Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-03

! II is perfectly clear from this, if the
( proposition n eded to be demonstrated.
that 1t is the bad Negro who is giving
/ trouble, and making the race problem.
aud melting the whites co acts of law
le ssness in dealing with him, whereas
rhe good Negro is getting along com
/ iortably and enjoying the respect and
good Will OF the other race.
We regard these cltatiouS of lawless-
LESS as rather unfair statement of the
case so far as the colored people are
concerned. Let us see
! In the TINES DISPATCH of Sept. LIST.
/ is an account of four white men at
/ CHEYENNE, WYOMING. who robbed an
express messenger of 800 and escaped :.
In its issue of the 3lst ult, is an ac-
count of the action of mob at WE ST
POINT, Miss, who drove fro - that
locality Rev. O. a. BUCHANAN, a colored
minister of responsibility and influence
because he spoken favor of the equality
of the races TO the extent of being
charged with favoring social equality"
MILTON j. STERNBERGER (white)
wounded. His wife is charged with the
CRIME.
In its issue of the Both nit, it publish
es an account from MARION, ARK ANsAS,
announcing that the whole town is in
an uproar and that sheriff and an ex-
sheriff, both of whom are white fought
a duel with shot-guns and the whole
town was embroiled in the melee. 1t
tells of the brutal whipping and killing
near STATEsBoRo, GEORGIA, of SEBAs-
TINE MCBRIDE (colored) who had CON-
mitted no crime. White men were his
assailants and murderers.
1t tells of colored brakeman on the
Southern Railroad at CLAREMoNT, VA,
whose life is threatened by a white mob,
simply because he is striving TO earn an
honest living and is being encouraged
by the better class of whites IN so doing.
/ Its issue of the 25th ult, tells of the
raids of the white caps" of LUNEN-
BURG COUNTY, who beat J. ID. REECE,
/ (white) numerically, and from the
J
Six white men were arrested and
have been sent ON to the grand jury.
1t tells of hanging or two white wis.,
murderers at r. BLINGFoRK, Miss.
In the press dispatches of the 27th,
ult, is an account of white man who
enticed the eight year-old daughter of
HENRY AUsHERMAN near HAGERSTowN
MARYLAND. and criminally assaulted
her. He had criminally assaulted the
ten.yedr old child of the same family
two weeks before.
The white book keeper of the Second
National Bank of BALTIMORE, Nd, was
arrested on the 27th ult. upon the
charge of stealing $500 from that insti-
tuition.
The TINES DISPATCH seems TO take
pleasure in exploiting the short oomings
of THE Bad Negroes" for whose acts
The Good Negroes" are in no-wise
responsible, so we "dlsh-up" to its corp
of writer's few recent examples of the
evil. doings of THE Bad White Folks, "
for whose actions 1.-THE Good White
Folks" are in no-wise responsible.
Taken as whole, however, the
article of the TIMEs.DIsPATCH is reason
ably fair. 1t said:
"In view of these simple facts, it is
amazing 10 US that the great body of
good Negroes do not join heart and
hand with the great body of white men
in an endeavor 20 suppress the bad
Negro, who is making the trouble for
both races
This is just what the great body of
colored people are doing and will con-
tinue 10 do. There is no enmity be-
tween the better class of white people
and the better class of colore1 ones.
Ii is the hood-lum, irresponsible ele'
ments of both races which cause
trouble and stir-up race prejudice.
All things considered, RICHMOND is
the most orderly city In the Southland.
, The colored people respect the law and
yield "A ready obedience TO the DEGREES
of the blue-robed citizen Of this locality
, who yields the "policeman's gaveP'.
Our advice has been to yield always
to arrest and contend for your rights in
this city afterwards.
The arrest of JAMES GooDE (colored
. and his trial in the Hastings Court
surrounded by all of the Safeguards OF
the law was lasting testimonial to our
, system of government and n browning
eulogy 20 the efficiency of our police
force here.
Lynching and lawlessness are not tole
rated and 4 colored man though detest
. ed by the men who arrest him is care
fully shielded from harm and protected
from danger, awaiting only the fna
decision of that tribunal over which
His Honor, JUDGE s. b. WITT presides
The TINES DISPATCH 'wobbles' how
ever when it says:
The Negro problem is largely &
| problem of the Negroes own making
and we say it without prejudice OIL
without any disposition to p lliat,