Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-12-20
VIVIAN rHE NEaRoEs OWE U.s.,


a writer to the Dispatch of the
14th inst, over the nom de plume OF
IL -" discourses on "what the
Negroes Owe U.s." Here are his
words;
"To the Edi.or of the Dispacs;
'Bloodshed must follow the unlawful
practices OF the Democratic party in
Virginia. A free people will not
much longer tolerate it's
The above Is copied from the Rich
mond PLANET of November Sth.
Langstcn has also talked OF hogs |
heads OF blood
All this furnishes much food for |
thought. Not that we fear any danger |
from the 'bloodshed' threatened, but /
when two OF the most prominent and |
perhaps the best educated Negroes in |
Virginia are guilty of such expressions
as those above quoted, it Is well calcu
lated TO convince us that the millions of
dollars taken out OF the pockets OF the
southern white people by taxation for
the purpose OF educating that race to
make them better citizens have been
worse than thrown away, because 1t Is
being clearly demonstrated every day
that the more education these people
have the worse ci'izens they become
The author OF those sentiments
has certainly been studying the
obsolete doctrine of the Bourbons
of the old school and in the 10th
Century-the era of science, art
and literature, announces that edn-
cation serves to make worse citi-
Eens of his fellow-man, that it
serves to deteriorate rather than
elevate his brothers; for if the prin-
ciples of Christianity are to be &C
cepted, ADAM and EVE were our
common parents, and this assertion
is further substantiated by the an
nouncement that He made of one
blood all nations, and peoples.
Education units any people for
slavery and serfdom.
The declaration made to the fact
that continued oppression or tyran
ny must end in bloodshed are testi
fed to by history and proven by
experience.
1t is only by the equal poise o
Justice that revolutions are averted
and peace maintained.
While we thank the people of tn
South in general, and those il
Virginia in particular for the eduea
tional advantages accorded, W
must enter our protest against TIL
likening of the Negro to paupers-
abject objects of educational charit,
by the grace of the white tax-pay
ers OF the South, who if they ar
like the croaking writer have IN
willingly contributed their mean
for that purpose.
He seems to be oblivious of til
fact that the South mas Away
been the seat of aristocratic indo
lence, made possible by the Negro
industry. He seems to forget tina
the very education which makes
possible for him to write such art
cIes against an inoffensive peopl
was obtained by the money account
lated from the black mans labor.
He does not remember now that j
was practice to sell Negro in OF
der to obtain the necessary funds t,
defray the college expenses of tn
young marster should the cash i
hand not be sufficient to supply th
immediate demands.
He is unwilling to understand til
prindiple that labor is the basis {
all wealth.
The cry before the war that Scot
ton is king" should have been tn
Negro is king, since he was the ne,
essary factor in it's production, an
accordingly had his hand on tn
lever that created the financial pros
perity of the Southland.
The writer witnesses the abieC
servility OF the Negro passing ava
under the subtle, but powerful il
fiuences OF education. He sees
the look on the countenance, tt
erect carriage, the disposition t
penetrate into the fields OF scienc
q sign that the Negro OF invent
years ago is passing away foreve
Intact he is looking on a new Negr
the Negro OF the past no longe
He listens tostatements.and reads
oratory as announced by the Negr
and when he thinks of the fact thi
but a few years back no me
OF that race would have dare
to have exercised such a pr
ilege, which he regards as the sc
right OF white men, he stops his ca