Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-21

say Dy 'klSSlng the hand that SmlteS.
These Negro-haters are never salts =
fed. During the Reconstruction pc
riod, they argued that the race questi on
won d be settled if the North would
relegate it to the white people of the
South. All they wanted was the ma
chinery of the state governments, the
withdrawal of the Federal troops and
the privilege of killing as many Negroes
as they desired, without let or him
drance."
At the bequest of a Republican Presi-
dent, this request was granted. After
twenty years of non-interference, with
and large proportion of the Federal
ones Ito boot" they are yet dissatis-
fed.
They asked for the privilege of dis
franchising the Negro, in violation of the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States and it was I'M
a., derstood that the United States Su-
preme Court would have bad case of
blind in one eye, and can't see with
the other, " so far as the DISTINGUISHING
question " as concerned.
The result was that well-nigh every
southern state took the hint and the
, Negro was 1isfranchised, inasmuch as
the Federal elections were held under
the restrictions imposed by state consti-
tutions and southern election officers.
But even this did not satisfy the appe-
tite of this glutton of race prejudice.
They had dictated the appointments
A., made by Democratic President; they
now had the audacity TO demand the
right to dictate the appointments to be
made by Republican President.
They claimed that they were not op-
posed to the better element among the
colored men. In fact, their opposition
was not based so much upon color, as it
was upon condition. If the President
would select the best men for the Of
fees without regard TO color, it would
be satisfactory to them.
They said this believing within them
selves that with the application of this
rigid rule, the colored brother would be
barred out. 1t is evident that President
ROOSEVELT believed them. He was
quickly undeceived however, when Mrs.
MINNIE Cox, a colored lady postmis-
tress of Indianola, Miss, was forced to
resign by the Negro-haters. She had
held the position for eight years. She is
a lady of education and refinement and
her wealth is estimated to be anywhere
from SIC, 900 to SI5 200.
This was ''one-eye opener" to the
President, but he got "two-eye open
er" when he named Dr.. WIN. d. CRUM,
"white-colored" man for the position
of the Collector of Customs at the Port
of Charleston, s. @.
Then came the open confession, with
a flow of crocodile tears" He was
learned, gentlemaniy, well-to-do, quail
fled, but he was Negro. The Presi-
dent had been careful, however, in his
selection and had appointed DR.. CRUM,
with view TO satisfying both the
white and the colored people of Charles
ton. The white people could look at
the Doctor and see him as a white man
and the Negroes could look at him and
see him as a colored one. IT. impos-
sible to draw the color-line in his anat-
omy. You couldn't tell where the |
white part BEGAN or the Negro part |
ended and yet these BEN TuLMAN Ne |
gro haters were not satisfied.
Be it said to the credit of President /
ROOSEVELT, he "stuck to his text and
insisted upon the original understanding
and he now announces that he will re-
appoint DR.. CRUM, and that he will
take charge of the Charleston office as
soon as the Senate adjourns without
acting upon the nomination.
But although these Negro-haters
nave succeeded in virtually disfranchis.
ng all of the colored people in the
southern states and so far as those
states are concerned also in the nation
Il elections, they are still not satisfied
md the TMEs-DIsPATCH is fondly hop
hS III tHS lSptstl VI the rllUeenGn
in order to bring about the
lisfranchisment OF the Negroes in the
North
Possibly some one may be able to see
he method in this and divine its purpose.
f the colored man is robbed of his cit
zenship, he can be deported with as
much IMMUNITY as the exercise of that
orce can be visited upon a Chinaman.
8oat-loads of colored people could be
orcibly carried to either Africa or our
sland possessions. And it would not be
'ut of place to remark that Senator
MORGAN of Alabama has openly advo-
lated the deportation of the Negroes of
'he United States, giving this as one of
ais reasons for the support of the impe-
'ialistic policy of the government.
The TMES-DIsPATCH thinks that the
Negro should be taught the Ten Com