Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-12-23
THE SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTISTS.

We have received THE Voice." n
four page pamphlet printed monthly
at Detroit, Michigan with Mr.. II. IS,
st. Clair as editor. 1t is devoted to a
discussion OF religious topics and TIL"
publishers seem to be connected with
the Seventh Day Adventists. 1t says:
Zach person upon tho editorial staff
Of The Voice, is Il member Of the white
race but We bow our heads in shame
when VIC think Of the ungOdly prcjn-
dice and helliSh actions Of many OF the
white race, both South and North, in
the u. S. \.
BY some, we arc severely criticised
because we stand for justice to all
races everywhere alike. We love thcm
ono and all. brown, yellow, black. red
and white; they arc all Tire children Of
the same Heavenly Father, and our
Lord and Saviour made ono sacrifice
and oblation for tho sins Of us all
There is 10 white. colourcd. brown
rcd or yellow. heavenly kingdom spok-
eli OF in the Bible. 1t is for all nations,
kindrcdM. tongues. and people, Halle.
luj%h! Our regret is, therefore. that
our calumnintorS have so far fallcn
from the moral image of God that they
have rejected. by their words and act
ions the Saviour OF Mankind.
After speaking Of gruesome outrages
in the Southland. it says:
Thousands OF these illegal hangingS,
burnings and other manifestations OF
"lynch law" cry to the Lord of Hosts
for vengeance The Voice abhors these
gross sins of people OF our own col
our, and We pray that the time may
not be far distant when this nation
shall repent in sack cloth and ashes,
bringing forth fruits meet for repent
ancC *.
The trouble appears to us to be that
the Southern "crackers' were not snf-
f;ricntly whipped during the War Of
tho Rebellion, or, being sufficiently
whipped. were too soon returned to po-
sirions Of power and influence.
Tie blood Of countless thousands
Wa: split upon Americas soil in order
that this nation might not continue
half free, half slave. The armies Of
the North marched to the tune Of liar
riet Becchcr Stoves immortal Battle
Hymn Of the Republic" the climatic
ideal Of which was:
AS Christ died to make men Holy,
Let us die to make men Free,
Our God is marching on!
Once more we need to sing, with the
fervency Of Civil War days, that self
same song. Once more we need to go
forth to make men free!
We need to purge the North Of this
dCvilish, un-American sentiment which
has stopped over" from the South
this doctrine of the inequality Of rae
cs. If this land is to escape fate SINH
lar to that Of Sodom and Gomorrah,
loyal Americans must indeed arise
and cast the Devil out Of this most des-
picable of all un-American, hell-boulNi
creatures, the Southern "cracker."
This enemy Of Christianity and true
Americanism, stands up in open def
ance of our National laws and Of tho
solemn obligations Of the Treaty Of
Peace signed by both North and South
May the sword Of the Lord and Of Gid
con be unsheathed, II necessary, ami
the Federal Constitution be upheld.
Our Declaration Of Independence de
cares that all men are created free
and equal and it makes no provision
for "Jim Grow" cars. churches. schools
etc. Let us, once and for all, cast Cut
; this damnable, detestable. hellish illc;.
itimate; unAmerfcan; unChristian
Jim Crow institution
Men Of sense realiz" that there is
no difference between the red. white
brown, black, and yellow races, save
that Of pigmental effect. Other men
need to get the devil out, and sense In
and they will see the same.
Let 100 per cent Christians unite H.
campaign to Danish forever this preJ;1
dice horn Of ignorance, which pro
claims the white man better than tho
black man! Our observation is thar
granting equal opportunities, there is
no superiority Of which the white man
! can boast.
If the Southern whites Of the u. s
A., who are trailing Americas fan
name in the dust by their mob laws
and lynching parties. are sample OF
white civilization, then so much the
worse for white civilization, and thu
sooner 1t reaches the pit of hell. the
better for all concerned. The actions
or these "crackers" constitute an anal