Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-24
Shall We Go to Africa?
20. 8. continued)


conflict" was between slave and free
labor. Since 1865 1t has been be- ;
tween colored and white labor This
latter viii continue until there is a /
separation OF the white and colore6 |
races That separation can only be /
effected by one or the other leaving /
this country Since the white pop
ulation of the country is seventy mill
lions against ten millions colOred. tt /
viii not require a Solomon 60 tell I
which race viii leave.
The first great war in the United +
States on account of the Negro I
which began in 1861 was between (
the two white sections.-the North /
and the South. The Negro was pas !
sive. The next great war i'm this
country on account or the Negro Gun
less the Negro leaves before that
time) viii be between the Negro,
himself. no longer passive and the
Caucasian. Such a war could only
result I'm one of two ways the ox-|
termination of the Negro race in
this country or it's forcible Danish
ment. Thinking men see this.
Frank and honest men viii acknowl
edge 90.
Which. therefore. is best. TO go
at your own discretion. having Wen
~ OF time 90 dispose of your effects
10 choose the manner and time OF
your going. being helped In your
departure by white friends and leav-
Ing a friendly feeling behind YOU
or Dee driven out at the point OF the
bayouet with no where TO go and no
time to go I'm? This is a black pic
ture but not SO black as it might.
truthfuuy be painted
start of your own accord and go
peaceably. and YOU may take q hum
dred years 90 finish your going and
90 dispose of your property. Wait
until YOU are driven out and YOU will
have 20 go az once and have your
property coudsCated Go as friends
and De permitted 90 return iudivid-
ually any time you please for a tenn
porary solourn. Go as enemies and
- ioIoidden To- return under penal
ty.
The Negro of fifty years hence
VIII Doe very different man from
the Negro of to-day. Does any sane
man. black or white. suppose that the
Negro of that day will Dee content
10 Dee treated as the Negro of tho
present is treated2 OF course ne
viii not He viii resent the oppres-
slNe aud repTessive policy OF the
white race. and then whatr a war
or determination or Punishment Of
the Negro race I'M this country viii
result
In nay opinion. it is not DESIGNED
by God that the two races should
dwell peaceably together I'm this
country He has RI better country
for the Negro race and a better and
nopler work for him than 90 Doe the
Nassal oi the white man forever. To
those Negroes who have the Unborn
spirit oi the freeman nesting with
m his breast these things are as
plain as daylight but Co those void
OF that spirit. they are riddles. How
ever, God. i'm His own good time
Will make DC plain 20 am. and may
ihat day De FASTENED.
The Onancock incident. the
brownsville affair. the Atlanta. Will
mington and DanviIle massacres. all
these are but the beginnings of the
end. These things do not spring
up out OF the air. In the economy
OF God. they have their own design
which In due time viii be made man.
fest
our teachers and leaders should
keep constantly before the people the
great discrepancy between the num-
Der, the culture and education. the
wealth and resources of the two ra-
ces- II they can make them realize
that the white people are vastly and
overwhelmingly ahead of them in all
these Respects. they viii have render
ed them an inestimable service.
/ verify believe that most Of the
trouble between the races result
from the overbearing department Of
the whites toward the blacks and the
general ignorance of the latter as 10
their insignifcance IN this country
as compared TO the whites.
Thanking you, Mr. Editor. for the
patience and forbearance you have
exercised toward me, ] wish 10 state
that my next paper viii close this Sc
ries- In that paper ! shall recapit-
ulate and endeavor 10 point out a
remedy for all the woes of which /
nave complained and a plan by
which the remedy may be applied.
While ] advocate the emigration of
our people TO Africa. because it is
our tatherland 1 am not unaware
that that continent has been parceled
out and squatted upon by nearly all
Of the most powerful nations Of the
earth and that the difficulties that
lie in the way Of successfully pant-
ing our people there as a nation are
almost insurmountable. Neverthe-
Where there is a will, there Is
a way" ] believe there is a way in
this case and shall try TO point il out
II is not my object to bring about
an hegira OF the Negro race. but to
have them go willingly and intelIi-
gently 10 place provided for them.
Where the same energy among them
which we see producing wealth In
this country-building halls, church
es and palaces-may be employed I'm
their own country not only TO the
same extent as in this country, but
In the building of empires as well.
For over two hundred and fifty
years the unrequited labor of the
Negro race has built up this coun-
try and caused it TO blossom as the
rose. would have 1t do the same
for its own country.