In many places where the commission of crime is alleged against one of our color, the ordinary processes of the law are set aside as too slow for the impetuous justice of the infuriated populace.
This statement illustrates the urgency and bias in the legal system when it comes to accusations against Black individuals.
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The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.
We (the people of the North) are a charitable people, and in the excess of this feeling we were disposed to put the very best construction upon the strange behavior of our southern brethren.
It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.