The colored American., 1902-05-31

clse those who protest, and who will
Cheertully perform the dirty service of
! covering the slime on the record of the
said white man with an Endorsement as
one OF the best friends the Negro ever
, had. A police superintendent may DENY
proper credit TO efficient Colored officers:
chief of department may make
wholesale raids upon capable cOlored
clerks and decimate their ranks to cor
poraIS guard for no other reason than
| that their places are needed for whites;
a prosecutor may refuse to issue war
rants for plain violation of our civil
| rights laws; a grand jury may refuse to
lndlct IN such cases and a prejudiCed
| Judge may obscure the truth through a
partisan charge to his petit Jury; civil
! service commissioners may ignore evi-
dence of illegal claSSifcatiOnS of colored
clerks and labOrerS, and irregular certi-
ficatiOnS-and yet, for a few paltry dol
lars, or to hold or secure a petty posi-
tion-or even for the pitiful purpose of
scoring a point nt"-there are Negroes to
be found who will paint these offenders
with all the virtues of saints and aScribe
TO their critics purely selfish motives in
making an expose of the methods that
rob us of what is rightfully ours. They
run to the white people with scandalouS
pear as often as possible in the role of
black Judas Iscariots. 1t is to this class
of stumbling blocks that the well-dis-
posed of the Negro race owes its low
estate. The Man on the Corner meets
them every day. | can only account for
their continuance upon earth when |
remember that ''the Lord is good, and
His mercy endureth forever"
The vindication of Bishop Walters is
triumph of decency over the malicious
+cormorantS who are ever on the alert to
destroy the character and reputation OF
those who "st in the fierce white light
that beats about a throne" When this
man Corrothers and his frail accOmplice
were unceremoniOusly routed, there
> went up a thunderouS rebuke to every
blackmailer, tale-bearer, peace -disturber
and scandal-mOnger that lntest the
= States of the UniOn-not excepting the
E District of Columbia. 1t is a pity that
Bishop Walters could not send COrrOth-
, ers TO the penitentiary, where he justly
: belongs; but it is hoped that his con
= signment TO a disgraceful oblivion Will
= be sufficient to serve a warning notice
!, upon that unwelcome element III al
, communities who have no respect tOl
, the happiness or well-being OF thell
: neighbors or the race. MiscreantS who
stand eager to traduce the honest MIN
6 ister, to villify the courageous race lead
. er, to sneer at the struggling newspaper
= 10 besmirch the fair name of woman
or to suspect the motives of every public
:, servant are blots upon the eScutCheon OF
. our people In choking off two, Bishop
: Walters has brought upon his brethren
d a blessing.
|. One of the best known men in the
c great army of Uncle Sans Civil Service
It is Mr.. w. F. I.avalette. He came origin
e ally of French stock, and his family con
= nections, ancestry and posterity are Of
: the best. He has been for long time
communicate of St. Luke's Episcopa
iChurch Though having meagre oppor-
tunities for attaining an education NJ
has profited by contact with the Worl(
and has acquired from varied eXperl
Ience a mental equipment tar above th'
/Iaveragc. and learned much that does no
find a place in the curriculum OF colleges
He is a linguist of no mean callbre
:. speaking several languages with the nu
1t ency of native Twenty seven year:
:, ago he entered the Government Printing
= Office end, barring brief season OF po
! ltical drouth, he has served contlnu
9 ously since as a compositor. For clever
= wears he was a proofreader, being the
only colOred man to serve III TINS capac
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