Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-10-22

alton and maintenance OF free govern
mcnt in Virginia and the safety Of our
civilization. What were al! the great
scholars and statesmen and 'Colono.s
in the State dong when "iroA gov.!n-
mcnt in Virginia departed and its civil
lization jeopardized. Is what is suG-
gested true or is it a mischevious boy
crying wolf" or Don QuiXoto as
saulting q windmill with barrell
stave which no thinks IS a Roumanlan
Sword.
"That tho people Of each race have
n right to their own social organiza-
tions and institutions" is true aud
that "any social intcrmingling or mix
ture of tho races in this State is i'm.
possible" Is correct but If "any social
intermingling or mixture Of the rae
es in this State is impossible then
the statement Is meaningless: no
sensible man attempts to provide
against the impossible for it will never
happen. What party has proposed
"any social intermingling or mixture
of the races in this State?"
If such a proposition has been made
then tho people of the State are en-.
titled to know by whom it is made
and If it has not been made
then the great Lawyer-Co;o
mel and his valiant hosts are
arguing n question that is not before
the court. Why impanel and charge
jury to try nothin?
In no better way could tie so-callcd
Republican party have shown its IN.
capacity and unfitness to take control
OF the government of Virginia than
by its action in excluding Negroes
from participating in the deliberations
Of councils Of the party for by that
action It declared itssif to be q Social
club to which color should be the
badge OF admission and not allegiance
to the principles espousoh. How II
rev Negroes who were regularly elect
Ell dttcgates could by sitting in State
Convention be continued into any Social
intermingling or mixture Of tho races
Nobody but these new daniels como
to Judgment can possibly tell.
VINO Is interfering with the "per-
eonal rights" or impairing the "social
integrity" Of either race In Virginia?
and II those rights are being interior
cd with and that social integrity be.
ing impaired how can they be preserv
ed or respected by party that is so
holy that 1t dare not sit in the same
building with n Negro or let his shai
ow fall across It's path.
The fact Is that this junk about So
cial intermingling or mixture of races
IS Just very crude appeal to che
white women Of Virginia to vote for n
job lot OF incomDetents who arc on
tife outside looking in and are praying
10 DO on the inside looking out. It is
Just as much a moral crime to get
votes under false pretcnces as it Is a
VOCATION of municipal law to get
money In the same way.
What Is snid about popular roye,n
ment is also true. but what else is
FORMED but conflicting racial groups
"hen who'e people are thrown out Of
Il party both bag and baggage and not
even promise day in court. And vet,
there are few Negroes in Virginia,
who are saying: "let us stay in the
party and fight 1t out. "Whcn q man
IS d1spo'sessed Of his rights by being
ousted from his freehold how in the
name of all that is good can he stay
on his land and fight 1t out? as well
say to man in jail that they cannot
put him In. When one is out he Is out
and being out there Is no way TO
stay in: he may come back but he
cannot stay In when he is out.
1t is needless to tell the Negroes OF
Virginia about voting their individual
convictions tlfay expect to do that Ivy
casting their votes on election day for
Mitchell and Nash and Newsomo and
Jackson and Bacchus and Mrs. Walk
er and Brickhouse and all the Negroes
nnmed on the various local tickets and
thereby assist In having one grand po-
litical funeral in this old Common
wealth and gst rid, once and for al
ways, Of a class Of people who attempt
to ride into power by trying to array
one class against another or to raise
cnmity and strife where there are
harmony and peace: and rs the corps
es are bdng removed it is hoped that
the whole congregation will arise and
sing:
"Bc'ieveing we rejoice to see the
curse removed"