Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-04-07
THE RAMBLER.

Some newspaper, and other
wise controversies, contentious,
arguments, and church trou
bles resulting sometimes in splits,
remind Rambler of an old man
who changed his denominattOn-I
al membership A friend said TO him
in sorrow, tinged with anger L am
told that you have Left the Episcopal
IuSEnsreh and Joined the Presby terrain,
is it SO :? Z" '.Well, yes. it Is So" said
the old man, "you see twas just this
way, the old woman and me has the
rumatism, our old bones are kinder
achified. In the Piscopal church 1T Ia
all the time q rising and q sitting,
or a sitting and rising, SO our old
| bones couldn't stand 1t. In the
terrain church it is either you
tand and thar you stand. or you
It and thar you sot, that just suit
A ed our old bones, so we. jined the
Presby terrain church. l hope you
won't feel bad about it or think hard
y of us, for you see it's only question
Il OF bones"
Snring has come, buds, blossoms,
and leaves are coming forth, disrob
ing the earth of the snow on the
: mountain, the vale, the Ice hanging
lover the fountain, ard Of the lone
winter evening when the frost has
wrought a silence. Buds are about
20 bloom, and bloom for black men e
vote in the coming spring elections
8Some black men for lees than the
value of Jacobs pottage will sci
sheir political birthrights, and peti
Jon white men to prepare a Negro
i CORNER for them. even to hear col
orphobfa gospel.
Some Hamitee, Elbupians, Gu
shite or descendants from such, viii
go to polls, and vote not as Amer
can citizens of Richmond, or Virgin
la. but as black men, one side OF tn
ballot box, while other men vote o
the other side of the rail as whit
men. / ask you MIR. Editor is it Law
full, is it political equality to divld
white and colored voters, rail be
tween them at a voting precinct
SOUND POLITICAL ADVICE.
We ought not to submit to an
thing that savors of political in
quality. We ought TO say firml
boldly, with good courage, If &c
want our votes you must treat us I
men; If we cannot vote in q primal
election, we will not in a general ele
ton, nor will we take 8ny interes
where the ballot box is approach
on one side by colored persons, &
other side by white persons Such
not political equality. What b
the Negro gained by voting with {
Populists
Rambler Rhas heard much abo
"Solving the Negro problem"
One MoDUs oPERANDI of solution
for the black man to stand on
manhood, not simply muscle me
hood, but also mental imbued wi
wisdom and understanding, In
his dealings with the Anglo SAKE
Say to them unless you treat me
a man you cannot have my vote
money.
THE NEGRO AND HIS MONEY.
At least twenty thousand doll'
is spent every week In this city
colored persons. If they would
naciously adhere TO the resoluti
TO spend their money with those v
acknowledge their manhood g
their womanhood, a great chal
VOulu ~ 10 "a AoAANJ "
theNegro is not a cash buyer. 81
Is we'll known, the withholding OF
money would be felt. You go 4
q store, and you do not receive p
er treatment, go out, and go e
place where you will be recognii
observation-disclosures persons OF &C
do not resent Sill treatment becs
of color. They will go into liz
house, where they are not allowed
drink at the bar, but will drink Fl
the barrel, go out and kick up
I'm or out of church with some co
!! ed person, 81 let you know l am
good q man as you"
Rambler wonders if there will b
spect of persons in the Moody
Sankey meetings in our .city.
black sinners, and black sheep be
mitted the same as white sinners
white sheep will be admitted. A
one band as persons for whom
sus died, and of the every crea
that,preachers are commissions
preach to. VIII black and v
mingle at the anxious seat, or iI
IL quiry meetings
THE COLOR LINE AND HEAVEN
WHY should there be separaI
because of color Rambler X
of none in Heaven or Hell. In
en- black and white sheep and Is
shall together feed In the same
S lures, drink of the same milk,
eat OF the same honey. Black
white goats. shall bo-4ether bro
S b ....-~aast On rne same gridirons il
same lake which burns with fire
sulphurous matter. Some NAL
20 mistakes about salvation 6
the preacher who preached that
children lof Israel crossed the
Sea, that the Egyptians all 81
to the ice, 1t broke into fragI
and drowned all the Egyptis
the Red Sea. One of his parishi
met the preacher next day and
him that he had made a MI
That geography shows that tt
Sea is in the tropics, that there
ice or snow there
"Hold on,' said the pre-
ssand let me explain. The CT
of | rael crossed the Red Sea G
ice before there was any geOg
or any tropics.
Doing Good.
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