Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-03-03
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"There 10 no trouble between that
class of blacks and the whites. The
black man who conducts himself in q
genteel way, who treats the white
man with respect and consideration,
who takes an interest in good govern
ment aud good institutions, who shows
himself, in short, 80 be good citizen
worthy OF respect, will always be treat
ed with respect by the whites, and
with oil the consideration which he de-
serves"
or course there il no trouble be-
tween that class OF blacks aud the
whites. except that of the demsgogue's
making.
And ret it is . fact that this class of
colored people are the only ones en-
barrassed and injured by msn of your
and JOHN e. EPPs' stripe.
What does the low class colored PEG.
pie, the thugs-the boorish, the insult
ing elements care about Jim Grow"
Car?
lis the respectable. the genteel, the
educated, the property owning colored
men and their families who feel the
humiliation.
And yet, you do all in your power to
injure, nalign. misrepresent, and in
suit them, while assuring them that
you are not after them but the other
fellows.
We know who got the bullet fred
from your rife. l. didn't strike the
fellow you said you were after. and
apologies now and psrlsyiag and ex.
plantations do not make as feel one
whit better over the result of yeur
blunder.
JoHN K. EPPs and his crowd knew
who they were after.and they made no
mistake in their calculation. II you
think they did, it is only an example
OF another sirnpleton being buneoed
without knowing it and the perpetra-
tor oil. the fraud is even now ''down the
street laughing.
The TINES has the sudacity to say:
"But the black man can make a
place for himself in the South. He
can build up q society for himself, and
those who are now taking the lead, IL
they will but pursue the right course,
will by degrees lift up their race to
higher plane. But the black nam
must make q standard for himself and
for his society, The black mans SO.
ciety must draw the line against the
ignorant and vicious, the unrefinsd
and the ill-mannered Negro. Ironclad
s,n. a. Il n
manners, must be made and rigidly
enforced. II such q soeisty be organ
ICED the meu and women OF the black
race will be inspired TO qualify them
selves, and the elevation Of the Negro
will be sure. Herein il the simple So
luton Of the Negro problem"
1t tells us that we must draw the
line among ourselves, while lit has Just
gotten through with attempting 10
break down the line which we had es-
tablished. It passed the "Jim Crow"
Oar law announcing virtually that we
were iepsrs who deserve to be quaran-
tined.
We need no advice along the lines
it has marked cut for we began this
work of elevation more than twenty
years ago. and even IS we improved
ourselves. the result wss manifest, and
the influence overwhelming.
The more we improved ourselves
the further the white brother wanted
&c get away from US.
Without education, good manners
and those elevating characteristics
with which we are now possessed, the
white men Of Virginia were satisfied
with as on the steamboats, the rail-
roads and their in private houses.
With the improvement. they slam
their doors in our faces, give Us Slim
Cros" Steamboats, and slim Grow
Cars and by other methods show the
disspproval of our course in practicins
the very virtues which our "one-eyed'
contemporary comnepds.
On, these are strange newspapers edi
tors; and q stranger class of white PEG
pie reading the iArgon which theil
journals contain.
Oolored men. our destiny is in OWE
hands. Hypocrisy is everywhere il
evidence. Let US
awake, arise, or be forever fallen =