Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-11-23

to vote for any platform and for any
man in the way of candidate so
long as he registers mis- vote for
white supremacy"
This is the Senator's position ex-
actly. Such man left uurestrained
and given "fuI swing" in the af-
fairs Of this government would wreck
it on short notice.
And again;
"Tillman is also a pessimist. He
has no remedy. no solution for the
problem. All that he can suggest
is TO keep the Negro from voting
and from any kind Of social recognf-
ton and lynch him when he com
mits certain crimes. His lecture con
sisted of a bitter arrafgnment. a
wall aud cry OF distress. agree for
the most part with his analysis Of
history mis- chief error being in plac-
ing all the blame upon Northern agi-
tators and claiming that the South
was an innocent victim. Most of us
believe that 10 was a grievous mis-
take to give suffrage unconditioaally
TO the former slave and we all are
ashamed OF the terror and injustice
of the period of reconstruction.
But there is no use in calling
hard names or dwelling upon the
past The problem Is here 90 be rec
ognized and solved. 10 may be well
TO have just such a man as Tiuman
to startle us into consideration OF it
i'm his blunt. brutal way. Even Till
man may have his place"
We. Of course disagree that the
Internationally enfranchising the
slave was a mistake unless it is a.
greed that the granting Of universal
suffrage TO the citizens Of this.cOun-
try and TO the hordes of immigrants
who throng our shores is also a mis-
take. when this plea is granted
then the fundamental principle Of
the government IS a mistake.
Still, we accept any restrictions Of
suffrage not based upon race. color.
or previous condition of servitude
and applicable to an men alike. But
TO Rev. Charles II. Beale's remarks
He continued.
"His theory is this: The Negro
lis member of an inferior race. prac
tically a barbarian. incapable of shar
ing I'm the civic life OF the nation Of
which he IS unfortunately a part
So corrupUng Is this barbarian
virus that the smallest fraction Of
African blood makes q man unfit for
citizenship and puts upon him the
curse OF Ham. He Is not TO be treat
ed with the Justice we accord 20 9TH
or men. but ne is TO be browbeaten.
pushed back Inundated. cheated.
every door OF hope shut i'm his face.
every effort 60 rise thwarted. every
good impulse discredited. The great
est and best of them are 60 receive
no recognition and are not 60 have
the privileges OF the meancst and
most ignorant white man. but are to
bear forever the reproach OF an the
misdeeds OF the most ignorant and
brutal OF their race. They ara not
TO be individualized. Tillman's logic
is that the Negroes are a barbarious
race this man is a Negro: therefore
he is a barbarian. There IS no class
incation; they are all simply mig
gers
That Is Senator Tillman's position
exactly. 10 virtually answers itself,
and when stated in the above en-
phatic. clear-cut manner, It appears
to be too ridiculous TO come from
the lips OF a Senator Of the United
States who represents in the nation
Ian halls of legislature. a sovereign
state of this Republic. Rev. Beale
continued:
cor course this is ali extreme and
unreasonable. but we want 20 know
the limit; and Tnlman is the limit.
We are TO recognize that &c Is the
greatest OF our problems and that
the vast number OF ignorant and vi
cious Negroes in the South consti-
tute a burden and menace 90 So
ciety. We must recognize that the
problem is TO be dealt with mainly
by the people OF the South and not
according TO academic and sentiment
tai principles OF the people Of the
North. We should sympathize with
the people OF the South in their diff
iculty and trying situation and CO.
operate with them in any possible
manner in solving the great prob
lem.
But we must also be true 90 the
BLACK man and see that his rights
are preserved and that an open road
for him IS made 10 the highest de
velopment OF which he is capable"
That is all mat we ask Rev Beale
This is the platform upon which ev-
cry conservative citizen, white and
black, North and South can stand.
There are thousands Of liberal mind
ed white Southerners Who agree with
you upon this proposition and take
issue with Senator Tnlman upon his
insane declarations against the Ne
gro.
Senator Tillman is a demagogue
of the most pronounced type He
represents the Old South, and he has
many followers in this sunny land.
II is only the fear OF the men Of
your type in the North and the
warning of the capitalists with the