Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-07-16
A RECOGNITION OF cons POWER.


when the Spanish admirAls took COM
mand OF their ships they called togeth- |
er the captains and their crews and |
bowed before God, and swore by him
that liveth. that they would never re-
turn to Spain again, until they came
back with the honor Of Spain. Also,
the Queen Regent asked the Pope to
pray that success might attend the
arms Of Spain,
THE PoPE's PROMISE
He promised her that he would. Yet,
in spite of all this Spain has been over
whelmingly defeated.
Now, does it not follow by q parity Of
reasoning that Spain has the same
right to charge God with Slothfulness
toward her as President Mckinley has
to ask the American nation to praise
Him for their victories2 Now, one OF
the reasons why civilization cannot be
advanced any more rapidly in Atri-
ca, il because the natives can see God
in a bush, stick. river, sun, moon and
starsA
The Bible is very plain I'm it's defini-
ton o. God. 1t says God Is love- But
President Mckinley has abe heather
idea. He can see God in she murder OF
ships: in sending men mao another
country's territory. 90 pat down the
same hellish butchery prevailing at
home.
For nineteen hundred years we have
been waiting for christianity TO bring
men together in . more friendly rela-
ton, yet the world to-dey is little
more than q hell TO the human race.
THE BUroHKRY OF TEE ERGRo.
When ! see Negro taken from the
hands of sheriff withip seven and q
half miles OF the national capital and
Iyuched, and the same government
which is 60 day spending millions to
protect citizens Of anotheE nation. re-
! fuses to protect its own, say the Ne
gro owes God nothing.
They tell Us that Free Trade Is ruin
Gus to this country; thai free silver Il
ruinous that mormonism Is worst o.
all: nay more, there is al evil more
threatening to the safety Of this Amer
lean republic than al 81 these com
bined-it is catholicism.
The institution of slavery was found
ed, built and rested upon the Bible.
The words OF Whittier are in point
when he refers to John Calvin, WHIT
went around teaching the coionist
that Negro slavery was justified oy Tn
Bible.
CALVIN AND SLAVERY.
"He made his ships to fly across tn
Atlantic coast; blown by the winds o
the Holy Ghost" Calvin was q greA
advocator of Negro slavery
J Whatever success may attend tn
American Army or Navy is not due &
any individual effort on the part G
; President Mckinley, because he an
Thomas B. Reed were opposed to tn
recognition of Cuba, first and last, be
cause so large part of her populatlo
was colored.
WILL NEVER BOW.
will never bow my knees to McKir
ley's God nor the God who has the bi
: hollow in his hand. until my race
protected at home.
E Only few days have passed sine
g u. s. Senator in his debate on tn
; annexation of Hawaii said that he or
posed its becoming = Part of the UT
3 ION, because so many Negroes wei
there and that he did not believe thu
: a Negro was as good as white maj
4 because God painted him black.
Now, here,is another man who has Il
heather idea of God. He sees him
the color Of mans skin. Any persc
who has al intelligent conception
= God loves his fellowmen. The Bib
= says, that love worketh no i'll to h
= neighbor.
q Again. how can a. man love &c
= whom he hath not seen, and hateth h
brother whom he hath SEEM L
the people of the United States wi
"a have expended $4,000 600 in prope
= ty to worship God in, and yet treat t
= Negro as they would q beast, answ
these questions.
AN ASSAULT IN CHRISTIAN RELIGION
The christian religion, that was pT
"A claimed to sheep. minders about Is
- years ago, is like . sepulchre In y
. grave Yard-fair and white withol
a but within it 10 filed with corrupt
e and dead mems bones. Ever since
A. made his advent on the earth. 1T
- been under domination OF three fore
ts intellect, capital and cooperate
= So, Just in proportion a. the AT
ia American learns to grapple with the
- forces lust in proportion will he T
and come Ph1nixlike from the ear
SPEAKING TO CONSERVATIVES.
81 I am not speaking TO gain the smi
On of the masses, l am speaking to
A0 conservative, thinking element of AT
~ Americans, The Constitution q
~. Declaration of independence OF
~ United States were written by n
~ who did not believe in . God; yet
~ SAYS, call men are by nature free Z
81 equal" Thanks to his name for IL
II the orthodox demons who comp
our Congress had the Constitution I
Declaration OF Independence to rev
Ae that statement would not appear.
'Vs Let us proceed unmoVed, and lie
al McKinley's God out OF the question
J. THOMAS HEwn
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