Columbia, SC to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Columbia, SC to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
TI00151
Date
1918 November 21
Description
Lynchings in Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #82
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
HONORABLE WOODROW WILSON
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON DC
DEAR SIR YOUR RECENT APPEAL AGAINST THE BARBAROUS PRACTIVE OF LYNCHING WAS INDEED A GREAT UTTERANCE CALCULLATED TO DO MUCH GOOD THE LAW ADIDING PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE HAILED WITH DELIGHT THE FIRM STAND YOU TOOK UPON THE SIDE OF LAW AND ORDER WE REGRET HOWEVER THAT RECENT LYNCHINGS IN GEORGIA ALABAMA AND NORTH CAROLINA INDICATE THAT MORE DRASTIC MEANS WILL BE NECESSARY TO CONVINCE THE LAWLESS ELEMENT WITHIN THE NATION THAT SUCH SIXTEENTH CENTURY BARBARISMS MUST BE NO LONGER TOLERATED IN LIBERTY LOVING AMERICA EVERY TRUE CITIZEN OF THIS REPUBLIC MUST HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME AT WHAT HAS OCCURED AT YOU MAY SAY THE SUCCESSFUL CLOSE OF AMERICAS GRANDEST OF ALL EFORTS TO SEE THAT GOVERNMENTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE MAY NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH MR PRESIDENT TO ALLOW THESE OUTRAGES TO PASS IN THE USA
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON DC
DEAR SIR YOUR RECENT APPEAL AGAINST THE BARBAROUS PRACTIVE OF LYNCHING WAS INDEED A GREAT UTTERANCE CALCULLATED TO DO MUCH GOOD THE LAW ADIDING PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE HAILED WITH DELIGHT THE FIRM STAND YOU TOOK UPON THE SIDE OF LAW AND ORDER WE REGRET HOWEVER THAT RECENT LYNCHINGS IN GEORGIA ALABAMA AND NORTH CAROLINA INDICATE THAT MORE DRASTIC MEANS WILL BE NECESSARY TO CONVINCE THE LAWLESS ELEMENT WITHIN THE NATION THAT SUCH SIXTEENTH CENTURY BARBARISMS MUST BE NO LONGER TOLERATED IN LIBERTY LOVING AMERICA EVERY TRUE CITIZEN OF THIS REPUBLIC MUST HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME AT WHAT HAS OCCURED AT YOU MAY SAY THE SUCCESSFUL CLOSE OF AMERICAS GRANDEST OF ALL EFORTS TO SEE THAT GOVERNMENTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE MAY NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH MR PRESIDENT TO ALLOW THESE OUTRAGES TO PASS IN THE USA
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Columbia, SC to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 November 21, TI00151, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.