Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-02-12
AcAUsrIC LETTER.
Colered Lawyers I'm the DelAw ere

For the REPUBLICAN,.
WAsHINeToN, D. c., Feb. Q. 18Sb.-|
! was much amused by q statement pub
liehed In one Of your city papers, TO. the
effect that ] appeared In the csse Of VIM.
Turner, more IN quest of notoriety than
from q real desire to defend the prisoner,
and further that the bill was ignored be-
cause u e witnesses failed to appear. In
tended to say nothing about the case, but
the above sta atemGnts compel me TO make
the facts known. There is no doubt that
Turner WAS In jail that he had been there
about two months, that there were
charges against him for carrying conceal
ed aud deadly weapons, and for larceny !;
that he was brought from New Castle on
Monday, the End of February, 1885, and
taken to the Court House, that appear
ed in the Court few minutes after he
had arrived, that when it was understood
that motion was TO be made for my ad-
mission, even If had to make 1t myself !;
that then It was that the narrow-minded
men who were at the head Of affairs at
the Court, decided to resort to means that
would not be tolerated by the citizeps Of
any community to defeat the ends ctsds-
tice rather than have q colored lawyer
/ HQDttT III NOuIbs OuI GACuhC AOi ICiCu5-
ling Turner eeems to be that the witnesses
did not appear before the grand jury;
Why was there not an attachment asked
for to compel them to come? Ifa crimi-
nal can get off In this instance because
NJ witnesses appear, q person who has
Icommitted murder can do the same by
Igiving the witnesses little money to stay
at home, and say, we have no time to
bother with the Court"
Another excuse is that the papers were
lost. Ifthis be true, the gentleman In
" hose care they were Is not fit to hold
the position he occupies, and ought to be
removed at once. Butt must be remem
bered that there was charge against
Turner for carrying concealed and deadly
weapons. This charge was made by
officer Walker, who arrested Turner. Why
vas not he before the grand jury! Be
:, cause the Attorney General would not lei
him 60. Mr.. Walker was at the Cour
Ievery day. The truth is, all of the wit
, nesses were kept IRON the grand jury By
the Attorney General, = leading Demo
crat, because !, colored lawyer, appear
ed for the defendant. ! am sure tina
there is not q prosecuting officer in any o
the Southern States, who would be gull!
OF such narrowness.
If this is the I. cling toward coloret
Ipeople In Delaware, they will imagine, OF
entering the Courts of your State, ,whethsl
as attorneys or criminals, that they se'
written over the doors, the Inscription
that Dante saw written over the gates o.
hell :" All hope abandon, ye who enter
here" was glad to And the younge
members of the har, both Democrats ant
4 Republicans, were not 20 narrow minded
: tbut were in favor OF my admission. Thi
know. And as the strength of chail
lies In lis weakest links, so does tn
strength of party lie IN Its leaders, ant
8 If they are weak and narrow minded, til
4 party will be no better. A stream canno
rise higher than its source. Neither can
b parry be better than It's leaders. trus
: that the people of Delaware viii soon fin
!, out that the colore1 people are neithe
deficient in understanding or spiri
). though they have been treated as thong
! they lad neither sense TO feel, nor spir
& | TO resent. And whenever one attempt
I. to assert his manhood, 1t Is said that
s seeks notoriety.
u "Then let us pray that come II may
I'll AS come Il will for a'that;
ell That sense nd worth, DER n the cart
May bear the gree, al a'that.
al For a'that, and a'tbat,
It's coming yet for a'that.
y, That msn to man. the world DER,
II Snail brothers be for a'that."
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