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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26
TIE APuLoaIsTs FOR HoRTH OAR
0LIEA.

That any one. white or coiored, Jew
or Gentle, Christian or Iufiiel could
be found to Justify the numbering OF
the unsrmed colored men at Whining
ton, N c., after the so-called election
had taken place is one Of the surprises
OF the century.
The leaders on both sides had been
in conferences, and had agreed upon a
mode of procedure. The colored psc-
pie abided By this decision snd placed
no ticket in the field. The traitors to
the city government, intoxicated by
their suecess proceeded to destroy pri-
vate property and take human life.
There was no excuss for it aud the
only plea in justification is that some
other man who was not found and who
was not killed had written an objec-
tionable article and published it in his
journal three months before. and there
fore twenty-five people who did not
write the article and twenty five more
who knew nothing about it must be
shot down and butch sred to satisfy the
passions OF the band ofcut-throats.
Could plea be more absurd? Could
an excuse be more preposterous? At
first, an effort was made to have IL ap-
pear that these colored people had
gathered there for the purpose OF de-
Tending the building, then this was
found TO be out Of the question, be-
cause they we're unarmed
The sufferings of the victims of this
massacre will never be tod. Men
were shot in the head, in the body, in
the limbs. Women With babes in their
arms were for ed to fl se for their lives
Small children were helpless and in
their wild rush, vent ahead OF their
parents.
The ad ioiniuR woods were filed with
the refugees. No food, no money, no
shelter, they spent the night. and
many were the prayers sent up to a
merciful COP.
All, it is hard time we are having
in this Southland of ours. AS we prog
ress, as we improve our condition,
mentally, morally, aud materially. our
blood is made to redden the soil and
our persecution multiplied.
No no, there was no excuse for this
slaughter. Brave men would not have
done it, manly men would not have
done it, Christian men would not have
done it.. Everything points to the
words OF condemnation spoken in the
Holy Writ.
1t was a relic of the Middle Ages. 1t
was slaughter, useless slaughter, and
A M. WADDELL, was the leader of the
murderous outrage and his active sup
porters, participants in the crime.
We challenge a comparison OF this
slaughter with the atrocities of the
.fkrks ia Armenia.
1t was cruel, brutal, CHASTITY, out
landish murder. But o reckoning day
is coming bye and bye. 1t will not be
always as 1t is now and we would BIZ
false to our Christian belief and hope
not to realizs that punishment will fol-
low this outburst of brutal passion.
Wilmington will suffer. Her indus.
tries will be paralyzec. People of the
North and West will consider every
garment from it's manufactures as be.
ing blood stained. The office-seekerl
will spend the blood money which they
have secured, butthe masses, and the
murderers will yet live to repent O.
their folly. Lynch-law must got
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

ognised chat the President OF this IA
tiou is not free from the most eaustie
criticism.
The privacy OF the family OF the Hon.
JAMES g. BLArEn was invaded and the
private record OF the Hon GRotER
CLEvELASD displayed TO the public. II
was passed over by she latter in abso-
luse silence, and it was not long before
Mr.. BLAIsE felt constrained TO pursue
the same course.
The American people rebuked the
policy by the election of Mr.. CLkvE-
LAND to the highest Office within the
gift OF the nation.
In Russia the press Is suppressed,
but it is not presumed to be 80 in free
America
It is plain then that Editor MAxLzr
has been made . victim OF caste preju-
dice AMI the destruction of his p-epsr-
~ has upset one of the most carefully
guarded privileges of the government
itself.
To argue that he was responsible for
the fiendish numbering Of about TWEEN
five innocent, unarmed people, who
neither knew who wrote the editorial
in question nor to whom it applied is
TO accept the theory OF the murderers
themselves aud to scquit them of one
OF the foulest aud most atrocious
crimes IN the history of modern butch
cries.
They are guilty OF shedding innocent
blood.
Editor MANLsY may not have been q
politician. but he was q man and as
such had right to express an opinion
upon any subject he saw ft. The viii, e
Democratic press has teemed with re-
dections upon the women OF our race
aud is ever forwardsin telling us to look
to our morals.
The Democratic managers had ma lie
up their minds to steal the state of
North Carolina. They had determined
to wrest it from the hands OF the Flu
sion Party at the muzzle OF double
shotted guns.
One excuse would have been as good
for their purposes as another. Editor
MANLEY's editorial served as only one
of many excuses which they had at
hand.
The issue. plainly spoken was the
right Of the Negro to hold office, aud it
was summed up in two words Negro
RUE. They wanted no other issue in
particular. Thev took any other
which came along. They went out and
killed about twenty five coIored men,
TO awe the others. They were not try
ing to find guilty persons, or hunting
for the toughs. They shot down coll
ored men, who. conscious that they
had done nothing wrong, for which to
be punished were on the scene as on
lockers.
The result is that many families in
Wilmington, wear the emblems Of
mourRing. and many relatives are in
tears. The murderers ara anxious for
a scape-gost. They wish to charge the
murders to SONS one else. EDIT FOR
MANLET is no. the man TO be picked
out. The bogus Mayor, A. M. WAD-
DELL would better 'fill the BILL" and
the men who handled the rifles are the
ones to be swung from the gibbet.
The treatment of Editor MANL.Y wa:
outrageous. the murder Of the colored
men without q parallel since the Mas
sacro OF ST. RarthoIornaw
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

THE Saturday Evening PosT is o
journal possessing rare merit. and is q
source of ever increasing satisfaction
Co those who are SO fortunate as to be
able 70 scan it's psgee.
The illustrations are fine. srtistical-
ly executed and the reading matter,
while intensely interesting is OF the
most ennobling order.
The brilliant Mr.. WrLLIAx GKoRGx
JORDAN is the talented editor. Address
The Curtis Publishing Co 43I Arch
ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

LIEUTENANT -CoLoNxL CRoxroN is in q
most awkward predicameDt. He should
have known when he was doing well
and have acted consistently. The Sixth
Virginia Regiment is all right under
proper treatment. and all wrong und er
white Cfficers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

Whist abe lavIess elements take they
muss wress from ~. and Whist shsx
wrest from 10. they must stand =
gard over, less We ssse 70 surowa
again.
The dfstsnguisAed diviee tAen com
uentsd npen tbs shsugs in che feeling
towards rs Ia the Kersa Ard depiored
the fast that cur friends were de-
cressing N that session.
His rebsks Of che pulpit WAS terrific.
He said:
"Anothsr diseeuragsug circumstances
10 so oe iouod in the fact that the pei
pits OF the land are silent on these
great vrongP- The ministers fear TO
offend those TO whom they minister.
We hear q great deal from these pal
pits about suppressing the kQuor
trsftic. about gambling. about sab
bath desesration, and about the saH-
fering AmeRians, and about Foly-
gsmy in Utah when that cuestion
was up, and the Louisiana lottery
They are eloquent in their appeals tn
wipe out these great wrongs, but when
IL comes TO Southern brutality, to the
killing OF Negroes and despoiling thsm
are to borrow an expression fren lisa
iah, dumb dogs that cannot bark
Had the pulpit done it's duty. ths
Southern savages, who have been sink
ing lower and lower during these years.
Ia barbarism. would Toy this time hava
become somewhat eiviliged, and the
poor Negro, instead of being hunted
down like q wild beast. terrori,ed By q
pack of hrutes, would be living AMIGA
bly, By the side OF his white fellow-cit-
izsn, il not in the full enjoyment of all
his rights, with fair prospect, at least
OF having them all recognised. This IL
the charge which make against tina
Anglo-Ameriean pulpit to dsy; its al
lence has been Interpreted a. an sp-
proval OF these horrible outrages. Bad
men have been encouraged to cousiuus
in their acts Of lawlessness and brutal
ity. IS long as the pulpits are silent ON
these wrongs it is in vain to expect the
people 60 do any better than they are
DONG"
REV. DR. GKnKE 10 right. The
masses of bis people are with him, IA
are also the great conservative element
OF the American people who have not
as yet "bowed the knee to Baal."
The reasonable revolution in North
Carolina is q menace to the nation. the
butchery OF the innocent citizsns of
color q Disgrace to civilization.
Negro LovFJoTs, and GARRrsoxs, and
Phillips. and SUMMERS are needed at
this time.
Colored men, who live in she South
must boldly speak the truth, eompIi-
ment libersl-minded white men, be-
they Democrats or Republicans. de-
fand their property with repeating
rifles, just as white men do and be bu-
ried in the land of their birth where
the tears of their friends and relatives
can mix with the soil and be q mute
protest and appeal az ainst their uu-
timely taking of.
This may be time for conservatism.
but the graves of twenty-five colorsd
men in the neighborbood OF Whining
ton, and the graves of eleven colored
men in the vicinity of Phoenix. 8. O.,
would seem to as to dem Jnstrate that
it is time for action.
Lynch.law must gol
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

IRIS all very we'll to talk about peace
but the best way to get it, when q mob
of murderous cutthroats are elamoring
at your business Office or your private
residence is down the barrel Of q good
repeating rife with the nerve to pull
the trigger IL the towards on the out
side do not make themselves scarce.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

Carolina. where they engage in politics
and are shot down in MississippI where
they do not engage in politics We
would like to know how she spo,ogists
will explain away this anomalous eon-
dition of affairs.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

We are not in favor of having any
more legislation placed upon the stat
ute books for our benefit
We are very much in favor OF having
some person in authority who will en-
force the laws already upon the statute
books for our benefit.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26
READS LIKE PRoPHBsY.

TIE address to the President Of the
United States, framed aud presented
Nov. 5, 1898 by Messrs. JESSE LAWSON.
r. w. THoMPsoN, II. A. CLARK, rHos.
WAKE and @. L. MARSHALL on bshalf Of
the Lyceum Of the SKcoND BAPThr
CHURcH of Washington will pass into
history as prophetic document and
will yet tend to embarrass the Chief
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

CoNaREss can do no more for Us than
at has done. What is needed now is q
strong man in the executive chairs of
the state and stronger one in the
White House of the nation. We are
watching for the Presidents Message.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

ALL we have to ask is. IL black mob
vent to white editors residence to
destroy his property AMI take his life,
what would he do
You do exactly what he would do
and you will come near acting proper.
IL.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26
REV. DR.. GRIMKB's UrrERANoEs

REveFRANCrs j. GRrMKE, the able
and eloquent pastor OF the Fifteen tn
Street Presbyterian Church of Wash
ington, Il c., delivered sermon Sam
day morning. Nov. 10th. During HIS
remarks, he took high ground and gave
expression to sentiments SO often ex-
pressed in these columns.
One distinctive characteristic of the
utterances was the spirit of independ-
ence shown and the plea for ell OF the
rights guaranteed by the laws OF the
land. But to the sermon He said:
',Lawlessness is increasing in the
South. After thirty-three years of
freedom our civil and political rights
are still denied us; the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Constitu-
sion are still dead letter. The spirit
of oppression and injustice is not d.
nllnished, but increasing. The deter
mination to keep us in a state of civil
ana political inferiority, and to sur
round us with such cor ditions as will
tend to crush out of US q manly and
self-repecting spirit. is stronger now
than iG was at the close OF the war.
The fixed purpose and determination
OF the Southern whites is to negative
these great amendments, to eliminate
entirely the Negro as political factor.
And this purpose is intensifyiog, is
growing stronger and stronger each
year."
And again:
THE sentiment everywhere is: This
is white mans government. And
that means, not only that the whites
shall rule, but that the Negro shall
have nothing whatever to do with GOV.
ernmentai affairs. IF he dares to think
otherwise, or aspires to cast a ballot.
or to become anything more than a
servant. he is regarded as an impudent
ard dangerous Negro; and according
TO the most recent declaration of that
old slave holding and Iswless spirit,
all such Negroes are to be driven ont
OF the South, or compelled by force. bv
what is known as the shotgun policy.
to renounce their rights as men and as
American citizens.
Grievous condition this, but il is
truthfully portrayed. He paid his re-
spects to tho Sc colored men who be-
come apologists and yield TO the preju.
dices of the age when he said:
This is certainly very discourag-
ing condition OF things, bat the sad
dest aspect of it all is that there are
members OF our race-ard not the ig-
norans, unthinking masses, who have
had no advantages, and who might be
excused for any seeming insensibilitv
co their rights, but the intelligent. the
educate d-wbO are found condouine
such ohenses, justifying or excusing
sucn conditiOn OF Things on the
ground that in view OF The great dis
parity in the condition of the two
races anything different from that
could not reasonably be expected /.
any Negro who takes that position lie a
traitor to his II c., snd shows that he
Is deficient in manhood, in true self
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

WHILE the North Carolina men were
away in the United States service, Of
fering up their lives for their country
murderous white men were in the
streets OF Wilmington, numbering their
brothers whom they hsd left behind.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

RRv. PHILIP A. HUBERT, ID. D., de-
tivered en- able address at Pittsburgh.
Pa, Nov. goth on 'Cubsns Protected,
but the American Negro Neglected.
He could not have selected more
timely subject.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

"A colored man down here is in the
same predicsment as were the early
settlers on the frontier with the In
dians. He knows not the day nor the
hour when the bowling white mobs
will be having song and dance in his
fro nj yard.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

SERGEANT WIN. a. CARNEY of the 54th
Massachusetts,, U. S. Volunteers has
been appointed financial agent TO raise
money to erect an industrial hall at
the JOIN HAY Normal and Industrial
School at Alexandria, Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

Gov. RUSSELL of North Carolina
should be photographed riding in
baggage car, and lodging from the
populace. His compromise and sur
render were the most contemplate
proceedings in the whole affair.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

CoLoRED men. we must unload the
low, degraded la wless element amongst
us. We must be tidy, industrious,
honest. Godfearing and manly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

EDIToR J. z. CLIFFORD Of the Mar
tinsburg, W. Va, Pioneer Press is
.outspoken in his condemnation of the
Wilmington, N c., outrage. His ar
tiele has the right ring to it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

WE have thousands OF liberal mind
ed white men who do not approve of
these actions. Were it not SO, we
would come to the conclusion that
there are no white Christians.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

THR intelligent white men OF Will
minPton resorted to murder and there
by proved their title to ell Of the glo-
xies of our modern civilization.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

CoLoRED men, let US be careful not
TO offend and to drive from our sup
port our white friends iu our condem-
nation of our white enemies.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

A. NJ. WApDELL of Wilmington is no
more the Mayor of that town than are
we. He is responsible for the murder
OF twenty-five innocept men.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

1T is no use to look to Warrington.
So far as Virginia is concerned, we
look to the capitol ct Richmond, aud
our own weak arms.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

CoLoRED men, we should defend our
selves first snd then call upon the
government to protect US afterwards.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

Entered IN the Pos.omce at Richmond, We.
~ second class matter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26
SATURDAY. NOV. 20. 1898.

THE movement for the colored brC til
er to make IL 20 be in favor OF himself.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

POSTAGE STAMPS OF A DISSEMINATION
HIGHER THAN TWO CENTS NOT RECEIVED
RN SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26

cO1ORGD men are murdered in North
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-26
JOHN M1ToHELL.JR.. EDITOR

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Published every saturday by John Mitchell
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1898-01-11
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