The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-11
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stood from his surgeons that he was unht
for service In the field. 40 ~,
Reing unable to return to the heia, Io-
oneI Holiday became a candidste TOT ene
Confederate Congress, and was elected over
Hon. A. E. Boteler.
NOT AN orFTcE-sEEKER.
After the war. Colonel Holiday returned
~ his home, and whilst following his pro-
fess;on has taken the deepest interest in
nubIic affairs, speaking In all the campaigns
and forwarding the political interests OF
VIRGINIA whenever occasion offered. one
th,ny to be specially noted. however, Is that
he has pcrsistentlv declined public oticc'
He has frequently been solicited by ms
friends to be a candidate for Congress, OF
accept other political prefernent. but mas
uniformly declined. His address before Tue
alumni OF the University OF Virginia was
masterpiece, and is so recognized DS in nIn
OF culture wherever it has been reaa. the e
delivered an address, by lnvitaeion y. .uo
citizens Of Winchester ana vicinlo y . 90 ,,
.;,nr b;s death. which was regarded as one
of the most scholarly productions OF tue "
casion.
Tho Winchester friend to whom we are
indebted for these facts says: AZ. c...,
.IIJ;s services to the party in this STATE
d,r;nr the last presidential election are
we'll known. His canvass has been co!if-
,,,rcd Tor brilliantly and effectiveness to that
~ Governor Wise during the know-No-
hing campaign, and without any dtspar-
acnment 10 that brilliant man. He gave his
time and money freely, and asked no COM
nensation and no Office. The high positions
OF elector pending the Kemper campaign,
and as electOr ut large during the last cam
Daicp, were conferred upon him without so
iicitation, and by the reclamation OF his
party ; nor has he ever in all his ilfe been
seeker OF office. Nor has he spent the quiet
OF his days since the war in thus refusing
political preferment and in the simple dis
charge OF those larger duties above re-
ferred to, imposed upon him by bis felio"-
citizens"
THE PRIDE OF THE PEOPLE.
nHis life has been far from selfish one.
IT has not been spent simply IN deVotlon 10
his profeSSion-in which, however, ne mas
earned for himself Il name winch, ny the
universal recognition OF his brethren, places
him in the front rank OF the profession not
ONLY OF bis own section, but OF the State
and in the accumulation OF property, nor IN
the literary pursuits to which MS deIot'oh
is so well known. Not q single public en-
terprise. industrial or charitable, has been
started or perfected in his town to "hich
he has not been one of il not the largest
contributors"
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Colonel Holiday is q man OF fine appear
ance. He is about six feet in helSht,
straight, and finely formed. His presence
ut once inspires confidence and respect.
He is a graceful speaker, and his compo-
sitions show both logical arrangement and
scholarly care. His speech at Assembly
Hall, in this city, during the last campaign,
was declared by many gentlemen quallhed
by literary attanments and ripe Judgment
10 give opinion one OF the most valuable
and statesmanlike productions OF the day.
The Colonel has been twice married, ana
is now a widower, without children.
PUBL1c-DEBT VIEWS.
Colonel Holiday, in his letter on the pub
lie debt. written year ago and lately re-
produced and endorsed by him, says:
Gas to the State debt, am opposed to re-
pudiation. would not have such stigma
cast upon my State any more than l would
upon my private fame. But whilst l am
thus opposed to reputation, Tor the same
general reason I am in favor OF some speedy
settlement OF the debt honorable to our State
and satisfactory to the creditors.
"This is important, and pressingly so;
because the debt is increasing by reason Of
interest, and because / believe so soon as
we indicate willingness and ability to pay
the interest promptly our BONDS will at
once 90 to par, and capital and population
flow into our borders. And never till then.
Neither is coming to a bankrupt or dis
honest Commonwealth.
'sAnd for this same general reason L OF
course do not wish, any more than any one
else, heavy taxes for they, too, prevent
the advent OF capital and labor to our midst.
And whilst I am, as the Constitution re-
ouires, in favor Of uniform rate, am in
favor of seeking new subjects instead OF
hcaping burdens upon the landed interest,
out of which, at last, all our wealth and
must grow.
awe all have hope that this will be done.
The State has improved much-conslderlnS
her many trials, done wonders since the
war-and bright future is before us If we
are true to ourselves and to her."
General James A. Walker, Nominee
for Lieatenant-Goyerno
General James A. Walker, OF Pulaski,
was born near Mount Sidney, In the county
Of Augusta, on the 9th OF August, 1888.
After receiving the best elementary educa-
ton that the schools Of the neighborhocd
afforded, he entered the Virginia Military
Institute in 184S. Here he remained until
the spring OF 1852, and was in the gradu-
ating class OF that year, when he took
offence at some reproying remark made to
him in the lecture-room by Stonewall jack
son uben professor), and angry words took
place between the two. Young Walker,
feeling that he had been previously wrong
ed and outraged by Jackson, sent him
challege to tight duel.
sToNEwALL JACKSON CHALLENGED.
It is related OF Jackson, by one with
whom he consulted on the occasion, that
he was grave professor
and the challenger mere boy, he for con-
siderable time debated in his mind the pro-
priety OF accepting, expressing serious
wish that it were possible, in the nature OF
things, for him so to do. a .s.,a-
Walkers rebellion in the lecture-room
was offence grave enough at an institution
where such strict discipline is maintained
as at the Virginia military Institute, but the
sending of a challenge to one Of the princi-
pal officers was offence too great to be over
looked or forgiven. Though Walker stood
high in his class, and was popular with all
who knew his honest heart and chiyalric
qualities, he was court-martiaied and dis
missed from the institution.
WALKER AND JACKSON.