Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-09-03

sincere IN Whatever ne dld InOuRn ne
has made grievous blunders. In this
instance he has fallen far short of
that sterling manhood that we
believed he had.
stop whining. Tell this TO the dumb
brutes he slaughtered in Africa in
order To increase his fame and enrich
Smithsonian Institute. Don't tell this
10 men who read history and breath
the spirit OF freedom II was the
whining OF Patrick Henry. the Whin
ing of the Mecklenburg stalwarts of
| Carolina and the whining of the en-
| tire people against unjust taxation
/ and oppression that resulted in the
greatest Republic of the world that
/ honored MIR. Roosevelt as its chief
magistrate.
Mr. Roosevelt would not dare say
this TO a white audience similarly
situated as the Negroes are in this
country. We say 20 him and his race
that he loves and would not rebuke
for its brutality TO another, that the
time has come that we shall not only
whine but do like Patrick Henry and
his Sire did at Bunker Hill
This stun may have ticKled Booker
! Washington and his band Of South
/ ern Hsfranchised Negroes, but At
does not tickle men who love man
hood whether we are in the South
OF i'm the North The man who sits
down and submits uncomplainingly
to the iniQuitOus Jim Crow laws of
the South where his wife and chill
ldren are treated worse than the cat
tie is UNIV Orthy of respect. The man
THAT allows his liberty TO be taken
] L. 4 Is
on par with the animals of the for
est hir Roosevelt whined all over
this country because wealth combined
robbed the ordinary white man of a
square deal in IN. ihings of life.
with this big stick and his appeals
TO the people he cocrced Congress
to heed his whining and he began
( the investigation that has shown un-
told rotteuness and vice. But he al
vises Negroes to stop whining and
make out With what they have. Per
/ haps Il is the whining Of the muir
dered ghost OF the discharged sol
diers that is worrying him and he
wants peace. Cleanse his conscience
and acknowledge his wrongs il that
be the reason? No. sir. We shall not
take your advice. Why you have not
/ heard any whining. We have just be-
gun. We shah not be satisfied with
what we have. but we shall have
/ what is ours or have worse. For this
! assertion the League promised 90 de
! liver 10 him the Negroes Of this coun-
/ try 20 help promote him in whatever
/ ne desires. Bosh, Deliver nothing but
/ Hot Air. What selfrespecting man
/ there Is that would support MT.
/ Roosevelt for POundkeeper III he
/ feels that the Negro is receiving what
| be should In this country or who
would give him a vote when he be-
lieves the Negro should bee satisfied
With the prescription and disfran-
Ichisement that this country Is giving
him.
N Mr.. Roosevelt is sincere why did
not he reiterate his Square Deal for
| the Negro again? Bishop Clinton
| thanked him for q when he uttered
/ IL years ago when he needed Negro
votes. He does not need them now
and says TO them. stop whining.
In other words stop seeking TO
have what the white men have aud
| the constitution gives YOU. Be good
! Niggers. accept your Jim Crow laws
/ OF every shade. go ont OF politics and
/ be servants and labOrers. Wouldn't
| that make you sick? The wives OF
! Negro men deserve the same humane
treatment that the wives OF all other
men deserve. Negro youths have a
right 20 aspire 20 all those things
that all other youths aspire 90. Don't
whine for the privileges that you
are denied Of This OF all advices
given colored men Is the most in
| famous. This is worse than the Taft
/ Office Policy.
We believe that the delegates to
| this League when the enthusiasm and
| excitement OF the hour passes over
and calm reason. asserts itself. will
take back what they said and change
/ their opinion OF the Strenuous Ted
/ dy. Does this sound like Theodore
| Roosevelt who plead for Africa In
Europe IL sounds more like Demo
gogue who is pandering TO senu-
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