in an editorial in august of 1898 he was responding to a speech given by rebecca felter who was the wife of a congressman, she ended up in congress by herself. she said the greatest danger to white farm wife across this was being raped by black men. if it took lynching a thousand of them, then so be it. there's always been a little bit of doubt as to whether manley wrote the editorial himself but in the editorial mrs. dalton from georgia makes a speech before the agricultural society in tybee georgia in which she advocates lynching as an extreme measure. this woman makes a strong plea for womanhood and her cries of rape are so frequent that the plea would be worthy of consideration. she goat he goes on to say that we suggest white guard their women more closely. as mrs. felton says giving them no opportunity for the human being, leave your goods out of doors and then complain because they're taken away. for white men are careless in the manner of protecting their women especially on the farms. he goes on to say that sometimes white women are attracted to black men and the like. it's uncl