Title
After Them
Subject
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Description
The editor of the Walla Walla Statesman responds to an editorial in the Umatilla (O) Advertiser which deplored the vigilante execution of the black man Green, whose crime and murder was reported in a previous edition of the Statesman. The Statesman editor does not deny that vigilante justice has its risks, but also makes a comparison between extra-legality of the military tribunals which administered wartime justice in the United States and the extra-legality of the postwar vigilance committee. And he points out that not all men lynched by such committees are black.
This editorial has local application in Washington Territory and Idaho Territory because of the well-publicized activities of the vigilance committees there.
This editorial has local application in Washington Territory and Idaho Territory because of the well-publicized activities of the vigilance committees there.
Abstract
The Walla Walla Statesman responds to an editorial in the Umatilla (O) Advertiser, concerning the lynching of the black man Green, previously reported in the Statesman.
Source
Walla Walla Statesman
Publisher
Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees
Date Issued
1865-07-28
Contributor
Umatilla Advertiser
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. IV, No. 33, p. 2, col. C
Spatial Coverage
Umatilla, Oregon
Provenance
Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers
URL
http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
2
End Page
2