Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-02-02

ASRAACN Of AAAh 4 NhNHh5
Dear Sir
You have my full sympa-
thy in your efforts to secure Justice for
our colored brethren and fellow citi-
zens and when you cannot secure JUS
tice to expose injustice.
The PAGE case is most hagrant in
stance and you should not only pillory
the jury who brought in the outrageous
verdict, but the commonwealth attor-
ney who sought and accepted such hor-
rible injustice.
Ring the changes In this case and if
possible get what you may say copied
into papers which viii meet the eye OF
fair white men.
1t is only accidentally that saw a
copy Of your paper first reporting the
case. If you could only have it
brought to the attention of such white
men as myself, you would do the cause
of jHstice'a great service.
Judge Witt told me upon asking him
that your report of the case was strict
ly accurate. An application for pardon
or remission of sentence should be
made to the Governor and / doubt not
it would meet with favorable response.
Keep. up your good work, but be tenn
perate however hard it may be to be
temperate in view of the gross legalized
| injustice done to your race, but intem-
perateness tends to injure ones cause
But you can be severe as necessary
without intemperance.
Make special effort to get what yoI
say read by white people and cop
| led by white people. 1 have no axe K
/ grind, no private purpose to subserve
| It is solely my love of Justice anC
hatred of injustice that induces me K
send you these few words of commen
dation.
Yours truly,
LEWIS H BLAIR.
EDITORS REPLY.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 20, 1895.
MR.. LEWIS II. BLAIR,
RIcHMoND, Va,
Esteemed Sir
Your letter OF the 26t
inst. has been received and its content
carefully noted. / am deeply impress
ed with your disiRterested assertions
and have noted with care all that 20
were kind enough to say. Its indee
gratifying to have an expression of thi
kind from a gentleman who occupie
such high position in the communit
1 anu NnOcC AlAuCICC AOI ACO0 ID kClCl
ally recognized.
To know that among the thousand
, of white men who represent somethin
we have at least one friend, is to il
spire hope in the faltering and bring
the daZed eye new light when it
!, about to abandon the struggle and II
gard as hopeless the battle for righ
denied in this Southland of ours
? am pleased to know that you verihe
K the truth of what we said and tn
your testimony proves conclusively tn
we have given no highly colOred stat,
= ments to the public in order to arou
J sympathy or to provoke antagonism.
i i shall ring the changes il the cas-
] shall make application for the pardC
Of this man and / shall let the wor
Z know the result of the effort made
y this direction as well as call attenti'
Il to the fact that there are as yet justi
loving Virginians who Will enlist in Il
# cause of the oppressed of any race al
of any cline.
\ 1 realize the force of what you s.
relative to temperateness, and sh,
act in accordance Herewith. fe,
q my dear sir, that the truth told wit
- out any Furnishing viii of itself be
4 terrible, as to speak forth with tho
4 sand tongues, and every tongue will
clarion-tOned in showing to the wo1
the Nervousness of the injustice
If which we are being subjected and
> depravity of the men who force upon
T. this species of oppression.
is / realize that in combination of
fort on the part of both of the races re,
the hope of the Southland. The b,
o. ter elements must unite for the bett'
le ment of all the people and the adve
10 of that prosperity, so necessary to
t. develOpement of our magnificent
d. sources.
1 believe there are others who thi
as you do, but none that know res
ing within the confines of our secti
who have the manly courage to spe
out upon great questions as you yol
ne self have done. / have admired I
ne course of the Richmond, Va, DA,
h, TIMES, and wondered to what ext
re the white people of Richmond w
d. endorsing its patriotic efforts along
d. lines it has laid down in dealing W
1t, the question of human rights.
IN 1t will yet stand out upon the bro
ty humane platform, which you occu
ay When that is done, the question of c
j. or viii be relegated to the rear W
the demagogues who protited by it, q
i'll the right thinking people Of both ra
h will combine for the material ele
"a ton Of our community, the placing
this grand old commonwealth upon
, high plane which Washington, JEFF
y. son and others intended she sho
occupy.
Thanking you for your complim
tary references, and reiterating
or,r,r.oof a ffor1 Of ryCtrr-. stand for h11q,