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Show 01ll(.l OTI.tHH Mil. I A .sen law la becoming alarmingly popular In thla country. The subject I therefore one of general Interest, lleiicu tho reproduction of Iho following, follow-ing, which embodle portlou of an article fr m the pen of M. A. Minor and which n-peared In the Philadelphia Phila-delphia Jlmn of February Ssth, anl later In tho columns of American AUu iintf tjucrlci "(In tho hern of tho moat eharmlog homo In South Virginia, lu a beautiful t alley of I impbell county stands the old walnut Ireo on which Lynch law was urst administered " 'Avora' la tho nnoio bototicd on tbo (lit Lynch place, In mentor) of Tom Mooro s ' Vvoea,' by a grand laughter of the Colonel Charles Lynch of tlio llotolu-llon. llotolu-llon. "It I not generally Unottn Ibat the original lyn li law never sentenced n otlender to death, but only to liet vthlj pi d. 1 ho term baa bet n ascribed to moro than ono tqarce Modem dlilloiiirlri au I someoflho enoyelop-cilliit bate trotted H us worthy of notice. Mi Inter, Morcester end olber lexlcoc.raj litis sserllMt Hie origin of 1) noli law to n Mrglnla urraer named Lynch, and the tradition and reiords of tho lynch family ngn i with tho more formal rpl rrnre 'mind 111 historical work's 1lr 1 no room for doubt that llietcriu, ' now b mo a part of Hie I nglNh hiuguag nn 1 uccol te 1 of all moil," waa derltcd from that fearless and honored aoldler of Ilia revolution, ( olonr-t (. bnrle I ynch whose aword hang on the wall r-the r-the lofty ball at ,to a. Hut Ibal Colontl I ynch shoul I bo reputed the fitber ol lynch law In Iho modern acceptation of lh term Isqulto another mttter.and would be utterly unjual to him In the year f) when tbo fortune of Iho patriot were at low ebb tho Hootch tetlleraand Tories of Pielmont Mrginl, conspired lo cruah iho "rcUllltn" Iholr oflorl were thwarted by Iheenorago vigilance and energy of Colonel Lliarlc Lynch, Ur-tltu Ur-tltu lloberl Albania and Captain Thomas Calloway, aided by Colonel William I reaton, all Irgliilan of wealth and Influence. Colonel I.ync)i being Chief Maatslrate had the poe.tr of a Judge, He wat a man of atrlklng Indltldoallly, aod "vividly Impressed the popular liiisgtua-Hon. liiisgtua-Hon. Ho emlmnlly a leader that lit naturally na-turally and easily look his pltro at lha head of the M big party In hi section of tbocouutry." 'Thoao gentlemen, ardenlpntrlots kept n sharp wnteh upon tho loyalists, and when ono was discovered plsying luto iho hands of the enemies or II ashuif-tnn ho was seized, taktn to Iho resldenco of Col Lynch, examined by a court compoted of Iho gentlemen abovo named an t others, an 1 II found jnllly tie,! to lb walnut tree, given Ihlr-ly-nlno lathes aud mado lo ahoul'Llberly foteterl After tbls ho wa set free, with word or counsel and admonllloa thtt lrft hlmn wiser If not a belter man. due of tho lor! iirrcsteil wa found to have pars of Importance to the royallsle concealed con-cealed In lha hollow of a aqnare bct!pot. lie received the usual catIgatlon wa given a house to rclde In on iho premise premi-se and forbidden to loavo Ihcm on pain ofsovero tuiilahtncnt. These orler he aerlctlvobeyeiL Iherefaalnofa popular song of that section was "larrih for Colossi LvncD, Cs tsln lioli sa4 Callowsrl TI ty n Aer let a Tory off L ntll hs shouts fi r 14 certy. "fbt maniior of procedure cannot bo raid to bo lawless au I unauthorized, and wationaldered by raot,amt!y Justified by tho disturbed condition of tho couutry rosultmg troio Ibo rrpudlallon of allegiance al-legiance to tbo I ngllsh govemmeot- Tbo prisoner wa brooght faco to face with lilt aceusqrs, heard tho testimony against him, and was ermltted to call wltneasos an 1 Imi heard In bit own defense. If acquitted ac-quitted he wa let go, oflen with apologies apol-ogies and reparation. It found guilty le wat punlaheil as before stated and mado lorecanlhl disloyalty After the llevo-lutloti llevo-lutloti tho Legislature of 1 liglnla found II necessary to protect tbeso gentlemen by spoclat enactment from tho civil suits brought against Iheiit for taking the law Into their own hand. Ceo llsnnlog'a statute at-ltrgn ol. 1 up. 1 II S.i In later times Ibo mil I ecnleiico ut thirty-nlno thirty-nlno strips gave place to the sonlcnco of dentil, aud many lives have thus closed without ceremony, hut no nna ever came lo hi death at the hand pf the gallant Cnlonol I ) itch ciccj t on the baltlo-fleld. ghostly body etcr dangled from the bare old tree (.list ha battled with the storm of ono hundred aud fifty year." |
