Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-07-10
MIR. TILLNlAN AND TIiN NEGRO.

MIR. TlLLMAN AND THH NEGRO.
We have received the following
datclcSs, letter, postmarked "Wash-
inston. ID. c." which explains itself
in rather ino'egant language. We
shall take pleasure in answering our
quest ioncr. who uses language that
hardly COMFORTS with his standing i'll
his own community:
Tho Richmond Planet,
Richmond, Virginia.
In ont OF the latest editions Of your
paper, you have an article OIL the
jim Crow Law. Permit me to say Il
few words on the subject. You OBJ
jcct to the law. If you were white
man or white lady and was sitting
in ono of the street cars,in many Of
the large cities and some big husky
black woman, came in and sat i'll
aIc same seat, would you enjoy all
tho odors and smells that they car
ny with them especially on hot day?
The Negroes have no right to de-
mand the same rights as white men
ard they know it, am Il southern
man, from South Carolina, and be-
li,vc in lending a helping hand to
The Negroes OF the South but do not
believe in giving them the same
rights rs the white citizens enjoy.
Why should they have thcm? They
1t, ,ip
government and move to Africa or
some other country If they are not
satisfied hero in the good old u. S.
A. The trouble today Is that there
has been too many of the white lower
class catering to them and 1t has
ruined them. They do not want TO
work anymore, it is impossible to
hire n washerwoman in tho city and
those that do work want young for
tune to dc a dollars worth of work
why don't they go to Mexico
whore the people arc just a little bet
tor than the Negroes of the United
States Of America?
STEVE T.. TILLMAN.
In reply to the question as to
whether we would object to Il colored
woman sitting in a seat beside us,
were we white, we are frank to say
that we might not like it, but we
would recognize existing conditions
and Inconvenience incident to travel
ing in street car on five, six or
seven cents fare without expecting
the conveniences and the exclusive
ness Of a Pullman rawing room. We
also would have our Questioner under
stand that bad odors emanate from
a certain class Of white people in the
same way and manner that they exude
from certain class Of colorcd people
We have found TOO that a husky
black woman as n rule has Il tender
heart, are the models for geniality
and politeness and are. usually the
'embodiments Of good nature and
friendly conduct. The husky black
women are the kind that raised the
white children Of the Southland, both
male and female. and they bathed
their charges in the bathrooms of
some of TIE best families in the land
and were not denied the privileges
OF completing their toilet upstairs in
Inc dressing rooms Of the great big
white house and mansions in this
sunny cline.
we do not see any improperly in
giving these black people the same
political rights and privileges that
white men enjoy. Mr.. Tiilman asks
why colored people should have these
rights. They should have them be-
cause they served two hunded and
fifty years making the Southland in
particular and the country in general
bloom and blossom like a rose adding
millions of dollars to the wealth of
this country Of ours.
They fought during the Revolu-
tionary War for government that
had not accorded political recognition
and Independence to them. They fol.
lowed this up by shedding their blood
for this nation during the War of
1912, the Mexican War and the War
Between the States. They were in
the fighting in Cuba and fought Spain
winning 'laurcls Of victory across the
ocean on a foreign field. ~.
Their fidelity to the families Of tho
Southern men while away from home
alone should entitle them to this
recognition. Couple this with the
fact that the producing power of the
colored people OF this country now