Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-06

so prejudiced and blinded as TO be I'M
able to recognize merit aud ability
save behind white skin.
We have become used to disaster,
sir, seasoned with trouble and as
quainted with death. The TINES says:
at is barely possible that the more
sensible of the Negro race are learning
this and that conditions here are
| changing for the better in this respect
Certainly there is one Negro in Rich
mond who has learned from the teach
ing of events. aud it may be that he is
not the only one"
And again it says:
SAT the meeting OF Negroes held in
Richmond last Tuesday evening TO
take into consideration plans for max
ing Negro organlz alton having in
view the Improvement of the race, DR..
Il. +. Jones, a prominent member OF
the race, said:
He wanted it known that this was
not a movement directed toward Sc
curing social equality. Social equality
was only dream. The intelligent col
ored man recognized the superiority of
the Anglo-St xOn race. social standi ing
could not come through organization
or upon demand. There vera white
men with whom he would not think of
associating. The proposed organiza-
ton was to protect the cDlored man IN
his civil rights and to aid him in bust
ness and TO help him become better
citizen.
The doctor told his hearers chat they
should be proud of the progress they
have made since they became free
i man He r1rnod than, 20 no..
that cleanliness. good behavior and
m oney would give them a standing
among men that every colOred man
should SEEK"
We agree with all that DR.. r. E
JONES is accredited with saying, except
that part which declares that 1.-THE in
telligent colored man recognized the
superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race"
The intelligent, educated colored
man is the very ore who believes moth
ing Of the sort. We are forced to the
conclusion that the doctor was incor-
rectly quoted. Such a statement
would be reflection upon every Ger
man, Italian, Frenchmsn, Turk, Afri-
can. and even the bone and sinew of.
this Countrywide laboring white man
who cannot trace his ancestral lineage.
1t would be a reco milton Of the "di-
vine rights of kings" that birth makes
the man. 1t was in opposition to this
very theory that this government was
established, and caused THOMAS JET
FERsoN to declare that "all men are
created equal"
People who do not believe in this
doctrine are out of place in this coun-
try, and should leave st once for Eu-
rope where caste holds sway.
But the TIMES rolls under It's tongue
as sweet morsel all that DR.. JONES is
alleged to have said. 1t continues:
"This is sensible talk, and DR.. Jones
shows by it that he is a man that the
Negroes would do well to look up to az
counsellor and adviser"
Thanks for the recommendation.
And again:
cdr. Jones is perfectly right in say
ing that social equality is a dream
and we are glad TO learn from him that
the Intelligent colored man recognizes
the superiority of the Anglo Saxon
race"
But did DR.. JONES say that? II he said
it, he must not have meant it. Per-
sonally, we know that DR.. JONES does
not believe that man lives who is in
herently his superior.
Then, if he made the statement, how
can he separate himself from the peo-
pie with whom he is identified. II his
people sre inferior to other races, then
logically speaking, he must be inferior
But, we repeat, evidence must flow
from DR.. JONES' own lips in order to
make us believe that he said anything
of the sort. The TIMES says:
Social equality is an Impossibility,
as much so as for the Negro to attempt
to change the color of his skin, and it
is only to invite misfortune for him
self for him to attempt to force him
self upon the white man as his social
equal"
We have already given our opinion
that phase of the question. The TIMES
says:
Inc Almighty has created racial
distinctions between the Negro and
the white man. The history of the
world proves beyond all possibility of
denial that the Anglo-SaxOn race is
the superior race, and the Anglo Sax
ons of the South will not tolerate an
attempt to force the Negro into their
homes than they will tolerate any
thing else which they look upon as a
premeditated affront to them"
Will you please give US list Of the
Anglo-Saxons in Richmond We wont
worry you to find them in the South.
The census takers did not undertake
the job. 1t would be too much like
trying to find Negro in the midst of a
ship-load of mulattoes. One Negro
might have served to furnish coloring
for five hundred of them.
You'd better secure the lantern of
DIoGENEs and begin the task of finding
one full-blooded Anglo-SaIon. We