Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-23

latent diplomacy into positive action
and soothes the feelings Of even the
Negroes harshest critics. Here is how
be does il:
Nineteen times out of twenty. ]
suppose. stranger coming South
who inquiries concerning the Negro
from people he meets on the train
or on che highways will get from
these men pretty nearly the same
opinion he has read ina the newspa-
pers or heard iu political speeches.
These criticisms of the Negro have
been repeated so often that Deo-
pie have come 20 accept and repeat
them again without reflection The
thing that shows this 20 be true is
that the very men who denounced
am Negroes viii very likely before
the conversation Is ended tell of one
ana perhaps half a dozen. individual
Negroes I'm whom they have the
greatest confidence
southern white man may tell
You. with the utmost positivenoss.
lhat he never knew "a single negro
who would not steaI-cxcept one
Every white man knows one Negro
who l- all right-a model of honest,
industry. and thrift-and If be- trias
to remember ne will thin5 of Other
N'Sroes lu whom ne has the great
est confidence and FOR whom he has
very genuine respect Consider
ing that there are a good many more
"hiie people I'm the South than fhero
are Negroes it seems to follow lorf-
eaiy. that. in spite of what one
hear5 about the Negro I'm general
ynere are a good many iud:.:.l.a1
Nt-FoeS who are pretty wen thought
OF py their white neighbors
'It is we'll 90 take into considera-
uon also. that when Southern peo-
pie express their confidence and
their respect for am Individual bIack
man. they are speaking of one whom
they know. on the contrary. when
they dcuouDcc in general terms the
weakness and the failure oft the
Negro race. they have in mind
Iar-. number of whom they know
% ercat deal less
pr Washington then proceeds to-
show the martial OF war-like spirit
q the Negro race 10y tracing their
ORIGIN to the leading tribes of the
Dark Continent. He saws.
"I do not mean to- suggest chat
.'''e DIS Ho justification Off the crit-
''-'. Hl tue Negro that one often
u''Is ODD The South. 2 have never
,''N-Al oF said that lha Negro iu
.'l'a was tII that Dec should Dee
'.ee seem 20 me. however. that
.'' negro in tne United States has
''le. ON lhe whole. ass wen as Doc was
''''- ana as WoN as. under aU the
circumstances. could Doe reasonably
expected.
he then traces the history of these.
Africans a- follows.
Several ua1nfae or .t-l.t-.f.
different characteristics. contributed
to form the several Io,ssf, r..r,...t
ed states which now form tho Rri+fsb
COLONY of Northern Nirsrfr ,f .l,t.l,
Kauo b. tra ,.--,.,.-.,, W . .,,
most imuortanr and -,t.r.s,f,..- .r
these are the Hausas and tho I'm
lahs or Fellani. as thov mr.. con-,
times called. The Fulahs are noted
Tor their military spirit. the Hausas
.' '.'ti ''INUI|IcIaI enterprise. OUf.
has light complexion. and the othor
is dark.
The Fulahs are an equestrian non
pie, with @ cavalry armed with
.ances and swords They are zeaI-
Gus Nohammedaus. with "a l.nov.r-
edge of how Co divide ana govern %
Their independent character is do
Ncrihed by the proverhial saving tbat
"a Fulah man slave will escana o-
hill his master and that "a Erl,b
girl slave viii rule the barer I'm,
Ole. The Hausas are superior ~
lne Fulahs in the arts of peace
lhey are possessed OF unusual i'm
dnstry Judgment and inteuigaDco
ana have considerable degree az
literary taCe The Haus3s c,rr,.
on The internal trade OF the Nortb
ana Central Sudan They arc Vii
clothed and have many we1I-builr
ciiies with populations sometimes az
from twenty 20 sixty thousand Rarth
lh describing Kano. which is nor
maps 70 West Africa what Cbicaro
is To The United States. tell ms mat
for several hours round am Tho In