Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-28
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS.

We have repeatedly maintained that
this country, that there will be an arm
ed conflict between contending white
men, and that colored men would be on
both sides of the conflict. Events seem
tention. The hot-headed leaders from the
South are steadily becoming more over
bearing and offensive 60 the leaders from
the North The wholesale disfranchise-
ment of the colored people in the South
instead of allaying irritation and sooth-
ing the feelings has had tendency to
awaken slumbering emotions.
Wills the North has acqulesced
in the sacrifice of the colored brother
from political tnnd-point, it is very
much alarmed over the sacrifice oil the
white brother in the northern section
for the same reason. 1t should be re-
membered that white man in the South
by virtue of the Negroes being counted
in the voting population and not being
allowed to exercise the right of franchise
has just double the voting power pos
sessed by the white man of the North.
The cool. headed northerner is enquir-
ing why the South should not consent
to reduction of the electoral vote in
proportion to the curtailment of Negro
suffrage. This then will eventually be
the rallying cry between the two con-
tending sections.
The meeting of Lee Camp on the Goth
inst, and the reputed utterances of Gen.
FITZHUGH LEE, who is now retired Off
Ger in the regular army, and drawing
pay from the national government has
attracted much attention throughout the
country. He was quoted in the Rich
mond, Va, TIMES DIsPAT as follows:
When General Lee was called out he
refe' red TO this and made the remarkable
statement, stirring up widest enthus-
iasm, that he would never rejoice in the
consequences of the war. Before he
would express such sentiment, or if
such a sentiment was in his heart, he
would head a MOB, and. going to the
West End, would tear down and scatter
to the winds the splendid statue of r.
E. Lee; he would go to the Capitol
Square and mutilate and break to pow
der the bronze statue of Jackson; he
would say to the ladies who are holding
fairs and bazaars in their efforts to raise
money with which to honor Confede-
rate heroes; "Oease from your labors,
it is useless and your heroes are now
worthy"
He would never say that it was not
best for this country to have two re-
publics instC ad of one. He declared
that if Gettysburg had Leen won, and it
would have been won, he commended,
had the orders of General Lee been
obeyed-the South would have been
victorious and two republics would have
risen in place of the present govern
ment, or, at least, the South would have
gotten the recognition her due.
And again:
These sentiments were reiterated by
former United States Senator Eppa
Hunton.
General Hunton declared that he did
not want to see the man who even now
did not want the South to win and
would not have anything to do with
such one. He was Confederate and
would die one. Hewould die tomorrow
in the defence Of tho truth and right
eousness Of the Southern cause. AS he
said these words, his eyes frightened
and flashed as those of a young man, and
his tall form lowered over those around
him.
Fighting for the oonfederacy which is