Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-07-02
existed in ali ages.

tent. Determined resistance is the ord
er Of this day as it has been in all 9th
era.
II your people are murdered without
a cause, kill the murderers of them.
II lynching parties present themselves
at your door, shoot the members OF it.
If you are excluded from the enjoy
ment of those privileges which the
constitution guarantees, find out the
cause for such exclusion and apply the
remedy.
Insist upon your rights, and continue /
the agitation, awaiting the opportuni-
ty for voicing it in more tangible and ]
forcefui form. Supplement complaints |
by the exercise of manhood, - as Prof. |
MILLER says, voice manly protest.
II one party ignores you in the mat
ter os appointments to office, combine |
against it with some other party. |
which will accord to you that which |
the other party denies.
If the government is of the opinion
that you are not good enough to be
an officer in regiment, stand upon your
dignity, and let it know that you can
not then be good enough to be pri
vate.
The grandeur OF the civilization OF
this country was not made by the for
eigners who are annually being dump
I, ed upon our shores.
Surely then the rights accorded them
cannot be properly denied us.
Let there be no cowardly mourning
I let there be manly protests all along
the line. Prof. MILLER speaks truly
D when he says:
n History has taught you that the
I path Of moral progress has never taken
q straight line, but has ever been
zig-zag course amid the conflicting
s forces OF right and wrong. truth and
= error, Justice and injustice, cruelty and
mercy. Do not be discouraged, then,
that all the wrongs of the universe are
9 not righted at your bidding"
In the above he recognizes the quin-
:, tessence of the right of protest. Where
= then does the PosT find its consola-
. ton ? And again.
"Thesgreat humanitarian movement
which has been sweeping over the civ
l. ilized world from the middle OF the
eighteenth century TO the present time
T. manifesting itself in political revolu-
tions, in social and moral reforms and
: in works of love and mercy, affords
the amplest assurance that all worthy
re elements OF the population will ulti-
20 mately be admitted to share in the
privileges and blessings of civilization
10 according to the measure OF their mer
rs it."
OF 1t is only to hasten this time tina
tie we. are bending our energies. The
u Ppsr was indeed hard up tor endorse
e. ments when it produced in its column
n these extracts which are bitter rebuke
n of its policy so far as the colored peo
pie are concerned.
he The PosT has the sudacity to say:
"Here is a noble, manly, an enIight
n ened code. Prof. Miller tells his PEG
pie what we have been telling them 70
10 these many years. He tells then
that they cannot expect Co enter into
social scheme which they have don,
nothing TO establish and perfect, an,
to modify it TO suit their views."
no We have shown that Prof. MILLEl
- dealt with individuals and not with ia
ces. He is a living example of mem
Der of our race who 10y his liters ry at
n tainments, and instructive capabilitie
~ have added to the grandeur of our civ
he ilization.
to His words were directed to tn,
~ worthless, lounging, carping element
n. who do nothing and who are valued a
cs about as much as they do. The Pos
in lectures Us as follows:
Co 'They must do as other races have
ne had to do since the beginning of the
a. ~orld-'deal with primary conditions,
ce waste not their time in useless com
to plant against the narrowness of theil
he opportunities and the misery Gof theil
lot but go into the wood country anC
cut down for themselves.' They have
n to be pioneers, to acquire the faculty
II, of initiative. OF construction of leader
or ship. They cannot invade civiliza
IN tion which others have created an an
dertake to regulate it to their taste.
,iS Oh, how easy it is TO tell others wha
~ to do out of the narrowness of one
4 storehouse of race prejudice.
We would like for the editor of tn
Posi- to trace his Anglo-Saxon lineage
~ and prove his title to the civilization
ns OF which he boasts so much. He says
Iss "They must accept the condition
ms the Anglo-Saxons have established o
on establish conditions OF their own
hg The world is wide. This country
re wide. There is room for everybod y
Let the Negro act for himself and max
lat his place in the equation OF huma
M progress.
tie That is exactly what he is doing an
d. he will continue the good work b
showing the people of the country ths
sre hehas as much right in this country q
he the editor of the PosT. and will b
he found shaping its destiny alongside {
bv other American citizens who are niue
l. \.