Both Races Disfranchised
December 3, 1904
Summary
The Planet criticizes The Richmond Times Dispatch for its constant talk of the black man and how it “gives advice, scolds and the lectures the people of the North upon the subject.”
Transcription
The Richmond, Va., Times Dispatch seems never to tire of its discussion of the Negro question. It gives advice, scolds and the lectures the people of the North upon the subject. It declares against any interference with the “infernal” affairs of a southern state.
The unconstitutional laws now upon that statute books of this sections are not annulled or repealed and no one in authority has yet proposed that they shall be.
The plank in the platform of the Republican Party only declares in favor of a reduction of the representation of a state, just in proportion that its citizens are disfranchised for reasons other than crime,etc. This is as applicable to Massachusetts as it is to South Carolina. That Virginia will be a much worried sufferer goes without saying in view of the falling off to the vote in this state. …..
The unconstitutional laws now upon that statute books of this sections are not annulled or repealed and no one in authority has yet proposed that they shall be.
The plank in the platform of the Republican Party only declares in favor of a reduction of the representation of a state, just in proportion that its citizens are disfranchised for reasons other than crime,etc. This is as applicable to Massachusetts as it is to South Carolina. That Virginia will be a much worried sufferer goes without saying in view of the falling off to the vote in this state. …..
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Upper Left Quadrant
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Megan Brooks
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“Both Races Disfranchised,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed December 7, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/779.