The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-07

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Sill note In your paper OF Jannar,
2Sth Lawyer J. II. Hayes is reported n.
having made speech in Washington be.
lore an enthusiastic audience of his CAGE
| IN which he said "the negroes are leay.
| ING the State. because of the treatman,
| is to start something, and keep it ,,p until
the white people stop something. We
| don't intend to be crushed am afraid
they are receiving. What we want TO ID
| we are anarchistic; that we are anar-
chists. and give the warning that If this
| oppression in the South continues the
negro must resort to the sword and the
torch, and that the Southland will become
land OF blood and desolation" I also
| noted In your comment upon the same
you ask: What do the sensible negroes
think Of this speech?"
beg the privilege to state that SUCH
clap-trap is only suited for rabies
That no thinking, intelligent colorcd au.
dience can endorse -, sentiments OF
such speech. They are not, nor. indeed
can be. the rentiments of the sensible
colored persons North or South do not
Relieve that it Is true that the negroes
are leaving Virginia because Of the treat
nent they are receiving. But it is main
~ the Inducements in the way of high.
err wages that leads them away. Few
are going away with intention of STAYING
-,
because they arc told that they can make
so much North.
The Southern white man is kind and
gentle when not provoked. He will moi
be bull-dozed. He is not coward. ana
VIII not be driven. You cannot whip him
INTO doing what he does not want to do.
We must learn that our pathway TO The
ballot-box will be made clear and safe
only by the Southern white man and not
the Northern interference. We must get
ones rights in the South through the
white people of the South, aud that not
by anything the colored or white man az
the North may say or do.
IL Is an error to teach our people to
look to the North or Congress for their
rights. We must wind the respect and
cor tidence of our Southern white friends.
Inns Is our safeguard. This Is one hope
IN II Is bound up the peace, prosperity
ana happiness of both races
we are 10 obtain q very little, ir any
thing, from the results which will flow
from the contesting the new Constitution;
even II they would, what would have
difference. The colored people would have
me ballot, and this would promote fric-
'lof bad feelings and the average colored
man would not be In the least benefited.
~ would give a few ofIice-seekers among
the race political prestige. but would not
~ the least assist the colored people In
SSSulll lllelTa TlBnlS.f the years
we have had a political war going on on
account of politics, which has greatly in
stcltered with our progress. The man or
men who would disturb, dlssntsfy and
cause the colored people to leave the
South is doing him a great injury,
] am working hard to get my people
to remain South, to remain on the farms
and not to go to the cities. They are
freer here than they are IN the cities
of the North. There Is as much prejudice
in the North against the negro as there
is in the South, only of a different kind
along different line.
The South offers the negro many nd
ynrtages which the North does not. Our
condition In Virginia Is as good as If
would be anywhere with the present
training. push and energy, The condition
Of the colored people OF this State viii
compare faNorably with that of any State
In tho Union
The new Constitution does not In ,ho
least Interfere with their prosperity and
progress, and TO give this as a reason for
fighting It Is an error. Those who have
subscribed money to contest the 81 ma
did So believing that they were doIm,
their duty to oppose n law which fhaS
were told was PASSED to isfranchisss
them and not the white man, For IL
sensible negro wants no more than omv
other cltizen.MHe will ask nothInc ~" NJ
cause Of his color, He will slmpIv as,
that protection which is accorded NM
American. No man. II does not mattes