The Question
January 26, 1901
Summary
An editor of a newspaper in New York asks John Mitchel’s opinion about the effect of disfranchisement.
Transcription
Managing Editor,
“The Planet”
Richmond, Virginia
Dear Sir:--
A correspondent writes to us from Birmingham, Ala., predicting that the disfranchisement of the Negroes will eliminate the race question from politics and that it will rapidly be followed by a breaking up of the “Solid South.”
He is both enthusiastic and emphatic in declaring that Alabama, and subsequently a number of other Southern States, will soon be in the Republican column.
Will you kindly give the Tribune your views on this matter?
Yours very truly,
James Martin,
News Editor
“The Planet”
Richmond, Virginia
Dear Sir:--
A correspondent writes to us from Birmingham, Ala., predicting that the disfranchisement of the Negroes will eliminate the race question from politics and that it will rapidly be followed by a breaking up of the “Solid South.”
He is both enthusiastic and emphatic in declaring that Alabama, and subsequently a number of other Southern States, will soon be in the Republican column.
Will you kindly give the Tribune your views on this matter?
Yours very truly,
James Martin,
News Editor
About this article
Source
Location on Page
Upper Left Quadrant
Topic
Contributed By
Nathan Lyell
Citation
“The Question,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed January 20, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/179.