As I predicted at the start, I would be alone in my decent in this case. In the room that I stood in mere hours ago, there were six racists, and one coward. The decision made today is one that will scar the country for years, if not decades. It opens the floodgates to absolute racism, and will limit the role of the black man in American politics to close to nothing. With this decision, my colleagues are decimating the constitution, not only violating what is written in it, but also what its intentions were. It is absolutely amazing how these other justices would let their prejudice influence their decision. A new era in America has started, one that encourages the separation and disfranchising of certain races. This is an era that I tried to stop, but yet could not. Today I was forced to stand alone, to protect the rights of millions in America. Once again I was a loner.

Cowards are worse than lairs, they are worse than racists, they are worse than immoral people. Cowardice is the worst crime that one can commit within the great halls of the supreme court. Today Justice Gray was guilty of that very crime. He was a man who prided him self in always doing what he thought was right. Except for today he broke that principal. After hearing the arguments, reading the facts and applying it to the constitution he reached the conclusion that the separate car act was completely unconstitutional, however after much pressure from the other 6 justices changed his vote. He let others control him, instead of using his own moral compass to guide him. A man like that is one that I have no respect for. Not only did he betray himself, he left me alone in my decent, much like in the civil rights cases of 1883. Once again I am alone.

There are times when people’s true colors shine through. Today during the oral arguments, six of the justice’s racist traits shined through. It disgusted me how they just took the respondents word for granted, and drilled Plessy’s lawyer on every small point. In some cases the Justices were rude and absolutely dismissive of Plessy’s points. I was the only justice who had more than one question for the respondent’s lawyer. The one surprise for me was Justice Gray, who was almost silent through the whole case. He looked like he was deep in thought, unlike the other justices who tried to throw anything against Plessy, and see what stuck. It deeply bothers me when other justices blindly go into a case, completely bias and carrying the prejudice into the courtroom. Why must I be alone each time I try to do what I think is right.

Today the lawyers submitted their briefs for the Plessy v. Ferguson case. It was almost chilling to read how eloquently Plessy's lawyer described how the separate car act violated was unconstitutionally. As I said before, I would rather be right, than consistent so I kept an open mind to any idea. Unlike any of the other justices. All they do is get paid tons of money for making up their mind before they even see the facts of the case. They just sit there and be racist like I was as a younger lad. One of the jobs of a supreme court justice is to be open to any new ideas, and be willing to change their interpretation of the constitution at any time. A changing time requires a changing opinion, unfortunately most of the justices are not willing to do that, especially Henry. That old depressed hag. I think we are in for another very lonely decent.

Today, one of our clerks brought to our attention a case in which a man, Mr. Plessy (who was 1/8 black) was arrested for sitting in the all white section of a train. Plessy sued saying that the separate car act is unconstitutional. All of my fellow justices, including Mr. Fuller were immediately interested in this case. But I smell a rat. All that this could lead to was me dissenting again, representing my honorable opinion that everyone is always equal. Why was i always forced to be alone.