The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-18
HEADQUARTERS HANCOCK AND ENGLISH
CAMPAIGN ROOMS. )


1913 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND.
To the Editors of the Dispatch Inas-
much As Mr.. X. u. Brooks, distinguished
lawyer Of our race, and editor OF so-called
Vir0inia Star, a patent sheet, two thirds
printed in Philadelphia and one third IN
Richmond, newpaper protesting to be the
representative OF the colored race, but as
it so far msreprcsents them, We hardly
ought TO call your attention 10 what it has
said or NAV say. In an issue OF the above
so. called Virginia Star the editor, II. p.
Brooks, took occasion to say the address
that is now being sent all through the State
to the colored people from the cOored Han
cock and English Club, No. /, was not
written by the committee appointed by The
| President, w. III. Branch, at its meeting
held August 4th. IDasmuch as the Star IN
dlcated that some white man wrote ii, we
wilLsay in defence Of the Club and the COM
mittee that draft ed The address that no white
man was In the meeting when the committee
was appointed. and the committee did not
retire from the Club-rO0m until they re-
ported the address as it was seen In the Dis
patch OF the 9Th. We further say that no
white man saw the address until 1t was seen
Ia the Dispatch, to Our.knowled9e. II any
white man did see it, he did dot change the
language as reported By the committee and
adopted by the Club.
We will further state, inasmuch as Mr..
Brooks, the sane socaled editor OF one So
called Virginia Star, also took occasion to
sag ia his last SATURDAYS issue there IS
negro Democrats club composed OF only
two memDers-v1., Giles B. jackson alias
Bartlett r. GARRISON atlas j. ID. /. Clark
and William Skinner alias Willie Branch
alas w. Ii. BranoL-we will say In be-
half of the Club, whose headquarters are at
No. 1913 east Broad street, that il numbers
eighty-fye nlembers, and at an early date,
" ben our list is completed, We will publish
the aames OF all of our members ia full,
and the editor will ind some OF his near
relations, names connected with this Club.
We 31l say In behalf OF Mr.. Giles b. Jack
SOD thst he is not an officer OF our Club, but
man aud a gentleman, and the equal OF
Mr.. Il. r. Brooks. il not his superior.
Mr.. Brooks, in reply to an article that APP
peared in the Commonwealth soma tine last
winter signed "Ols Fogy," which "Oid
Fogy" said NO negro wrote the resolu-
tions that we're endorsed by the coored
people Ia reference TO Judge Riyes's
action in the REYNOLDS brothers case,
condemned "Oid Fogy for saying that
aegroes could not write because he fhr.
BIOoks) had the credit OF writing the reso.
luuoLs. 1t seems strange to us that Mr..
Brooks Is occupying tue saiLe position that
" Old Fogy" occupied by saying that no
negro wrote the address above mentioned.
We wonder II Mr.. Brooks is preiudiced
against The eolored race. As he charged
Ola Fogy last winter with saying negroes
could not write, We will say that We have
some as good writer's Of our color Ia the
q .'ucock and English Democratic cause rs
In .he Republican raoks-such as Mr.. w.
C. Case, Of Washington, d. c.; James II.
Cary. Of West Virginia, and Others.
Very respectfully yours, &C..
Il. b. Moore,
A. w. F4RGuss0x,
j. X. J0HNs0X,
,E. TIxBeRLAKE,
j. w. WILLIAMS,
J. L. ALLEN,
WILIIAM RRAxAx.
u. T. CLAREs0H,
y. EDwARDs,