Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-03-03
DR.. BARRINeER AND TIE NEGRO


mt Charleston, 8. O.. February 2lst be.
fore the Tri.Stste Medical Association
and as usual took as his subject, The
Southern Negro"
He had the sudacity to speak of the
"sges OF degradation under which the
Negro was formed and the 30 centu-
ries OF historically recorded ssvsgery
with which he came to America "and
he declared that this condition could
not be permanently Influenced by one
or two centuries of enforced correc-
ton"
We pause to ask the question, who
historically recorded that savsgery,-
the Negro or the white mani
What savsgery upon the part of the
black man can surpsss that practieed
in Britain in its beginning down TO the
10Th Century What ssvsgery can
surpass that OF the French Revolution
and the Spanish nquisition 2
What ssvsgery can surpsss that OF
the American colonies. where women
were burned NJ witches and the men
sacrificed rs martyrs
| What ssvageFy can surpsss the treat.
ment of the slaves for two hundred
and fifty years and the torturing and
the humiliation of the Indians for
like space of time?
What ssvagery can surpsss that as
practiced in Texas and Georgia, and
Tennessee and Virginia and Kentucky
where human beings were burned ut
| the stakes and thousands, and tens OF
thousands turned out rs upon holi.
dsyf Young men and young women,
boys and girls gsz I'd upon the naked
body OF human being writhing in the
agony Of death and being subjected to
all OF the horrors OF death by fire 2
Does it not seem TO you DR.. BARRIN-
esR that the white man aud not the
Negro is relapsing into bsrbsrisn 2
We will not stop here, DIR. BAkRINeKR I;
60 with us to the Philippine Islands
where the boosted civiliz alton holds
sway. Here it IL suthoritativeiy stated
that native women have been raped by
white men of your race. Two were
condemned to die as result OF being
adjudged guilty, and their sentences
have been comnuted TO life imprison-
ment. IL this ease DR.. BARRIsaEk of
white men relspsing into bsrbsrism or
the Negroesi
1t seems strange then that this preju-
diced professor should remark:
"'The Negro, was in Thsbes 5000
years before the Christian era, he WAS
in Carthage aud in Rome when these
nations fiourished, and always ss q
slave. BE is the slave of the ma
tions and accepts that condition
are supplied. Wherever he has
attained any civilization 1t has been
when he was under the control OF
| stronger will than his own, for in Afri-
CO, where he has been left to himself,
he is still the cannibal ana the savage
shat ne always has bsen."
why don't YOU tell the whole truth,
DE-. BARRINaER History records the
fact that there were whits slaves as
well as black ones in Rome. 1t further
states that they were in many instan-
ces the capt;ves taken in war. Is
further states that the women were
often carried away for lecherous pur-
poses and made 20 submit to the will
of thsir conquerors. Tell the whole
truth, Dr.. BARRYMORE, tell the whole
truth
You talk about history What
does il say about the Carlovinisn kings
of France? Why were they line OF
idiots2 Was is not because they CO.
habited with their own kin? The Ne.
gro has no record of ever having done
this thing. Tell the whole truth,
Dr.. BARRMaKR. tell the whele truth
What does history say about the
reign OF HENRY VIII of England? II Q
divorced one wife and had about eight
others?
Was this savagery II not, what
was 1T Tell she whole truth. DR..
BARRYMORE, tell the whole truth 2
What does history say about our own
land
Why is it that the country is filed
with mulattoes, ostoroons aud quad
rooms Did God Almighty bring about
the transition ? II he did not, Was II
savagery When white men sold theiS
own mulatto sons and cehsbitcd with
their own mulatto sisters, WAS this
savagery or deviltry or both?
Tell the whole truth, DR.. BARRINeER,
tell the whole truth
We pause to remark that history
shows no record of any racs which has
not in some form or the other passed
under the yoke OF slavery.
We challenge q denial, backed up by
historical facts. Surely in his blind
hatred of the Negro, Dr.. BARRrNaxs
over-stepped the mark.
Speaking of the young Negro he ha.
the audscity to say:
"By the time he is fully grown he il