Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-06

ton" he would have answered.
You don't know how we Southern
ers feel
Well. one can make a tolerable
guess.
The above is admirably stated.
He continues under the caption Of
The White Strain"
7 certainly did not begin to real
ize Oue most important aspect 0f
this question Until / reached Amer
iCa. 7 thought OF those eight mil
lions as men. black as ink. But
when 7 met Mr.. Booker r. Washing
ton. for example. 7 met a man GER
taiuiy as white ia appearance as our
Admiral Fisher. who is. as q matter
of fact. quite white. 4 very large
proportion OF these colOred people
indeed. is more than half white.
One hears a good deal about the
high social origins OF the Southern
planters. very many derive iujispu-
tably from the first families OF En-
gland. ia is the same blood flows
in these mixed colored people
veins. Just thin6 of the sublime
absurdity therefore. OF the ban.
There are gentlemen of education
and refinement qualified lawyers
and doctors. whose ancestors assist
ed In the Norman Conquest. and they
dare not enter car marked white
and intrude upon the dignity OF the
rising loau-monEer from Esthonia.
For them the Jim Crow" car. $3.50.
One tries 10 put that aspect
to the American In vain. These
people. YOU say. "are nearer your
blood. nearer your temper. than
any of those brighteved. ringleted
immigrants on the East Side Are
YOU ashamed of your poor relations
Even ~ YOU don't like the half. or
the quarter of negro blood YOU
nigh, deal Civilly with the three
quarters white. II doesn't say much
for your faith in your own racial
prepotency. anyhow ...."
The answer 90 Sat is usually In
terms OF mania.
Lee inc ten YOU q little storv-iust
60 illustrate" said one derouent to
me in an impressive uudertone-"
just 90 illustrate. YOU know .... A
few years ago young fellow came
to BOSTON from New Orleans. Look
ed an right. Dark-5ut ne explain
"a that hy an Italian grandmother.
Touch of French iu him. too. Pop
MAR. Well. he made advances 20
Boston girl-Eood family Gave
fairly straight account or himself
Married"
He paused. Course Of time-on
spring. Little SON." His eye made
mo feel what was coming
"Was Be- by any chance very. very
blackr whispered
"Yes. SIR Black, Black as your
hat. Absolutely negroii Project
ing jaw. THICK lips frizzy hair Cat
n0so-evorything .......
"But consider tine mothers feel
mss sir. consider THAT a pure
minded. pure white w0mnat"
What can one say 90 q story of
This sort. whom the faint in the
blood surCes up $50 powerfully as 20
b'ackeu the child ar birth beyond
even the habit OF the pure-bloo led
nerro2 What can YOU 80 with
public opinion made of This class OF
Ingredient And this story of the
lamentable results OF intermarriage
was used not as an argument a.
gaiust iutermarriage. but as an are
rument against the extension Of
quite rudimcntary civilities 20 the
men of color. III YOU eat with them
YOU we got Co marry them" he sail
az entirely fabulous post-prandial
responsibility.
Well. uo one need doubt the force
of ar. Wells argument and the man
ner in which he tears 90 q frazzle
she finest fabric of she Negro haters
weavinc. But 10 IS needless Co com
ment further We shall let Mr.
Wells tell the whole story I'm our
next issue.