Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-12-29

can expect no. more help from North
sern Democrats In resisting the en-
forcement OF the Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth Amendments. The cry, mo
Force Bill No Negro Domination!"
viii fall upon deaf ears. II the
South is determined to have cen
tralized Government that regulates
the personal habits Of the American
people 1T must accept centralized
government that regulates Negro
franchise and all that pertains there.
to.
This is a threat. Will the North
ern Democrats have the nerve to en-
force 1t? 1t emphasizes II in the fol-
lowing language:
Before many years have passed the
Inevitable swing Of the political pen.
dulum will bring about a Republican
Congress--a Congress that Is Repub-
lican both in the House and the Son.
!, ate. When that Congress conyenes 1t
Is certain that another attempt will
/ DC made to reduce the representation
or the South. Southern domination
or tine present Congress has not been
agreeable to anybody dn the North,
Democrat or Republican. Men like
Claude Kitchtn have been treating
the rest Of the country like con-
quered province, imposing outrageous
burdens OF taxation and giving as lit.
tie as possible in return. The price
Of wheat for the Northern farmer ia:
nxed by due process Of law, but tho
Southern farmer is allowed to charge
Tor his cotton all that the traffic will
pear and Is demanding moro. All
those chickens will come home to
rooat some day. 49,, -,
Ut Is time for colored folks to
smile. God Is holding the destiny of
nations in His hands, and the destiny
of some people. All Of these declara-
lions sound good to US. Here are
some more Of the same kind
Nobody can object to the Southern
States imposing the most drastic pro-
hibitory laws upon themselves, but
when they undertake to rule New
York and Pennsylvania and Massa.
chasetts and say what the people Of
those States may eat and drink, then
the Southern Democrats have again
cut themselves of from the body of
Northern Democrats as effectually as
they did In 1860 when they demanded
tnat the Northern Democracy must
no]ectly surrender to their views of
the institution of human slavery.
Northern Democrats will no soone.
think Of surrendering on the issue of
personal liberty than on the issue of
slavery. - =
II the South lis determined to 20
ahead with this insensate policy-if
This new sectionalism of prohibition,
Is to be imposed upon Northern and
eastern States by the South and West !,
then the Southern Democrats will
nave again taken themselves out OF
the democratic Party and must. abide
by Che consequences, whatever these
may be-" -.&",T
Tho Northern Democrats aided the
southern Democrats in denying to
colored' people personal liberty, and
now more than forty years after.
wards they find themselves "hoist
with his own petard." Where will the
! colored people Of tho North and the
T.''S'A5 ~ oPNtis LhiS 6ledL VuSSNlC0I
VIII they line UP with tho southern
people, with whom they have lived for
many centuries, or will they support
their new-found friends in the North?
This Is Il question for careful and
prayerful consideration. Once more
We give voice to the opinion that tho
time will yet come;sif 1t is not now
at hand, when the white South will
Insist upon 1.-THE colored citizens exer-
cising the right of suffrage and will
be forward In supporting him in these
rights. The peidulumi % Justice the.
oe'retically, at least swings as far one
way as 1t does the other, and eternal
Justice will yet be done to one Of the
hrmblest and kindliest races of peo.
pie In all of this land.
For truth will conquer at the last,
AS round and round we run,
And ever the right comes uppermost,
And over is justice done"
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