11111 How t« Hoaoli tho (in*afWohuui Mot ropol is.A-agica: manv tc.alci- ot the (iout l.i \ K uillinak.-th.il hi-T vi-it to ( liicagoa el riiv go at World - Fail during the ;.i*\* fru month-, a few ]lt;intct-r«?garding tin* i!eo^rapli ot th«* city a d howto reach it Hi the di*»ite-t ik»—ible time over tin;tI1'at
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The Gold Leaf

Henderson, North Carolina, US

Thu, Jun 22, 1893

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