Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-04-24
AN ADDRESS
ON LYNCHING

No subject exhibited for popular in
vestigatlOn so imperatively demand
the attention Of me vatrio 10 citiren,
OF America at the pr sent. which Is =.
essentially connected /, h their intsl
est and the prosperity OF their children
and their ehildren's children forever
While our press and the In-n " HON ",
Oy vote ard voice seud 10 cOngrrs
irom year % Year God So much tinis L.
look after and agitste the cause Of III
oppressed subjects OF Othsr oUuntriss
may we M indulge q hope that a sab
J~ct so important end interesting will
command some attention.
QUALIFIED TO DISCUSS rHn suBJEcT.
L am more capable Of discussing ,
subject OF this nature than those char
acters, who generally received their
information 10y hear-say; and surely
none can be under greater oblie.tio;
10 expose the complicated guilt OF
such villains as we'll as she evils re-
sulting from the ruling OF such tyrants
than one, who 10y Aome unknown Prov
ldence OF the Almighty has made his
escape.
W neither they sre honorable, excel
lent, wealthy, royal or reverend sin.
ners, their connection " IT'D such should
be laid bare Co the world J., eonse
qHently, cannot expect a patron. But
claim al, liberty Of presenting the
subject 10 those no are their masters,
the patriotic, virtuous. enlightened
and the independent citize n OF Ameri-
Ca And IL my simple argument is in
strumentss in impre>sinR them with a
tenfold solicitude Tor the honor and
safety OF their incompara be constitu-
tion al glorious independence, hich
is their richest patrimony while untar-
plshed and the g eatest temp raj bless
ing they can bestow upon their chill
dren AMI transmit to postsrity my OBJ
ject is gained and l am amply rev ard
ed
To consolidate their happiness and
the equal political and civil rights Of |
the Atro-American in general Is the |
primary object of this performance.
Indeed it is irritating 20 remenb n |
that few tyrsnts in the south gain /
escendency over both the loyal citi- |
Gems of the United States and their |
government, accoi dinghy as they lob. |
murder, lynch or subjugate the inof- |
fensive Afro-American
KEETUOKY's RECORD.
We are informed through the south
ern press that in Kentucky alone. since /
the year, '97 commenced, in six DAYS |
six men have been lynohed, murd cred i
without trial before Judge or Jury /
Now oft times the very men Omen, did |
call them y brutes, could be guilty |
OF no worse crime are the very ones
who committed the deed But some /
Negro must die, no matter what has
been done, by whom or where; some
Negro must be lynched. To auppos,.
that the citizens of the north will |
peaceable submit to be robbed Of their
rights OF suffrage by few t, rants Of
the south is TO suppose that not a rop
Of the blood OF their fathers flow
through their veins. and, that they are
all worse than towards, traitors and
enslavers OF their own children. am
at our citizens TO allow
such injustice to be reward ed by poll.
ticsl as we'll as pecuniary gratiaca-
tions. We cannot always expect to be
at peace and many hundreds OF thous.
ands OF the oppressed Afro-American.
smarting under the gross injustice
done him or his, look with anxious so
lieitude for that moment to arrive
when the nation is engaged in domes-
tic or foreign strife at which time they
could avenge themselves on that sec
ton of the country which maltreated
Them and vindicatsd their rights-the
natural rights of man.
To the modification OF philanthropy,
10 the grief OF humanity, TO the indig-
nation of morality and hstunishment
II patriotism the degrading tale must
be told.
AN APPEAL TO TAG LYNoHERs
Tell me ye Kentuckians, ye butch
DTS OF human beings" that ia this
country where 50 much precious blood
las been split in the cause OF freedom
where so many heroic and patriotic |
ives havo been sacrif ed at the shrine
II Liberty, where, the motto of the
Keystone state is and that OF TIL.
Inion should be Virture. Liberty aud
Independence. where th- basis OF our
and our political senti-
nent Is that all men are born, free Z
md equal ?" What means thi. inhu-
nan, barbarous, savage and illegal ]
work of yours.
But alas we have passed from such
rood stages into the state of vassaIs
md despots. see, in this free country.
Inconsistent as il may appear. though ,
contradiction in terms and ideas, il
: fact as stubborn and melancholy,
hat those republicans whose bosums
'rofessed TO be her most z .al0us vota-
les and indefatigable defer d-rs, in the
commencement OF the nineteenth Ger
ury, have not only established. hut
consolidated the most horrid des. O.
ism and riveted chains of the most cli.
IDolIcal oppression tina. ever torment
ID and dIsgraced the human species.
The unutterAble suffering of the hu-
nan beings who have been the VIC !
inns OF the avarice OF this incorrupti-
'le government are an exhibition
which would occasion a shock humani-
y couldn't bear, therefore | must
Iraw veil over the scenes too fraR-
al Tor the sympathetic eye OF philAn-
hropy to endure. This must be clear ]
% every discerning mind to enlarge
therefore, one the sentiment would be
useless, to suppose one did not see the ]
nJussice OF lynch law, mob law and +,
he oppression of their own fellow citi-
ems and countrymen is reducing him
o an idiot. I
THR DAYS THAT ARE Passed
Have you lynchers and outlaws ever !
been informed of the contented and I
Happy state of the ancestors of the I
Afros when In their own country? Did
hey leave it Of choice? You know or
ought to know they were dragged from
{ like cattle or hogs. Do you know
Who brought them into existence and
put them in possession Of that country
rom which, By your instigation, they
we're torn? Who authorized you or any
'et OF men on earth to forcibly deprive
'hem OF their country of which heaven
gave them ample possession f? Show
FOUR authority il any authority you
ian pretend. Well you brought them
here and made them slaves. Where
are the great forests and swamps You
found here when you robbed the Indi-
an OF this country ? Whence is sll this
great treasure? How was it raised b?