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

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beings have been roasted while they
lived end red-hot irons forced into the
quivering flesh while the mob dane
ed TO the music" of the bowls and
walls of the victims
Burning at the stake is common pas
time ih TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI,
ARKANSAS, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
and many other states of this Union.
L the white man reverts to barbar-
ism ON short notice, what should be ex
pected of the Negro?
Mr.. PAGE is friend" to the Negro,
SO much so that he was named by Pres
ident ROOSEVELT as being one of.bis
referees in. dealing with southern ap-
pointments and yet he said:
1T is generally assumed that pro-
gress, as applied TO a class or a race,
signifies some advance III moral stand
ing, or, nj least, some Improvement in
the elements of character on which
morality Is based. -
The above statement is automatic IN
Its character and must be accepted by
every student of ethics and lover of
fair play. Under it's provisions, the
Negroes cannot be convicted and he
knows it, but he fastened TO dissembIe
and remarked:
lit is unfortunate that the statistics
III The field of morality canuot be OBJ ain
ed; but IN this field, as in others, the
testimony of those who have had tht
best opportunities f = observation is all
one way. Southerners of every class
and calling, without exception, bear
witness TO the depressing fact that,
leaving out the small upper fraction.
the Negro race has not advanced at all
IN morality
The above is very cool proposition
as well as a very audacious one. Let us
see. If you will leave out all of the
Whites, who have advanced in morality
and leave only the Whites, who have
not advanced in morality, it will show
! that the White race has not advanced
at all in morality. Well, sir, this is
enough to make even a stole smile.
If you will leave out all of the Ne
groes who are educated and consider
only those who are uneducated. it will
show that the Negro race has not ad
vanced at all in education.
If you will leave out all of the Ne.
Sroes who are religious and consider
only those who are not religious, it will
show that the Negro race has not ad-
vanced at all in religion.
II you will take four ounces out of a
bag of sugar that weighs pound and
consider only what is left after the four
ounces have been taken out, you will
find that the Dag of sugar does not
weigh pound.
That "A gentleman Of Mr.. PAGES
intelligence and prominence should re-
sort to such demagogic argument is as
founding and shows his innate hatred
of the kindliest race of people on the
face of the globe. He continued:
"Unhappily, the fountain is tainted
at the source. The great body Of the
race have scarcely any notion of the
foundation principles of pure family
] life"
Who tainted it, Mr.. PAGE? Who
herded the Negroes like cattle and en-.
couraged them to avoid racial suicide
Who profited by their fecundity? VIZ
/ plaC ed women upon the auction. blocl,
where their persons We're exposed and
examined by lecherous purchasers;
| Who sold wives from husbands, broth
ers from sisters, daughters from moth
ers and babes from the breasts of thei,
weeping devotees? Who violated every
principle of morality and taught tn,
Negroes that there could be religion.
life without moral one?
Who raised mp Negro child,e en- will
the white ones, both of which off
springs could call them father? Anc
yet you. Mr.. PAGE, a distinguished
gentleman who knows all these things
have the hardihood to speak about the
Negroes immortality. 1t is sir, the
white mans shame
There were and are to-day nulattoes
who truly claim kinship to some of the
ablest and best white people in the
Southland, and be it said to the credit
of some OF them, they have faithfully
looked after the Negro relatives of theil
own flesh and blood. \ on must have
recognized this for you said:
"It is usually charged that slavery
/ was responsible for the absence OF
morality throughout the race. Doubt
/ less, during slavery there was a suffic
lent amount of immortality to be the
basis for almost any reasonable charge
yet study of the question has convinced
at least one person that the illicit re
lations between the two races during che
| period of slavery have probably been
greatly eXags Grated"
This then is AN admission of guilt
But MIR PAGE not only admits that tn,
Whites were guilty, but comedies thai
they are guilty now. Here is what h,
said:
"He has come to believe further tina
while Illicit intercourse between tn,
two races is less and, perhaps, marked
ly less now than it was during tn
period of slavery, the immortality of TIN