Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-06-14
SAM JONES' SAYINGS.

Rev. SAM JONES, who is now
religious services in this
city, if correctly quoted in the past
has said some rough and highly
things relative to the col
ored people. For these utterances,
notably those in Danville, Va, we
took occasion to condemn him. III
we are to judge from the report of
what he said last Sunday, his refer
ences to us have taken a change
which is highly commendable. He
said:
81 want to say am glad to see these
colored people lseveral occupied seats
on one side OF the tabernaclel present
tonight. want you to tell your
friends that you are as welcome as any
one. God bless the colored people of
Richmond and this community. III
there is any body want to see so to
Heaven 1t Is the poor white folks and
the negroes. You never have much in
this world and TO then die and not GO to
Heaven is an awful thing. Those PEG
pie who live in fine houses can probably
afford to 90 to he'll, but poor white
folks and negroes had better look out.
L am glad TO see these colored people
here. / want you to know you are
welcome.
II am southern born and bred. Ny
father was slave holder, never was,
but God knows l sympathize with the
colOred people OF thelSouth. hope,God's
81 will Il
to hold one special service for the
colored people. / have preached to 10,
900 of them at one time, and God
always blessed the service. / preached
in one town where they didn't want
the colored people to come in. But
when you come TO deal with the good
Lord you have got to do the clean
thing. You can run your politics any
way you please, but you can't run your
religion that way.
So far so good. Well said, Mr..
JONES! He is quoted further:
''Some OF the best friends have in
this world are colored people and some
of the best neighbOrs I have at home
are cOlOred. They come and sit up with
my family when one of them is sick,
but my white neighb0rs don't come
over and do that way. 1 don't know
| why. These negroes were born and
raised among us, and say to you, it il
our privilege to make the last one OF
them our friends. We ought never t.
forget their fidelity to our children anC
wives during the war. Let US do oul
part by them.
| Don't understand me to say that an
in favor OF social equality. dom
| halt IT,
some white folks in this town i would
no more associate with than / would
| fly.
The first class Negro never wants /,
come among white folks and the best o
the whites don't want to go with tn,
cOlored people. 1t Is the low-down o
both races that are doing the mixing
am kind to the colored people, bu
they never bother me with social eQua
ity. If man wants to run with colo
ed folks let him have his choice; ] dom
care. That is my doctrine. / repeat
am glad to see them here / pra,
Gods blessing on the colored people o
this city"
In the above he gives the who'll
matter in nutshell and uses tn
identical words so often repeate,
in these columns. GOD knows w
have had our trials and diff
culties, but have tried to do tn
best we could. Being human, illit
crate and oppressed in many case
we have made failures. Speakin
Of the rebel flags the report says:
"Mr. Jones, while making some ALT
sion to the temperance question, rel
ted occurrence in the North wheI
a Southern lady had COnfederat
battle flag unfurled on her house. Th
Grand Army of the Republic marche
along and made her take it dowI
Gut. said the speaker. these men passe
down the street under hundreds of bs
room signs, which are an insult to ever
! woman and child in the country.
I, In this connection Mr.. Jones said /
wished the people down South woul
q put the Confederate flags away foreve
Every time they are unfurled the
S brighten sheppard and Ingalls, like
. red cloth does q mad bull. When Il
South will stop exhibiting the Confed,
ate emblems the North and South WI
# shake hands, and there will be p ca C.
Spelling the wOrdl and then Sheppar
= Ingalls,, and men of their stamp will
returned to private life because the
g won't have any bloody shirt to wave"
It The language is used in ma
ner least offensive to the people