Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-07-12
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: neioiler be sogrievOus or so enduring
DO Sney suppose, and education
would cure it all They know what
: ihnnlte gam came TO them and to he
h0nor of their country, when they
reluctantly called in their blood
mounds and let loose their school
masters Now, will they not take
ahother advance step; hang I'D their
shotguns, sheathe their knives
lyuench their midnight torches. and
Try IN their stead personal security
SAFETY OF property, unviolated homes
ana a Tree ballot for their eolorad
brethren. and see what miracles will
result. They probably, in their
GUINNESS, see too small an arc. To no
apie, even imagination, to conceive
Vlie inmeasurable circle of relief this
broad policy of benevoienee. iustiee
ana humanity would bring them.
The distinguished gentleman from
south Carolina (Mr. HEMPHITI.l
SAID That that the white man must
either rule the South or leave II
That Is a dilemma of their own
choosing. No national exipenev mo-
requirements OF the Constitntion or
Cne law subjects them to such an al
tentative. But as choice of evils.
IL would be better for the whole
hemphill family to leave the land
Ihat contains the bones of their
fathers than they continue to rule
from their present seat upon the
ruins OF the Constitution.
WHITE SUPREMACY.
Let me PROFOUND TO the white saoes
oil the South, one question. Why
can not the superior race exert n
controlling influence over theinferior
without the use of violence and
fraud? 1t is the history of the hu-
man'race that the superior nature
leads the inferior. The weak Yields
10 the dominion OF the strong. and
IL is only otherwise where the strong
having the strength of n giant uses
IL as giant for purposes of uppres-
sion and wrong, which goad the
weaker TO resentment and self-de-
tense. Our Southern brethren plav
the role of the lions in the fable. The
hares and the rabbits once petition
Ell the lions for equality of suffrage.
Inc lions told them they must wait
until their teeth and claws were
grown.
Are the white people of the South
cultlvating teeth and claws in the
docile coloredrace, and will they some
day better the instruction, and turn
ana rend their teachers? Cypress
ed races have sometimes risen and
taken their future in their own hands.
As their intelligence grows more,
their docility may grow less. AS
they acquire means their disposition
to subdue may diminish. AS their
courage increases their servility NAV
decrease. Every race will take and
noid the rank its courage and capac-
Ivy give IL. L will not pursue the
thought; 1t is too horrible.
leave 1t with them for their seri-
Gus and thoughtful consideration.
III they knew what pirate crafts their
hardness of heart and stiffness of
neck may be rigging with curses
dark to scourge the sea oftheir boast
ed Caucasian glory; could they see
The glare OF the internal fires their
wrongs may be feeding To furnish the
volcanic force for some future politi-
cal overthrow in self-defense: could
uhey scent the miasma which their
lack OF Justice may be generating to
swell the Jury OF some coming blast
10 TEST forever, perhaps in blood. the
question OF race supremacy, like re-
creant Romans they would fall upon
their knees and pray the gods to
avert the plaques that must light
upon such folly, while they fastened
TO invoke in the treatment of their
fellows, the Christian law, DO unto
Others as you would that others
should do unto you"
The superior race onght to be wise
In their day and generation. They
ought to cultivate amiable relations
with the inferior; they ought to be
wise ana deXterlous III the control OF
the weak. They ought to be able to
divide the inferior race with their
lntelhecf ual blades, so that their no
lltlcal divisions would not follow
lines OF color cleavage Their ability
10 DO this is the true test of their tif-
lie to political aseendency,. AS long
as they do not have both colors ON
the same side of political questions
u demonstrates anything else than
Oheir superiority in the use of the
intellectual and moral agenciesav
able to produce the results they de-
sire.
With his vantage ground. with
the conditions inviting his Influence
why cannot the superior control fine
dependent Inferior sufficiently to
maintain the supremacy of the form
Ell without a hOrsewhip, a shotgun.
or fraudulent device? Kind treat
ment, cordial relations, equal laws.
and friendly palm would work
IKE charm upon the susceptible
minds and affectionate hearts OF tbe
colored race.
Let me suggest another illustration
suppose IN the year 1865 when.
Grant laid his conquering sword ON
the capitol OF the Confederacy, ac-
cepted Lees surrender at Appomat-
tox and the curtain fell before the
tragedy of the rebellion; when, by
the greatest act of magnanimitv in