"These sneaky and cowardly Sicilians, the descendants of bandits and
assassins, who have transported to this country the lawless passions, the
cut-throat practices, and the oath-bound societies of their native country,
are to us a pest without mitigation. Our own rattlesnakes are as good citizens
as they...Lynch law was the only course open to the people of New Orleans."
Hmm. The august Grey Lady, justifying lynching. A little hard to recognize her.
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