The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-27
\ Plain Words to Negroes.

4 5s The leaders Of the Niagara movement
S,nrrht to have included lin their address
n 4 recital OF their detcstatlon Of the
W. hideous crimes OF the negro race. which
\ mako the race feared and hated wherever
IL there Is lonely homestead In q negro
4 community, and should have conclu ded
N with a solemn pledge to consecrate the
II, Intelligent men Of the race to a per-
III, sistent effort to eradicate tho evil which
Is the primc source Of the "unreasoning
a prejudice against the negro. Y 9%
When Intelligent men like those In the
~ Niagara movement show the intelligence
to grapple With this question In BEHALF
Il Of the two races, their do2lands for
NJ other things will meet with a respectful
i3delp1ila Ledger
;fsl This advice from n Northern news
@ pa per may we'll be taken to heart by the
better class of negroes in oil sections.
\ Southern newspapers generally are
* preaching a crusade against lynching.
81 and they would be}successful If the black
5S9brutes would cease their dcvish prac-y
II tice. But 30 long MS they keep it lr.
white men will lynch them in spite Of
s8t iii tho preaching, ana It viii be naxt to
u, Impossible to convict and punish the
Iynchers. The Times Dispatcn is opposed
So to lyncliing for any crime. Knowing, as
8sit does, that lynching for one crime
leads to lynching for other crimes, breeds
contempt OF law and the spirit OF law
NJ lessncss, and makes a bad matter worse. I
but the majority OF white men throw.
argument to tie winds when brought
face to fnce with this crime. They may
give respectful hearing to the Governor
OF the State who pleads with them, but
they will not give heed. So long us this
crime is committed by negroes lynching
will continue. These may not be pleas
ant facts, but they are facts, and facts
i. must be reckoned with. az
What is the negro race going to do
u about, itg The question is asked with all Z
possible scriousneAs. fbr.it Is q question
4. which concerns the whole negro race.
n Every, such crime reflects In a measure 4
y ,ipon the black race, and places every
"a negro man, more or less under suspicion.
E The most fendish crime OF this nature
ever known in Virginia was committed
4 by q negro cantor in the public schools
8tof Lynchburg, who had been reared under
tho best influences, who was highly es-
{teemed by teachers and pupils, who en-
3$ljoyed tho implicit confidence OF Tho super
a 4ntendent, It ia not meant to imply, Of
course, that all negro men arc liable to
"a nornmit this crime. Many OF therl arc Az 4
Tar from, 1t as white men. But. when
$lso many arc guilty, how can the whites /
E.disorimnate?
81 It Is a terrible situation for the black
% race. ana they must reckon with it.
Once moro we commend to the leaders OF
n tho negro race, those who are genteel
and who would lead their people to
higher things. tho advice OF the Philn-
Idelphia Ledger. Instead of passing rcso-
4 ylutions condemning lynchings, let them
81 address themselves to the cause Of II,
#tnnd mako an earnest and persistent eff
4 tYort to eradicate It. 1t should be the pre-
iyailing topic Of sermons. Of lectures, and
all manner of discourses by negro speak
ers: and teachers Of negro hcys should
hammer into their pupils, day after day,
fEtha cnormity of this crime BY these
means. and by all possible means, the
rsspec table negroes should make a cru
4 sado against the nfsmy, and rndeayor
With tho help Of God and the help of
the law to stamo It out, II they sue
coed. lynching Will cease IL the pInc-
tlce Is continued, not only VII iyachinG
continue, but the very existence Of the
negro race viii be In Jeopardy.
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