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| CiVILIZBM AMERICA AND MARYLAND. Prison guards in Florida torture to death a youth of nineteen. Policemen in New York murder a prisoner while administering the "third de gree." Two men are publicly whipped in Ohio tor stealing fen old leTrigiafor which they fold for three dollars. Mere BOtys are in deatli houses in many American prisons waiting to be executed. In the State of Maryland, which fvaasts of its enlightenment, We notice that several East-<>rn SI tore newspapers com-rneul most in temperately on the decision of the Court of Appeals in the Lee case and eome very near to approving iynehings, [y'pt course. Courts are not * bo'. e criticism. We believe that every citizen has an inherent tight to criticize the i 'i actions of every public official, I nit it is unfair and incorrect to give the impression to the public that our Courts discriminate in favor of murderers and rapists. They do nothing of the sort. j No one but a lunatic or criminal defends acts of private violence, and no one but a fanatical and vicious individual can advocate, either directly or impliedly, lynching in this state. We have no sympathy with |