Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-30

Dr. Booker r. Washington 81
story OF the Negro has awakened
much interest it will cause much
more II deserves careful couside-
ration and should receive much at
tenuon. There is more in il than
the mere recital of events and chron-
icling OF events simply. lie says.
lin nay own State OF Virginia Mr.
Thomas Nelson page has given us,
in Uncle Billy and Uncle sam.
Two typical characters worthy OF
study by those VINO wish TO under
stand tine human side OF the Negro
slave on the aristocratic plantations
of that state. In AR. Pages story
Meh Lady Uncle Billy was guide.
philosopher. and friend 90 his mis-
tress and her daughter i'm the try
ing times OF war aud ia their days
of poverty. he hid their silver, re-.
fused 20 give Information TO the
Union soldiers, prayed the last
prayer with his dying mistress, COM
tortcd her lonely daughter. and al
last save her away I'm marriage.
I'm che story OF "Marse Chan" Mr..
Page lets Uncle sam. the slave body
guard, tell in the following language
what happened to his young maslJ
during the Civil War on the field oil
battle.
Marse Chan he calls me. an ne seq,
sam, Wese Coin 80 w nj DIS bate
tie. an den Wen 20 home an git
married an I'm going home wild al
star ON my collar An den he spz.
Et I'm wounded kyah me. VOL
hear2' AR I SEE. Yes, Narse Chan i
Well jcs den dey blowed boots am
saddles AN we mouutod-an' dev
said. Charge en- an nay King Ell
ever so see bullets ny. dey did dat
day We Wen down de slopc. I
long Wld dc res, an up de hill
rlbht 20 de cannOus. an de fire WIZ
SO strong dyah our lines sort o.
broke AN stop, an de cunu was
hlit, am ] blieye dey wuz ics bout
10 break an 90 pieces Wen NIarse|
Onan rid mp an corch holt de flag
and hollers, "Fouow me-. Yo'.
am never heah thunder. Fust
thing ] knowed de Roam roll head
over heels an flung me up gainst
de bank like go chuck a nubbin
over inst de foot o. de corn pile.
An dat what KEEP me from being
kllt, / spects When I look rom
dc Roam was lying dyah stone dead
IWan mon mint. de sorrel come
gallupiu' back wild his NAME fvinp
and de rein hangin' down on one
side % his knee. ! jumped up an.
run over DE bank an dyah wild a
"a whole lot oh dead mems and some
not dead yit. on de one side o. de-
guns. Wild De flag still IN he ham
an q bullet right thru he BODY. Law
Marse Chan. / tu'n i'm over an
call i'm, 'Marse Chan" but 'twan
no use. He wuZ done gone home.
PICK him mp in my arms vid de flag
sun IN he han an toted i'm back
Jes Ike did dat day when he wuz
a baby an ole master gin i'm 70 me
in my arms, an say he could trus'
me, an tell me 10 TEX keer on i'm
long as he lived. I kyah'd i'm way
on de battlehel out de way o. de
pals an ! laid i'm down under a
Dig tree till ! could git somebody
10 ketch de sOrrel for me. He was
kotched arter a while. an I he'd
some money. so got some pine
plank an made a coffin dat evenin'
an wrap Marse CHAINS body up in
de flag an put i'm in de coffin. but
dldn I nall de top on strong, cause
] Nnowed de old missus wan to see
I'M an l got a ambulance an set
out 10 home dat night. We reached
dyah de mex eyenin' arte- travelln'
all dat night an all mex dav.
This then is the cause of the bond
"a union existing between the white
men of the Southland Ito the man
ner born" and the black men of the
old school When you attempt to
inJure either Uncle Billy" or his
children or his grandchildren. there
will always be storm OF protest
first from the white men Of this sec
ton and then a louder protest from
the white women.
This love. one for the other sur
passes human understanding. but
like eternity, we trust will last for
ever more. To further emphasize
this phrase of the southern aues-
ton DR.. Washington says:
In the Palace of Fine Arts. in ST
Louis, during the Exposition of 1901
there was a picture which made a
deep impression on every Southern
white man and black man who saw
IL who knew enough OF the old life
TO understand what 1t meant. The
Rev. A. b. Curry. OF Memphis Ten
nessee. referring 10 this picture in a
sermon in his home city on Noyem-
Der 81, 1904. said:
When was in the Palace OF Fine
Arts. in St Louis, this summer.
saw picture before which / stood
and wept. In the distance was a
Dattie scene; the dust of trampling