Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-10-18

in the form of denying to honest
Negro labor the fruits of its toll
serve 70 restore confidence We
believe not.
MIR. MoNTG oMERY puts in glow
ing language the punishment that
falls upon the oppressor as the
result Of the present condition
when he says:
while the silent and irrepressible
conflict between the races has progress
ed, the condition of the State has /
lenguished, her treasure has been
neglected, her moral character has |
decayed, while the enef gies of her best !
citizens have been wasted IN needless
conflict"
The truth expressed above
shines out. bright aud luminous.
He described further the condi
ton;
This rule being generally fixed and
arbitrary virtually amounts 70 domi-
nation, with fixed purpose TO repress
-
| ed TO produce this result have iutrouuc
ed into tho body polite every form OF
demoraliz ation--bloods bribery,
ballot-stufilng. Corruption and per-
jury stalk unblushiDgty through the
| land. The good people OF Mississippi
stand aghast at the spectacle"
He says again:
"Quoting from distinguished writer
in saeled history ! may say l have
stood by, coDsenting aud assisting in
striking down the rights and liberties
of l23. 900 freemen.
That statement is damning in
its significance. One man stands
forth and admits that ne has con-
sented and assisted in striking
down the rights and liberties, not
of one man or two, but one hun
! dred and twenty thee thousand
sorry are we to say it, but treason
itself pales in the presence of such
crime. But tor what was this
done. Let Mr.. MONTGOMERY al
swer.
81 wish to tell them that the saeriflc'
has been made TO restore confidence
. the great missing link between tn
q two races; to restore honesty and purit.
i TO the ballot-box and 10 confer Tn
o great boon OF political liberty upon tn
I Commonwealth Of Mississippi"
a The sacrifice has been made TO
tue purpose above stated, and We
g he admits that the purpose 10
II which it was made has not been a
s complished.
The idea of dishonesty enac tin
II a measure TO secure honesty an
is purity at the ballot box has bee
IS often talked about but never a
= complished. Mr.. MoNTGoMRR
Of should remember that no lew ca
u make dishonest measures homes
is ones LOCALIZED crime is NO les
i a crime than it was before th
Is enactment of the law.
1t is only a temporary expedier
It. to ease mems guilty minds, notl
g. ing more.
n Mr.. MONTGOMERY has made
al fatal blunder. We do not see no
se s it can be regarded otherwise. i
as calls to the white men of Mississ
,'s pi and asks "What Answer
of When they renew the oppressio
shoot down defenseless, men '
1t men and children, he will TIA,
tn have reply TO 'What Answer"
lis OringiHg has never settled al
1t great question. Supineness al
ba cowardice has never served to
otherwise than awaken contem]
sc. Manly courage, the exercise
those principles which are eterr
re with a due regard for industry a
ulc a happy respect for wealth, which
re- best shown by the obtaining
YER it, will be the solution of the pI
lem.
Per Appeals like Mr.. MoNTG
ave ERY's are but little less than
idle winds so far as it relates to
onr question at issue. 1t pleases
tn ear, dies away and the spea
the and the speech are forgotten.
den Let him go and organize in
Won ance companies, engage in busin
una enterprises, be honest, indu
mid Gus and moral, and estab
ntal schools for the instruction of yol
lied colored men in business pursr
ex- and along the line of time
come whirIing the mighty ret
no of the multitude of the newly
avs. franchised race who have G.
thrnuOh oraaf trials and fril