Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-03-10

Ney mas iCSt nope That he sees In the
failure of some of his enterprises. the
setting OF the sun so to speak for the
Negroes in this country? Let us hope
not. Despite these disconcerting con
ditions. the Supreme Court of the
United States for the first time in it,
history has blocked the execution o,
helpless Negi oes in Arkansas.
Southern Governments al.egedly
Democratic, backed by the loyal south.
ern white women are now moving
against lynching in this country. I'm
der the leadership of Governor John
M. Parker the Ku Kiux Khan or
Louisiana is being prosecuted by
cou, herners. not northerners and the
sunshine of liberality towards the Nc
gro is appearing on every hand. MI i.
Garvey says:
We may talk religion; that sounds
all right morally and officially, but
you cannot live religion in the TWEEN.
tieth century, otherwise you 80 20. 4 l.
less and shelterless. The man who at
tempts to live religion in this age of
materialism is the fellow who won
take long to be hungry and sheiterless.
Let John ID. Rockefeller with all his
billions try to live religion, and in
twenty-fOur hours Ire will be begging
bread around New York. 1t is all well
to preach and talk religion but you
cannot live it. The only place you can
live religion is in heaven. and the fiji
teen hundred million souls that now
populate the world are long way
from heaven. (Laughter) The distance
Is long and the time is long; 1t may
take another million years to get there
So while we talk religion down here
we cannot very we'll live religion be-
cause of the sinfulness of the age in
which we live. The only thing you
can live down here is power anil
strength. And that is the only thing
that is going to solve this Negro prob
lem. not only in America but in all
parts OF the world. When the Negro
develops not his spiritual muscles, but
his physical muscles strong enough 20
exert them in his own defense then
not only William Jennings Bryan not
only the ku klux khan. but the "red
shirts" and the gray shirts" of Italy
and England will change their mind
about Write supremacy and the inferi
GRITTY Of the darker peoples of the
world. (Applause.)
1t would seem then that if religio.l
is God. then Mr.. Carney has lost faith
in God. He overlooks, the quaint ex-
preston, God helps those. who help
themselves" According to Mr.. Garvey
religion in this country is a failure 81
far as it applies to the people of this
country We admit that power Is es
sentially necessary in order to com
mand respect. That power must assert
itself through organizations. Marcus
Gal vcy has power. He is exercising i.
and We have been led to believe that
he is pursuing the proper course 10
bring about the proper recognition o.
that power. Young man that he is, :s
it possible that he is losing hope?
Gagged by his utterances, it woult
seem so.
He should refresh his mind relative
to the history of the Spartans and he
should study in detail the achieve.
ments of the present day Turks. Bu'
Mr.. Garvey RECEIVERS his equilibrium
when he says:
There is no white supremacy be-
yond the power and the strength OF
the white man to ho'd himself against
others. The supremacy of any race rs
not permanent; it is a thing only OF
the; time in which the race finds itself
to be powerful. 1t is well for William
Jennings Bryan to talk this way, be
cause the thing gives inspiration and
courage to men and women like those
who make up the Universal Negro I'm
provement Association to fight strong
err for the establishment of a govern
melt OF our own on the continent OF
Africa.
1t may be then that Mr.. Garvey did
not accept at its face value all that he
quoted Hon. William Jennings Bryan
AS saying. He is using his words in an
effort to make the Negroes in this
country dissatisfied with surround.
ing conditions to the end that TREY
could be induced to contribute Stiff
Gent funds to bring into action hif
plans for the building up of a greai
kingdom or republic upon the CONT
nent Of Africa. He concludes as fol
lows:
More and more we are coming tc
find in America that the colored
mans position is insecure, and when
/ talk about the ku klux khan I do sc
not because / have any interest in the
ku klux khan but because / admire
the ku k1ux khan for its honesty of in
tention in expressing to the peoDit
what 1T means; and l have more re
gard for the ku klux khan, and / hav,
more regard for Mr.. Bryan than al
the other white people in America. bC
cause they feel the same way but are
not honest enough to tell us what they