1 10 1724 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary A detailed list of the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation in Richmond. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940106&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Social Change Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation took place here to-day and was a grand affair. It was under the auspices of the Emancipation Club: James H. Lee, president; Rev. W.H. Dixon, secretary; Executive Committee: Retter Allen, E.F. Braxton, Rev. J.E. Jones, J.H. Williams, A. Bannister, and S.M. Travis. The line of march formed on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and 23rd Street. Promptly at 12 o’clock the procession started. It was headed by the brass band from Portsmouth, Va. It discoursed lively airs and with the attractive uniforms was much admired. The following organizations participated: Ponce DeLeon Lodge, 2527, G.U.O. of O.F., Damon Lodge, no. 12 K. of P., New Light Lodge No. 350 True Reformer, St. Fisherman, Blooming Star Lodge, No. 436, True Reformers, West Point, Va., Zouaves, Capt. C.H. Clark, commanding, Jones Cadets, James Taylor, captain E.P. League, Goddess of Liberty. The principal streets were paraded. The Zouaves from West Point, attired in their red caps, blouses and red pants, Capt. Charles H. Clark, commanding, were the subjects of many congratulations. Their maneuvers were very fine and their commanding officer need feel proud. A detail of mounted horsemen preceded the procession. B. Morrick, Chief Marshal, Robert Rogers, first lieutenant; M.Jackson, assistant marshal; Aids, D.M Gaines, P. Roane; J.C. Harris, bugler; P. Woodson, chairman Finance Committee. Upon the return, the exercises were help in the First Baptist Church, the popular Rev. W.H. Dixon, pastor. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. G. T. Jones, chaplain. The Emancipation Proclamation was read by Mrs. Eliza Dizon. The poem, by Mrs. Amanda V. Clarke was very fine. Her delivery was excellent. The orator for the occasion was Mr. John Mitchell Jr., editor of the Planet, and member of the Richmond, Va. Board of Alderman. He received a flattering welcome and spoke for an hour eliciting rapturous applause. He traced the history of the Negro from 1620 down to the present time, declaring that through all their vicissitudes the Negro was the best friend the white man ever had. He made an appeal for equal rights and declared that there was no desire for social equality. He urged his hearers to be truly emancipated, live sober, industrious, honest and moral lives. He beseeched them to save their money and buy land. He condemned lynch law lawlessness in all of its forms and made a powerful appeal in behalf of the Negro. The progress of the Negro was reviewed by capt. James A.Field, ex-Commonwealth Attorney. He told of the achievements of the race, cited living examples of the truth his words contained and made a most excellent showing for the race with which he is identified. Editor Mitchell dined with Rev. W.H. Dixon and left at 4:35 p.m. for Richmond. He was booked to speak at hampton but his letter stating his inability to speak there seems to have miscarried and was returned to him at Richmond by Post Office authorities. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940106-Emancipation Celebration at Newport News Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-06 Title A name given to the resource Emancipation Celebration at Newport News Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary Gov. McKinney pardons a white man who murdered a black man and never served a sentence. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940106&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Hon. Philip W. McKinney is now an ex Governor. One of his last official acts was to grant a pardon to a white man who had murdered a Negro, and had been sentenced by a white jury to two years in the Virginia penitentiary. That the murder was unprovoked was plainly evident by the verdict. If the color of the parties had been reversed a hanging would have been decreed. But here is the newspaper account of the affair. Let the people read and judge for themselves: “The Governor yesterday granted a pardon to W.C. Davis of Norfolk, who was recently sentenced by the Corporation Court of that city to serve two years in the penitentiary for the voluntary manslaughter. In granting the pardon Governor McKinney says: ‘The testimony against the man is of a very doubtful character, the principal witness being an ex-convict from the Virginia penitentiary. The prisoner asserts his innocence and that the killing was done in self-defence. I am inclined to believe that the act was committed while he was being pursued by a number of Negroes, and it is believed he was under the influence of liquor at the time. His pardon seems to meet with the favor of the Judge who presided at his trial and of the jury who convicted him. These are the facts. I am further induced to pardon him in sheer pity for the good woman whom he is shortly to marry. I trust that the clemency extended to him by the Executive will induce him to be a sober man for the rest of his life, and that he will be a good and faithful husband to the woman who has done so much to secure his release from prison. The woman referred to above is Mrs. Johnson, of Norfolk. She secured the signatures of the judge and jurors and of 40 other citizens to the petition for Davis’ pardon, and came here in person to present the paper. Davis had only been in the penitentiary 18 days. It is said that he was attacked by a gang of Negroes and shot the man in self defence. He is about 22 years old and the woman he is to marry is a widow of about the same age. They were to have been married some time ago, but he go into this trouble. The couple went away together yesterday, and it is understood will be married at once” But we forbear further comment. Ex-Gov. McKinney’s official public life is at an end and the above case is a fitting winding up to his pardoning record. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940106-Gov. McKinney's Pardon Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-06 Title A name given to the resource Gov. McKinney's Pardon Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary A cautious analysis and endorsement of Gov. O’Ferrall’s inauguration address. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940106&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The inauguration of Hon. Charles T O’Ferrall as Governor of Virginia took place last Monday/ His address was scholarly and able. He gave expression to views which would seem to indicate that prejudice will not predominate in the administration of the duties of his office. He said: “In the performance of the functions of my high office I shall endeavor to be just at all times, knowing no section, but only the whole State, no class, nut only the whole people. I shall take care that no discrimination is made in public favors, and so far as I can in matters of legislation. Equal and exact justice to all, special privileges or immunities to none, is the doctrine of the political school in which I was taught, and I shall be true to it.” The above is well stated. It reads like the sentiments of President Grover Cleveland. And again: “I shall see that the laws are rigidly enforced in all respects and that good order prevail throughout our limits. I hope most earnestly that if there be any turbulent tendency anywhere it will be subdues, that passion will always be subordinated to reason, and that there will be no occasion to resort to harsh means to insure the public peace; but if riot or disorder should occur, whether in the crowded city of rural district, and the local authorities are unequal to the task of quickly suppressing it, no time will be lost by me, as the executive officer in using the power of the Commonwealth to restore the supremacy of the law, let it cost what it may, in [unintelligible]” This is a notice to lynchers that their days of bloodshed and revelry are at an end. The majesty of the law will be maintained. He does not seem to believe that those who have engaged in lynching are composed of native Virginians, if we are not to judge from the following utterances: “So far as I am informed the State was never more quiet and peaceful, but in any country that is developing rapidly adventurers, livers by their wits, and even fugitives from the law’s vengeance elsewhere, will gather, and it is well for all such classes to understand that there will be no temporizing here with law breakers or law-defiers.” The following is virtually a reply to Gov. McKinney’s pernicious doctrine that the white people educate the Negroes, conveying the impression that it is an act of charity, yielding no commensurate benefit: “Our educational interests will have my fostering care. It has been said that ‘education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army,’ and ‘school houses ate our country’s line of fortifications.” I would emphasize these declarations so full of wisdom. I believe in universal taxation for universal education. ‘Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is the bent the tree's inclined.’ The sure foundation of a State is laid in knowledge, not in ignorance, and when there is a universal suffrage there should be universal education, for the more general the diffusion of knowledge the more general does public virtue prevail, and in a republican government, where the people govern, the hand that casts a ballot should have behind it a mind power of intelligence. Besides, this is a land with without kings, princes, potentates or sovereigns, without hereditary offices of honor, and where energy, talent, and virtue can rise from the humblest to the highest station. But how difficult it is when the hard hand of poverty is bearing down the struggling, aspiring climber, unless he can receive the mental training necessary to strengthen him for the arduous ascent, and how many noble and promising spirits have fallen on the wayside for the want of support.” His references to the volunteer soldiery will be read with interest and colored militiamen will realize their importance while the citizens at large will have a just appreciation of the service they stand ready to render: “I would be false to my feelings, false to the dictates of justice and false to the welfare of the State. If I did not speak on Virginia’s volunteer soldiery. There battalions before me are the mainstay of the law in times of turmoil and trouble. They are the mighty peacemakers, the potential factors in maintaining order and suppressing mob violence. They should receive at the hands of our legislator such support as will make their organization a credit to the State-an ornament to the Commonwealth.” The inaugural address is that of a statesman. Gov. O’Ferrall has declared great principles, and if he be guided by their teachings the close of his administration will shed lustre around his name, and leave to his children a heritage resplendent with great achievements. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940106-Gov. O’Ferrall’s Inaugural Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-06 Title A name given to the resource Gov. O’Ferrall’s Inaugural Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary Gov. Philip W. McKinney pardons a “Negro” man after he served a long prison term for allegations of adultery with a white woman. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940106&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Ex-Gov. Philip W. Mckinney before his retirement from office, pardoned W.H. Bonaparte, who was convicted about four years ago of abduction and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Deducting the time allowed for good behaviour he would have been released about March 1894. A physician’s certificate and the recommendation of Superintendent B.W. Lynn did the work. Bonaparte has sinned, but he has been sinned against. A white girl of doubtful reputation figured in the case. She of her own free will and accompanied him in a carriage to Chesapeake City, where it is said that they stayed together at a house. Of course as Bonaparte was colored and the girl with a charge of abduction was made, the accused tried and convicted. Although in all probability guilty of adultery, a misdemeanor for which the law provided a fine of $20, he was convicted of a felony and he has served in the penitentiary as before stated. The cry was, he ought to be sent there. We are pleased to note that executive clemency has been extended in his case and that the prison officials were [unintelligent] to recognize the ability of the young journalist while there, assigning him to the position of clerk within those dismal confines. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940106-The Pardon of Bonaparte Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-06 Title A name given to the resource The Pardon of Bonaparte Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary A condemnation of the unjust a trial of a lynched man Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Lynching Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound It would seem that one of the lynchers of the colored man Thomas Smith at Roanoke last September is to an extent at least getting his just deserts. Here is the telegraphic report: Roanoke, Va., January 16- (Special) In the Hustings Court to-day the case of Walter Davis charged with inciting a riot on the 20th of September, was tried and resulted in a verdict of one year’s imprisonment in jail, and a fine of $100. When indicted on the same charge last November, the case against Davis was postponed, at his request, on account of the absence of a material witness. Since then he has been indicted for stealing brass, and forfeiting his bond of $100. He left the city, and it is said to-day that he is in Franklin County, and can be arrested. The verdicts against him of yesterday and to-day make his imprisonment two years and fines $200. It is very unfortunate that public sentiment was not sufficiently strong to give him the full extent of the law. He was either guilty of murder or was an accessory thereto. The penitentiary should have opened wide it doors to receive him. Lynch Law must go! Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940120-Another Roanoke Lyncher Convicted Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-20 Title A name given to the resource Another Roanoke Lyncher Convicted Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary The City Council approves a bond to build an armory for the “colored” troops of Richmond. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Social Change Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The action of the Richmond, Va. City Council in the appropriating $7,500 in city 4 per cent bonds for the erection of an armory for the colored troops is indeed commendable and will no doubt be noted with surprise by sister cities to the south of us. The surprise will be greater when it is known that the measure was introduced by a colored member and referred to a Democratic Finance Committee, approved by [unintelligent] Negro-hating speech by one of the members, he is being the only one to vote against it, and unanimously approved by a Democratic Common Council, and signed by a Democratic Mayor. It would seem that liberal-minded white men were multiplying in this section and demagogues were being ordered to take back seats. The time is not far distant when VIrginians will see what those of this city have already seen, that people regardless of race or color must work in harmony in order to achieve permanent success. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940120-Richmond’s Recognition of its Colored Troops Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-20 Title A name given to the resource Richmond’s Recognition of its Colored Troops Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary The Richmond Dispatch confesses electoral fraud in Virginia. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The Richmond, (Va.) Dispatch has been discussing the subject of election fraud in Virginia with the Richmond, (Va.) Daily Times. It has persistently declared that it knew of no fraud in Virginia so far as our elections are concerned. Although the Daily Times had cited cases, it refused to give credence to the testimony and declared that the grand juries and prosecuting attorneys would sift the matter if there was any truth in the allegations. But if we are to judge from its utterances in its tissues of the 17th inst it was not so ignorant as it professed to be. Here is what it says: “There never was a time when frauds in elections were not committed in Virginia and everywhere else; but we sincerely believe that the frauds committed at elections in this State have been exaggerated a hundred-fold.” The Daily Times has done the people of the state a lasting service. Its success in making the blind see and the deaf hear as is evidenced by the above extract is highly gratifying. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940120-The Dispatch's Confession Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-20 Title A name given to the resource The Dispatch's Confession Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary The federal government’s budget under Cleveland’s Administration is in crisis. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Secretary Carlisle reports that there will be an annual deficit in the United States Treasury of more than seventy-eight millions. He is urging Congress to come to his rescue by authorizing him to issue bonds for two hundred million dollars payable in specie. He will this be able to replenish the gold reserve and meet the current expenses of the government. President Cleveland has been particularly unfortunate in the selection of his cabinet. If the material utilized was the best and ablest in the Party, it is plainly evident that it needs to inaugurate a search for men of brains. According to the annual report of the Secretary Carlisle, he estimated the annual deficiency at twenty-eight millions. He now “goes it fifty millions better” and appears before the country in the great “crying act” of asking for the authority to borrow money. He has that authority already, so far as replenishing the gold reserve fund is concerned but has persistently refused to use the lawful expedients which are at hand. The bitterest enemy of the Democratic Party could not have prophesied a more humiliating condition than that to which [unintelligent] is being treated. There ar breakers ahead and it is thought that “the worst is not yet.” Secretary Carlisle has since decided to issue bonds for fifty million dollars. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940120-The Government's Deficit Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-20 Title A name given to the resource The Government's Deficit Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary A group of white men voice their opinions regarding the lynchings in Virginia. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Lynching Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound For more than nine years we have pleaded at the bar of our public opinion against lynch-law, believe that if such an anarchistic condition was allowed to continue to exist, it would undermine the foundation of our free institutions, brutal of our people and produces years of bloodshed and misery as a logical result. That white men, actuated by the purest motives should see the danger and take radical steps to avert it is as highly gratifying to us as it must be surprising to the people themselves. When such able and influential white men as Rev. Dr. R.T. Wilson, Rev. Dr. W.W. Landing and Editor Joseph Bryan [unintelligent] relic of barbarism will soon be shown no more and that law will be recognized and justice meted in accordance with civilized practices. Judging from the report of the meeting at the Second Baptist Church last Tuesday night, there was nothing said with which we do not agree. We believe in making haste slowly in changing the laws bearing upon the punishment of crime, and take care that we do not legalize lynch-law rather than eliminate it. We have no sympathy with a criminal guilty of rape, be he black or white.Any such person is unfit to live, and no colored man in his right mind will for an instant hesitate to agree to a verdict of death the minute he has arrived at the conclusion that the accused us the guilty party. This course is essentially necessary for the protection of female virtue. As between a colored man and a white woman, there is absolutely no danger of a miscarriage of justice and consequently there is even less excuse for a lynching in the case. We are pleased to note the spirit of liberality now prevailing in our midst, and the respect for law which is being cultivated. It cannot but result in good, and the officers of the law may be saved much trouble and bloodshed by the proper education of the masses before some alleged outrage has stirred their passions. The speeches made last Tuesday night are so excellent that we reproduce them elsewhere, feeling satisfied that lynch-law in this section is on the ane and that the day is not far distant when Virginia will be noted for the law-abiding character of its citizens, the purity in the administration of its laws and the observance of those great principles which ensure success and bring prosperity within our doors. Lynch-law must go! Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940120-White Men Against Lynch Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-20 Title A name given to the resource White Men Against Lynch Law Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary The story of a renewed movement for “Negroes” to return to Africa Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940127&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Social Change Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The Negroes in this section of that State, principally those in Arkansas, have contracted the emigration fever again, and there is an Exodus of Black men to Africa. A dispatch from Mariana, Ark., says that colored people in that neighborhood are sacrificing what little property they have with the intention of going to the dark continent. One car load has passed through Brinkley, enroute to New York, whence they intend to sail for their ultimate destination. It seems as if the scheme has been worked up by colored agents, who have been canvassing that section for some time, but for what purpose or in whose interests is not known. Many of the colored people owned small places, and several heads of stock, and were comparatively speaking, in good circumstances, but have sacrificed all for a few dollars to pay their way to New York. A prominent planter purchased nineteen hogs from one of these would-be emigrants for the small cum of $5. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18940127-Colored Folks for Africa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-01-27 Title A name given to the resource The story of a renewed movement for “Negroes” to return to Africa