A Negro Hater Gone

Arthur Pue Gorman, one of the most inveterate and dangerous enemies of the black community, dies, and The Planet says that his suffering helped him “atone to some extent at least for the great injury he did to us.”

A Negro Hater Gone
The death of Senator Arthur Pue Gorman removes from the arena of public life one of the most inveterate and dangerous enemies the colored people had in all of this land. He was skilled in parliamentary debate and political trickery. His attempt to absolutely disenfranchise the colored people of Maryland was only partially successful and resulted in the split of his own party.
He has gone to his reward and yet we feel no resentment in the premises. He has suffered much and no doubt atoned to some extent at least for the grant injury he did to us. OUr people are forgiving and forgetful and even now they bow their heads in respectful silence as all that is left of this Democratic chieftain is on its way to the tomb.
Politically speaking, we are well nigh helpless, but God is raising up new white friends for us and taking our enemies away, where they can harm us no more in this world and do us no injury in the world to come.
Brilliant, resourceful, scheming, persistent Arthur Pue Gorman is now sleeping his last sleep. We shall do naught to stay his downward transit to the tomb.

“A Negro Hater Gone,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/438.