Richmond planet., 1895-06-22
THEY STOOD BY HIM.
MesSr5 Christian e Christian
Refused to be BuIdOzed.
PRFJUDICFD WAITE MEMS PLEA
OBJECTS TO AN OFFICE-BOY'S
USEFULNESS.
Want Him Disehargsd-A Disgrace
ful Affair with a Positive Finding.

a"' An@At Win EOSltiFe fndiDg.
Richmond, Va, Star, June IL, '95.
To the Editor of The Star.
Believing that you are a friend TO Ia
Dor and that you believe in unfolding
The supremacy OF the Anglo-SaxOn
race, | send you the following clipping,
which IS taken from the June number
OF the Virginia Stenographer, a month
! ~ magazine published i'm this city bv
responsible young men.
hope you Will investigate same,
,sapdu u1onnd- true that you will venti-
late this question, even il it be against
one of the 600"
/ send you a short article based on
the attached clipping and ask you to
publish all of the inclosed.
THE NEGRO sTENoGRAPHER.
''In our last issue, reference was
made to the Negro stenographer. who.
1t was claimed by Petersburg CORE
spondent,. was employed by firm of
kichm0nd lawyers, and we undertook
H0lnvestigate the matter. Our inves-
Jugation establishes the truth of this
report.
"The parties employing this Negro
as an amanuensis are Messrs Chris
= tan x Christian, Attorneys-at-I Law
Chamber of Commerce Building, Rich
mond, Va.
"Of course as a firm would hardly
have an employee of whom they were
ashamed, these gentlemen can have no
objection to the fact being made pub
lie.
'They may term themselves "progres-
five" but in a southern community,
which is endeavoring to maintain the
supremacy OF the Anglo-SaXon race,
Especially when white stenographers of
haracter and ability can be readily Sc
ured for a fair compensation, such ac-
ION would more properly be termed
>setrogression," as it will surely meet
the condemnation of every fair
SsSled man in the South. This may
10 well enough north of Mason-Dixon
line, where no vexed Negro question
Ycomes into consideration, but in this
section it is matter of Importance to
all that white labor be employed in
preference TO Negro labor in every po-
sition of this character.
PECULIAR QUESTIONS.
"Should the white business men OF
Richmond employ Negro lawyers in
preference TO white attorneys in the
transaction of their legal business, we
venture to say the honorable ex-Presi-
his equally well-known partner would
be the first to have the Chamber
take action thereon
The stenographic profession NAV
not be so well paid as the legal frater-
nifty, but surely its worth to the COM
munity is too well known for us tc
} doubt ttA4ae5-the public will support us
in endeavOring to claim the rights due
our profession and to maintain It's
{ standard.
I'VE have no further comment tC
make, but leave the matter to the
careful consideration of the citizens o.
Richmond. Act by the white stenOg
raphers of your city as you would bt
done by, and thus give your verdict il
the case"
CROCODILE TEARS.
Referring TO the above I suppos,
this firm calls this progression" !" bu
alas that such "retrogression" should
emanate from men calling themselve
~~Nnginians from men who we're borI
and raised in our midst; who have ac
cummulated their wealth by the pat
ronage given them by Virginians VIII
have been honOred by the city of Rich
mond until Zone of them at least) the
think that they own the city and hol
mortgage on Manchester bearing l
per cent interest.
But the saddest of all is that on
member of this firm prides himself o
his notoriety, on his standing as an ex
Confederate and boasts of his haVin
shed his precious blood in defence {
his country
AN Ex- -cONFEDERATE.
would say to him had some north
ern carpet-bagger employed tn
Negro it would have been nothin
- more than what we might have expet
ted, but alas ] for an ex-COnfederate [
do it, when he knows that there al
dozens of ex-COnfederates who hay
sons and daughters that would be ola
Tor this opportunity to make liVin
and probably support an aged fatht
or mother, makes US blush with sham
and we ask ourselves the questions
~yirginians, where art thou2
Nhy is this Negro employed ?
sPITEFUL RZEERENCE TO THE GovERNol
Isit because heis a special pct
does this ex-Confederate wish to i'm
tate the Executive and have the
around him, or is it because he Low,
the almighty dollar better than /
does principle? Is this not a matt.
for the Chamber" to take action
They can hold special meetings
discuss the labor question when it is
their interest to do so. Can they m
look into this question and see tn
our girls and boys who are striving
make living are protected and Ia
this blot be wiped of our citys ia
name And you, ex-COnfederate
what have you to say Is this mi
worthy to sit in your councils? Is III
man worthy to be honored by you ?
he worthy to wear the gray q? Is
worthy of citizenship when the test
citizenship is the belief in white !
supremacy. The answer is obvious.
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