Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-12-20

the U. s. TO account. This Government
Inspector did not take tho subject of
cartoons up with Mr.. Johnson in an
official manner, but simply as n
friend and he cnquired of tho cartoon
list as to his meaning Of certain car
icons that had been published in this
journal from time to timo.
l.o wanted to know if some OF them
did not have Il tendency to cause race
riots and to incite the colored people
o acts of violence. This being furth.
oSt from the intentions of either tho
cartoonist or Of tho publisher of this
journal, both OF whom have advised
tmo and again respect for law and
authority and voiced a condemnation
or mob-law In every form, 1t was not
difficult to reply to these kind of en-
Quiries. This friendly inspector sug-
gcstcd that Cartooonist johnson do
vote his tins to comic cartoons.
AS he is not primarily fitted for
this work. tho last suggestion was
that he should not criticiso tho Prcs.-
dent. There is no objection to this adj
vice. AS strange as it may seem, this
inspector had filed away every car
toon ever published in tho Planet
hy Cartoonist Johnson For our part
We ere free to say that George IL.
Fen Johnson has rare ability along
these lines. Many of his productions
arc rf historical value and they have.
,cndcd to cause him to be regarded rs
Il E"nius
las week We arc giving another
one OF these remarkable draw
ings from his gifted pen and wo as
"nre hc official OF the government
tina. people who were repr csented
with Gen. George Washington during
The Revolutionary War, who fought
at Runkcr Hill and who were with
Commodore Perry at Lake Erie, Gen.
''r: mt in the Battle OF the Wilderness
a the Battle Of the Crater at Peters
bug and with Gen. Robert r.. Lee
during the trying times during lis
great retreat and who protected tho
wives and children OF the soldiers in
gray, while doing their duty with
tho soldiers In blue and who then
saved Col Roosevelt In the Spanish.
american war, who rallied in tons Of
thousands and went to France winning
renown upon foreign battle field are
not 10 DO aligned or classcd with
tho anarchists and the disloyal white
Americans, who have been accorded
ciV1l, social and poll .ical rights and
privileges, which to the Negroes have
been denied
fhey were loyal to that distingu-
ishcd occupant Of the White House
during his four years of trial and j;
they arc loyal today. No cartoons in !
this journal or any o hcr journal can
snake their faith in the national gov
erhinent on i'll It's officials who have
charge. The race riots were caused
by white men who attacked Negroes
and not by Negroes who at acxed
white men. Some say the Negroes got
the worst OF it. Private Information
docs not bear OUT this view of the
for black men fought with
White mon to put down tho white
rowdics who fomentcd and carried
out this species of disorder.
If free speech and a free press arc
to be tolerated when peace is declared.
we shall continue the publication OF
this journal, but if it can be issued,
published and distributed only upon
orders from Washington, whether
those orders re issued by Republi-
can or by n Democratic Administru-
ion, we shall take it that the time
has come for us to quit and we shall
retire to the quietude of our home
with the command ringing in our
cars. John. don't write no morc!" =,
Selah.