The mobocratic murderers are not only permitted to go free, untried and unpunished, but are lauded and applauded as honourable men and good citizens, the high-minded guardians of Southern virtue.
He condemns the societal approval of mob murderers, highlighting the moral decay in Southern society.
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I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.
My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.