“Enforce the Law.”
We quote from Glenn’s Graphic a comment on what came near being a serious riot at the county seat on Monday of last week:
There is no one who is in favor of law and its enforcement who can or will defend these men in their unlawful acts of last Monday. Here in Madisonville, a town that in the past has been noted as being the most quiet and orderly in the state, an officer in the discharge of his duty attempts to arrest a man for an offense committed. The man refuses to be arrested, two of his race come to his rescue and they interfere by demanding that the officer shall turn the man loose and go and arrest the other—a white man, before they would agree to the arrest. These men were not citizens of this county, some of them were not citizens of the state, they are colored men from elsewhere, yet in broad daylight, in the presence of the people they defy the officer of the law.
How do the people of Madisonville, of Hopkins county like this state of affairs? Are they pleased to see colored men from elsewhere parade our town with pistols and when an officer attempts to preserve order and enforce law, have bullies set up themselves in defiance to the constituted authorities?