Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

bishop of The Protestant Episcopal
Church? Has he read Mr.. HENRY
WATrERsoS' criticisms Of the immor.
atty of the Smart Set at Newport.
Rhode Island?
Has he read the admissions of the
Norman Elders, (all White) at the Sen
atorial investigation of the case of Hon.
REED SMooT, the United States Senator
from Utah? This took place, Mr.. PAGE
in Washington D. c., where You are
located.
Mr.. PAGE remarked:
This is a terrible showing. and the
most depressing part of 1t is the failure
of the Negroes TO address themselves TO
the moral improvement of their race A"
He states this too. although he should
know that every school and college of
the thousands in the Southland are de
voting its efforts to the moral and edu-
cational training of the young
The educat ed Negro ministry which
is an important factor now in the
south's development is doing the same
thing and families, cultured in every
respect and moral in every particular
may be found from the Mason and
Dixon's Line Co the Gulf, from the Mar
rows of the Chesapeake and the Ever
glades of Florida to the Golden Horn of
/ the Pacific.
| But what is the record of the Whites
on this question of immortality? Let
Biblical History speak first and then
! profane.
Mr.. PAGE will find in GENESIS, 18th
and 10th chapters some very interesting
reading on Sodom and Gomorroh. BY
reading Chapter 3S, he will learn of the
fate of DINAH and the vengeance of her
brothers BY reading Chapter 80, be
Will be informed Of JoSEPH'S tempta-
tions and the weakness of his mistress
By paying attention to II SAMUEL
18th chapter, he will learn of the weak
ness and immortality of that great war
rior, DAVID.
/ A perusal of the Book of JEREMIAH
will prove to be of untold benefit and a
source of much beneficial enlighten.
ment. He should then come to the
/ New Dsspensation and read the charges
contained in the 18th chapter of MAT
THEW with reference TO the immortality
of that day and time, while the 2Sth
chapter will further enlighten him ur-
on the same subject.
! The eth chapter of MARK will tend to
rivet the attention and emphasize the
/ fact that immortality has existed i'm al
ages 1t has been said that like priests.
/ like people" It is equally as true that
a peoples morals may be gagged by its
leaders and that the average man will
not be any better than those who have
been delegated to lead him.
What does the history of Whites say
on this question?
Mr.. SwGNToN, Iwhitel the historian
on page l57, paragraph Ia, in speaking
of the decay of the Roman Empire says;
They [Romansl became etfeminate.
luxurious, and corrupt IN morals; mar
riage was not respected; the old Roman
faith waned, and il was said that two
argurs could not meet in the street with.
out laughing in each others faces"
This is not enough for you. Mr.. PAGr,
read the history of the Carlovingian
Kings, who ruled FRANCE for three
centuries, and whose beastly immortality
n rs never been equalled nor surpassed in
the whole civilized world. As result.
they became Imbeciles, and their i'm
morality extended TO members of T. e
sme family. They are accredited 20
the Whites, Mr. PAGE.
Read too the history of HENRY VIII,
of ENGLAND. who had SIX wives and
one ANNIE BoLEYN, was beheaded by
his order in 1896, and another, Cattle
RINE HOWARD was similarly executed
by the same power.
OF him MACINTOSH, [whitel says:
Perhaps no other monarch since the
emancipation of woman from polyg amy
has put 10 death two wives on the scat
fold divorced another whom he owned
e be faultless, after twenty-fo years
of welded friendship and rejected a
I urth, without imputing blame 10 her
ON the first impulse of personal dis
trust
lie may be fair TO state that the wives
whom he had beheaded were found
guilty of adultery.
In speaking OF the English in the It'll
, Century; Mr.. SwINToN, [whitel th
, h storian says
"In the English people there seems t
. have been remarkable vein of course
ness and brutality; nor is this wonoer
full when the practice of every day life
is considered, Mas tiers beat their ser
! wants; husbands beat their wives daily
Teachers used the lasl as the princi
pal means of imparting knowledge
The mob rejoiced in fights of all kinds
: and shouted with glee when an eye wa
torn out, or finger chopped off in thes,
savage encounters"
Here is another chapter from Mr.
SwINToN, [whitel the historian.
In speaking of the age of Queer
4 ELIZABETH, the most glorious period il
4 English history, Mr.. SwINToN the his
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