Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-08-18
to their Northern bluff.
COUNT THE COST

1t is the duty Of the Universal Nc
gro improvement Association to count
the cost. There are some Negroes whC
like to follow white folks-anythlHe
white folks do all right. If white
folks say let US march up tire street,
they are ready to organize group Of
Negroes to march up the street. Ii
white folks say let us turn to this
side Of the street, they will organize
the group to turn on this side of the
street. If white folks say let us attack
the Ku KluX Khan, you will find some
Negroes following suit. And this lue"
of attacking the Ku KluX Klan never
came into vogue among Negroes until
the New York World, for its own gouN
rcason-for the reason Of increasing
it's circulation, for tire reason of get
ting even with somebody it hated for
the reason of advertising the Ku KluX
Klan--Startcd the attack. Who can
tell that is not the motive? Who can
tell but what that is the diplomacy OF
the other man to get the activities OF
tho ku KluX Khan before the COUNT y,
because there are millions of people
today who never knew OF the I[u KluX
Khan and who never had an opinion
one way or the othr until the New
York World exposed the activities If
the Ku KluX Khan and told what the
program Of the ku liluX Khan was?
And since that time hundreds OF thou,
ands Of white Americans who never
had in their minds Joining the Ku
kluN Khan are now members Of the
Khan. l say and I believe that the pub
lication Of the World in its socalled
expose of the I[u KluX Khan was a
means of advertising the activities IF
the khan, and since that day, do you
know what has happened? Protestan;S
have organized an organization to
fight the Catholics. Since the expose
of the Ku KluX Khan, which was said
to be organized for tho purpose of be-
ing anti-Ncgro, anti-Jcw, and anti
Catholic, the Protestant Alliance Of
AWerlca has organized Il new gam.
cation to fight the Catholics and the
HOLY See. That is the strategy Of the
white man that poor, weak-mindel,
water-brained, Senseiess fellows ike
George Harris cannot understand. The
ltu kluX Khan represents. If not in act
uni membership, the spirit of nearly
every well-tfinking white American.
After the Ku KluX Khan program was
exposed it became so popular that the
protestants who were probably men,
bcrs Of khan realized their work OF
fighting Catholics might be hamperea
by the activities Of the khan, and they
simply stepped out and organized an
other organization to carry on the
same thing the khan was organized to
do. And later OH you will find differ
ent organizations probably springing
out OF the khan to carry out tire d.,
signs that the khan may have upon
any one race, upon any one group, uk
Oh any one set of people in any COM
munity. This thing calls for deep
thought--the thought Of a statesman
and not that Of ward politician
George Harris is Il ward politician.
and therefore cannot measure up II
the highest intelligence Of statesman
ship. a man who is going to look out
for thousand votes to get him INT.
office, irrespectiv Of the measure that
confronts the people, is the fellow that
you cannot entrust with the destiny Of
Il race. II fellows like George Harris
are to be my leader, then may God AL
mighty take me now, because l will
have absolutely no use for life.