Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-09-10
THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

ances. arc Invitations to the seekers
after office TO prevent the appointme"
| of Negroes to any Office which they
| would desire to hold. And again:
| If Il sufficient number Of the leading
| men of tho South of both races, pos
| Seascd of intelligence, and characto
could DO induced to enter heartily in
to such an arrangement as this II
might be that the sanguinc cXpcc,;l
tions OF the administration would he
rouiZed. AT any rate, 1t IS certain tia;
! the experiment will be tried. In max
ing this trial Of tho plan mapped out
| tho President may be counted upon
J az being insistcnt upon II square dca,
! all around.
| 1t is up to the South to demonstrate
| whether such IL plan can be worked
| out in good faith.
How can YOU build up Rcpubli.
can Party in the South or any
where disc with Il class of people. VIC
do not believe i'll and who will not pra
f: ticc the fundamental principles of the
, Republican party? How can you bui,d
upa Roman Catholic Church with
! members, who bitterly oppose the dog
mas Of that Church and tho sac ed
! cdicts of tho Pope? How can you build
| up a Baptist Church with members OF
Il Roman Catholic Church, or
: members, who have left tho Roman
! Catholic Church and who yet believe
; in tho fundamental teachings of that
! Church? How can you build UP the
| kingdom Of Heaven with inmates OF
! the kingdom of Hell?
| How can you make a cloth suit out
. of paper and how can you make gla Is
bottles GU. Of wood or wooden boxes
, Of glass?
Men, who in good faith attempted
to do these things would be regarded
as fooling themselves or as trying to
fool some one else. Fo1 our part, We
refuse and decline to be fooled. Then
follows the browning comment upon
this all important subject:
The PRECEDENT believes that the ira
dittonal prejudice Of the South rcquir
es more time and patience to work out
the proper relations of tho two races
upon basis Of harmony and Justice.
He wants to help the Negro to rise to
his proper position as n full fledecd
citizen. but he thinks that the best
possible way to accomplish this is to
go slowly and work for q lessening
or the friction Through such a Dot
cy Of cancellation and firmncss, It Is
expected that the Republicans will be
able to build up real parity In the
south, thing that does not exist to
day. 1t Is thought by those in The
Presidents confluence that this poi
cy will work out to tho advantage of
. tho race, rather than to its iisadya,,t
age.
| We are 40 Disguised with this com.
; mont that we find It difficult 10 dis.
CUES the subject with eQuanimtty. II
Is case OF insisting upon a square
deal In a crooked transaction. It :s
akin to making an object white and
: black ut tho Same time to going for.
ward and moving backward at one
and the same time, to dca,ing Justice
and injustice at one and the same
time, to accomplish In ono brief moyo
ment leserdcrmain feat, which has
not been brought about from the
, days OF Solomon down to tho present
time This IL an age of deception, OF
hypocrisy, Of using words to deceive,
OF trying to fool the people some Of
the time and then ending 1t UP by fool
ing the people oil the time But tho
New York Age and it's able editor
should know better and he should
have tho nerve and the. backbone to
say so.
We would to God we knew tine
name OF his informant. He should he
placed in a museum with the other
curiosioies. Time has made soma Of
our colored folks simple, but they are
not all of them fools. selah.