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The Solid South: Its Political Spirit, Methods, and Purposes
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Again, in his official report for 1868, two years later, he says of Tennessee and Ken tucky, crime is committed because public opinion favors it, or, at least, acquiesces in it. The local laws are enforced or not, according to the controlling opinions of the com munity; a criminal who is popular with the mob can set law at defiance, but if a man is only charged with or suspected of crime, if he is inimical to the community, he is like to be hanged to the nearest tree, or shot down at his own door....
Again, in his official report for 1868, two years later, he says of Tennessee and Ken tucky, crime is committed because public opinion favors it, or, at least, acquiesces in it. The local laws are enforced or not, according to the controlling opinions of the com munity; a criminal who is popular with the mob can set law at defiance, but if a man is only charged with or suspected of crime, if he is inimical to the community, he is like to be hanged to the nearest tree, or shot down at his own door....
12 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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