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TIIE EVENING JOUUNAiL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 11)03 WHAT NOTED PEOPLE THE PRESS OF COUNTRY SPEAKS, CONDEMNS LYNCHING OF NFGRO; SAY ABOUT LYNCIIlNi PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUN- THE BLAME IS VA RIOUSLY PLACED gruesome scenes or yesterday and still advocate mob violence, that man ha need of the restraining and compelling force of the law. This is no time for mincing words, but timo for the bare truth to stun men Into a realization of their position. It la true, then, that pieces of a human being were on exhibition in public, places, and other pieces guaranteed to bo genuine were sale! This is tho outcome of mob violence. Don't say that the better elements refused to countenance such sickening details any man who advocated mob violence In guilty of tho full train of atrocities that followed in the wakv'iuf the first niovo to defy the law. lynching Is to forestall them by summary trial and the legal InllletJon of the death DAY AT FOURTH AND SHIPLEY STREETS, Wilmington, Dl.

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Jiioe 21, IIMKI TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER. Jt is a bad mess. Many a man who comireled violence, nrnl who by tun-less words encouraged the mob, hay years of egret ahead of him. Those who a.i-Bumod tho or wlio gloated over some pnrtk Ipatlon in the gruesome tragedy will wish to fm gel it us tho years puss. The victim got nothing more than he deserved, but a hat has this community gotten? A tarnished iiuuie, a reputation for disorder, an increased spirit of lawlessness.

Aiid il was so unnecessary. Had the flout been tried uind acquitted there would have been sunio excuse. But there was not the slightest ground for the belief that he would escape punishment. The tout I 'proposed to try him under due form of law, and naturally did not Imagine that the people would resort to violence. pne of the trustees of the workhouse declares that theHiob was composed of representative citizens; if so, God pity us.

11 these lynchers statid for that sentiment which is representative of Wilmington, then we need to save all tho pennies which the chlldien contribute to the foreign mission fund and use thorn right here In Wilmington. There Is a streak of savagery which the human animal tries to conceal, which, with a little encouragement, comes to the surface. It is this streak that has been uppermost In Wilmington and Its vicinity for the last twen- t-four hours. Men who have been taught the truths of (Christianity arid who are presumed to have the Instincts that belong to human beings have clawed over the cinders for trophies and relics. And these they have exhibited with all the pride of a child over a new toy.

Are these the sentiments that have been Inspired by a revei elite lor the sanctity of womanhood and a reprobation of crime? Is there a woman who rejoices that her husband, father or son helped execute tho vengeance of the mob? Does any wife feel that a participation in this spectacle has shown her husband's devotion and tenderness for her? Would any young woman want to entrust her life to one who had set fire to the fagots? This is not Christianity, it Is not the better part of human na ture, it is a letting out of the primitive instincts of savagery. These words may appear harsh, but our people must be brought instantly to a realization of the truth. The lynching was scarcely over ere the most lawless element was looking for new victims. Many proposed a trip to Dover to lynch the negro accused of at tempting an outrage near that town leeeutly. Let that spirit go unchecked for a few days, and we should have miniature French revolution.

The Attorney-General has a serious responsibility, and unless we want anarchy we muit support him in his efforts to pun-ih the -ring-leaders of this riot. OUR RESPONSIBILITY. The lav has broken down or, rather, it has been broken down. The courts under the present status act, not as a matter of right, but by tolerance. The mob has said that the court is not com petent to hear and adjudge a certain care, but the rnob should set Bonie lim its to its authority.

Let it designate what kind of cases it reserves to itself, and what it giants to the couiL The officers of the law are charged with the solemn duty of bringing the chief par tieiDants of the lynching to trial. It Jijii't an optional matter, but a duty im po.ied by their oath of office, but an astonishing state of aitalrs Is revealed. If is accused are locked up what will the mob do? If it can break into the woriihousc at will, with the full know! edge that the defenders have order not to fire a shot, then the law fails and its officers become a subject for jest This is the most serious moment in the history of our State, and every per son has a very grave dutv to perform At this moment, when there is a strug gie to regain our feet and to re-estab- Jllsh the law, one wealthy citizen gains a certain notoriety by proclaiming his eagerness to go on the bond of any man arrested. If bonds are allowed, he has a right to offer security, of course, but the proclamation of his intention Is regarded toy the lawless as a justifica for In and the the are but und out. a ah life.

that mun ed! you up," no in has that the this to for the A Ion the few remaining roots of the tevril wrong ot slavery. "1 cannot excuse lynching not cv of such beast us tieorge While. "Kvery human being has tho desire kill in his make-up. We see it even children. To arouse it is dungeroin.

lynching always haves a community worse lor it. The good are. enihill! and hardened the bad made worse. "It is a terrible thing to me to t'ii that that beautiful girl hail no pioti tion no one to ussist her in her light I lite and honor. It seems as thoiujU uiignt ue wen lor every one to ciurv a i volvcr nowadays.

Rev. Father M. J. Lavelle, rector of Patrick's Cathedral "It was a dete able crime. The father has my svni thy.

He proved himself a thormi Christian in trying to stav the mob. i i mi lyuciiiug is a mot on our cm ion that is to be regretted. I'mlou euiy me uiw is siow loo slow in su cases inn we cannot expect the niii-v or tlie clement who flock to i shores to respect the laws if our o' people take it in their hands. "1 have no sympathy with this Ivi law, ami the sooner it is crushed out 1' ever the better for our Uy Judge J- W. liookwalter, of din "The Americans inc the only people lll'RN their victims.

Tlint is the of particularly horrible significance me in the recent lynchiiigs on Noilln. soil. "I nm astonished at the brutality our nation when it is aroused. No m. ter what other barbarous cruellies civilized nations r.iav resort to, tliev not burn people.

Lynchiiigs and killin by mobs of excited people are not I known in many. countries. Our nati however, seems to carry to terrik lengths its desire to do something a and novel, it become fiendish." Rev. Dr. Reginald Campbell, the ee bra ted London preacher: "I should im to think, even for a moment, what would have done had my daughter be the victim of such an inhuman crime, is too bad, loo bail.

"I admire the 'Christian manhood il played by the father of the girl. "There are some crimes that prove all the inhuman that is in a man, a this is one of them. Still, I cannot dersland mob violence. "Lynch law is practically unknown us abroad. It seems a bit barban where there are equitable laws to puni such a crime, even to the satisfaction the most bitter-minded.

"No more can 1 account for the tea. ing of this minister of the gospel. does seem docidedlv unwise and un a coming minister to preach a lynch- other hand, one must weigh such dents in the American scale, not in English one. So that, after all, my opj ions may not be so valuable ns y. choose to think.

"All summed up, it was a heartless fair, and the law should have been mitted to take jts course. No law, hi. ever, could bring justice too swift in a case." John C. Calhoun, former President the Southern Society: "I do not belie in mob violence in any form. alwa believe in letting the law take its com-and in Northern States this can be dm for there, are very few cases of attn.

on women by negroes as compared vi the Southern States." nell Britton, Albert Massey C'omeg; Bernard Joseph Dougherty, l.usi West Greenwood, Samuel Lowrie Hai ilton, Joseph Kramer Kates. E.hv Hall Marks, Richard Con well Shoi: George Jackson Stevens, George Edg. Warren. June Class. Nellie Hurst Austin, Mary EliauV Baer, Florence May Biddle, Et Cooper ISoul.ien.

Mary Howard Bra kin, Susie W. Braekin, Nancy Lilli; Brown, Kstker Mary Christian, tha Augusta Dunn, Carrie Hitting Eaton, Elizabeth Iola Egan, Mabel In Frederick, Grace Anne Hardin, ire: Stiegel Henkel, Clara Cecelia Kol'm Anna Frances McCloskey. Edith Woo' ward McDaniei, Susan B. McMull. Ethel Laura Neave, Irene Pierce, M.i Ratiedge.

Amy Marie Rile, Nathal Robinson, Ada May Rosin, Louis Ro inson Scott, Rebecca Sparks, Loui( M. Sparks, Louise Hungerford Sara Richardson Tatnall, Josejiliij Marie Tomany, Helen Elizabeth Va i dever, Anna Pearce Vernon, Jeanne;) Adair Wilson. Laehlan MacLean Be; son.Osir.pre Wheeler Buddington.Jan.. Norman Craig, Herbert Blaine Ohai bers, George Roy Eaton, John Phil! Farnan, nines Stanislaus Grant, V. Ham Thomas Homewootl, John Fran.

Horty, Herbert Ppratt Lilley, Jan, Clifford M.ecaiinon, Charles Edgar II Carroll, Francis Xavici- Moouey. Joy Israel Rolph, Walter Rossiter Roln son, Frank Roop Smith, Thorn Argyle Souder, Arthur Percival Ti; berg, Francis Philip Traynor. During the Hood everything damaged in Kansas uity dui me Kiel i.as uity t'latlorm, wnicn was airea high and dry, Bishop McCabe Coming. "Bishop McCabe's 'Bright Side Life in Libby Prison' is one of i most thrilling and interesting leclm on the American platform. All slim; hear it." Rev.

Robert Watt. Hear this lecture at St. Pan Church. Friday evening, June 26. C.

F. RUDOLPH yE ARE USING a line of Watch Movements which have made especially for us. They proved in the last few jears to give i versal satisfaction. Wc recommend tl for line time, at moderate prices pr at which anyone can buy. GOLD, SILVER AND CASES.

We sell the Jas. Boss Gold-Filled i-at friees equal of which you not find. C. F. Rudolph, District Attorney Jerome, of New Hoi: "I can liurdly tliiuk of nothing to say in palliation of the horror the deed done by presumably intelligent citizens of Delaware In connection with the brutal burning of Hip negro tieorge White, lie seems to liuve been guilty on his own confession, of a crime punishable by dentil under Delaware law, ami would have been punished in tlie long run.

Hut under t'le conditions there seems to be nothing to justify the net of the mob. The however, seems to emphasize feature of criminal law, and that is the evil that iu-eoiiiplilies the delay iu bringing oH'cnilers to a speedy trial." Archbishop Farley, of New York: "The mob law that prevailed nt Wilmington is a blot on our Christian civilization. 1 re-grit it and sympathi.e with the parents of the child who was so inhumanly murdered. Certainly the act was enough to demand speedy justice, but not that of tlie mob. "We must not permit this act to go unpunished, any more than we would not have permitted tlie murderer to escape the penalty of tlie law.

"The justice is the same on both sides. The moment we permit any class to overlook the supremacy of the law of the country, that moment we are taking a downward course. The mob will then prevail. "Much of the moral indignation was probably nude ut ill more bitter by the fact that the attack was committed by a negro, ltut liovv many a white mail here in New York lias been guilty of just such a crime!" Colonel 15. E.

McISce of Nashville, official of the Seaboard Air Line: It is, of course, deplorable, ami yet it seems impossible to avoid taking radical measures in a cast' like this. When a negro attacks a white woman there is only one way to deal with him. The law would take months. Tlicre are chances, and. that in the end, through some technicality, the guilty man would escape." Rev.

Dr. J. M. Ludlow, noted Presbyterian preacher and writer: "Let us have a law as soon as possible that will rentier swift justice to every assailant of womanhood. "The lynching nt Wilmington has shown lis what is demanded.

We cannot have it any too soon. "This was an infamous crime, enough to provoke niobs in the North. "1 nm of the opinion that the mob's work could have been prevented bv a speedy justice that would have given the murderer what his crime deserved. ''I have no sympathy with the mob that lias cast such a blot on our civilization. "There was just one ray of Christianity in the entire affair, and that the ad mirable resignation of the father of the child.

He was willing to let the law take its course, willing to wait i. months, though it must have been a trying wait. Why, then, should the mob take tlie law in its hands? "As for the minister that preached that sermon, he is to be pitied. It was certainly the height of imprudence. No doubt he, too, was fired to the heart with revolt against such a dastardly act, but he was there as a leader and should have been wiser." Mrs.

Russell Sage, wife of the famous financier: "These horrible lynching are COHNCmiAITI I Eighty-five Young Women and Men Will Receive Diplomas The auditorium of the High School will be crowded tonight with the graduates and their friends, who will attend the annual commencement exercises. The hall will be effectively decorated, and there will be Inspiring music and an interesting program will be given. It will be as follows: Overture, "Beauty and the I'east," Chattaway Philharmonic Orchestra. Prayer, Rev. O.

G. Buddington. Intermezzo (a) "Hiawatha" lloret (b) "Sweet Remembrance" St. Clair Oration, "The Single Wedge." Samuel Lowrie Hamilton. Essay, "May, Can, Must' Written by Jeannette Adair Wilson.

Read by Florence May Piddle. Chorus, "Away to the Presentation of Prizes. First honor prizes. H. Berlin, A.

M. Morning News prizes. Kdgar M. Hoopes Alumni prizes Harry P. Joslyn Alumnae prize.

Elsie McDaniei Bishop Coleman Latin prizes, The Right Rev. Lelghton Coleman, T. LL. D. Medley, "Popular Airs Smith Essay, "National Airs," Written by Emma Eckman.

Read by Marion Marshall Kite. Oration, "Economy of Time and Money," Written by Arthur Percival Tanberg. Delivered by John Philip Farnan. Girls' Chorus, "Ave Maria" Abt Address to the Graduates Hon. John L.

Kinsey, Philadelphia. Chorus, "Spring Song" Pinsutl Conferring of Diplomas Evan G. Shortlidge, M. President of Board of Public Education. Class Son.

March, "Our Director" Bigclow Benediction, Bishop Ixdghton Coleman. The graduates are: February Class. Sarah May P.onhum. Lulu Beryl Boys, Elsie Daiton Bugless, Margaret Jane Dcrickson, Emma Eckman. Anna Smyth Feil, Martha Bovard Fisher.

Mary Fisher, Agnes Virginia Forkum, Helen Rebecca 'Johnston, Nellie Dolorosa Kennedy, Marion Marshall Kite, Mattel Lee. Mary Elizabeth Lowe, Anna Bertha McCaulley, Emily Chance Mitchell, Bessie May Moore, Ethel May Parsons, Bessie Louise Hommel, Helen Simmons Tatmili, Agues Cecilia Tray-nor, Harrie Alonzo Bell, Everett Cor- people: We nhouiil discourage 'flaj oratory while men scenes are possible the very heart of our American, tlou. Delft A-a'-t'e Horror. From tlie North American. Mob rule and bt ml fury have "avenged h.drous (Tlme( In Uclaward A deed which no uit cor Id hear of wit inait turn ing sick with honor and pity hoen ex- plited, -1110 fcVlo extent of killing the perpetrator.

Mood has leen pllleil for blood, upon xhamc, by one imsvu unite followed by. murder valued a thousand hands. a no excuse! 'to say tl.e judges cminsr'ttl delay. '1 hey are nma like their and doubtless each, of Ihem burned with as tierce a lui fed of the murder, us did any, of the liim-nsii'le mob. liut they had a duty to per Wm.

I'lueed upon 'Ilia bench to uphold la and order, they wre bound to exercJsui justice, and nrit r. Whatever might lie their personal tMlhifts, they no i JtetTiative but -treul the prisoner ts would any other, i.i.d convlgn him the orderly processes law. There wajs absolutely lor the wrouh to escape, and the course mlvlsrd wooM have saved Wis Skitc the disgrace whb-h now rests upon If hero Is among thoiie concerned one man who should fci I leistering agony remorse and shame, it 1h the Rev. Roh-irt A. Kiwood.

He advertised Jn advance th.if he would discuss- from 4 he pulpit the expediency of lynching the murderer, and then with his hand cipon the Bible, contempt Snr Die aufJ de-lianco or the court upheld ltn orderly process, lie advl.icd riot, anarchy and slaughter in set terms. True, lie made them eoimlnmnt upon t)e complete failure justice, but with his ladvlce he uttered bitter criticism of the court, thereby linking ihe two together. And he well knew thiet relentless passion already been aroused, und do tir up he fury of the already half-crazed people he flaunted from the puipLt blood stained evidences of the negro's crime, and described the mur der in lurul wonts. His "ifs" and conditions meant nothing to his hearers. It Is all over now, and DeiawWe herself Is on trial before civiliatlon.

Nothing can bring back the poor little victim, nothing can undo the horrible Work of Monday night. Rut if the State sets- herself resolutely to the task; If she proceeds soberly to reassert the insulted dignity the law, and deals strict Justice to the guilty, she may yet erase deep stain that mar.s her garments. "The Majesty of the Law." From Philadelphia P.vq.ing rrelegrapli. iThe Gospel or Hate, Cowardice and Rrutality, as preached by the Rev, Rod- ft't A Pl.vn.ul i tlkn Chh o' or Drat.llta hs spn (h mo. gr)iv nntlrl-ui tori Rich is: tongue is in harsh, bitter wo -ds.

it is dif licuIt to find iansruaKe whlch fltlv char acterizes the midnight orgy, of crime on the outskirts of the city of Wllmintr. ton it is not worth while to make the abortive mtemni. The rei-iesen- tatives of the law made a pretense, at least, of trying to prevent the subver sion of the established institutions of Christianity, civilization and social or dor, but the accounts of the conflict witn ihe mob, and especially the trifling execution done by the shots or tne arm guards of the workhouse, indicate that their hearts were not their work, or that they were craven hearts, which cuite as bad The Delaware Lynching From Philadelphia Record Delaware has been disgraced by a lynch for wiitth there is absolutely no ex cue. There was no excuse for attempt lynch, and no excuse whatever for the failure to defeat that attempt. The negro charged with a shocking crime was in cus tody.

No. negrb who has been captured and 4s accused of such a crime is in the least likely to escape punishment. It is in finitely more likely 'that an innocent man would be condemned than that a guilty one would be acquitted. Th(s man was in the hands of the Jaw, and Justice was certain to be done. The 'lynching was a wanton piece of barbarity, proved so by its method.

A dangerous animal may be shot on sight, but only a savage passk: for the infliction of torture will account for the burning. The county workhouse where White was confined, a strong building. It could easily have been held against a mob. Fifty lKilicemen and guards were in it, and they offered no substantial defense. A dispatch says that they "decided not to resist the mob with any show of sirength for fear of causing a general massacre." They should be severely punished for refusing to do their duty and protect the authority of the and the majesty of the State The Governor had ample notice that lynching would be attempted.

Ho might have had a regiment of the National Hoard on hand. Several Southern Gover nors have ordered out troops on much less warning than Governor Hunn had. He wes culpably negligent. The State of Delaware on trial, and it must punlth the 0f the mob and the officials who failed to uphold the law Delaware Disgrace From the New York World. The ghastly lynching in Wilmington ha certain features that distinguish it from majority of such crimes'.

Lynching of this peculiarly atrocious character usuall occur In small towns, In regions in whle negroes are especially numerous. In thl lease the auto-da-fe was held in a city of eighty thousand inhabitants, within twen ty-elght miles of Philadelphia and onl 1:5 miles from New York, a place, too, in 1 which seven-eighths of the people are white. Moreover, the mob was spurred on by the sermon of a minister who exhibited blood-stained leaves in his pulpit, while the family of the negro's victim appealed for the law The officers sem to have done their duty but a heavy responsibility rests on the court that refused to expedtate the legal punlchmeiit of the horrible crlmi that drove the community to madness. In such a case as this the best way to 1 prevent a The Delaware Lynching. l-rom the New York Sun.

It If, said that until Monday night no body had ever ivr.cheM in Delaware. That ni'jlil il.is repr-Mch to the glory of Delaware wis moved. J'h. negro George Wivtj ts burned ut liio slake. Appuieii.ly lie was not inflated or disnien and lh" cieiil-butlou of pieces of I ail souvenir to the -voli vas uvoi.ial.

Ostensibly, White was burned to death to express the unpopular-indignation in the refusal of the Judge of the Scperlor Court to call a fcpcelal session for IiIh trial. Really, he was put out of the way because the as I he hypotlstH would the "germ" of lynching spread to Delaware. Here was a. "nUrgor" ciiarged ith crime. Burn him.

Kach lynching buys the rope or Hunts the lire for one. The primeval havagory, the thirst and craze for blood, have been stimulated by each new The passion for lynching, however atrocious and horrible be the cause, a disease; n. mnnht, a symptom of tho homicidal hysteria, of crowds, and It shuld be stooped In the names of humanity, Justice and common sense. A StaUo-Burning Near Home. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

It Is now In order for those Southern Stales that make a practice of burning criminals or those suspected of crime tho slake to point the finger of deri sion at Delaware. That they will accept the occasion with great glee cannot doubted. Was all this justified? Xo. The law- has been broken and those whoparticl-pated In the killing have laid them selves open to prosecution for a. serious offense.

The motive1 of the mobs was see to it that the law should not be cheated of the murderer, but they have taken this law into their own hands, have become criminals in turn and have brought reproach upon the State of Delaware. Hut there is one lesson to be learned, and It ought to be taken to heart seriously, not only in Delaware, but every where else. A crime such as this negro committed Is not easily borne by any community. In all such cases. In all cases of murder.

In fact, where there Is practically no doubt, justice should come swift and sure. A Preacher of Lynching. From tho New York Tribune. The most disgraceful feature of the whole disgraceful 'lynching Wllm.ngton was the lynching sermon of the Rev. R.

A. Elwood, of the Olivet Presbyterian Church that city. That a minister of the gospel Christ should be so lost to the meaning his Master's iteaohlng and so forgetful his responsibility for reckless utter- ances In the guise of religious instruction to apologize beforehand gor burning thl. wreicnea muraerer ui me maw, sna leu the niob that not they, bill somebody else, WOUM lie imunMiy Traiiuimiuic 11 in- ouigeu men- pai-Mon iu. u.uu...

wi. a .1 passes undemanding. inoi on tnc juoges heads, wihere he sought to put It, but upon own head, is tne moou so DarDarousiy sued oy tne popuiace wno went oui ami am the killing which he urged upon them from Christian pulpit. Tho Rev, Mr. Elwood attempted to ex- cuse his plea for the murder of 'the negro murderer by blaming 'the judges for no I ordering a special grand Jury.

The judges. I however, who knew business better than the hot headed and meddlesome preacher, explain that under the law, with the state of public excitemenit, they would have been obliged to grant a change of venue, which mlffht ihave made the cul- orlt's escape Impossible. The ordinary pro cedure was considered the most likely to result in the punishment of the crime as it deserved. This, too, the distracted father I saw, and he said: "If he can be legally tried this month, by nH means let justice I be swift; but if not, 'then let us wait calm ly until the law. In its majesty, may re-I move the vile rot oh from society." I That was the spirit of -the nnod citizen I and the good Christian, good citl- zenshlp, was Christianity, for other I clergyman to display In the pulpit ito mad-1 den people bloody relics of a crime and urge he who perpetrated should be lynched, since the orderly procedure was too slow.

Was ever act done In a building consecrated to the religion of Jesus mak-1 Ing It more unclean and in need of purl-1 flention than that. Murders have been com mltted before altars by villains who de- Hied the Racred spot for which they hHd no reverence. Hut when has the priest in the name of Christianity given to his peo- pie the scent of blood and then told them to go from the nltar with the thirst to kill. lynching at best is bad. The maddened row who defied the grief stricken fathsr nd overpowered the faithful Jailer were disgrace to civilization.

But the minister! who urged them on was more thfln a dis- grace to civflizatlon. Ha was a disgrace the holy religion he professed to teach. A Preacher of Wilmington From the New York Herald. The Rev. Mr.

Klwood. on Sunday night preached a sermon on "Should the Murd erer Re Lynched." He advocated lynching only in case of a lailure of justice, it Is true-but In the inflamed condition of pop- sentiment one can imagine the in fiuehee of any justification of mob violence Vm tin his defpnpe irJWrujnhBfl in Herald this morning, Mr. Klwood throws all Uie blame on the judges. His "sermon" of Sunday night was in line with t.h policy of a steadily. Increasing class of preachers who, Jn th -ir morb'd efforts to excite "sen and achieve publicity, are creating a "yellow pulpit" that Is worse than the "yellow press." The mob gloating over the dctnils the negro's revolting confession, deliber ately roasting him and struggling for nieces of his clothing or his body as sou venirs.

Were as savage as the primitive Fiji islanders. To complote the Job they should have not only roasted, but eaten their prey. An this awful deed not perpetrated and countenanced by the mere offscourings of the community. Among the thousands who assisted there must neces- sarily have bwn a vast of pre sumably respectable citizens. Wlurt a com mentary upon our boasted widely diffused education and superior refinement oa a In a to no of of of ed ling to I I I I I 1 I I 1 of pi-mi-My In the shortest possible time Wh.it Is needed is on approach to the eflcrUy and certainty of a court-mamlal Tin Dataware Burning.

From the Philadelphia 1'rMs, The atrocious crime of burning a human bJing at the stake was committed on Monday night within twenty-eight miles cf rhlladvlphia, it was done with all the attendant horrors but with lather more than the usual deliberation of a negro burning In the cotton belt. The legal cus. Indians of the prisoner made some show of resistance and soma of the mob were wounded, but the guard of jail was ineffective, 'the mob was large armed and determined, and, undeterred by several volleys from the Jail broke down Its doors and bore away terrilled and victim to his doom. When we consider the offense of the negro, cruet us was his punishment, there will be no sympathy wasted on him. The hum in brute who saerllices his lust the itfe or an Innocent young woman puts i ut or the pale of pity, no matter how mi- iiuiiiMimciu inui roriows in i.ir iruiif.

i ne worst or these moo especially burnings, is th unelvliizlng Influence It has on the par ticipants, huch an experience brings out all prlmkive savagery of those engaged in it. They gloat over the sufferings of Uielr wretched victim. I.Ike they are excited by the blood they are shedding and after the torture and orgy are over tuo ciothing and other mementoes of the dead eagerly seized upon as souvenirs of a highly Interesting occasion. An episode of this kind degrades the mind and corrupts the conscience of all engaged in it, and leaves an Indelible stain on the ft-niniunity that permits it. The excuse given for mob executions in the is lie delay and uncertainty of punishment by the law.

In this Wilming ton case the guilt of the accused negro, White, was fully established. the grand jury had adjourned and the Judge3 who could have reconvened it and se cured the early trial, conviction and punishment of 'the prisoner under power and i-anction of the law refused to take tha step. The term's work was ended, vacation time was near and September, to their thinking, was early enough to try thls negro. To reconvene Grand Jury and hold a siieclal of court would be precedent they did not care to establish. It might be pleadeJ in favor of "prompt justice In other cases, so they postponed the White trial until fall.

The Wilmington Horror. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The wretch who died at the stake yesterday morning on the spot where his hateful crime had been committed deserved no mote merciful an end. The cruel, pitiable, unspeakably grievous wrong of his victim cried out for retribution like this. In the fact that it came let there be no hypocritical pretence otherwise most of us cannot repress an instinctive thrill of satisfaction.

And yet this, tho momentary reawakening of the beast and tlie savage lingering still in human nature, must sive way to a stern cense 6f reurobatioii of the by which the retribution came. Tlie crime of the negro ruvisher was a horrid and damnable deed; but the violence that took hint out of the hands of the law and tortured him to death wrought the disgrace of a State; the demoralization of the moral sentiment of a commu nity; widespread and most lamentable loss of repute for law and the orderly processes by which society and civilization stand. The responsibility, for this crime against Delaware's good name lies, in the first place, with men like the Rev. Mr. Elwood, whose folly encouraged It, and, in the second place, with the offi cers of the law, who proved themselves ncapable or unworthy.

Why, when it was evident that a lynching enterprise was on foot, was no effort made to re move the negro to safety? Above all, why did not the fifty armed men of the police and guard inside the workhouse walls do the duty for which they were presumed to be detailed? They could easily have protected their prisoner. There need have been there would have been no serious fighting. But even had that resulted, the guard was detailed to hold that prisoner and it should have held him. at all costs. Where was Sheriff Stidham? Who was in command in the workhouse? What is the name of the faithless and coward ly officer who commanded his men not to fire? The conduct of Chief of Police Black.

Police Captains Evans and Kane and Warden Meserve should be Investigated, and if thoy are guilty of the behavior ascribed to them they should he removed from office and. if possible, punished. An Indiana statute, rigidly enforced, enacts that the rapture of a prisoner by a mob operates as the res ignation of the sheriff from whom he Is taken. The law Is just. The Sheriff of New Castle county had at his command superabounding and irresistible means for the protection of this prisoner.

His failure to protect him is inexcusable. CAUGHT AT RANDOM If you don't know the meaning of "euphemism," note the fact that the insnne department of a New York hos pital has changed its name to the "psychopathic ward." Many persons who profess to have sovereign hatred of war and cruelty re gard our method of celebrating the Fourth with equanimity, in spite of the fact that Incomplete statistics show that last year thirty-one persons were killed and 2,772 badly Injured on the glorious dar. Have you any roauest to make? asked the Sheriff of tlie erstwhile so ciety man who was to be hanged on the morrow. "les, one, replied the condemned man. "Let me tie the noose myself.

I never yet wore a ready-made tie." Wood thicker than waiei, but thicker than blood, even, is the dough. ASSAULT AND DEFENSE. The rioters who usuemhled ut the workhouse on Monday nlhi hi. a buttered dow.i tho doors, took iivrs Iheir own lmnus. Had any one of them been shot, had the place, be-n cleared with rillcs, the law would have upheld the But they hud orders not to fire s.vil.

and thru beiiif, true, of course tho s'irsj was suvi m-ful. Tho authorities 'Yen held a consultation with the leaders of the r'olors gave them the Information they desired. The trustees of the workhouse, city authorities and the Gown. or of State commend the police and guards for their failure to inasmuch us it would have meant blood shed. It probably would, sinea mobs not usually ejuoUod save by a determined and brave resistance.

It we knew that this incident would never be repeated, all might be well; should a rioter lie locked in the workhouse tonight, all tliat his fi lends would have to do would be to go out batter in the cioors and take him A defense now by the guards Involving the Injuiy of anyone would be crime, since the precedent of non-re-Miitnnce las been set. Liut it Is suid that the mob hud a large quantity of dynamite which they were prepared to use. This, at least, is evidence that the iloters were not actuated by a desire to protect bunion This shows that there was not lofty motive, that tenderness which we have been told existed. The workhouse contained hundreds of hu lives, prisoners, guards, tae warden and hid family and the police. The rr.ob, inspired by lofty sentiments, was prepared to biow all of them into eter nity! The rioters were told that il they made an assault they would be arrest But their reply in effect was; "If molest us we will blow the place and their threat was effective.

The result is that New Castle county has place" where it can keep a prisoner -security. THE HONOR OF THE PRESS. If the people of New Castle county shall come to their senses and frown down the spirit of lawlessness which been rampant for the last torty-eight hours; if they shall come to see Jjie lynching was a crime against majesty of the law, and that its encouragement was a terrible mistake, they will come to thank the press of city for the firm stand it has taken. The Wilmington papers, we are proud vay, without exception, have stood law and order; they have bet their faces against violence; they nave told truth when that truth was unpopular. It has taken courage to do this.

Had any paper come out yes-day morning giving comfort and support to the rioters, it would have been lmnfclisely popular. What prevented? sense of public responsibility. The man on the street the opin of the moment, but the press real izes its duty and recognizes that in times of stress and vio lence it must write for the future as well as for the present. Its opinions may not be lightly changed. It lias been the one force in this community in the last forty-eight hours that has cotira- eously fought for public order.

The lergyhuve spoken.andas a body.ourre- Iglous teachers have counseled peace nd order; yet, unfortunately, there live been notable exceptions, while the press in this matter has acted as a unit. Hereafter let no man say that the newspapers of Wilmington simply cater to the whim of the masses, and that they cannot be depended upon to lead public opinion. In this hour of terrible assions they have thought only of tell- ng the trutn, linoui one moment a thought of popularity. An Idle Maid. They say I am an Idle lass, They frown upon me as thoy pass; Mv.

gown becomes me and 'tis new. T6 biiltertlis are ddle too! The world has need of butterflies Kls-j why Art they in sparkling guise. They'bask in sunshine by 'Uie hour, And I rock in my Hiluc bower. With work and study far away, What care 1 for the words they say! I will not teach, I will not sew. Or the lettuce down the row.

Rut dance, und Blng und pretty be, And wait the Prince 'that comes for me. Some day I'll hear Prince's tread, He'll slop beside my sweet rose bed, He'll praise my cheeks, and praise my hair. And tell to ma that I am fair. And then In mat with him'll go To where the crystal fountains flow; I'll dress In silks and linens fine. With maids bring for us the wine.

But be he poor, with love for me That shining In his eye I see, Thn will I ket-p 4ii cottage trim, And ew 'the seams, and bake for him Cora A. Matson-Dolson. In July Nation Magazine. Is at he to of of of of, as his a tion of this reign of terror. If there is a maa who can witness the Maiket and Fo-r iJ I.