Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18

men VINO robbed the hapless Baker of
his life. Certain it is, Mr.. President.
that the sorrow Of Mr.. Kinley's widow
surrounded as she is and has been by all
OF the sympathy and comfort that a
wealthy nation can give lis no greater
than that Of that lonely black South
Carolina woman, who is now a stranger
IN strange land, with family depend
ent upon her for support and i'm a clim-
ate Tor which she is not suited and sur
roundlngs which caused her TO long for
home.
But this is great nation 1t disre-
CARDS the lessons of history, ignores
great principles and ruShes on co certain
destruction and premature decay.
A VISIT TO THE WRITE HOUSE.
Standing in the Executive Mansion,
Mr.. President, j had the honor to be the
spokesman for the delegation which re-
quested the late President Mckinley 20
intervene IN the State of North Carolina
and see TO it that the laws of the United
States were respected and obeyed. At
that time, Mr.. President, colored men
were exiles and those who remained
We're in hiding.
United States naval officers were said
to have participated in the horrible mas
sacre at Wilmington, N. G. and the
lynchers made no effort TO conceal their
identity.
CONDEMNED GOV. RUSSELL.
Governor Russell, the greatest Re
publican coward of the century was vir-
tually crouching in his office at Raleigh,
n. O., thoroughly scared for his future
and fearful of an assault upon his worth
less life. In the midst of all this. the
delegation headed by that brainy uncom-
promising race advocate, Alexander
Walters made this appeal.
MIR. NCKINLEY's PROMISES.
We might as well draw the curtain.
4 Mr.. Mckinley promised that he would
do all iii his power TO right the existing
conditions. He said he had a way to do
/ it. What that way was has never been
! disclosed. Suffice it to say that A. NJ
Wadden and his coterie of buccaneers
overturned the city government, took
/ possession and as yet control the desti-
nies of Wilmington, n. @.
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS.
The parade of the Red shirts was at
| an end and silence reigned. But it was
Mr.. President, the silence of death. In
J the swamps, the woods, on the river
banks the bodies of the hapless colored
victims were found and the survivors
bewailed their untimely taking off.
They prayed to God for sympathy and
asked the public for relief.
1t came not. The murderers had
themselves satisfied their murderous in
stincts, The State and the national
governments were silent and the law
proceeded to take another long sleep,
NO MORE COMMENT.
| We cOmmentino more on this phase of
! the question, Mr.. President. The result
/ is soon told. The Buffalo tragedy, the
last homecoming of the President to
Washington, the dreary trip to Canton,
Ohio, the grief of the nation, the tolling
of solemn sounding bells, the tramp of
mournful soldiery and the requiem at
the grave emphasizes that the culmina-
tion of this form of anarchy should be
! at an end.
BLOODY RECORD.
Why then should refer to the color
ed man lynched January 7th, 1898 for
stealing two dollar hog, or William
Be II lynched April End, 1898 at Amite
City, La. for no crime whatever, or
| William Street, colored, burned at the
stake June 22nd, 1898, at Devline, La,
Joseph Williams, lynched July %, '9S
at a place called Scotland Neck, SO,
simply because he was impudent to a
white man, or Alexander Walker, color
ed, who was lynched Aug. Is, 1898 at
Pleasant Hill, Ala. because he was trou-
blesome, or James Nealey, eolored, who
was lynched Aug 10th, 1898 at Hamp-
! ton, Ga. because he wanted drink of
soda water, or the eleven colored men
lynched Nov. o, 1898 at Phoenix, S. @.
or the % persons lynched March 22nd,
1899 because they were troublesome in
Arkansas, or Albert Sewell, colored,
who was lynched April Gath, 1859 at
Palmetto, GA. because he talked too
much; or the old colored preacher, Rev.
Lige Strickland, who was lynched April
23rd, 1899 at Palmetto, Ga.
These are bloody references, Mr.. Pres
ident, and the limited time makes it i'm
possible for me to comment upon many
more Of similar character.
The speaker then cited other lynch
ings. He continued:
BUILDED BETTER THAN BE KNEW.
Is is but fair however, to refer to the
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