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1 II ' 11 A '. I • r. 1% I \ I .lt; 'lmrh*st• *n, S. i . Mily 1 V“You. Mr. h**iiu!;i», a raign t}i• • \v11•»!• • South without discrimination in t* rins of ohjnrirat«try i*loiju» n»-.-. of win* Ii you are m» ;i master. for ils»* pr* vn-h*ni*e of |yiirh la w. I r.in not n« * -• far as \ on go in »i«11;i'«11 iiur » xrept ionnl « .!-• -when lynch la v may in* useful *»r ii'o s-sary. Tin if* ty of o.*iety i* it' ordi-nary exruse. hut lyn* h law i« riTo*. lt;for society the wry foundation of society itself. It d«*stro\.- iiit.i:it!y wli.it it pr •- 1 in k to |*i t 't r\ for I'. iirli liiw is not tin* ri^rlit of iudividu t! se!t-d-*inse nor tin1 right of nr^.ini /• .1 war in •!• '• use *if lit**. right- or prop* i t v. 1 * i-anar« hv :it i- barbaric for* it is the miration of * law. orlt;h r and just i* •* It i--ocial. civil.I suicide and hari-k in. I stand uatii \ I• i-.t-ham Lincoln. who said: * Tin ■?••• is no: grievance whatewr that i- a tit • .1»j.. tof re*h*ess l*v inoh law.•* Your denunciation- * : th« South on this point are «i11*.« t•«1 exclusively. or nearly so. again-t tin application of lynch law ior t puni-hmeut ofom*»-ri;;t**or on** sort «d • rim* . I’he *\ist*i***, 1 stip|Ks«* 1 iniir!it -ay th•* pr* va:*n* • of this crime at tip* South is iiikI* mah ■ .l»ut I read your arti* -!• in vain for any spM*ial denunciation of tin* nun* its* it. 1\ on w ill say t hat .t i at.in * • iry lt;iiprj-. | lluous; 1 admit, -o tar a- you or your own reputation i •.»n.-. rin d. hut yuu do not think that an art:**!- orpi*«*ch—uirh as I have not y«r ' t ti from you or any lender of your rue*—-p*i-ially denouncing : t Ills particular * ruin*. specially calling on X lie in-gn»*• lt;»f th.- South t*» stamp it out. to preach and pray against it. warning t hem in tones of stirh solemnity and eh»-«iu**nee as you ulon** ran command towards them. would go further towards removing the ev il of lynch law for thi-'•l inn-1han many pages of * hupi-nt or fiery general denunciation of t !••- white |H*ople of the South? I do. If my voi*v could reu**h and persuade tin* negro.-- ,i Th»* Soil! h. as yours*-aii. I would sit tutu *n to my aid tii*- thun l i- of «»!yinp; to peal in tin* ears of * v* ry • a’-r* -p*vting or rvsp*ftal»h* ingro tie* me—age; *• 't on say your people arc lynched, tortured and hunted for assaults on whit* women. As you value your own good name and safety a- a mit. -tamp out the infamous crime? Iv rasez 1' iiifann !'“When the orators of iV.ue*.* !iout.*i **Iown with capital punishment! * tie* w itty Jind wise old Voltaire repli* d : uup*m»*ssieiir.s l*-s asassin c«unim te * nt' Itwas a tine retort, hut it i- h.-tt* i than that—it \ the hint of a great l«*sson.
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The Gold Leaf
Henderson, North Carolina, US
Thu, Jun 22, 1893
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