Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-10-20

or. But the CONSTITUTE IN OF Virgins
10 even more emphatic, for Article L.
Section 8 reads:
THAT all elections ought to be free,
and that all men. having suffi ,ient v.
idenee OF common interests wit an
attachm snt to the community, ! I'VE
the right Of sudrsge. and cannot he
tAx- ID or deprived of their prop rty
tor public uses without their consent
or that of their Representatives so
elected, nor bound by aHy law Co
which they have not in like manner
assented for the public good"
This is Virginia law. Mr.. TIMES. and
this may account for your evident de.
sire to change it.
There ia another section in the same
article, it ia Section II ami reads:
THAT no free government, or the
blessings or liberty, can be preserved
TO any people but by firm adherence
TO justiSe, mod GRAFTON, Temperance
ana virtue, and by q frequent reeur-
renee TO fundamental principles"
And there is another section--2o from
the same Article of your own Virginia
Constitution. 1t reads:
THAT all eitizeDs Of the state me-
groes Included, sir are hereby deelar-
eo to possess equal, civil and political
rights and public privileges"
But why q tote more to discomfit
the TIMxsP It's only cry now seems to
be Change that Constitution
The TINES continues:
Now what we ask OF the Sun is not
that it should join US in depriving the
Negro of his right to vote, because he
has no such right except as we give
him. What we ask of the Sun is that
it will join with us in repeating the
fifteenth Amendment so that in
granting the right of suffrage we may
discriminate and confer the right upon
those who should have it and deny it
TO those who should not have it."
To what we" does the TINES refer?
For this I'VE" includes the very Ne
groes whom this journal is discussing
In order that this journal may fully
appreciate the ridiculous attitude in
which it has placed itself, we ask it to
imagine the citizens of color discussing
the same questions and making SINH
lar remarks concerning white citizens
The TIMES would set US down as a
class OF fools or lunatics, or both.
1t may discuss the Filipino who has
not as yet taken the oath Of allegiance
to this government in such light,
| but it must shAtSer the American Con-
stitution before it can dlssu IS us i'm
the manner IS set forth in that rem ark
able article.
As the matter now stands, we are
confident that the situation in the
Phi ippines will give the Negro. haters
enough to do without interfering with
one OF the humblest and kindliest bod.
les Of our citizens to be found in this
or any other country.
Colored men, take courage. Obey
the laws. respect yourselves, cultivate
a friendly relationship with those
white people who show themselves
friendly. > respectful, obliging, in.
dustrious, God-fearing, moral and
trust the rest to eternity, where the
settlement OF all questions must
eventually take place.
We have come long distance
through dark night of oppression
our feet are sore with travelling, bat
our spirit is unsubdued. We have
progressed and we have succeeded and
the dawn is just beyond.
All races have had similar expe.
riences, and it is crystsliza ID in the ut
terances Of the Scriptures
"Speak unto the children OF Israel,
that they go forward !"