Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-02-24

brick and rough stone. 1t was designed
as the beginning of church long ago,
but abandoned Marcus Garvey roofea
it ever. and out OF this squat and dirty
old Liberty Hall" he screams his pro
paganda. AS compared with the homes
the business, the church, Garvey' 3
basement represents nothing In acco u
plishment and only waste in attempt.
he concludes as follows:
| Yet II has right to be. 1t represents
something spiritual. however poor and
futile today. Deep In the black mans
heart he knows that he needs more
than homes and stores and churches
g needs manhood-liberty. brother
hood, equality. The call of the spirit
urges him restlcssly to and fro with
all men Of the despised and forgotten,
seeking. seeking. Misled they often
are. and again and again they play in
mtcrocosm the same tragic drama that
other worlds and other groups nav.
p aged. Here is Carney yelling to nfe,
from the black side. race conscious
ness which leaps to meet Madison
Grant and Lo.hrop Stoddard and otlrer
wol SLIPPERS OF the great white race. IA
is symptOmatic and portentous. III
with greater and more gifted and
efficient Carney it sometime blazes f.,
real flame. 1t means world war and
eternal hate ana blood It means the
setting OF the world clock back :,
thousand years. And yet the world,
G"rveys are not solely to blame. but
ority and human inequality. On the
other hand, back OF all this turks the
quieter, more successful. more insist.
eht' and hopeful fact. Races are living
together They are buying and selling
marrying and rearing children. laugh
Ing and crying. They are fighting mobs
and lynchers and those that enslave
ana desplse and they have not yet
isned IN that fight. Their faith in
tnefr ultimate and complete triumph
are these homes. this business block.
THIS church. duplicated hundred
thousand times in a nation of twelve
Tliilon. Here. then, are the two future
pains outlined with a certain sul'eG
dmness in the worlds bIood-crimson
wright. End yet to be described easiiy
NY those with the seeing hearts. Which
nath Will America choose?
This appeal is wonderful. awe-inspir.
In: end pathetic. DR.. Du Bots scars to
height in striking contrast to tho
lower levels of assertion and thought.
from which he drove some of his most
poignant shafts at Marcus Gervey. He
places manhood. liberty. brotherhood
and equality above the fireside com.
mercialism and God as embIematized
In the churches. Can he get the mass
es OF his own people, of the American
people to follow him along these
lines? His, remaEkable production re-
quires much Study. DIR. Du Bots can
talk, philosophize. persuade and
threaten. but his vital weakness is in
his inability to accomplish some con-
crete good by actual leadership. He
wearies at once of persuading men
and when he has in his literary pro-
auctions shown the people the way his
task Is complete for his viewpoint.
Marcus Carney must not only plan.
bit he must execute. Perhaps as the
distinguished author has sais he
is making mistakes but he has condi
lions, with which to contend of which
Du Bots knows absolutely nothing.
Both have their proper place. Du Bots
to plan and leaders. like Garvey to
execute. The chasm between these two
schools of thought is two wide for
them to work in the same territory.
Certain it is that each should go his
own way in peace Selah.
s6F
There is no good arguing with tie
inevitable. The only argument avail
able with an east wind is to put On
your overcoat
LOWELL