Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-06

Btccs. TUX uhys buu uixnts ne vlsiteo
the "swest-boxes' of Riehmous, sp.
pssling to these same Negroes to work
for him. Now he comes forward ask.
ing that they be denied by law the
right to work for others.
II seems to have been ss much ss
Mr. MULLEN could do to make living
himself and he row wishes to deny TO
honest, industrious colored people the
right TO earn a livelihood and support
a family.
We are surprised at NJ. MoReAN R.
MILLS. We understand that his en-
lp oymept ~ q plumber necessitates at
times his dealing In filth; but that be
would permit the Negotiating ele.
ments OF his party to cause him to
violate one of the most solemn obliga.
tions which a man eau take and there.
by coDsign his soul to perdition is
more than we expected.
We know Brother MULLEN and ex.
pected little else from him for the low
ing manner in which he embraced Us
few years ago when he wanted our
votes to elect him to congress caused
IA to be intimately acquainted With
him. But we had better opinion of
Brother MILLS. Being ia the bath tub
business. we thought that he was IN
the condition to cleanse other people
than in the predicament OF needing
purging himself.
| hat have co ored men done TO him?
Why should look over the street loaf.
ers, the bummers, the snstch-thieves
OF our race aud attack the hard work.
log men who have families to supporl?
Why did you do it, Mr.. MULE? Sure
~ he has forgotten the teachings OF the
Bible and gone blind upon the great
principles by which nations are guided.
Truly said the Saviour, "And as We
would that men should do to you, do
re also to them likewise" Have you
ever read that, Mr.. MILLS? Did you
have the benefit OF q training at the
hands OF q Christian mother, or did
you, like ToPsY, simply growed. We
would to God that you had come from
the family OF VirgInisn who owned
slaves, from family whose children
were reared By a ample, open hearted,
christian black nanny. Had you
listened to her instructions you would
have been able to have realized the
full import of the biblical declaration
which announces, "For with which
measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you sgsir."
Be not discouraged, colored men by
the attitude of these men whom we
would have rather helped than injured.
They are indeed blind leaders OF the
blind, By their action, they place Ia.
Dor in the attitude of fighting labor
and thereby bring about the very ser-
ditions which they had hoped vainly
to obviate.
They HAYS robbed US OF our rights TO
representation, by force taken away
from Us our right to vote. They have
filled every office in the city and state
with white men, and no where do we
see q colorsd mans name upon the
payroll OF the city governments.
They are advocating the closing OF
the public free schools by cutting
down the appropriations therefor and
now they are denying 10 us the right
to dig even the streets at the paltry
compensation of one dollar per day.
Can we stand this treatment? Oar
we submit without protest. Get your
answer from the past. Gall bsck the
winds of '59 and the zephyrs of 'e(
and ask them what of the night then
It led to an upheavAl then. 1t will
lead to 9 revolution now. A writer
has said, '''where law ends, tyranny
begins" So be it.
On with your resolutions against US
Pile up your denuncistions of the God
fearing and industrious. We havi
with stood them before. We can do q
now aud we warn Mr.. MnLs aud Mr.
MULLEN that we shall yet live to SCI
. their children or their relatives in
. predicamsnt for more pitiable thar
: the Sc defenseless Negroes whom the,
are bounding to the death.
Close to as your milisl Bar US GU
y from al legitimate employment
: Crowd your jails and pack your peni
tentiaries with those whom you bsv
foreed to steal and erect tier after tie
of galleries in your lunatic asylums t.
receive the insane, We are here t
stay. il not as full fedged American
cit izens then as the wizard OF the des
ert, torment to all your aspirations
sending up prayers to the God Of tn
universe who controls nations, an
g whose hand is seen in all of tn
archives of the world.