Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-01-12

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TO educate themselves and make thu m
selves useful and prosperous citizens"
The TINES evidently thinks this q
great concession It makes a virtue OF
q necessity.
We have more than once expressed
the opinion that dividing the school
tax on basis OF racial taxation W 1uld
be Glass legisia zion and accordingly
unconstitutional.
1t INDUCES in the following sill y
twsddle:
But that does not alter the simple
fact which we stated. We said that
this was q white mans country, that
white men discovered il, white men
settled it, white men gsinsd it's indie
penden"e, whits men developed its re-
sources and made il rich and that,
therefore, white men would continue
to rule it and to enjoy Its hrst
fruits. TIE Index Appeal says that
the statement that this is q white
mans country would seem TO imply
that the white man 10 aboriginal to
IT," which we all know is not SO.
Qlite true. When the white men dis
covered America, it was overrun and
dominated by savsges with red skins.
But the white man took possession and
the red man Was driven farther and
farther back into the forest until by
and by the white man owned all the
land and the red skins we're trAmps
upon the American continent.
1t says:
"Thst is the way Of the white man,
especially when he happens Co be of
possession OF q land, he occupies it and
has dominion over il, and thst is the
simple fact which we have stated"
The AnRlo-Ssxon race has no place
in this country, for the TsutoRie and
Latin races are all mixed in one con-
glomerated mass. 1t continues:
"There is q place for the black man
in this country, and in spite OF many
complaints he is getting along fairly
well. Many black men have sccumu-
lated property, have educated them
selves, have shown the progressive
spirit and have progressed There are
hundreds of such men in Richmond
to-day aud they are not giving them
selves much concern about the social
ed Negro problem"
Yes, there is q place for the black
man in this country, and it's limits are
defined by the Declaration Of indie
pendepce and the Constitution of the
United States.
We will accept no less than is speei-
fed therein and will demand no more.
The black men in Richmond, who have
accumulated property, and thank God
we are numbered with them, hsven't
the time to stop and wrestle with the
prejudiced ernnks, who find pleasure
in belittling and msligning them.
They are no less active, however. in
cultivsting individual friendships with
white VirgIuisns, promptly complying
with their business contracts and liv-
ing upright lives TO the satisfaction OF
all unprejudiced beholders.
1t then brutally remarks:
"They get all the respect that they
deserve and no man prevents them
from toilin9 and trading and getting
gain. But whenever the black man is
put into such competition with tie
white man &c to deprive the white mao
OF the first fruits OF the land there is
going to be trouble for the black man
OF course they no not, because when
he tolls, he tolls for the white man and
when be trades, he sells the white
mans goods and pays him for the priv
ilege.
But the TINES declaration and
threat OF trouble for the black man is
pandering to the worst prejudices and
unworthy Of great journal. lifts
theories were logically carried out, il
would disrupt society and over-turn
the government itself. 1t would af-
ford no protection of The weak against
the strong.
Is it possible that this editor is net
conversant with political econ omy and
is blind to history?
And yet with the enunciation of this
absurd doctrine and discounting OF
ethics, it has the efrontery to publish
an editorial sermon every Sunday
morning. 1t concludes its remarkable
dissertation as follows:
1T has been the aim OF this paper
and will continue TO bs its aim to keep
the races from clashing, for whenever
there is q clash the black man is 81.
ways the sufferer. This is not quss-
ton of 'piety,' as the Index-Appeai
seems to think. 1t is a question of
conditions."
1t claims to aim to keep the races
from clashing while advocating q poll
cy TO produce the very results which it
processes to avoid. But why discuss
the TIMKs2
For hypocrisy, it has a reputation
econdly to that exercised by the Dew
hipnaalf and Tho TnIa-