Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-06-02
,OAE WE GIT JUSTICE ?

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The fact that 5lS eolored voters rallied
to the support OF the regular Republi-
can ticket men who could mark their
own ballots, and only 3l6 whits voters,
the Democratic Counting Machine re.
turned . majority Of over 500 against
Us.
There was split in the Democrats
vote, too, for Mr.. JAMES /. SMITH, the
alleged independent Democratic candi.
date was & ven liz votes, which accord
ing TO the number of Democratic white
men who voted was really a mel Jrity
of the white votes east.
The illiterAte eoIored men were so
advised and did stay away from the
polls. The question ia asked, Can you
people get justice even in the courts ?
Will judge OF Democratic persuasion
weigh the evidence Cor and against
you and il you have made out your
case, decide the issue in your favor?
To such an extent has this question
been discussed, that it has necessitated
g PLAIN, unequivocsl answer. The
very fact that we have retained aLle
couusel and prepared the evidence
demonstrates our faith in the judiciary
Of this state.
We know what juries will do, but the
able, learned decisions handed down
from the bench in this commonwealth
in the cases of eolored as we'll as white
men have led as to confidently believe
that our mother state has nos fallen 80
low in the mire of partisan politics as
to have its judiciary corrupted by the
disgrsceful actions OF ring OPTICIANS.
Our readers have not forgotten the
decision OF o Democratic Chapcery
Court Judge in the case OF BETTE
THOMAS LEWIS, suing FOR the estate OF
her white father. They have not for
gotten the action Of the Democratic
Supreme Court of Appeals in the Lun-
enburg Case.
But let us go back further: the action
OF Hon. AsA ID. WATKINS of Farmville
and Judge j. NJ. CRUrE of the same
city when they together saved the lives
OF two colored people, for whose blood
the lowest elem nts of Lunenburg
were clsmoring Is fresh in the mind q
of the colored and white people of Vir.
ginis,
What must we say Of that prince of
Virginia Judges, Hon. B. r. WELL.
FORD, JR., o Democratic Virginian OF
the old school who seeks only the light
OF justics and fair-play and lie guided
thereby.
Where is Hon. CHARLES T. O'FRR
Rail- of Virginia ? Net a Judge, but q
Governors man who fought in the
open, but who scorned to violate his
oath of Office or to do q mean thing.
No. no, colored people Of Virginia,
we are not ready to believe that all OF
the white men of Virginia are on 9
level with those who robbed ne.
There are thousands, who occupy
positions in our mother state. who no
matter how much their party friends
so desire will not violate their oaths of
office.
We do not despair. Let us not for.
get the opinion Of Accomplishment
MoSTAeUE, . democrat of democrats.
There was no desire on his part to
rule in our favor, but he had to be
guided By the unerring DEGREES of tn e
law. He put his stamp of disapproval
upon forgery and fraud and told thu
Electoral Board of Richmond City
that il could take notice and correct
this fragrant violation of the law.
When his advice was uuheeded, that
eminent jurist and unswerVing Demo-
crat Of the old school. Judge Is. r.
WRLLFoRD, JR., ordered them to re-
move the forged names from the list
Of bona fide cand idates and restrained
them from placing the same upon the
official ballots.
Oh, no. colored men of Jackson
Ward, God is not dead, and neither
have all Of the justice-Ioving white
men departed from the precincts of the
living.
We shall not only appeal to the law,
but to the better class of white men OF
this community. We shall appeal to
the Christian population of our native
city believing that, we who were born
and reared here, will be accorded a
hearing and gwen that justice for
which our Christian mothers prayed
and our graY-headed fathers wept in
days long past and gone.
The contest is on. Our contention is
just and those who have taken away
from Us all that the law decreed we
should have must answer for it before
fearless jurist and an uncompronis-
ing judge.
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