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Show M011 UOIl.MTK AM) ITS IIHLT. Oovi huh Niciiulm of Idulalana wrote a good letter to Hecretary lllalne. It waa lain, lni!e, atralghlforward and truthful. Thire waa uo nonaenao about It. Thire waa no aiailogy for what had occurred and norndorHinent of (he act of the uiuUce, It correctly aUtil the alliiatlou and convened the linrialou that the Btato naa able to manage ll own allalra and that the caae waa ahuot entirely If not alto getht r a nutter for Htate Investigation and m ttleinent. We rixt our opinion that noth. lug' formidable, aa Utwetii Italy and Ihe United Htalea, will grow out of (hla regnlable allalr. Hut the Indlcatlona are,a we Intimatcl at ft rat, that trouble will arlaeln Individual Inalaunv, aud by aocleth-i of Itallnna who may bo hol-headed enough to aeek for revenge, audthuaatlr up atlll more auhuoalty agalnat tlumaehia. The more the New Urleaua tragnly la Investigated tho rlcartr It becomea that It waa wroug and to be ationgly coudeuined. IWery argument that haa Uin mide lu lla approval la a plea for liw)tjncH and an eudoraement of uiohocraoy. lllaalaolu tlionaturu of "anan Judgment." Ii aaaunu that (he Ikillaua who were o-ijulllal o-ijulllal by tho Jury wore nil guilty of Iho crime of Mhlchthoy wireaccuied. That they werVmem. Ura of a aecret order. That one of the oljcita of that orJir waa bloodahed. That the Jury an I the Judge who tried tho caae wero bribed to lit theaccuaed gofrou. That aoolrly waa In levpardy Uctuau of the killing of one man, aup ned lo have bien the work of (ho ltallana who were lyuihed. Now all (hla may be true. Hut up (o (he time of tho lynihlng,aud lnj.nl, up to the reaeut date, nouu of ttuae Ilula have been tatabllahcd bejonln reaouablu doubt. If peraona are in (lllcd to "the benefit of adoubl" whin jilaco.1 on trial, (hey ought to liavo that benefit under other clriumitaiici a. And It la the daugirof diulh to lunociut inraiua whlihleoue reaaou why an angry moh ahould uoir wldd the luwerof execution, rhodiath jienul ly ought never to ho enforced except upon Iho moat aatlafactory proof of guilt nil 1 by the legally uppolulud ixe. iiilloner. The New York H'uit, of March Slat, haaa long aud thoughtful vdltorlal ou thla ijuiatlon, from uhlih mo mike the follow lug exirmU, which wnllilnk wllllieaivruvhlby couaervatlvo aud fair-minded m la overytt here: "At any tliim a moli I. a wrloua thing, eiu tu think i f, Whenover lliKinm blurry blu-rry of the l- haa euid Ui break d wu anllha ilUxiuaof the ciniluunlty lue Mi hniHillivl li take thn nliuluuiritl u of Jimlm Int ibolr own h in la, the unlfnrni rc.iilt lu. betm dun inilliillon. llonun Ida, In ordlniry llnioi, iIouiuhI naorixl, eoinoalnlie held n i.m than nmhlngi I evenlu .hhdi.hi oiaea proaaure la pla Hid I upon a Judia or Jurj.audofion lu the aauiocjaoa, hen at moat the pnnlau I ment would in light, a vlrllin haa l-vn Janertrleeitliiarely becauae In that o m I Inunllythera waa ho loiigar any aerlooa rrganl for human lib S.., too, llio In-dlvllual In-dlvllual who dacinM hlmwll lDlnre.1 went a atep futlher, and evamted for hlmaolf n,tt veugiunre wbl'li h" aa-enmeiltolhlnk aa-enmeiltolhlnk the law would not glie him. It la doubtful whether Inaalngle eom'uunlly where men tliua look the law Into their nan ban la, public, wntliuenl haare.atvere.1 ltaeUlllbrluoi Inaqunrtar orarenturj. V blot not valy mmmnl. but there haa been the continual danger of a new outi reak uf iIm anrry aaina "1 rirnlntloiii nr liullvldoali, an I aien a.iienl Ualtynr public morila with a preju Iflng ,.f the galtl of aceuae.1 per ona, ami a aetllcl .ILtpM ef Ilia Imln-IXrallon Imln-IXrallon of tlie,aw, howiirrr holnxt and vlgnniua llmav hav been. "Ilia elaiuied, howavcr, that Ihe eon. dltlonofairalra lnx-o.no ao aerlooa thai not'iln but an appeal ta mob violence etm eorrect It. Tlila la carrrlng tbeiloe. Illne that like curea like toamoatdin-gemiia toamoatdin-gemiia extreme. If, lnted of aelllng IhamaelvM llio Uak of correcting Ihe bad tendanelea (hat aeem In make mob !-leneea !-leneea tieeeatltv. Ilin e.m.1 illlHawlin engage In thla bnaliieaa Monl.l go to work gradually to oiercolne lbo ten-danelee, ten-danelee, the community .lantlcted woul I lie pulontheway toward anew and permanent per-manent euro. Hut Ilia unit' d wt not, In reality, right a alngle wrung. lUnpara-llonaare lUnpara-llonaare iplllo centrally dlrKte.1 In a blln I way. It alrlkea right aiKt tell, and thcTOlanodoulttliat In Inaoy laaoa lla vlrtlmaarn guilty of rrlmAa deaertlng legal punlahlnoutlbutontheolherhand Itaddamurilar to revtnga by entering an I executing Jit Igmenl ujioii lnnnaut men. H., eoinlnon la thla, that It woul I probably s nufe tu aaaerl llul out half or all the vlctlmauf moli vlolon-e In thla country, dorlog the U( half century, have not been gnllly or tliaerlmea with which they were tharxed. then tho aerlouiuc-Mloreurh a reatilt eonlea bulna to the thinking man he la n l likely long to remain an ad vacate of limb violence aa a method of afinglng iveu thegriieal wronga. "II la aometlmea aaaertdl that Ihe action ac-tion of n mob la the aery hlglicn! aaaer. lion nffiianhoodi that Ihe men nbo exo cute Ita decree have In Ibam the atutT heniea are made of, and that In thla way Ilia, ahow that Iheylheuiaelvea and' the taimmimltlea of whlth they aro repre Mouth te bat e n.,t becomo etritoor Inert. Until la notanaetorherolauiwhenamob of hundrcda or lb u.n I. of men of pillion pil-lion and Inlluence, ariue.1 lo the teeth, go loalalt, lintler down Ita djora, naercome by force Ita loyal keepira, and hang an I ahool like cun accuaed meii whoaa guilt liaa not been pnivcn, and who are with out power (o defend tluuiHliea, or harm their aaaailanl. Hernia and good cllliuia naaer try to make Ihemaelvta lailleve that two, or any other numUr of wronga, make a right, fcianyauggoallouor hrrol.ni had Utter I kept bock for uao at aouie tnore opportune oppor-tune lluie than Ibla la. I and bloody ocoa alon In New Urleaua. lu any event II will I the part of wl dom nol to claim that Ihe viol, nee of a mob la an ovllence of high clvlllaatlun." |
