Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-09-16

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What does Rev. Dixon mean? Is
it possible that in the mazes Of in
consistent reasoning he has lost him
self? 1t would seem so. 1t viii be
seen that Rev. Dixon has an insid-
ious purpose in all that he says
that is. 10 arouse the worst passions
Of the Negro-haters OF the Southland
by portraying in the most lurid char
acters all of the imaginary horrors
Of the amalgamation OF the races.
He would FIRE the southern heart and
the northern one too for that matter.
he Is worried about the "yarers
and the mullatoes. He says:
The trouble with Mr.. Booker T.
Washington work is that ne is ST
lently preparing us for the future
heaven Of Amalgamatiou-or he is
doing something equally dangerous,
namely. he is attempting 10 build a
nation inside a nation of two hostile
races. In this event ne is storing
dynamite beneath the pathway of
only Doe In biood-shed.
Amalgamation may be a "heav-
en. but it is the White mans "heav-
eu." Prof Washington may be
facing condition and not a
theory" He did not bring about
.this condemnation any more than
Frederick Douglass did, when he
found that DE had white blood in his
veins
The race has become so bleached
las O result of the white mans rascal
lily that The white conductors on our
"Jm Grow" street and railway cars
.are in constant fear le-t they make
Ia mistake and assign a colored person
to "a white car and vice versa.
Houses of doubtful reputation, sup
ported by white mems money are
maintained all over this fair land
of ours for the purpose of bringing
about this very amalgamation for
which Prof Booker T. Washington
and other leading Negroes of the
Southland are said Dog Rev Dixon
to Doe preparing. And yet there is
not "a half dozen of us in an this
land. but what would check this a.
maleamaton business IL we could.
Colored men have as wives the
daughters of some of the best white
men in the South. but. sir they are
their uloeiumate daughters. When
Rev. Dixon treads ON this ground Lc
vim fud at every point enough pri-
waite. social dynamite 10 brins about
the greatest explosion. We are ready
Co take the matter up and discuss SCI
with him. Tie Negro is opposed TO
omalEamau5n. He wishes. above an
things. to keep his race. his women
pure. This has been the cause Of.
many o. murder In this section of the
country. Many O. father has risked
death Go save % daughter ana many
brother has brayed the stake ID pro-
tcct sister.
Rev. Dixon need not discuss the
omalgamation that is TO come. He
had better deal with that amalgama-
tiou that is already here. Rev. Dixon
speaks truly when he says tlat we
are attempting % build up q nation
within O. nation. We are doing an
that we can TO lessen the friction and
90 get from within the confines Of.
the white mans cudeavor. We do
not ask Tor Office i'm those corpora
t.ous owned and controlled by white
men. even though we nave purchased
stock therein. We organize with the
cordial approval of the better class
Of Southern white men our own in
surance companies. We elect our
own directors and our own presidents
and our own secretaries and our own
treasurers.
We own and control our own bank
ing institutions and industrial en-
terprises. and in the selection Of our
own officers there can be no reason
able question of color. for one in the
eyes Of the Negro haters IS about as
black as the other.
From the standpoint OF color, we
accept the popular melody, "All coons
look alike TO me, and we choose that
one that has the most ability and is
best qualified for the position that
we wish him TO occupy. Rev. Thos.
Dixon, Jr.. reads to Prof. Booker T.
Washington his mission when he
says:
Mr.. Washington is not training
Negroes TO take their place in any
industrial system of the South in
which the white man can direct or
control him. He is not training his
students to be servants and come at
the beck and call Of any man. He is
training them all 10 be masters of
men, 10 be independent, to own and
operate their own industries. plant
their own fields, buy and sell their
own goods. and in every shape and
form destroy the last vestige Of de
pendence on the white man for any
thing.