Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-03-12
SPEAKS PLAINLY ABOUT
MARCUS CARNEY
Newport News, Va,
February &c, 1921.
TO Ihe Editor of The Planet,

Dear Mr.. Etl!tor:-
There appeared In your paper on
February 10th, 1921 an article writ
ten by MrMadarikan Dcniyi Of La
gus Niegcria, West Africa, in which
he makes a ferocious attack to dis
| credit tho Gnrvoy Movement to es-
! tablish a black Republic al Africa
and invites she readers Of said arti-
Gle to write him in relation to the
same. and | am askmg you for space
| TO accept the invitation.
In the first place the attack sounds
more liko malice, hatred and spite,
than of sober, deliberate, dispassion
ate and impartial statement OF facts
| which strips II Of whatever force It
might otherwise have.
And M. Deniyi seems to be entire
. ~ lack ng in the knowledge of the
motive which actuates and animates
| MIR. Marcus Carney in this, the great
est OF all movements over undertaken
by any colored ,man!
This movement Is not money
making scheme as Mr.. Demyi alleges
out Is movement to transplant q race
from one continent TO another and
,here to gradually build an Ethiopian
republic. Why? Because we have on
political and evil status any where
| else on earth; and consequently it
nm not be money making scheme
whereso much Is needed. to keen
moving along.
| we have statue and constitutional
, rights in this country, but what are
| 'ncy TO us? Mere scraps or papor.
s'nco public sentiment is the law of
the land in this country. And those
| laws have been apart of the constitu-
| ton or the United States and on tho
] STATUTE hooks for nearly fifty years:
nut 40 they funct on? No, they are
cvaded ignored and wholly disregard
| ed.
| ehink 1T is written in the Declare
Iioh OF independence that govern
| nehts derive their just powers from
'he consent OF the governed. And
| age II. that taxation without repre-
hHhfatlon IS tyranny, but now, all
these noble fundamentals arc treated
as mere "scraps iof paper"
| III Congress to day, we have about
4" representatives WHO occupy their
seats by virtue of tho coiorcd Dopuln
! lloh' ana whenever we attcmDt To
eject Just few Of them to represent
| us the cry of Negro domination is
hcfaldcd from one end of the coun.
try to the other.
| Inc FOUNDERS of this country did
not make til" 'ndia&S C.tizcnS he
cause! 1t was difficult matter TO MS
si''iatc them, they did not imDose
'aAation upon them hecousc they
gave them no voice in the govern
ment. Whatever personal qualificat.
IONS we may be deficient In there IS
one mden able fact, we arc endowed
with as Keen 4 sensitive feeling as
inny people OH earth and there ia
much discrimination that Is kecnlv
ieit by us and is, hard ITO endure.
When we attempt 20 exercise orr
ctvii rights, tho Elusive alarm of
social equality is raised. Social couol.
~ us matter of personal choice: no
person can force his presence upon
announcer he must be invited; but bus,
ness or political mixing is not social
equallty, ana right heres let me say
} 10 Mr.. Dcniyl that we have every
o:f'igation OF the government mpos
od upon us without enjoying any OF
. It's benefits.
are not these sufficient reasons to
create il desire for governmental
nome or our own?
All Europe Is now moving to Ameri
ca nit the rate of hundred thousand
month. and as this country becomes
more and more congcsted by the IN
iluN or foreign peoples, employment
Will become more difficult and wages
WIFI fan proportionately. Who will,
ne the greatest sufferer in that event
Why the colored man
III about hundred yeors from NOW
at the present rate of increase there
, VIII be about 350,0000O0 white peonle
, III TINS country and about so. 900 600
: ol colored people, and in another buu
: urel years, this country will be like
ihola' emma, and Japan. What will
become or the colored people then?
] IL should be borne i'm mind TINT
} at this time, this country is the gray
ltafing center Of the world, all moo
pie are rushing here for n haven OF
rest and money making. And by and
by a reaction will set in and awful
will kc the c3h
If colored people shared on equal
chance and opportunity with other
people there would DO no special
cause for Alarm. But Mr.. Garyey
eoes Ihis ana is trying to prepare for
II.
IL IS not expected that any mn.
preciable percentage OF the present
population Of colored people will
pun up and 80 to Africa and for that
matter there Will always be some col
ored peope in this country, matters
not what kind of republic is erect
ed In Africa, but the object Is to pro
VIDE a home refuge and Independent
government and every thoughtful and
self respecting colored person sboulfl
, give 1t his support whether he ever
) expects to go to Africa or not and
white people should give it their ap.
prevail.
Having given some Of the reasons
or motives why the Carney Movement
should not he INSTRUCTED but encour
aged and supported, I will now attempt
to sift out some of Mr.. Deniyi's
errors In the other parts Of his un