Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-09-23

tnts Sei-eNlueht proposition II he
looked Ut it through six pair of pro-
perry adjusted eyeglasses. or could
be induced 70 look at il through the
powerful lens Of telescope.
Rev. Dixon says:
The point I raise is that education
necessarily drives the races further
and further apart. and Mr.. Wash
ington's brand Of education makes
the gulf between them IL anything a
little deeper. II there is one thing
a Southern white man cannot endure
10 is an educated Negro. What's TO
be the end OF il if the two races are
TO live forever side by side in the
South?
White men ike Rev. Dixon. per
meated as they are by race prejudice
do not seem TO know what they
want On the one hand they are ar
guing In favor of the separation OF
the Negro from the white man and
the other in favor OF the union OF the
races. He deplores the amalgama-
ton of the races and then on the
other breath condemns that very ed
ucation which ne admits is driving
the races further apart. The Negro
is getting away from the white man
in everything social. because some
Of the white men told him 90 do so.
He is endeavoring TO prove that he
is not hankering after relation
ship that is said to be distasteful to
a large proportion of the whites Of
the Southland. when he does this
Rev. Dixon comes forward with the
assertion that it goes to prove that
the Negro must ultimately get out Of
the south.
When moving day comes. it viii.
be found more convenient for the.
whites 20 use the wagons than the
Negroes as there are fewer of them.
Rev. Dixon speaks truly when he|
saws that the average Southern white|
man cannot endure an educated Ne
gro. bat he viii have TO do so. Rev.
Dixon. And right here rs the cause
of most of the pernicious legislation
with which our statute books are en-
numbered. The educated. business
Negro has no trouble with The bet
ter class Of white people in the South
land AMI they are oftener his defen-
ders than they are his enemies
1t is this recognition Of worth or
~ o. q
men that makes Rev. Dixon and his
kind frantic. There are no "Jim
Grow" cars for the Negro as a ser
want The best hotels in all the
Southland are open TO him and the
finest theatres are az his disposal.
He can sit anywhere and beside any
body. not excepting the beautiful
wives and daughters OF the flower Of
the sunny land
An apron and a granny" bon
net is all that is necessary to stop
all questioning ana TO secure a well
come. A walters jacket and a watt
ers apron or "a messengers uniform
viii do for The Negro of the male per
suasion all that the other wearing
apparel viii do for one Of the female
kind But the "silk-hat Negro" the
self-supporting specimen of humani-
~ who can pay his own way ami
proclaim the employment and own
ership OF himself is the b-gobblin
that haunts the Negro-hating white
mans dream. Booker T. Washing
ton is more abominable 20 him than
the Negro boot-blacl. who shumes
and fawns at his feet, and the latter
is even preferred by His Excellency.
James X. Vardaman Of Mississippi.
II is difficult 20 conceive that Rev.
Thomas Dixon. Jr. is a minister OF
the gospel. How can he give voice
10 such blood-thirsty utterances?
He is fostering blood-shed AMI ur-
ging murder. Here is what ne says:
Mr. Washington says: "Give the
black man so much skill and brains
that he can cut oats like the white !
man-then he can compete with him. !
anu Autn the ANdA AIdbtuN VIII DC- 4
gin. Does any sane man believe that |
when the Negro ceases 70 work un-
der the direction Of the Southern
white man. this arrogant" 'rapa-
cious" and intolerant" race Will al
low the Negro TO master his indus
trial system, take the bread from his
mouth, crowd him TO the wall and
place a mortgage on his house? Com
petition is war-the most fierce and
brutal of all its forms. Could fatui-
" reach a sublimeT height than the
idea that the white man Will stand
idly by and see this performance?
What will he do when put to the test?
He Will do exactly what his white
neighbor in the North does when the
Negro threatens his bread-lNill him!
We might we'll ask, Does any sane
man believe that in the competition
Of finance, business or the industrial
pursuits that the much-heralded in
ferior Negro could master the White
mans industrial system, take the