Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-02-16
Prof Washington Here
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white and the black msn For 20
yssrs we ba sn 10 educate our people
in tn bulk. We overlooked what hid
been taking place on the plantation
for $50 years
Il Is Co lead the Negroes cut OF the
drudRery to that atmosphere where
man will love labor instead OF dodg inp
labor.
Tier is very little rejud ice in the
American dollar H. told of the col
ore BARRIERS. the cooks and the boot
blaeks-sll Of whom we're losing their
occupation TO the white men. He sd-
vised the race to wake up and put skill
in it.
We get the idea that every man must
teach school. or presch the gospel TIL
minister and the professional man
must have the productive, producing
classes as basis
THE WORK " ILL PROSPER.
In proporiio ss you get these class
| es, the WORK will prosper. It requires
a statesman TO construct, to build up
Any demagegue can tear down be-
lieve that you in the state OF Virginia
believe with me that intelligence is
| worth more than ignorance. that hon.
ts'y is worth more than dishonesty
Some one said that the South IL not
able TO educate the Negro. My reply
| was that The South is not able not to
educate the Negro.
II the South had money in its banks,
like tho North, then it could discuss
the question whether il would net
educate the Negro.
Nothing drives the Negroes from the
i 0nnntRu at ~ L.
talk OF taking his schools away from
him.
The white man in the city finds that
the labor market Lis crowded. The
question IL whether you will educate
him with your money or whether you
will let foreigners come In ars educats
him.
KNRw TIE WHITE MRN.
know the white men OF the South.
/ know that they are not going 70 do
an In justice TO him. The love has been
planted By your fore-father and you
have no right TO dig IL up. Den't disturb
it. It 10 sacred. Don't disturb it, col
ored men. Don's disturb il, white
meD. The Negro 10 going up. he IL
not standing still. he told the story
OF Or Gle Jake and the camp meeting.
Prof. Washington stated that the
NJ groes Of Georgia owned / 800 OOC
acres Of land in Geor eis and paid taxes
on sl4, 600 200 worth OF property, and ]
learn that you are making even better
Iprogre % than this in Virgins.
He then dealt with she question OF
white men paying most Of the taxes
and fscetiously remarked, I'VE arr
not paying the taxes, but we art
making it very convenient for those
Il m hn d. M ha Tha -
pays the rent furnishes the money
which pays the taxes"
Judge us by the best rather than bJ
the worst. Judge us by those " no are
in the scbool-room snd not by those
who are in the penIseptiaries. Judge
the people OF New York by the woSst
elements and what hope could Their,
be for that cityf
MAKES IEoURsT.
want to make Q request. / want
you to get scqusintsd with what the
colOred people are doing in Rich mond
1t would surprise you to go into their
banks, their laundries, their hotel and
Ifheir places OF business. do not ask
it in social way. j ask you to get
Mr.. Jackson to take you through the
places.
You really don't know bow proud
you ought TO be Of the progress your
colored people are making.
Ask q white man what he is prepar-
ing to do and he will eply to invest in
more business. Ask colored man the
same question and he'll tell you he ID
preparing to die. We must stop THE
dying business. On every hand are
societies to bury colered people.
Start banks, hotels, etc. One bath
tub is worth ten times more than o
c. fin.
In Alabama. we find il O hard thing
to make q good Christian OF q hungry
msn, and l wouldn't trust a hungry
white man very far. Education in.
creases the Negroes wants. In conclus
ion i thank God that ! have reached q
point where can sympathize with one
man NJ we'll ne I can another.
"a mans m an for - that, a. tha at
MAKE FRIENDS WITH TEE WHITE PEOPLE,
I teach my people to in every honor
ably manly way, make friends with the
white man, who lie his Hext door neigh
Dor.
From the best elements we are 90.
ing to secure our rights and privileges
| rs citizens.
White men, you can crush as or you
can raise US up. You can make us live
or you can make us die. We rest our
case with you. NothiJ & will stand but
that which is absolutely right, abso-
lutely just to all men. TIE great hu.
man law is everlasting, is universal.
When black man has $500 co loan,
he never has any trouble to get . white
man to borrow that money from him.
The speaker then made . powerful
appeal to the white people present and
closed amidst applause which began in
the galleries and ended ia the orches-
ira, where prominent white men sat
listening carefully to ell the distin-
guished orator had to say.