“We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.”

Just because a throng of people are cheering doesn't mean it's right. People cheering Obama for one example.

General opinion falls within the ole lil diddly attributed to P.T. Barnum; 'You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, . .' Any judgement outside the domain of justice is a most probable acclamation of injustice and depotism.

Such are the dangers to unchecked democracy, i.e. mob rule and the assumption of might makes right.

whites cheered lynching beatings rape what a group huh

James Burch...you should be more specific...White "Democrats" cheered....