Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-04-13

breathe the pure air Of freedom. We
go 20 church en- Sundays, sing hymns,
listen Co eloquent sermc ne, and elo-
quenl prayers, but neither you nor 1
I'D nor the minister, ever gives one
thought te our brothers and sisters
in bonds. Nay Heaven help usi
ls there no one to cry aloud ard
spare not Ia there no one ia this
land OF churches. and Bibles, and
hymn books, and schools, and convict
camps a. stockades and filthy fails
shat would compare with the bastile
in France, ana buruings at the stake,
and shooinRs and hAngings, that
would 20 from place to place and tell
OF the new slavery" before our land
IS again deluged IN blood per haps the
story would burn into the hearts of
some child as the poor slaves story
did into mine and the never to- be-for
gotten words might be as seed Gown in
good ground which would spring up
ana bear fruit in years to come.
CAN NO LONGER SAT- IT.
The North can no longer say to the
south, Il am holier than thou" for
within the borders OF it's States are
found lynchings, etc. The South ie
not alone in educating it's youths to
witness burnings, hsngiogs and shoot
inRs of lite citizens,
a leading Texas paper referred TO
the burning OF Henderson, whose tor. |
lures were 30 great that his scream
could b. heard blocks away, az q pic
nic A love for such scenes of eruelty
is spreading through the North, and |
children are being schooled TO look |
upon them with immunity. and enjoy |
them a. they would "pie-nic."
Great aud meroiful God ! what ara
we whose hearts have not turned TO |
adamant. to do2
Slave chips no longer wing their yay
across the Atlantic carrying their
~eight or woe, for everything connect
ed with the slavery OF apte-belIum
days has been wiped out with blood.
4 DOOR WIDE OPEN,
Terrible as our OWL War VISA n war
which clio not end Until every bonds
mans chain vas sew sred, ret nc left
ooor wide open for another slavery
more terrible, il possible, than the |
frs.
To help make this nes slavery seen
justifisble, the ne wspapers tenn win
accounts or assaults on women by Ne
gr0es, etc,
In some states an attempted "a.
sauit" ~ IL punished with death, hr
lifelong imprisonnienS usually the
lsster for { very new victim AIDA to the
long list OF chain gang slaves. Mspv
Of these unfortuuates are ipnocents
but their labor ia wanted. The evii
grows with frightful rapidity.
The grand jury found in Anderson
EQUITY, O.l convict stockades filled
with "conSicts" ali INNooENr MEN. who
mad done nothing TO be convicted of.
put there they were, shackled, fiog-
ge d, made Co work like De ssts of bur.
den, or rather like convlcts. Animals
are not treated 90 badly as these coz
victs.
MUST NOT COMPLAIN.
But worst or al, no word OF conn
plant must ever come from q convict.
Ii an investigating com mittee suc>
ceeds in wrshching one word from one
OF these Shain-gaBg slaves. torture ia
sure to Fellow. ! refer Co most CEN
victs 10 bur Southern States. when ri
say this.
How long must the newspapers pois-
on the public mind by their nnissfsee-
menSs2 How long mugt We read of
na5n being mutilated and then hung.
CT shot to death7 How long must we
read of msn being burned OF the stake.
and we re I'D T0cA accounts oftcn now
how long. on, how leng2 Row long
must we Read Sbout the sew slAVeryG
the prison peRe, srd stocksdes, and do
nothing
HLw LONG SHALL WE BE SILENT Ho ri
long, oh Lerd how long2