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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

A report from Jacksonville. Fla
says that two privates of the Second
Virginia and one from the Fourth Vir-
ginia regiments are under arrest and
confined in the county jail upon a
charge OF making an assault upon the
person of colored girl.
According to the Norfolk, Va, Pilot
Virginian, it is a scandalous outrage
for this poor girl to be required to tell
Of the revolving crime in courtroom,
and the proper thing to DO is to take
them at once to the woods aud hang
them.
Several other white Democratic Jour.
nails concur in .his opinion.
We also call the attention of our es-
teemed Petersburg, Va, contempora-
ry, the 1NDEx-APPEAL to the outrage
Such action on the part of these white
men will injure the white race among
risht-thinking people everywhere, and
the leaders should warn them of the
folly of their course
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

The BosTos CoURANr in it's issue of
August 9th declares that according to
the decision of the United States Su-
preme Court in the case of WILLIAMS
versus The state OF Mississippi, the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States is rendered
void.
We did not wais for this decision in
order to arrive at that conclusion. We
have used the terms Imperative, dead
letters" to express the same idea.
We desire all of this legislation to re-
main on the statute books for the bene-
fit OF our children and their children's
children.
They will live during period when
public sentiment will demand the
proper Interpretation of these laws.
As the case stands to-day, the Su.
preme Court of Appeals of Virginia i,
chief reliance here.
When that decides against us, we
roll up our belongings" and take the
our next train home.
We find that the gentlemen upon the
bench, as a rule can be relied upon il
this commonwealth to give quite a fai,
Interpretation of the laws.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

THE American Baptist Home Mission
Society as represented by Gen. THOMAS
j. MORGAN and DIR. M. MAoVIcAR has
withdrawn the annual appropriation of
Oae thousand dollars per annum, which
was used to paw the faculty of Virginia
Seminary at Lynchburg.
President g. w. HAYES dismissal
and change in the curriculum is de-
Shared to be the only things which will
reverse this policy.
1t is alleged that Professor HAYES
stated in public speech at Brooklyn
that the Society agreed to assume the
debts Of Virginia Seminary.
This was denied by the gentleman
In question, but the society believed
its informant and refused to take the
disavowal Of the remarks az satisfacto-
~.
The indications are that the COM
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13


rear shot many of their men in the
front. mistaking them for Spanish SOL
diers. BY this time the Tenth Cavalry
bad fully taken in the situation, and.
adopting the method employed in Fight
ing the Indians, were able to turn the
tide OF battle and repulse the Span
isrds.
He speaks plainly when he says:
Il don't think it an exsggerstion TO
say that il it had not been for the time
ly aid OF the Tenth Cavalry (colored)
the Rough Riders would have been ex.
terminated. This is the unanimous
opinion, at least. OF the men of the
zenith Cavalry. 1 was in the fight Of
July L. and it was in that fight that /
| received my wound. We were under
fire in that fight about forty. eight
hours, and were without food and with
but little water. We had been cut of
from our Pack train, as the Spanish
! sharpshooters shot our mules as soon
as they came anywhere near the lines.
and 1T was impossible to move supplies.
Very soon after the firing began our
Colonel was killed, and the most of
our other officers were killed or wound
ed, so that the greater part of that
| desperate battle was fought by some
| OF the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry with
out officers: or, at least, IL there were
any officers around, we neither saw
them nor heard their commands. The
last command heard our Captain give
wss:
Boys, when you hear my whistle,
lie nat down on the ground
Whether he ever whistled or not
do not know. The next move we made
was when, with q terrific yell, we
charged up TO the Spanish trenches
and bayoneted and dubbed them out
OF their places in jiffy. Some OF the
men OF our regiment say that the last
command they heard was: TO the
rear But this command they utter
~ disregardei and charged to the
front until the day was won, and the
Spariards, those not dead in the
trenches. fed back to the city"
But a solored man, WIN. H Brown,
a member of the Tenth Cavalry said:
"A foreign officer, standing near our
position when we started out to make
that charge. was heard to say: Men
for heavens sake, don't go up that
hill 1t will be impossible for human
beings to take that portion You
can't stand the fire = Notwithstand-
ing this, with terrific yell we rushed
up the enemy's works, and you know
the result. Men who saw him say that
when this officer saw us make the
charge he turned his back upon us and
wept.
And the odd thing about it all is
that these wounded heroes never will
admit that they did anything out Of
the common. They will talk all right
about those other fellows but they
don't about themselves, and were i'm
mensely surprised when such a fuss
was made over them on their arrival
and since. They simply believed they
had duty to perform and performed
And yet these are the men that this
government is discriminating against.
1t is a crime against justice, a nd par
ody upon fair-play.
Will CESAR hear?
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13
DIR. JONES EXPLAINS.

In our issue of the 9th inst. we de.
clared that DR.. r. E. JONES of this city
could not have used the language ac-
credited to him in the columns of Che
Richmond, Va, TINES involving as it
Gid the declaration of the inherent in
feriority of the race with which he is
identified.
The TIMES. in its issue of the 10th
inst, under the caption of "Civil
Rights not Social Equality" publishes
DR.. JONES' reply. He says:
editor of the Times:
'Sir-From your editorial in Thurs
days issue, entitled A Sensible Negro
fear you mistake my position. lad
your reporter given you my remarks
in full possibly you might have had a
different idea of them"
And again:
''In few words will explain what
l said and mean.
sin speaking of the superiority of
the Anglo-Saxon race Of this country,
l spoke of its great advantages over
the colored race in having enjoyed
freedom and the benefits thereof for so
many years, which naturally makes
them, as race, more intelligent and
wealthy"
We admit its superiority in educa-
ton and wealth. This is due to their
superior advantages and more favor
able environments.
Inherently we are their equals. God
has so ordained it.
DIR. JONES meets the issue squarely
when he says:
II distinctly stated that all men are
born physically equal. ARatomists
have demonstrated this. Environ
ments make different conditions after
birth, the colored man being capable
of every development"
He scores point and makes seen
ire shot" when he remarks:
"There are thousands of colored men
intellectually, morally and physically
superior to thousands of white men,
vice versa. The Lord made Of one
flesh ell mankind"
We agree with him in-to-to when he
says:
'"As to social equality, the holding
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13
OoLoRED TROOPS PROMOTED.

Six brave colored non-commissioned
officers who rendered gallant and mer-
itorious service at SANTIAGO DE CUBA
July LIST and 2nd have been promoted
to the position OF second lieutenants
in the colored immune regiments.
Their names are Sergeants WILLIAM
WARRINGTON, Troop and JOHN @.
PRocreR Troop 1 OF the 9th Calvary
and Sergeants WILLIAM MoBRTAR,
Company H WYATT HOFFMAN, Compa-
ny G.: MASON RUSSELL, Company II,
and ANDREW ]. SIXTH, Company B OF
the 25th Infantry.
They should congratulate themselves
upon their good fortune.
This was no doubt done upon the
recommendation of their commanding
officer.
1t has set US to thinking however
No colored man can pass the dead
line" in the regular army, as referred
to by Mr.. FORTUNE.
To reach even a ieutenancy, he must
be put "out OF doors" so TO speak. He
must be detached from the regular
army and placed in command of volun-
teers.
These brave men were good enough
60 fight with their regiments as subor.
dinates. They we're not good enough
to serve with it as commanding Off
GERS. Where will this discrimination
end? What will be done about it
The War Department has more thar
once officially recognized the existence
of caste-the color-line in the army.
The President of the United States
seems to have concurred in this recog
milton, We would not have believed i
of that pure, patriotic statesman, VII
LIAM MCKINLEY, and even now we hes
itate before charging him with an of
Tense which will shock the manly sen
sibilities of every rsce-loving Afro
American in this country
Again. we ask it, where Will the enc
beT
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

QUITE sensation was caused by a
report from Porto Rico that the fol-
lowing officers of the Sixth Massachu-
sets Regiment had resigned: Colonel
CHARLES f. WOODWARD, Lieut.. Colonel,
GEORGE III. CHAFFIN, Major GEORGE H
TAYLOR and Captain U. A. GooDELL.
1t is unofficially reported that this
action was caused by the effort of some
OF Recommending officers to detach OF
separate from this crack Massachu-
sets regiment, Company L (colored. }
The effort was made at Camp Alger,
Va, sometime ago. We do not know
that these reports are correct. II it is
true that another such effort was made
in Porto Rico, then Gen. Miles and the
President of the United States are re-
sponsible.
If the explanation is not forthcom-
ing now, it will not be many days be-
fore the facts will be known. The
Massachusetts officers are high-spirit-
ed and if they were forced to adopt the
measures referred to, the provocation
was great indeed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

THE death of CAPTAIN CHARLES A.
TAYLOR, the popular Traffic Manager
OF the Richmond, fredericksburg and
Potomac r. R., removes from the
sphere of action one of the best citizens
Of this state.
1.-The had an enemy, we know it not.
Kind-hearted, Affable, attentive to
business, not ELUSIVE in mis- demeanor,
not a man Of many words, but strictly
faithful to all of his obligations, we
learned to admire and respect him.
His untimely taking off is a calami-
ty. his long sleep misfortune, which
shall carry in its wake many mournful
tokens. MAY he rest WELL"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

OF Office by colored man in the post
Office. or any other public building,
where q white man or woman is en-
ployed l do not consider social cquali-
ty, neither stopping at a hotel where
white man stops. In passing through
New York city short time ago I reg
istered at the Grand Union Hotel, For
ty-second street. l did not consider
it social equality-only civil rights Of a
man. so also would 1 look upon it
should 1 visit any Southern city and
stop at any tirst-class hotel. The ne
cessary prerequisite for all should be
cleanliness, behavior and money"
Why cannot the TINES endorse this
position? 1t is so clear and plain that
"a wsyfaring man, though fool, need
not err"
The Doctor concludes:
The color OF the skin should be no
barrier. l hold that O colored man
well fitted intellectually, morally and
physically has as much right in assist
ing in the government of the country
as any other man. Every individual
seeks his own social relations. Every
society banded together as such seeks
avs CWh roSAohI.
This is outspoken language. 1t is
gospel talk" Does the TIMES adhere
to it's declaration that DIR. r. f. JONES
is "a man that the Negro would do we'll
to look up to as a counsellor and adj
viser"2
We await its answer. DIR. JONES is q
graduate of the medical college at Ann
Arbor, Mich, and attended lectures
with his white fellow. students, obliv-
ious of the fact that nature had dark
ened his complexion
He only knows he is citizen of col
or when he comes in contact with the
prejudiced elements OF the white race
snd the FLANNEL mouthed" elements
OF the colored race who do not as YET
know that the first step in securing re.
spect is to respect yourself.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

The complaint made by certain mem
bers of Pickett Camp of Confederate
Veterans, relative to the presence OF
Grand Army Veterans, of color in
in the parade and at the reception
rendered at Philadelphia, Penn was
sickening, and did not reflect any cred.
it upon the ''soreheads" who were
growing.
Down here, we always have colored
men in parades, the exceptions being
rare, even if they do nothing else but
carry bucket of ice-water.
1t gives tone to the occasion and in.
dicates that some old Virginia aristo-
Gratis are somewhere in the procession.
In all first class receptions, the col
ored brother is invited, even if he be
required to wear a white jacket, apron
and sit down to a repsst after the
white folks have passed into the other
room for other refreshments.
equality white folks down here
want the colored brother; it is only
the ''poor-white trash" who cannot toll.
crate his presence. Selah.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

WE'LL Well!i WelIlll The Balti-
more, Md, LEDGER charges only fifty
cents per year. 1t devotes its columns
- the interest of the colored people,
and standing up especially for the pro-
fessional portion of it,-that is, the eIe-
Msnt that hold Office.
And yet a teacher in the public
ashoels of Baltimore, who paid only
twenty-five cents for six months dis
continued his subscription, because as
he alleged there was nothing in it,"
1t ia indeed unfortunate that colored
journalists have to deal with this class
of ingrates. Possess your soul in pa
thence, your day will come and his mis-
cry will be complete.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

and bullets were part Of the show to
them.
The description which follows is in
teresting.
1T was simply grand to see how
those young fellows, and old fellows
tor, men who were rich snd had been
the petted OF society in the city, walk
up and down the lines while their
clothes were powdered by the dust
from exploding shells and torn by
broken fragments cool as could be aud
yelling to the men to lay low and take
good aim. or directing some squad to
take care OF poor devil who was
wounded. Why, at times there when
the bullets were so thick they moved
the grass down like grass cutters in
places, the officers stood looking at
the enemy through glasses as il they
were enjoying the scene. and now and
then you'd see Captain or a Lieuten-
ant pick up gun from a wounded or
dead man and blaze away himself at
some good shot that he had caught
sight OF from his advantage point.
Those sights kind OF bring men togeth-
er and make them think more of each
other. And when a white man strayed
from his regiment and falls wounded
it rather affects him to have a Negro.
shot himself a couple of times, take his
carbine and make a splint of it to keep
torn limb together for the white sol
der, and then, after lifting him to one
side, pick up the wounded mans rifle
and go back to the fight with as much
vigor as ever. Yes, sir, we boys have
learned something down there, even il
| Of ~ hod e.
it."
Another witness testifies:
Trooper Lewis Bowman, another OF
the brave Tenth Cavalry. had two ribs
broken by q Spanish shell while before
San Juan. He told of the battle as fol
lows:
1.-The Rough Riders had gone of in
great glee, bantering I'D and good ma.
turedly boasting that they were going
ahead to lick the Spsniards without
any trouble, and advising us to remain
where we were until they returned
and they would bring back some Span.
| ish heads as trophies. When we heard
firing in the distance, our Captain re.
marked that some one ahead was doins
good work. The firing BECAME sc
heavy and regular that our officers
WlSbOOS OI0CAo. ucCtucQ 10 move IOr
| ward and reconnoitre. When we 90
where we could see what was going OF
we found that the Rough Riders hac
marched down a sort of canon between
the mountains. The Spaniards haC
men posted at the entrance, and a
coon as the Rough Rid ers had gone il
had about closed up the rear and wer,
firing upon the Rough Riders from
both the front and rear. lmmediatel,
| the Spaniards in the rear received
volley from our men OF the Tenth Cav
airy (colored) without command. TIL,
Spaniards were afraid we were goin,
to flank them, and rushed out of am
bush, in front of the Rough Rider
throwing up their hands and shouting
| Don't shoot; we are Cubans.'
1.-The Rough Riders thus let them es
cape, and gave them a chance to tax,
better position ahead. During al
this time the men were in all the tai
grass and could not see even each 9th
er and feared the Rough Riders in tn,
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IT is announced that the official sig
nature of Hen. JJDsoN w. LYONS. the
Register of the Treasury will appear
upen the face of the bonds of the two
hundred million dollar war loan.
Mr. LYONS is a citizen of color, thank
Cad
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

We return thanks to the Carnation
Social Club for an invitation to their
annual outing at Seven Pines, August
9Th, Mrs. GERTRUDE HOPE, president I;
Mrs. JUNIUs X. SMITH, secretary.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

pact, so far as Virginia Seminary is
concerned is at an end and that direct
appeals to the Baptists OF Virginia for
its support will be made.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

CoLoRED men should be careful in
their conduct. 1t is ours to make
friends, but never to sacrifice manhood
in SO doing.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13

Mr.. II. A. HAGLEk is now connected
with the Brunswick, Ga, Herald and
makes his bow TO the public.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-08-13
SATURDAY, AUG Is, 1898

INJUsTIoE seems to be rearing its
head in the army.
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Entered In the Post-Omce at Richmond, Va.
a. second class matter.
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The Reign of Lawlessness.
JUDGE LYNCH BLOODY WORK
Fearful Record. The Law Sleeps
Fearful Record.

Shall this barbarity continue until the rerbutiou
marshals his strength against the barbarians p
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