To some extent, that case demoralized us,
because one bad precedent is prone to lead
to another; and the success of one sham
campaign in behalf of a rich criminal or a
criminal in 'whom the rich interest them
selves, is almost certain to pave the way for
another. |
If there had been a failure in the sham
campaign for Charles W. Morse, there might
have been no attempt at a sham campaign
in behalf of Leo M. Frank.
Every method used for Morse was copied
in the campaign for Frank—not only copied,
but improved on by elaborations and ad
ditions.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE
EMPIRE STATE OF DIXIE!
Are we to lose sight of old landmarks?
Are we to wipe out the lines between small
crimes and great ones?
Are we to demolish our standards? Are
we to weigh Justice by the pound, and sell
it in the open market?
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH US?
One of the truest of Southern men re
cently wrote me a letter which I pray you to
read and consider:
Dear Mr. Watson: Looking over some num
bers of The Jeffersonian, I find in your issue of
March 21, 1907, an admirable editorial which I
think you should now re-publish. It is on the
killing of the scoundrel who seduced his cousin,
Viola Strother, the mother of General Zacfhery
Taylor and grandmother of General Richard Tay
lor, of the Confederate army. In that editorial
you took the same position you now do in the
case of the Jew and the scoundred who seduced
the Southern girl and who was as cultured as the
Cornish graduate and of Virginia aristocracy,
showing the rot of the contention as to education
being a bar to crime.
