. John Burgwyn, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; their ancestors and descendants. n the waters. What policeman would be allowed to wearhis uniform five minutes if he refused to make an arrest at therisk of loss of his life? What man would have respect for theAlabama State Troops, no matter what the odds, if they alloweda mob to take a prisoner from them ? Such a standard as isclaimed for sheriffs has no recognition in any laws of honor. Itis a false standard of duty and, if I may be pardoned for sayingit, a cowardly standard of duty. * * * Let us not deceive our-selves. Two-thirds of the exe
. John Burgwyn, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; their ancestors and descendants. n the waters. What policeman would be allowed to wearhis uniform five minutes if he refused to make an arrest at therisk of loss of his life? What man would have respect for theAlabama State Troops, no matter what the odds, if they alloweda mob to take a prisoner from them ? Such a standard as isclaimed for sheriffs has no recognition in any laws of honor. Itis a false standard of duty and, if I may be pardoned for sayingit, a cowardly standard of duty. * * * Let us not deceive our-selves. Two-thirds of the executions of prisoners by mobs are dueto one or two things—either the cowardice of the sheriff, and Idont think there have been many cases of cowardice-—or to awillingness for the mob to succeed, from the false conviction thata sheriff in fighting them is not fighting for the law but for someworthless prisoner. In county after county everybody but theGrand Jury knows who did the deed. Case after case of thissort happened and continue to happen and nobody is ever brought ( no ). THOMAS GOODE JONES to the bar of justice. There is no prosecution. No strong voiceever condemns it. We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to ourchildren we owe it to our God, to put a stop to this base indif-ference to murder and making excuses for men who will notrisk anything for the preservation of human life and the honorof the State. * * * If the gentleman asks me if I am unwillingto trust the people of the county, I tell him frankly yes, becausethe people of the county never find out who commits thesecrimes. We dont wish the mob and its friends to murder thelaw. Nobody knows who constituted the mob when the author-ities investigate. Yet is is known to everybody else but theofficers of the law and the Grand Jury. * * * Every citizen inAlabama is interested. All our civilization is based on the ideathat no man can be deprived of life, liberty or property with-out due process of law. Without its enforce
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